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Emily Bentley Solomon

EMILY BENTLEY SOLOMON  

 Nationality:    USA
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A playwright who has also served as a fed, lobbyist, diplomat, nonprofit executive, trade coalition head, and co-founder of the international medical charity global links based in Pittsburgh, PA, usa, all of which inform the dramA.

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below is a list of Emily Bentley Solomon's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 (Cough, Cough!)         Hot Yellow Lentils         Karel Capek's War with the Newts         Last Time I Wore A Dress, The         Ngala Muti         Retirement Years, The

(Cough, Cough!)

Synopsis:
A disgruntled actor interrupts a performance of Romeo and Juliet, holds the Player and the audience hostage and has an existential crisis over the meaning of art and the news in the 21stC.

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1st Produced:
Kennedy Center Prelude Festival    Sep 2009

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Genre:
existential

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  non-gender specific casting. Written for a cast of 5

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Hot Yellow Lentils

Synopsis:
A long-buried love affair bubbles to the surface when a woman, her husband, and a secret lover confront an attractive young niece and the conundrum she presents. The play asks the question: what happens when sophisticated modern marriage, the age-old mores of India, and forbidden sexual urges collide?

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1st Produced:
Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festival, and the Ganymede Arts Festival    -

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Genre:
social comedy. - - Lesbian, one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Karel Capek's War with the Newts

Synopsis:
A socio-political satire about mankind's self-undoing. The play chronicles the evolution and demise of human own society thru the rise of trained salamanders who, initially exploited, challenge mankind's position at the top of the pyramid. The play addresses our capacity to be brainwashed and blinded by the media, materialism, false science, prejudice, politics and ultimately war. Presented in a chronicle form similar to the novel, the adaptation brings the story through the cultural revolutions of 20thC into the present day.

Notes:
Solomon's theatrical Adaptation uses the Ewald Osers English translation of Capek's novel with the permission of UNESCO Publishing which commissioned the new translation.

1st Produced:
Kennedy Center Prelude Festival    01 Sep 2003

Organisations:
Washington Stage Guild, Kennedy Center Prelude Festival, The Catholic University of America

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Genre:
Comedy + Politics

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  non-gender specific casting. Written for a cast of 8 to 10.

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Last Time I Wore A Dress, The

Synopsis:
The true story of a girl's journey through the mental health system where she is diagnosed as being an inappropriate female and is bombarded with psychiatrists, psychotics, and cosmetics. Adapted with permission of the author from the Lambda-Award winning memoir.

Notes:
Multiple Award winner At Washington Annual Theatre Festival And GLAAD Award nominee.

1st Produced:
Washington Annual Theatre Festival, Washington, DC    2000

Organisations:
Washington Annual Theatre Festival, The Source Theatre Company, The Playhouse, VA

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Genre:
comedy. - - Gay/Lesbian, historical characters

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Ngala Muti

Synopsis:
Jim and Jane are badly married Americans on safari in southern Africa in search of the 'real African experience' with their South African ranger Bobby Hotz and a mystical Shangaan tracker Tshonga, but can they handle it? The local birds don't think so. A contemporary update and deconstruction of the 1930's big white game hunter genre told from Africa's perspective.

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Organisations:
The Catholic University of America, Washington Shakespeare Company at the Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festival, University of Pittsburgh New Play Festival

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Genre:
educational comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  Offstage voices of southern African birds, hippos, hyena, and lion.

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Retirement Years, The

Synopsis:
Marge wants her golden years to be platinum. Charles is happy with bronze. Ex-wife Big Sally wants Charles' money. Different definitions of the American golden years clash as an elder couple grapple with the issues of aging and each other.

Notes:
Nominee, ACTF John Cauble Award

1st Produced:
Washington Stage Guild at the Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festival    2009

Organisations:
2009 Playwrights Festival Centenary Stage

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Genre:
comedy with a dark underbelly

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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