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GREG ROMERO (1976 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Greg Romero is a writer, performer, and dramaturg, originally from Louisiana. Currently based in Philadelphia, his works have been produced off-off Broadway by City Attic Theatre, and Working Man's Clothes Productions, and across the country by Salvage Vanguard Theater, Rude Mechanicals Theatre Collective, Theater In My Basement, Specific Gravity Ensemble, Little Fish Theatre, City Theater Company, Gobotrick Theatre Company, and Audacity Productions. Romero's full-length play, The Shelter, was selected as a semi-finalist for the 2003 National Playwright's Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and his ten-minute play, Two Bubbles, was a finalist for the 2004 Heideman Award given by Actors Theater of Louisville. His play, The Most Beautiful Lullaby You've Ever Heard won City Attic Theatre's 2006 Playwriting Competition and was a semi-finalist for the 2007 Princess Grace Award. His collaboration with composer Michael Vernusky, The Eulogy Project, was commissioned by Austin Script Works and was based on Romero's one-man piece, The Eulogy, published in Monologues For Men By Men (Vol 2) (Heinemann Press). Romero has been commissioned by The Cardboard Box Collaborative (Philadelphia), and Austin Script Works, and is a member of the Playwrights' Center of Minneapolis, Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, and The Dramatists Guild of America. Romero received a BA from the Louisiana Scholars College and an MFA in Playwriting from the University of Texas-Austin where he held the James A. Michener Fellowship. Romero currently serves as a Resident Artist with The Cardboard Box Collaborative in Philadelphia and teaches at University of the Arts.
Plays by Greg Romero
Cowboy River | ||
| 1st Produced: | Austin TX | 2003 | ||||
Company: | Salvage Vanguard Theater | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63138 | |||
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Genre: | Drama; short Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 3 | |||||
Notes: | The play was originally produced as part of THE BEST SALVAGE VANGUARD HOLIDAY EVER at Little City Espresso Bar and Cafe (Austin TX). | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Eulogy Project, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix AZ | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Theater In My Basement | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Monologues For Men By Men (Vol 2) (Heinemann Press)., | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63141 | |||
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Genre: | Electro-theatre collaboration One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | This piece is a 25-minute, live-performance collaboration between playwright Greg Romero and electronic music composer, Mike Vernusky. It was inspired by Romero's monologue, "The Eulogy", published in Monologues for Men By Men Volume 2 (Heinemann Press). The piece was first performed as part of Theater In My Basement's "Teatro Caliente" Festival at Modified Arts (Phoenix AZ). It was later commissioned by Austin Script Works for performance at FronteraFest 2006 (Hyde Park Theatre, Austin TX) and was selected "Best of the Fest". | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Falling into Fires | ||
| 1st Produced: | Austin TX | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Salvage Vanguard Theater | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63137 | |||
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Genre: | Drama; short Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The play was originally produced as part of THE BEST SALVAGE VANGUARD HOLIDAY EVER at Little City Espresso Bar and Cafe. | |||||
Synopsis: | A doctor tests the limits of his imagination with a patient who continually falls into fires. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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fuckplays | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ohio Theater, NY | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Working Man's Clothes, The Thursday Problem, Soho Thinktank, Galapagos Art Space EVOLVE Series, and Jeffrey Schulman | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #81119 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Bekah Brunstetter, Justin Cooper, Joshua Hill, Kyle Jarrow, William Charles Meny, Greg Romero, Eric Sanders, and Casey Wimpee | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ice Holes | ||
| 1st Produced: | Source, 1835 14th Street NW, Washington, DC | Jun 2011 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #129507 | |||
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Genre: | 10 min play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | part of The Source festival "Heroes and Villains" | |||||
Synopsis: | Ice Holes is the story of Erik the Red (Sun King Davis) and his subordinate Minik (a puppet directed by Betsy Rosen) violently confronting three famous explorers: Admiral Robert Peary (Eric Humphries), Francis Drake (T. Anthony Quinn), and Ponce de Leon (Omar Bar). During the play Erik the Red also reveals aspects of his life and philosophy. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Milky Way Cabaret, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Philadelphia PA | 2007 | ||||
Company: | The Cardboard Box Collaborative | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #72527 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original production commissioned and produced by The Cardboard Box Collaborative (artistic director, mindy a. beers) as part of the Philly Fringe Festival. Production was staged at Plays and Players Theater, directed by Andrew J. Merkel, and dramaturged by Andrew H. Beal. | |||||
Synopsis: | With an alcoholic magician, clown-costumed assassins, slow-motion heartbreak, and disappearing daughters, we ask: is humanity bigger than the universe? Is a heart bigger than a planet? Set in a South Philly nightclub, The Milky Way Cabaret is a theatrical love letter to Philadelphia. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Most Beautiful Lullaby You've Ever Heard, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Company: | City Attic Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #67272 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | World Premiere off-off Broadway production produced at Under St. Marks Theatre (opened on May 24, 2007). Directed by Andrew J. Merkel, designed by Amanda Embry and Joshua Rose, and featured John Conor Brooke, Dianna Marino and Lucy Walters. Assistant Directed by Genevieve Wiley. | |||||
Synopsis: | Inside of The Most Beautiful Lullaby You've Ever Heard, a Man and a Woman breathe in the possibility of a blank piece of paper. The paper becomes a sailboat, their breath becomes a journey that busts the world open, spilling out a truth so big that it could only fit inside of a human heart in love with another equally and beautifully broken person. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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New Orleans: December 26, 2005 | ||
| 1st Produced: | Louisville KY | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Specific Gravity Ensemble | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63136 | |||
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Genre: | Site-specific; short Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | The play was part of the production, ELEVATOR PLAYS: ASCENT-DESCENT/ASSENT-DISSENT, a site-specific project performed inside of the elevators of the Starks Building in downtown Louisville. | |||||
Synopsis: | A man in an elevator re-lives the devastation of post-Katrina New Orleans. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sharpen My Dick | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ohio Theatre, NY | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Working Man's Clothes Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63641 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The play was included in the production, FUCKPLAYS, and performed at the Ohio Theatre (NYC) and Galapagos Art Space (Brooklyn). | |||||
Synopsis: | (FUCKPLAYS) This is a program of eight new plays that collectively take a voyeuristic journey through eight playwrights' most private places and offer a sincere examination of our most basic carnal desires. It's a co-presentation of Soho Thinktank, Galapagos Art Space, Working Man's Clothes Productions, The Thursday Problem, and Jeffrey Schulman. --nytheatre.com | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shelter, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Austin TX | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Gobotrick Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63135 | |||
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Genre: | Full length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The Shelter was a semi-finalist for the 2003 National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Center. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shoebox Full of Putin | ||
| 1st Produced: | Austin TX | 2003 | ||||
Company: | Rude Mechanicals Theatre Collective | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63140 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy; short Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 3 | |||||
Notes: | Produced as part of 300 PLAYS ABOUT VLADIMIR PUTIN at the Off-Center (Austin TX) | |||||
Synopsis: | Vladimir Putin, a wolfskin rug, and three cans of beans in a shoe-box. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tom's Broom | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bath House Cultural Center | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Audacity Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #87819 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | A series of plays based on tracks from the Tom Waite album "Small Change" and performed under that title | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Two Bubbles | ||
| 1st Produced: | Plano TX | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Audacity Productions/Rover Dramawerks | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63139 | |||
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Genre: | comedy Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 3 males, 3 females | |||||
Notes: | The play was produced as part of the 24-hour festival, ONE (MORE) DAY ONLY at Plano's ArtCenter Theatre (Plano TX). The play was later co-produced by rm 120 theatre and Cliff Diver Productions for FronteraFest 2003 (Hyde Park Theatre; Austin TX) and selected as "Best of the Fest". TWO BUBBLES was also a finalist for the 2003 Heideman Award given by Actor's Theatre of Louisville. | |||||
Synopsis: | Three versions (past, present, future) of a young couple stay up all night trying to break the record. An eerie exploration of two souls looking for love. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Waiting for Bitches | ||
| 1st Produced: | Austin TX | 2000 | ||||
Company: | rm 120 theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63142 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy; short One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | First produced as part of the Mind Over Money Theatrical Festival in Austin, Texas (Fall 2000) at Movement's Gallery. Later included as part of FronteraFest (2001) at Hyde Park Theatre (Austin, TX). | |||||
Synopsis: | Two college freshman sit in a graveyard, waiting for their bitches to show up. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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