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Steve Tesich
Arts & Leisure
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Synopsis:
self absorbed drama critic who judges theatre and life by the same criteria, to absurd extremes
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| First Produced |
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| First Published |
1997 French, London
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| Genre |
Dark Comedy
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| Parts |
Male
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1
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| Female
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4
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| Other
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Notes
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Steve Tesich
Baba Goya
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| First Produced |
1973 New York
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| First Published |
1981 in "Division Street and Other Plays", Performing Arts Journal Publications, New York
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| Genre |
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| Parts |
Male
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| Female |
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| Other |
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Notes
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aka Nourish the Beast
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Steve Tesich
Baptismal
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| First Produced |
1990 Rose, SW3, London
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| First Published |
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| Genre |
Play
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| Parts |
Male
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| Female |
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| Other |
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Notes
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Part Of Touching Bottom
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Steve Tesich
Carpenters, The
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Synopsis:
Is concerned with a family living in a decaying house that is about to tumble down. The fumbling, inept father tries to "communicate" with his children, but settles for listening to tape recordings of the childish games of happier, simpler days; the mother barely thinks or feels anymore, and devotes her days to preparing food; the older son makes listless plans to kill his father; the younger son, slightly retarded, dreams of escaping to the unspoiled wilds of Oregon; and the daughter, a college drop-out, becomes, in an oddly gentle way, the sex object of both father and brother. In the end there are discoveries, and compassion, but also a sense of aching loss of the relentlessness of the fate which the Carpenters have, like betrayed innocents, ordained for themselves.
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| First Produced |
1970 American Place Theatre, New York
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| First Published |
1971 Dramatist Play Service, NY
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| Genre |
Drama
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| Parts |
Male
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3
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| Female |
2
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| Other |
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Notes
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Steve Tesich
Division Street
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Synopsis:
a burnt out 60's radical has settled in Chicago seeking obscurity as an insurance underwriter, he wants to forget his activist past but is besieged by old and new cronies
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| First Produced |
1980 Los Angeles
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| First Published |
1981 in "Division Street and Other Plays", Performing Arts Journal Publications, New York
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| Genre |
Comedy
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| Parts |
Male
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6
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| Female |
2
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| Other |
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Notes
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Steve Tesich
Gorky
| | Company |
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| First Produced |
1975 New York
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| First Published |
1976 French, New York
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| Genre |
Play with music
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| Parts |
Male
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| Female |
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| Other |
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Notes
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music by Mel Marvin
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Steve Tesich
Lake of the Woods
| | Company |
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| First Produced |
1971 New York
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| First Published |
1981 in "Division Street and Other Plays", Performing Arts Journal Publications, New York
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| Genre |
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| Parts |
Male
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Steve Tesich
Nourish The Beast
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Synopsis:
In Queens a loudmouth mother goes through husbands and orphans like the Turkish coffee she makes in a dirty old soup pan
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| First Produced |
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| First Published |
French, New York
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| Genre |
Comedy
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| Parts |
Male
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7
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| Female |
2
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| Other |
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Notes
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Steve Tesich
On the Open Road
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Synopsis:
a civil war and the consequences for looters fleeing from it and their eventual crucifixion in a stunning parable
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| First Produced |
1992 Chicago
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| First Published |
1992 Applause Books, New York
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| Genre |
Comedy/Drama
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| Parts |
Male
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4
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| Female |
1
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| Other |
1b 1g
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Notes
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Steve Tesich
Passing Game
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Synopsis:
two once promising actors engage in increasingly violent baseball games as they plot to kill their wives; murder does take place but not the one they've planned
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| First Produced |
1977 New York
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| First Published |
1978 French, New York
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| Genre |
Drama
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| Parts |
Male
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4
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| Female |
3
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| Other |
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Notes
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Steve Tesich
Road, The
| | Company |
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| First Produced |
1990 Rose, SW3, London
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| First Published |
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| Genre |
Play
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| Parts |
Male
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| Female |
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| Other |
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Notes
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Part Of Touching Bottom
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Steve Tesich
Speed of Darkness, The
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Synopsis:
successful businessman and pillar of society chickens come home to roost when deranged Vietnam War buddy turns up
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| First Produced |
1989 Chicago
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| First Published |
1989 American Theatre Magazine, NY - July
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| Genre |
Drama
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| Parts |
Male
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3
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| Female |
2
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| Other |
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Notes
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Steve Tesich
Square One
| | Company |
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Synopsis:
set in a benign Orwellian state, zany woman escapes to marry an Artist Third Class
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| First Produced |
1990 New York
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| First Published |
1990 Applause Books, New York
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| Genre |
Satirical Comedy
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| Parts |
Male
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1
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| Female |
1
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| Other |
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Notes
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Steve Tesich
Touching Bottom
| | Company |
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| First Produced |
1978 New York
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| First Published |
1980 French, New York
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| Genre |
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| Parts |
Male
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1
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| Female |
1
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| Other |
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Notes
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includes The Road, A Life, Baptismal
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