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Pam Dickler

PAM DICKLER

  
Nationality:    USA
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Originally from Bucks County, PA, Pam has been a part of Chicago's thriving theater community for many years. Her plays include the drama Life Defying Acts, the comedy Fugue in a Cold State and the children's musical, The Little Turtle, a parable on homelessness. Her one-act Promising was included in the 2009 East Village Festival at New York's Metropolitan Playhouse, and her comedies Philbert Eats a Nut and Someone Has to Die Tonight, Indeed He Does were two of the four plays chosen for Stage Left Theatre's DrekFest 2009 at ComedySportz. Pam was a contributing writer for The Arab-Israeli Comedy Hour at Chicago's iO (formerly ImprovOlympic). As a producer/director, Ms. Dickler worked with Tony-nominee Herb Schapiro, helping to shape his world-premiere of The Love Song of Saul Alinsky, which included panel discussions with such luminaries as (then) Senator Barack Obama and Monsignor Jack Egan. As founding managing director of Terrapin Theatre, she produced ten seasons of award-winning world-premieres, and directed such plays as Laurel & Hardy Sleep Together, The Inspector General, and From Thought to Finish. Pam received her BFA in theater from Syracuse University, where she later served on the College of Visual and Performing Arts' inaugural Advisory Board.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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

         Fugue in A Cold State         Life After Adulthood         Life Defying Acts         Little Turtle, The         Philbert Meets a Nut         Promising         Someone Has to Die Tonight, Indeed He Does

Fugue in A Cold State

Synopsis:
In the middle of a couple's absurdly bitter breakup, in-laws arrive to a cold apartment for a surprise visit, entirely unaware of the situation.

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Comedy (10 minute play)

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Life After Adulthood

Synopsis:
After many years, a former couple gets together for dinner bringing back both good and bad memories. The actors play the couple along with playing each of the other lovers that are talked about.

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One-Act Dramedy

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Life Defying Acts

Synopsis:
Following a life-changing event witnessed from opposite angles, two sisters' world-views fly further and further apart, only to ultimately come crashing together years later. Life Defying Acts jumps back and forth in time and place, searching to explain why Sandra, the younger sister of Helen, landed in the hospital in a coma, and whether Helen will have the strength to do what is needed to help her little sister, as well as herself, find peace at last.

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2017 play selected for UMass Amherst New Play Lab

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Genre:
Full Length Drama

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Little Turtle, The

Synopsis:
A 40-minute musical parable on homelessness centering on a turtle, lost in the woods, looking for a home. The other animals in the forest (a fox, a skunk, a bird and a rabbit) initially try to chase the turtle away, but finally come to see his/her value as an individual.

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Five characters. Roles are not gender specific, though it is best to have a 2/3 split gender-wise.

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Chernin Center for the Arts, Chicago     Nov 2001

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Genre:
Children's Play/Musical

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Male:  2-3            Female:  2-3            Other:  -

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Philbert Meets a Nut

Synopsis:
DrekFest asks good writers to intentionally write awful plays so that we may laugh at them. Philbert Meets a Nut is a meta play where the woman reading stage directions becomes a character in the play. It's a roller coaster ride telling the history of the world in 10 minutes, with a surprise ending.

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3rd place in Stage Left Theatre/Comedy Sportz DREKFEST 2009.

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Stage Left Theatre @ Comedy Sportz     21 Jul 2009

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Genre:
10-minute Comedy

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Male:  3-4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Promising

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part of the east Village Chronicles: new plays inspired by the contemporary life, the persistent lore And the diverse history of the neighborhood

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Genre:
short play

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Someone Has to Die Tonight, Indeed He Does

Synopsis:
DrekFest is on a mission to expose bad writing for what it really is: damn funny. They ask good writers to intentionally write awful plays so that we may laugh at them. Someone Has to Die Tonight& fits the bill. It is an over the top British faux drama, clearly written by an American. Mistaken identity, star-crossed lovers, and even murder, fill the jam-packed 10 minutes. Excellent bathroom reading.

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2nd place in Stage Left Theatre/Comedy Sportz DREKFEST 2009.

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Stage Left Theatre @ Comedy Sportz     21 Jul 2009

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Genre:
10-minute Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  Audience Participants

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