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MARK TROY |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Produced, New York; Desperation (Samuel French Short Play of the Year), The Plot (Winner Riant Play Festival Week 1), Jewel Avenue (Writer's Theater), Aggravation (Theatre-Studio), Produced, Los Angeles; Paging Dr. Chutzpah, (Sidewalk Studio Theatre),Tsuris (Sidewalk Studio Theatre), Belladonna's of the Court (Five Valley Theatre League Awards including Best New Comedy, and published by Brooklyn Publishers), The Secret Nymph of New Hyde Park (Renegade Theater), Peking Duck (Next Stage), One Man's Devotion (The Rose Theatre). Produced; Century Village Boca, The Proposal, Birdy (All finalists at The Actors Theatre of Louisville Short Play Festival), Balloon (Chicago Dramatist Short Play Winner), Getting You Bupkus, The Misguided Production, and Shiksa, (Malibu International Play Festival), Everyone I know (Los Angles Play Festival Winner), Sister Snell (Boston), How To Marry Your Stalker, (Harrogate, England), and Man on the Mountain - a World Premiere in Vancouver, British Columbia. Troy is the winner of the Claire Donaldson Prize for Playwrighting with his play Afterpiece. His play The Plot is being published (Smith & Kraus) Best Play for Two Characters, 2007, and his play Join The Club and Sister Snell, Best Play for Three or More Characters, 2008. In film, Mark has projects in development at Columbia Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, and MGM. He has worked with Rob Reiner, Tom Hanks, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Robin Williams. Mark wrote an early draft of the The Guru with Heather Graham. His new feature Kid Friendly is being produced by Willie Kutner. And he is working on a feature Sweepstakes with producer John Fogel. Mark also does script doctoring for many film and TV shows. He also wrote the cult classic Zipperface. The independent feature he co-wrote, Driving Me Crazy starring Joe Bologna, Renee Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Celeste Holm, Louise Lasser, Dick Cavett and Maxine Bahns, is in production. Mark has taught/lectured at Harbor College, Gettysburg College, Queens College, Learning Tree University, Universal Studios, Learning Annex, Celebrity Cruise Lines, Temecula Film Festival, Flatland Writer's Conference, the Burbank Schools, and many theater groups around the country. He is a member of the Writer's Guild of America and the Dramatist Guild of America.
Plays by Mark Troy
Aggravation | ||
| 1st Produced: | Venice, California | 1990 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39594 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | When a yuppie couple wants to bring a little fun into the bedroom, Chuck dreams of a sexy model joining him and his wife, only to find she has other ideas: the world's formest Jewish male prostitute. | |||||
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Avenues | ||
| 1st Produced: | Off-Broadway | 1993 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39595 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | Three short plays intertwined all taking place on various New York streets. Part I is a down and out photographer trying to get girls naked in his studio. Part II is sexual harrassment in the workplace, and Part II is role reversal when an engaged couple literally puts each other in the others shoes for one week. He as a woman, and she as the man. | |||||
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Balloon | ||
| 1st Produced: | Chicago Dramatists | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39596 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | When a meager accountant takes a balloon ride with his overbearing boss, he had no idea that the boss was going to accuse him of stealing company funds and that this was a one-way trip. | |||||
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Basic 7, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Miles Playhouse, Santa Monica, CA | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Secret Rose Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91418 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A young couple stuck in a rut decide to break the Seven Deadly Sins starting with greed when they rob a convenience store of a pack of gum and some razor blades. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Belladonna's of the Court | ||
| 1st Produced: | Los Angeles, Ca | 1985 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Brooklyn Publishers, 2004 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39597 | |||
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Genre: | cartoon comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | when a housing complex is torn down, neighbors have to learn about each other, even if it means learning too much | |||||
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Birdy | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Actors Theatre of Louisville Short Play Festival | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39598 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | : When it becomes intolerable to hear her neighbors bird quacking all day, a confrontation is coming. | |||||
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Century Village Boca | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Actors Theatre of Louisville Short Play Festival | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39599 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Desperation | ||
| 1st Produced: | 13th Street Repertory, 50 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011 >>> | 1984 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39600 | |||
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Genre: | Black Comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | there are two non-speaking roles | |||||
Notes: | Samuel French Short Play of the Year | |||||
Synopsis: | when a young lady shows up for a blind date, she is not shocked at all that the man she has come to see, has murdered the two pervious women who showed up because they didn't get along | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Everyone I Know | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39601 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Los Angles Play Festival Winner | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Family Calamity | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39602 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Getting You Bupkus | ||
| 1st Produced: | Rose Theatre. Venice, CA | 1990 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Brooklyn Publishers (under the title NEW YORK SCENES), 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39603 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | When their 24 year old son returns home after running away on the night before his Bar Mitzvah, his very religious parents must come to terms with how they raised him and what love and religion means to each of them. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Join The Club | ||
| 1st Produced: | Malibu Stage Company | 2007 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Smith & Kraus, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91415 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Although he would do anything for his fiance, a young Irish-Catholic boy about to marry a Jewish girl is shocked when he actually get himself circumcised before the wedding only to learn from his Priest and the family Rabbi, that it was an awful idea. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mental Health | ||
| 1st Produced: | Sidewalk Studio Theatre | 2007 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #40775 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | This play was produced under the title PAGING DR. CHUTZPAH | |||||
Synopsis: | the world's most renounded psychiatrist must impress his nephew who looks up to him even though as a psychiatrist he is pretty much a pig. So when he steals his nephews fiance, it is no surprise. | |||||
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Misguided Production, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Malibu Stage Company | 2005 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39604 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Malibu International Play Festival Winner | |||||
Synopsis: | When a young naïve Jewish girl visits her rabbi so that she can acquire a role in the Temple's production of "Fiddler on the roof" she is shocked to find out that the rabbi wants to do the show in a new light -- with nudity. | |||||
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New York Scenes | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39605 | |||
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Peking Duck | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39606 | |||
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Plot, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Baruch Theater, New York City | - - - | ||||
Company: | Riant Play Festival | |||||
| 1st Published: | in 2007: The Best Ten-Minute Plays For 2 Actors, Smith & Kraus; Lawrence Harbison edition (July 15, 2008) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1-57525-589-7 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91417 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
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| A young woman is horrified when her over-bearing mother shows up on her door-step to announce that she has bough her a cemetery plot. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Proposal, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Actors Theatre of Louisville Short Play Festival | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39607 | |||
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Secret Nymph of New Hyde Park, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Off-Broadway | 1980 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #39608 | |||
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Genre: | Political Farce | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | When a senator runs for election on Long Island, he has to keep all his secrets from his wife, who has even more secrets | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sister Snell | ||
| 1st Produced: | No-Ho Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in 2008: The Best Ten-Minute Plays 3 or More Actors, Smith & Kraus, (2009) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1575257105 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91416 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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| On an average job interview for a position with the world's renounced architect, a young just-out-college student is shocked to find her mentor dressed like a nun, with a potty mouth, and a Lesbian coming on to her. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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TSURIS | ||
| 1st Produced: | Sidewalk Studio Theater, Toluca Lake, CA | 2007 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91414 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | When a young man visits his retired parents in Florida to tell them that he and his wife are planning to start a family, he is shocked to realize that his wife has also gone to see the parents to tell them she wants a divorce from their son. | |||||
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