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RICHARD VETERE (1952 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Richard Vetere is a playwright, novelist, published poet, film, TV writer and actor. He wrote the novel The Third Miracle published by Simon & Schuster which is now in several languages and co-authored the screenplay adaptation produced by Frances Ford Coppola starring Ed Harris. His other plays include Machiavelli, Caravaggio, Gangster Apparel, The Marriage Fool and his Pulitzer-nominated One Shot, One Kill. He's a member of the Writer's Guild, the Author's Guild, Dramatist Guild, Poets & Writers and the NY Playwright's Lab. He holds a master's degree from Columbia University and teaches a master screenwriting class at NYU and Queens College. He lives in New York City.
Plays by Richard Vetere
Caravaggio | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #70862 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | extras | |||||
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| Michelangelo Caravaggio is on the run having killed a man in a brawl. He escapes from Italy to Malta but after a falling out with the Grand Master of the Knights of Malta flees to Naples. | |||||
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Classic, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #79884 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | Michael, a novelist believes that a great writer does not marry and have children. Numerous women throw themselves at him | |||||
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Coupla of Bimbos Sittin' Around Talkin', A | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #79885 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | Three tarty young women are hanging around waiting for their boyfriends to arrive and take them on holiday. A partner has been arranged for a fourth male friend and she arrives - very prim and proper. To her amazement the other girls talk about the Hundred Years War, The Poll Tax, Napoleon and the Franco-Prussian War. | |||||
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Engagement, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #79886 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Four bachelor friends - they have been together for years. When one of them announces he is to be married what lengths will the others go to stop it? | |||||
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Epic Story Of Love And Sex In Ten Minutes, An: Chapter One | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in 2009: The Best 10-Minute Plays for Two or More Actors, Smith & Kraus (December 1, 2009) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1575257594 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108634 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 5 or 6 actors | |||||
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Ersatz | ||
| 1st Produced: | Barrow Group, New York | 2010 | ||||
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| 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 | #110836 | |||
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First Love | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0871298140 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #79887 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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| Dot a widow of ten years and her friend recently widowed Sunny plan to move to Las Vegas and start a new life. The Dot's first love Bill turns up | |||||
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Gangster Apparel | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1993 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0871297334 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #35531 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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| Louie believes that clothes makes the man. He insists that he and Joey are smartly dressed when they pull off a robbery. However, they are recognised and the witness remembers the yellow handkerchief Louie had in his top pocket. He does not want to spend twenty years in an orange prison suit - so he tells the authorities about their boss. They are both put in to witness protection - in rural Arizona - were the dress code is jeans and a check shirt | |||||
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Hale The Hero! | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0871297167 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #79888 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
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| Captain Hale the hero of the American War of Independence, but was he actually running home to mother when the British captured him? | |||||
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How To Go On A Date In Queens | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #79889 | |||
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Genre: | One act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | After Artie's wife dies his friend Stan sets up a double date for the. But Artie has not dated in years and gets everything wrong but he does make a hit with the waitress | |||||
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Hundred Years into the Heart, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 2004 | ||||
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 | #54976 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | based on true events from the life of writer Richard Vetere (music and lyrics are by Jeffrey Lodin and William Squier, respectively) | |||||
Synopsis: | The authors weave together several different love stories representing many types of love. Is one type of love greater than another or are they simply different? Is one s destiny set or is it possible to tempt fate and perhaps even change the course of events by doing so? | |||||
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I Met a Lady | ||
| 1st Produced: | reading at Gloucester Stage Company | 01 Aug 2011 | ||||
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 | #71318 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | Has-been film maker Nicky's hit film of 20 years ago, is now going to Blu-Ray! What's more, a French film student, a Eurasian architect and a former Russian prostitute, all daughters of women he used to know, show up to claim him as their Dad but he has no memory of any of them. | |||||
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Last Day | ||
| 1st Produced: | 21 Jul 2011 | |||||
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 | #130445 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | a dark, delicious love story set in a Long island cemetry where not all the secrets are underground. | |||||
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Machiavelli | ||
| 1st Produced: | Arclight Theatre, NY | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #57398 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Set in Florence, Italy, in the early 1500s, Machiavelli is a new comedy by Richard Vetere about the great political thinker and his equally clever wife, Marietta. Within a constantly changing world of intrigue, they must use their wits to navigate the outrageous whims and violent behavior of the Medicis [Italy's ruling family], as well as their own daughter's shocking rebellion. Should Machiavelli help his sworn enemy in order to help his own family survive to fight another day. . . or confront them, and put all their lives in jeopardy? | |||||
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Marriage Fool, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company, | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0871297310 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #79890 | |||
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| His wife of forty years has died when Frank meets Florence at a dance. Later much to his son's horror he announces he will marry her. | |||||
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Meatball Hero | ||
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| 1st Published: | in 2010 The Best 10-Minute Plays, Smith & Kraus (September 1, 2010) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1575257723 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #121836 | |||
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Genre: | Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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One Shot, One Kill | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 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 | #79891 | |||
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Vows of Penelope Corelli, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #79892 | |||
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| Five years ago Sam went out for a packet of cigarettes and never came back. Now when his wife Penelope wins the lottery he returns. | |||||
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