C DENBY SWANSON
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by C Denby Swanson
Atomic Adventures of Nikolai Nikolaevich, The |
| 1st Produced: | Children's Theatre Company (workshop) (Minneapolis, MN, United States) | 2003 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | 30-35 min | Dramedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 |
| Parts Other: | 1 male, 2 females, 7 either (10 actors possible: 1-8 males, 2-9 females) | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | In this modern Russian fairy tale, a young man must decide whether or not to sell his wild forest mushrooms to a beautiful young woman in the Moscow marketplace. Only five things stand in the way: One, his mushrooms are radioactive. Two, three, four, and five are his twin brothers, who were born on the fingers of his right hand, a result of the accident at Chernobyl. And then there are the market's inspectors, who are hot on his trail and closing in fast. . . | |||||
Atomic Farmgirl |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
| Company: | The Drilling Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | by C Denby Swanson, conceived and directed with Brooke Brod, based on a memoir by Teri Hein | |||||
| Synopsis: | Atomic Farmgirl explores the impact of the nuclear industry, the mythology of the American West, and the story of a family farm and the generations of people who have lived there. Hein's memoir—and Swanson's play—conjure up the echoes of the past—both evil and benign—that dwell in the land, leavened by a healthy dose of laughter at the absurdity of fate | |||||
Death of a Cat |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Everything So Far |
| 1st Produced: | St. Stephen's Academy (Austin, TX, United States) | 2003 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | 60-80 min | Comedy/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 8 |
| Parts Other: | 2 males, 8 females (8-30 actors possible: 2-24 males, 6-28 females) | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Loosely adapted from a 9th grade biology textbook, Everything So Far is a whimsical interweaving of several impossible stories -- a Dinosaur looking for her lost egg, a Biologist with dark intentions, a Fly with 24 hours to live, the three Fates, the All Chimp Runaway Lab Monkey Band, and a narrator, Peter, who has recently died but finds his way back in time to the moment of his most perfect peace. | |||||
Freedom |
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
| Company: | TheDrillingCompaNY | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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: | short play | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | authors Brian Dykstra, Andrea Moon, C. Denby Swanson, Trish Harnetiaux, Richard Mover, Sean Lewis, Eric Henry Sanders, Kate McCamy | |||||
| Synopsis: | Now in its tenth year, TheDrillingCompaNY is well known for its collections of new plays around common themes. The theme this year is FREEDOM. "We chose it because of all of the attention our FREE –market economy has gotten lately and because we're still fighting wars for the same cause," says artistic director Hamilton Clancy. "Franklin Roosevelt outlined four freedoms America was responsible for defending—that was the kick-off point for playwrights." With grants from the New York State Council on the Arts and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, TheDrillingCompaNY commissions writers to write around the chosen theme. The directors of this year's plays are: Hamilton Clancy, Robert A. Wilson, Tom Demenkoff, Jude Domski, David Marantz, Richard Mover, and Rebecca Hengstenberg. - nytheatre.com | |||||
Governing Alice |
| 1st Produced: | Spring Grove High School (Lanesboro, MN, United States) | 2003 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | 25-35 min | Dramedy | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | 4 males, 3 females, 6 either (10-13 actors possible: 2-11 males, 2-11 females) | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | In this modern adaptation of the Greek classic Antigone, a rebellious high school student named Alice must respond to the sudden and shattering death of her older brother, the class valedictorian -- who was shot while robbing a convenience store. Up against an unyielding principal and accompanied by a bookish Geek Chorus, Alice must find her own way through personal and classical tragedy. In honoring her brother, she'll probably break some rules. Which is more important? | |||||
Honour |
| 1st Produced: | Zach Scott Theater Performing Arts School - Staged reading (Austin, TX, United States) | 2005 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | 40-50 min | Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | 2 males, 3 females, 5 either (8-16 actors possible: 2-13 males, 3-14 females) | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A young woman named Honour hangs out behind the local big-box store and does nothing with her two best friends, Fib and Tryla -- until one day Fib decides to play a joke on the local military recruiter and fake-enlist. This flippant act draws their small group into a whirlwind of intimate betrayals, but Honour has more than that on her mind -- she's been having visions of Joan of Arc since she was twelve, and now Joan's urging Honour into battle. Meanwhile, a chorus of Cardinals is putting Joan on trial for heresy. (And because they're in St. Louis, they also play baseball.) What is honor? And how do you fight for it? | |||||
Natural Causes |
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
| Company: | TheDrillingCompaNY | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | TheDrillingCompaNY presents Justice, a themed evening of original short plays | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||