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Melisa Tien

MELISA TIEN

  
Nationality:    USA
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below is a list of Melisa Tien's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         7 Sins in 60 Minutes         Daughter of Heaven         Familium Vulgare         Hiding Place, The         Hi-Profile         I Like To Be Here: Jackson Heights Revisited, Or, This Is A Mango         Jackson Heights 3AM         Refrain         Secret Life of the Office Worker         Underdogs         We Play For the Gods         Yes, Madly

7 Sins in 60 Minutes

Synopsis:
A high-octane ride through the Seven Deadly Sins, done 21st-century style. Developed by seven playwrights and one director, the piece boasts a playful and provocative mix of comedy, Drama, dance, spoken word, and original music.

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1st Produced:
HERE Arts Center - Dorothy B. Williams theater
145 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10013    11 Jul 2010

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Daughter of Heaven

Synopsis:
A contemporary re-telling the story of Wu Zetian, who in the 7th century entered the royal court as a concubine and rose to become the only empress ever to rule China. Set in modern-day Shanghai, Wu is a factory worker who attempts to define herself in the eyes of society at the same time China attempts to define itself in the eyes of the world. Featuring puppetry, lion dance, and traditional song.

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Male:  4            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Familium Vulgare

Synopsis:
A family comprised of a Buddhist scholar, an amateur filmmaker and a failed science major navigate the peculiar waters of life after death. A play about the individual rituals we design for ourselves, and the power of the collective ritual.

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Hiding Place, The

Synopsis:
A menacing, lyric glimpse at power, sexuality, and the workplace.

Notes:
part of second Annual Take 10, An evening of nine 10-minute plays from Aspiring playwrights Across the country As part of its National MFA Playwrights competition

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Organisations:
Theater Masters

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Ten Min

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Hi-Profile

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I Like To Be Here: Jackson Heights Revisited, Or, This Is A Mango

Synopsis:
Theatre 167's Jackson Heights Trilogy  collaboratively written by 18 playwrights  featured 37 actors in 93 roles speaking 14 languages ("an epic song of America's most diverse neighborhood"Theatermania). I LIKE TO BE HERE is the newest, edgiest piece from this multilingual, multicultural company. In the span of one very late night, new faces encounter existing characters and re-imagined scenes from the Trilogy. Drag queens, car dispatchers, under-slept parents, gamblers, insomniacs, and dreamers find one another on the streets of Jackson Heights.

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written by Jenny Lyn Bader, J. Stephen Brantley, Ed Cardona, Les Hunter, Tom Miller, Melisa Tien And Joy Tomasko; conceived by Laura Kreith. Part of E PLURIBUS, the 2nd Annual Theater:Village Festival

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Theatre 167

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collaborative piece

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Jackson Heights 3AM

Synopsis:
Seven playwrights explore the most culturally diverse neighborhood in the world from 10pm-4am - its brightest lights and loneliest corners - in dance clubs, all-night bakeries, sex shops, laundromats, side streets, and alleyways. they ate arepas prepared by the "sainted arepa lady" and, two blocks away, saw the homeless fed by the local hero a.k.a. "Angel of Queens" under the elevated trains. they interviewed numbers-players, sex trafficking experts, bartenders, cops, and cross-dressers. they were invited to dance, to gamble, and to watch an undercover police operation. . . And they were invited to let their imaginations run dark, funny, sexy, and very very late. It was written using collaborative methods developed by theatre 167, with the seven playwrights sharing characters and storylines, melding distinct voices and languages into one whole.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by Jenny Lyn Bader, J. Stephen Brantley, Ed Cardona, Les Hunter, Tom Miller, Melisa Tien And Joy Tomasko; conceived by Laura Kreith

1st Produced:
Ps 69, 77-02 37th Ave And Queens Theater In The Park, Ny    13 Jan 2012

Organisations:
Theatre 167 in association with Queens Theatre

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Play/Drama

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Refrain

Synopsis:
Angela and Leo have agreed: she will carry his child in exchange for him sending her to art school. For the next nine months, they're preparing to realize their wildest dreams; what they aren't expecting is having to let go of them.

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1st Produced:
Wild Project, 195 East 3rd Street, New York, Ny 10009    Nov 2011

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Secret Life of the Office Worker

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Underdogs

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We Play For the Gods

Synopsis:
"We Play for the Gods was prompted by the question 'on whose shoulders do we as women theater artists stand?'" says Women's Project Producing Artistic Director Julie Crosby. This question led 14 artists of the Women's Project Lab to Ellen Stewart, the legendary founder of La MaMa who in the 1960s blew open the doors of Dramatic expression and gave voice to an extraordinary and diverse generation of theater artists. Inspired by her words, 'We play for the Gods and in return, they play for us,' this collaborative play was developed at Womens Project over eighteen months, three workshops, abundant good humor, and the occasional mojito." We Play for the Gods is the tale of four ordinary women working in a research institute and one trickster goddess who messes around with their lives as only a deity can.
- nytheatre.com

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Created By: Alexandra Collier, Elizabeth R. English, Charity Ballard, Jessi D. Hill, Andrea Kuchlewska, Manda Martin, Dominique Morisseau, Kristen Palmer, Sarah Rasmussen, Mia Rovegno, Melisa Tien, Nicole A. Watson, Stephanie Ybarra, Stefanie Zadravec

1st Produced:
Cherry Lane theatre
38 Commerce Street, New York, NY 10014    01 Jun 2012

Organisations:
Women's Project

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Yes, Madly

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