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Scott Barry

SCOTT BARRY  

 Nationality:    USA
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Scott Barry is the author of seven produced plays, answer Man, Curious Yellow, 50 Cars, The Mag Guy, anonymous M., Solo Gig Squared and Sermon in the Suicide. His work has been called, "Hard hitting. In your face," by Dramalogue, "Rich in suspense," by Back Stage West, and "Humorous and insightful," by American Radio Network. He wrote and directed the short-film version of his play, answer Man, selected and screened in the New York Independent Film Festival. He is currently in post-production on his second short film, anonymous M. Scott's solo show, Greener the Grass, a monologue delving into his youthful pursuit of fame in professional sports, combined elements of poetry, modern spoken-word and live music, and was nominated by the Bay area Theatre Critics Circle for solo performance of the year. The San Francisco Bay Times called the show "Funny and poignant. a brilliant Joycean reverie," the San Francisco Bay Guardian, "Engrossing. a beautifully written and constructed jazz riff," the Oakland Tribune, "Compelling," San Jose Mercury News, "Hilarious," and the San Francisco Chronicle, "The stop-time power of a perfectly thrown spiral." He recently wrote and directed the play, Sermon in the Suicide, loosely based on the 1996 Mt. Everest tragedy, at the Strasberg Theatre in Los Angeles. Back Stage West said of the play, "Like Everest, Sermon contains beautiful peaks, artfully straddling awe and egoism." Mr. Barry studied at the American Conservatory Theatre (aCT) in San Francisco, and holds a B.S. in Engineering from the University of California, Davis, where he was an all-American quarterback and NFL Draft pick of the San Francisco 49ers.

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below is a list of Scott Barry's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Answer Man         Greener The Grass         Looking Up The Downside         Sermon In The Suicide         Velvet Maddy         Who's Frank?

Answer Man

Synopsis:
a down-on-his-luck man inadvertently becomes the resident therapist of his seedy neighborhood by passing out trivial and at times brutally honest advice

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Complex Theatre, Los Angeles    1995

Organisations:
Walter E. Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Dark Comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Greener The Grass

Synopsis:
autobiographical monologue about Scott Barry's youthful but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to become a professional football player.

Notes:
aka Solo Gig Squared. Nominated by the Bay Area Theater Critics Circle for Solo Performance of the Year.

1st Produced:
IL Teatro 460, San Francisco    1999

Organisations:
Walter E. Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
solo Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Looking Up The Downside

Synopsis:
CURIOUS YELLOW(monologue): a stagehand witnesses a suicide on the way to the theatre reminding him on the night he tried to take his own life. FIFTY CaRS: a car saleswoman fights for her job on her 50th birthday. THE MaG GUY: a stubborn magazine salesman faces death for refusing to cooperate with a deranged stranger. aNONYMOUS M.: a woman is forced to face the wreckage of her life as an addict when she jokes to a counselor on her first day in rehab about plans to kill her husband.

Notes:
Trilogy of one Act plays framed by A monologue that weaves its way between each play. Called "Rich in suspense," And "Humorous And insightful."

1st Produced:
2nd Stage Theater, Los Angeles    1998

Organisations:
Walter E. Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Trilogy - Dramedy One acxt

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sermon In The Suicide

Synopsis:
Loosely based on the 1996 Mt. Everest tragedy that took twelve lives. Stamp, a mega-rich businessman, sits in a hospital room suffering from severe gangrene that has already cost him most of his hands, his nose, and soon both his feet. But Stamp refuses to give up his feet until he can speak to Elias, the man who left him for dead at 26,000 ft. When Elias finally arrives he and Stamp wage a psychological battle of wits and nerve about the events surrounding that fateful day.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Strasberg Theater, Los Angeles    2004

Organisations:
Walter E. Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Dark Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Velvet Maddy

Synopsis:
On the eve of his sister's wedding, a man sneaks into the bedroom of the groom and desperately tries to convince him not to marry his sister.

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Genre:
Dark Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Who's Frank?

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
2nd Stage Theater, Los Angeles    -

Organisations:
Walter E. Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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