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THEODORE SHANK (1929 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Plays by Theodore Shank |
Black Wings | ||
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| 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 | #81213 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by William Harper; lyrics by Theodore Shank; book by Theodore Shank | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on the life of the first black aviatrix Bessie Coleman | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Electricity | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2004 | ||||
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 | #127092 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Fly Away All | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Minnesota Opera New Music-Theater Fnsemble | 1988 | ||||
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 | #31478 | |||
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Genre: | Short Surreal Dance Opera One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | chorus on tape | |||||
Notes: | The music was created on an Fmax sampler and can be performed by one keyboard musician. A variety of sampled sounds serve as the orchestra. These include the sound of wind, children playing, laugher, gasps, ticking clock, footsteps, electronic hums, tin | |||||
Synopsis: | The opera is set in a surreal waiting place, a kind of limbo between two worlds. One direction leads back to the world in which the characters lived; in the other direction is a world they've never seen, a kind of haven which is both seductive and ominous. From the haven we hear the MULTITUDF (taped)--a kind of angelic yuppie chorus. The world in which the characters lived demands responsibilities, the unknown world takes all responsibilities from them, but also takes their freedom. A Young Man has some there in a state of nervous collapse. An Old Man has been brought there by his wife who can no longer care for him. | |||||
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Global Economy | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2004 | ||||
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 | #127093 | |||
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Genre: | Short play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A street vendor forces a homeless woman to dance | |||||
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Wild Indian! | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1985 | |||||
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 | #31479 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Received an award in the Dramatists Guild/CBS New Plays Program for 1985, and received a "Stage Two Award" from the Foundation of the Dramatists Guild and CBS, 1987 | |||||
Synopsis: | Based on historical events and individuals. In 1911 Ishi, the last of the Stone-Age Yahi Indians, entered the modern world. Focusing on the remaining five years of his life, which he spent as a living exhibit in the San Francisco Museum of Anthropology, the opera interweaves his eye-witness account of the massacre of his tribe with scenes from the Yahi exhibit in the museum. While Professor Kroeber, the anthropologist, is determined that Ishi retain his native culture, the young Chinese secretary is equally determined to help Ishi adjust to the new world. And Kroeber's assistant, a young woman anthropologist, tries to adapt to the professional world of men. | |||||
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