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Paul Thureen

PAUL THUREEN

  
Nationality:    USA
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Paul Thureen is a founding member and co-Artistic Director of The Debate Society, co-writing and starring in A Thought About Raya, The Snow Hen, You're Welcome, The Eaten Heart, Cape Disappointment, Detroit and Buddy Cop 2. Recent New York and international performances include Hostage Song, Clay McLeod Chapman's The Pumpkin Pie Show at P.S. 122, One Year Lease's tour of Oresteia in Athens and Milan, and Tango 'til They're Sore at The Flea. Regional: The Description of the World, Facade, and Pulcinella (Theatre de la Jeune Lune) and The Odyssey Experience (McCarter). TV: The Late Show with David Letterman and The Revolution (History ChAnnel).

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Blood Play         Buddy Cop 2         Cafe Disappointment         Eaten Heart, The         Jacuzzi         Snow Hen, The         Thought About Raya         You're Welcome

Blood Play

Blood Play
For their 7th full-length work, the Debate Society has created a darkly comic thriller of post-war verve and pre-adolescent disquiet. Blood Play is set in the tranquil Chicago suburb of Skokie in the early 1950s. While the kids are away on a camping trip with their Jr. Cherokee's Troop, a string of coincidences yields a spontaneous grown-up party. In the basement of a brand-new ranch house, exotic cocktails like "Rapupu Sours" are sampled, games like "Bee Pee Bo" are played and new friends like Jeep, the door-to-door photographer, are made. What an unforgettable night this is to be! BUT things are happening that no one is talking about. And something is stirring underground. Soon, the story spread . . . Whispers in the basement bars of the homes around the neighborhood. Rumors served at the soda shop. Kids, terrified, telling trembling tales in tents in the backyard . . . He's out there
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen, developed by Oliver Butler

1st Produced:
the Bushwick Starr
207 Starr Street, #4, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, NY 11237     03 Oct 2012

Organisations:
the Debate Society

1st Published:

Music:
-

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Genre:
comic thriller

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Buddy Cop 2

Buddy Cop 2
Two cops. . .in the kind of quiet little town where a kid dreams of growing up to be a fireman. Or a racecar driver. Where the only question you ask yourself at the end of the day is if you're gonna knock back your cold one at Swanky's, Spanky's, or Zingers. A town where neighbors pitch in to help neighbors in need, and where if you wake up in the middle of the night. . .you should keep your eyes closed. Because the man in red is there in the corner. Watching you. Smiling at you with his yellow eyes and black teeth. Best to pretend you're still asleep. In this comedic action/mystery of holiday nostalgia and athletic rigor, when a flood destroys the police station, the local cops set up shop in the nearby community center. Mysteries emerge. Criminals are chased. Racquetball is played. In this town, nothing is what it seems. . .or is it?

Notes:
written by Hannah Bos And Paul Thureen; developed by Oliver Butler

1st Produced:

Organisations:
the Debate Society

1st Published:

Music:
-

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Genre:
dark comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Cafe Disappointment

Cafe Disappointment
a decaying drive-in comes to life with stories of lighthouses, naughty little girls, and places you imagine remembering. So please sit back, relax, refrain from loud talking and rough-housing, turn off your headlights, enjoy some tasty popcorn, put litter in its place, keep an eye on your children, think about how happy we could be, and remember that this country is full of dark, dark places along dark, dark roadways where dark, dark things can happen. the Debate Society's fourth full-length play transforms the upstairs space at P.S. 122 into their own version of a drive-in theater to present an intimate and absurd perspective of classic Americana. the Brooklyn-based play-makers invite audiences to experience the Feature Presentation from the comfort of their own private 4-seater, equipped with a cooler, speaker box, and a close-up view of the action. Like an evening at the drive-in, Cape Disappointment starts with a 'cartoon' and proceeds to the feature: a road-trip epic populated by characters racing across the crumbling landscapes of bygone hey-days. there's even an intermission tossed in just long enough to grab some popcorn."
- press release

Notes:
written by Hannah Bos And Paul Thureen. Developed by Oliver Butler

1st Produced:

Organisations:
the Debate Society

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
Show

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Eaten Heart, The

Synopsis:
It is inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th century work, the Decameron, and is the second in the Debate Society's trilogy of new plays based on stories originating from the Black Plague. the following description is from the show's press release: "On a hot summer evening the characters of the Eaten Heart escape the monotony of their own lives by visting the strange world of a remote motel. Entering into a lucid dream of hilarious, erotic, and occasionally gory twists, they engage in steamy roadside intrigue before disppearing back onto the lonely highways."
nytheatre.com

Notes:
written And performed by Hannah Bos And Paul Thureen

1st Produced:

Organisations:
the Debate Society

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Jacuzzi

Jacuzzi
In the Marshall family's peacefully remote Colorado ski chalet, Erik and Helene are making themselves very much at home. So at home, they just might stay for good. At the edge of civilization, the lifestyles of the rich collide with the lifestyles of the aimless in the bubbling waters of a hot tub...but beware what lurks beneath.

Notes:
written by Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen, developed by Oliver Butler

1st Produced:
Ars Nova, NY     Oct 2014

Organisations:
the Debate Society

1st Published:

Music:
-

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Genre:
dark comedy 90 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Snow Hen, The

Synopsis:
based on a 14th century Norwegian folk tale (Jostedal Grouse) inspired by the Black Death. In the play, the populations of the world have been decimated in a global plague. A little girl has survived, and she is growing feathers. In her seaside Norwegian cottage, she fishes for remnants of civilization that float in with the tide. Her lonely existence is brokedn by a haunted wanderer who suddenly crashes into her world. the play draws inspiration from Norwegian culture, '50s-era home movies, and investigations into memory and perception.

Notes:
written by Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen

1st Produced:
Charlie Pineapple Theatre     2006

Organisations:
the Debate Society

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Thought About Raya

Synopsis:
A Thought About Raya brings to the stage the violent and darkly comedic spirit of Leningrad artist Daniil Kharms, whose idiosyncratic visions and nonlinear theatrical performances led to his arrest, imprisonment, and eventual death during Stalin's purges. In a series of colliding scenes, vibrant images and absurd turns frame this performance that is part fable, part dance, and part experience. the themes of love, sex, violence, and death pepper this story of the search for a voice in the midst of chaos
- press release

Notes:
written by Hannah Bos And Paul Thureen

1st Produced:
Red Room, NY, USA >>>     01 Mar 2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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You're Welcome

Synopsis:
You're Welcome is a collection of five small plays about creation and failure; a unified theatrical myth that tells the story of an invented band of performers and their catastrophic attempts at connection. the plays are also about love, death, desire, tragedy, comedy, drunk driving, sexiness, beauty, loss, the battle between good and evil, a baby born wearing a hat. And theater.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by Hannah Bos And Paul Thureen

1st Produced:

Organisations:
the Debate Society

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short plays

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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