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STANTON WOOD |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Stanton Wood is a playwright, screenwriter, and game designer whose plays includeEating Dirt (City Theatre), Down the Drain(adobe theatre company), and The Night of Nosferatu (Rabbit Hole Ensemble -- nominated for 6 New York Innovative Theatre Awards, including Outstanding Full-Length Script). He was resident playwright at Urban Stages Theatre Company for three years, and his plays The Snow Queen, The Magical Forest of Baba Yaga, and The Blue Bird (with Lori Ann Laster) were produced by the company over successive seasons. He is the recipient of an ACTF Playwriting Award, a City Theatre Hamburg Partnership Grant, and the Urban Stages Emerging Playwright Award. Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Class Company, The Hangar Theatre, Primary Stages, and New York Theatre Workshop have supported the development of his work, and he is a resident artist at Off World Theatre Company and Rabbit Hole Ensemble. As a game designer, he has worked on award winning projects at Zoesis Studios and Pandemic Studios, including Otto and Iris, Mr. Bubb in Space!,and Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers.
Plays by Stanton Wood
Big Thick Rod | ||
| 1st Produced: | The New School for Drama Theater, New York International Fringe Festival, NY, USA >>> | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Rabbit Hole Ensemble | |||||
| 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 | #88813 | |||
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Genre: | 1h 30mComedy, Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Cricket's ready to hump the table leg. Her husband wants to improve her mind. Can they find satisfaction with a three-armed gardener, a busload of Japanese tourists, and someone named Rod? Aren't you supposed to screw the ones you love? www.bigthickrod.com 1h 30m, Brooklyn, New York Comedy, Drama | |||||
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Blue Bird, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Urban Stages, NY | 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 | #77528 | |||
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Genre: | holiday show Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Maurice Maeterlinck. Adapted by Stanton Wood and Lori Ann Laster | |||||
Synopsis: | A mysterious visitor on Christmas Eve leads a materialistic city girl named Martha on a fantastical journey in search of the 'blue bird of happiness' in this multimedia musical based on Maurice Maeterlinck's play. Armed with a magic hat that reveals the 'true nature' of things and accompanied by her household pets, Martha embarks on a journey of exploration | |||||
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Candide Americana | ||
| 1st Produced: | CSV Cultural and Educational Center Flamboyan, New York International Fringe Festival | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Rabbit Hole Ensemble | |||||
| 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 | #97926 | |||
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Genre: | 1h 30m Comedy Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Based on "Candide" by Voltaire | |||||
Synopsis: | Our immigrant hero Candide's epic journey leads him through 9/11, Katrina, white supremacists, Arab-seeking lynch mobs, abortion clinic bombings, self-immolating activists, the no-fly terrorist list, hijackers, and ponsy schemes. Is this REALLY the best of all possible worlds? | |||||
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Doctor Frankenstein's Magical Creature | ||
| 1st Produced: | Old First Reformed Church, 729 Carroll St. at 7th Ave., Park Slope (Brooklyn), NY | 17 Mar 2011 | ||||
Company: | Rabbit Hole Ensemble | |||||
| 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 | #125970 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | Rabbit Hole Ensemble is back with Part Two in the Frankenstein series! Stanton Wood's new play, Doctor Frankenstein's Magical Creature, tells the strange and wonderful story of the female creature. Both a sequel (to last fall's The Tragic Story of Doctor Frankenstein) and an independent play, this dynamic new version will feature multiple actors playing the same role and the narrative techniques of story theatre to put a new spin on one of the world's classic stories. It features the same Kabuki theatre techniques, strong physicality, innovative design, and signature minimalism. | |||||
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Down the Drain | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ohio Theatre, New York City | 2000 | ||||
Company: | Adobe 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 | #99615 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | DOWN THE DRAIN is a play about Annie Wilson, a woman who brutally murders her children one night. The play explores not just how Annie gets to the point where she can kill, but also the ramifications of this event (and her subsequent attempts to conceal the truth) on both herself and her community. Seven actors (4m, 3f) play over twenty characters from the town and Annie's family. The play is highly theatrical, using doubling of actors to reinforce theme, and balancing Annie's vision of reality with monologues from the people around her. | |||||
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Frankenstein's Daughter | ||
| 1st Produced: | BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange, 421 Fifth Avenue, Park Slope (Brooklyn), NY | 13 Oct 2011 | ||||
Company: | Rabbit Hole Ensemble | |||||
| 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 | #133239 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | By completely re-imagining and integrating the competing narratives from our two earlier Frankenstein projects, Rabbit Hole Ensemble has crafted a cohesive new play that honors and invigorates Mary Shelley's classic story by giving it a surprising new twist. Rabbit Hole Ensemble has changed the genders of the Doctor and Creature to sharply focus on the powerful consequences and responsibilities of creation. Is Doctor Frankenstein's crime creating her monster/daughter...or rejecting it? The production naturally features Rabbit Hole Ensemble's signature minimalism including specific physical work, innovative design, techniques from story theatre, musical elements from Kabuki theatre, two actors playing the same role, and multiple points of view. | |||||
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Land of the Undead | ||
| 1st Produced: | Where Eagles Dare Theatre, NY | 2007 | ||||
Company: | MITF Development Series/Rabbit Hole Ensemble | |||||
| 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 | #71859 | |||
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Magical Forest of Baba Yaga, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Urban Stages, NY | 2006 | ||||
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 | #58896 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | by Eugene Schwartz, translation by Stanton Wood, orginal music by Gregg Adair and Colm Clark | |||||
Synopsis: | Russian fairy tales come alive through magic, fun, theatricality, and music in The Magical Forest of Baba Yaga, based on the beloved Russian character who lives in a log cabin that moves around on a pair of dancing chicken legs. In a world where children are turned into trees and impossible tasks are everyday chores, poor Lisa has to use all her inventiveness to find and free her lost children from the clutches of Baba Yaga. | |||||
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Mr Hoover's Tea Party | ||
| 1st Produced: | Puffin Cultural Forum, New Jersey | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Off World Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #46921 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | explores the relationship between Martin Luther King, Jr., and J. Edgar Hoover, during the time when Hoover kept King under surveillance. Putting their clashing ideologies aside, the two men met in 1964 to try to mend fences. The play tells their story with live actors and puppets. | |||||
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Night of Nosferatu, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2007 | |||||
Company: | Rabbit Hole Ensemble | |||||
| 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 | #73363 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | stage adaptation of the F.W. Murnau film, Nosferatu, and Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula. The following description is from the show's press release: "Jonathan and Mina Harker are plunged into a nightmare from which there may be no awakening as they meet the mysterious Count Nosferatu; a creature of the undead. Sensing in Mina a kindred soul, he plans to take her into his world of darkness. Told in two parts, earlier versions of each having been performed earlier this year, the cast of six (playing multiple roles) brings the story to life via a form of story theatre, telling the tale with minimal sets and using their voices and bodies to create the scenes and action." | |||||
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Nosferatu: Land of the Undead | ||
| 1st Produced: | Where Eagles Dare, NY | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Midtown International Theatre Festival | |||||
| 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 | #61593 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
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Notes: | The Midtown International Theatre Festival inaugurates its new Next Step MITF Developmental Series, which showcases new works by six MITF alumni | |||||
Synopsis: | stage adaptation of the silent film, Nosferatu: a Symphony of Horror | |||||
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Snow Queen, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Urban Stages Theater (New York, NY, United States) | 2005 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc - New York | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #46701 | |||
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Genre: | 65-70 min Comedy/Drama for young audiences | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | 3 males, 5 females, 1 either (4-10 actors possible: 2-5 males, 2-5 females) | |||||
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Synopsis: | Kay is playing with Gerda when a tear from the Snow Queen's mirror becomes lodged in his eye, forcing all the thoughts that make him sad to become magnified. Unable to face the world, Kay retreats to the South Pole with the Snow Queen where all his pain is replaced by numbness. Armed with the power of hope and love, Gerda braves many obstacles, including a giant squid, a river, and a Robber Maiden, to find and save her best friend. Set in New York City, this play puts a new spin on Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale. | |||||
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Tragic Story of Doctor Frankenstein, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Brooklyn Arts Exchange, 421 Fifth Avenue, Park Slope (Brooklyn), NY | 28 Oct 2010 | ||||
Company: | Rabbit Hole Ensemble | |||||
| 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 | #120988 | |||
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Genre: | Piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Rabbit Hole Ensemble is celebrating their fifth anniversary with a year-long, Brooklyn-based exploration of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The piecethe first installment of which will premiere at Brooklyn Arts Exchange in Park Slope on October 28thwill be a gender-bending horror (in the old-fashioned, creepy sense of the word) that casts Dr. Frankenstein as a Columbia University coed, and her monster as a Linda Blair-esque young girl. The production will utilize Rabbit Hole's signature minimalism and physical theatre techniques to create the terrifying story. This is the company's second horror-theatre project, following up on 2008's award-winning The Night of Nosferatu. As part of Rabbit Hole's Theatre for Communities initiative, free tickets of the show will be provided to area non-profits. | |||||
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