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Biography of Aliza Shane

Aliza began her career at Queens College, where she received a BA in Theatre. She has worked as a director, stage manager and writer in many different venues since. With Genesis Repertory, she directed Hamlet, The First Quarto and was AD for Avenge! The Spanish Tragedy, (Spotlight On Festival) and The Duel, (Samuel French Festival). She co-directed The Bacchae, (Cypreco Theatre Co.) which was performed, among other places, at the Cyprus Consulate and the HBO Summer Stage. She directed the showcase Cabaret: A New World (Towards Truth Prod.) and was AD/SM for Flyers & Other Tales (Midtown International Theatre Festival).At the Gene Frankel Theatre, she directed The Acoustic Nerve (Groove Mama Ink- One Act Festival) and Drum Beat (Ciona Taylor Productions). With the Looking Glass Theater, she directed the new works Cancel the Arugula and Aquarium in recent Forums, and directed & adapted the award-winning The Misanthrope. Her current adaptation of Molière's The Imaginary Invalid, is currently running in the Looking Glass Theatre's Spring Writer/Director Forum. She will also be directing the Looking Glass's main stage children's show in the fall. She is currently an artistic associate of the Looking Glass Theatre and is the General Forum Coordinator.

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Imaginary Invalid, The
Misanthrope, The

ALIZA SHANE (1979 - )

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Plays by Aliza Shane

ALIZA SHANE

Imaginary Invalid, The

1st Produced:	Looking Glass Theatre, NY			2007
Company:	The Looking Glass Theatre
1st Published:	-			-
To Buy This Play:	I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:	-			Adaptation
Parts:	Male	5	Female	5
Parts Other:	-
Notes: Original Playwright - Moliere. part of The Looking Glass Theatre's Spring 2007 Writers/Directors Forum, a festival of workshop productions showcasing new writers and directors.
Synopsis: A new adaptation, making the play about the dangers of over-medication. Includes dancer/doctor characters who warn the audience about the various side effects associated with the medications the Imaginary Invalid takes. Shes got all the symptoms, but her doctors are the real disease.