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Philip Gerson

PHILIP GERSON

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Agency for the Performing Arts  

Philip Gerson's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

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

         Jumping Blind         Last Metro         Night         This Isn't What It Looks Like

Jumping Blind

Synopsis:
During World War II, an english resistance fighter and a wounded German soldier fall in love in occupied France. During the final fight of the resistance, they are drawn into a furtive, passionate affair and on the eve of D-Day both are forced to make choices that will haunt them the rest of their lives. Jumping Blind is inspired by a true story of unique heroism, sacrifice and lifelong love
- press release

Notes:
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1st Produced:
TBG Arts Complex, NY    2008

Organisations:
GaYFeST NYC

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, theme/character full length

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Last Metro

Synopsis:
In Nazi occupied Paris the Jewish head of a theatre company hides out under the stage. He watches as his wife falls in love with the new leading man

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Jeffrey Rockwell; book by Philip Gerson. Based on the movie "The Last Metro" screenplay by Jean-Claude Grumberg; Suzanne Schiffman; Francois Truffault

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Night

Synopsis:
a runaway bride hides out in a laundromat. a couple celebrates their anniversary with new lovers. a hotshot realtor makes a deal with a ghost. Is it a dream, or just another night in NYC?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
The Connelly Theater, New York International Fringe Festival    2007

Organisations:
the Occasional Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
2h 0m Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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This Isn't What It Looks Like

Synopsis:
Why would a softhearted liberal repeatedly stab a sexy right-wing pundit-therapist with a carving knife? To answer this, we're taken on a wild ride through today's nightmarish universe of hate politics, big media consolidation and isolating technology.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
part of the 13th Annual Black Box New Play Festival

1st Produced:

Organisations:
the Gallery Players

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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