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JOHN WALCH |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: The Susan Gurman Agency, LLC |
John Walch 's play THE DINOSAUR WITHIN was winner of the Kennedy Center Fund for New American plays and premiered at Austin's State Theater. CIRCUMFERENCE OF A SQUIRREL premiered at Austin's Zachary Scott Theater Center and was subsequently produced by the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, opened off-Broadway at Urban Stages, and was recently revived at New Jersey Rep. John's plays have been developed through the Public Theater New Works Now Festival, the National Playwrights' Retreat sponsored by A.S.K. Theatre Projects, the Shenandoah International Playwright's Retreat, the Playwright's Center of Minneapolis, the State Theater's Harvest Festival of New American Plays, the WordBRIDGE Playwright's Lab, Play Works, and the New Work Festival at the Mark Taper Forum. In addition, several of Jon's monologues can be found in the Monologues for Men series published by Heinemann. He received the Marc Klein Playwriting Award for JESTING WITH EDGED TOOLS; three Austin Critic's Table Awards for Best Original Script for CRAVING GRAVY, CIRCUMFERENCE OF A SQUIRREL, and THE DINOSAUR WITHIN; the James Michener Fellowship from the Michener Center for Writers at University of Texas; the 2003 Osborn Award recognizing an emerging American playwright from the American Theatre Critics Association; and the Charlotte Woolard Award from the Kennedy Center recognizing a promising voice in the American theatre. John is an Alfred P. Sloan playwriting fellow with Manhattan Theatre Club.
Plays by John Walch
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| 1st Produced: | Austin Script Works (Austin, TX, United States) | 2002 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #81629 | |||
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Genre: | 10-12 min Political drama/comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 3 males (3 actors possible: 0-3 males, 0-3 females) | |||||
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Synopsis: | What's the difference between the Turkey & Giblets Dinner and Fisherman's Catch Banquet? This seemingly benign question arises in the pet food aisle of a grocery store as privileged college grads Michael and Conrad argue over the ethics of caring for an abandoned cat in their apartment complex. But as their debate heats up, Michael has a surprising and unsettling encounter that starts to reveal the complexity and proximity of the world hunger crisis. | |||||
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Alice Threw the Looking Glass | ||
| 1st Produced: | University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR, United States) | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #81630 | |||
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Genre: | 65-85 min Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 male, 1 female, 6 either (8-40 actors possible: 1-39 males, 1-39 females) | |||||
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Synopsis: | First-year college student Alice is in serious danger of failing her English course when she follows her composition paper into the trash -- and ends up in a hallucinatory world where the rules of grammar are turned upside-down. If she wants to pass, she'll need to deal with gunslinging run-on sentences, thugs hawking colloquialisms, fearsome Modifier Leeches, and more. Inspired by Lewis Carroll and parodying the terse manual The Elements of Style by Strunk & White, this ingenious comedy explores the fantasy world of language in all its grotesque mutations. | |||||
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Circumference of a Squirrel | ||
| 1st Produced: | Zachary Scott Theatre Center (Austin, TX, United States) | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #35794 | |||
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Genre: | 75-90 min Drama/Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 1 male | |||||
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Synopsis: | An inner-tube, a bagel, a donut, a lifesaver, a holiday wreath, a tire-swing, a cycle of abuse, a halo of hatred: circles, both real and figurative, whirl out of control in this darkly comic one-man show. And at the center of them all sits an enigmatic squirrel. Orbiting that squirrel is Chester, a self-described rodentophobe who spins the outlandish, funny, and bruising tale of growing up with a father who developed a rabid hatred for squirrels -- a hatred that eventually infected every aspect of his and his son's life. Pursued by memories of his intolerant father and the legacy of bigotry, Chester is pulled into the black hole at the center of his own life where he encounters the mistakes, the fears, the guilt, and the humanity that make him whole again. | |||||
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Craving Gravy | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2001 | ||||
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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 | #58333 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Dinosaur Within, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Austin's State Theater | - - - | ||||
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 | #58331 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | winner of the Kennedy Center Fund for New American plays | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Elements Of Style, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Rocket @ Demarco Roxy Art House, Edinburgh Fringe Festival >>> | 2007 | ||||
Company: | HWS Rembiko | |||||
| 1st Published: | playscriptsinc.com, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #72228 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | re-titled Alice Threw the Looking Glass: A Parody of Stunk & White's The Elements of Style | |||||
Synopsis: | Veteran Los Angeles director Ted Walch's Fringe debut delightfully interweaves Lewis Carroll's 'Alice In Wonderland', Shaw's 'Pygmalion', and Strunk & White's classic American text! A deliciously witty romp through the perils and pedantry of language! www.rembiko.com | |||||
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Iraq: A Love Story | ||
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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 | #105474 | |||
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Jesting With Edged Tools | ||
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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 | #58332 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Nature Of Mutation | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Mexico State University | 2007 | ||||
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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 | #43606 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Rebirth of Beautiful, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Austin Script Works (Austin, TX, United States) | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #81628 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 10-12 min Comedy/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | 1 male, 1 female (2-3 actors possible: 1-2 males, exactly 1 female) | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Joseph wants a baby to help put his life back in order, but Mary isn't ready to consider a baby untilJoseph puts his life back in order. And his truth-telling puppet therapy is bringing up things they'd both rather not hear, in this funny and moving examination of a shaky marriage. | |||||
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