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Amy Freed

AMY FREED

  (1958 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Creative Artists Agency CA  

Amy Freed's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Beard Of Avon         Claustrophilia         Freedomland         Ghoul Of Amherst, The         Hell To Pay         Monster Builder, The         Our War         Psychic Life Of Savages         Restoration Comedy         Safe In Hell         Still Warm         You, Nero
Beard Of Avon

Beard Of Avon
William Shakespeare leaves Stratford and his nagging wife to go to London. He is stage-struck. He becomes the frontman for Francis Bacon and Queen Elizabeth I. They write plays but do not want the great unwashed to know this

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Music by David Van Tieghem

1st Produced:
South Coast Repertory Theater, Costa Mesa, California     June 2001

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1st Published:
Samuel French Inc    

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Genre:
Play - Gay full length

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Claustrophilia

Synopsis:
Edgar Allan Poe and his teenage bride

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Freedomland

Freedomland
an overdue showdown between a son and his Father sets off fireworks that illuminate the neurosis, rage and anxiety of one family - and of America at the turn of the millennium

Notes:
nominated for A Pulitzer Prize in 1999

1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    

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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Ghoul Of Amherst, The

Ghoul Of Amherst, The
Emily Dickinson at the deathbed of a former classmate

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Red Bull Shorts volume Three" published by Steele Spring Stage Rights 2017   

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Hell To Pay

Synopsis:
Factory farming

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Monster Builder, The

Synopsis:
A well known architect steals an idea for a building from two fledgling architects. They plan revenge

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1st Produced:
Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland, Oregon     2014

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Genre:
Black comedy

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Our War

Synopsis:
While the plays that took the perspective of participants were some of the most crisp, the last kind of play in the evening, plays that look at today with the eyes of the present (but through the lens or with the lighting of the Civil War), hit the hardest. Most of them use the Civil War as a way to talk about race in America, from Ken Narasaki's thoughts on racism that isn't divided into Black and White to Lydia Diamond's chastisement of White liberal guilt. - http://dctheatrescene.com/2014/10/28/war-arena-stage-resounding-success/

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An esteemed collection of American playwrights, including winners of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and Olivier Award, creates a dynamic new theatrical event reflecting on the repercussions of the U.S. Civil War. Through a rich tapestry of short monologues, a core ensemble of gifted actors, accompanied by notable Washingtonians such as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Eleanor Holmes Norton and Chris Matthews, explorethrough diverse perspectivesthe historical memory and present-day reverberations of the U.S. Civil War. Our War, commissioned by Arena Stage for the National Civil War Project, uses the power of live theater to bring new understanding to the shades of Blue and Gray that define one of the most significant periods of American history.

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Genre:
monologue

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Psychic Life Of Savages

Psychic Life Of Savages
based on the lives of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Plays From Woolly Mammoth" pushed by Broadway Play Pub 1999   

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  7            Other:  doubling encouraged

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Restoration Comedy

Synopsis:
When virtuous Amanda Loveless learns that her rakish dead husband is very much alive, it's time to stop mourning and start plotting. With the help of the gallant Worthy, she disguises herself as a lascivious new mistress to tempt her husband back into her bed. As she triumphantly claims her man, she begins to question whether her marriage is the only true source of happiness. Wicked wit, irresistible intrigue and fabulous fashion combine through a dizzying kaleidoscope of Restoration characters, all chasing the joys of love. - nytheatre.com

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

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Safe In Hell

Synopsis:
Tension between a Puritan Father & son leads to the Salem witch trials

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1st Produced:
South Coast Repertory Theatre, California     2004

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Still Warm

Synopsis:
about the life of the television journalist Jessica Savitch

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1st Produced:
-     1991

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You, Nero

Synopsis:
Nero demands that a washed up scribe write a new extravaganza - one that will flatter his regime

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1st Produced:
Thrust Stage, Berkeley Repertory     2009

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1st Published:
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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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