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Kelly McAllister

KELLY MCALLISTER

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Harden-Curtis Associates  represented by Scott Edwards

Kelly McAllister is a playwright/actor/director originally from San Jose, California. His first play, LAST CALL, won the Excellence in Playwriting award at the 2002 New York International Fringe Festival. In 2005, his play BURNING THE OLD MAN won the New York Innovative Theatre (NYIT) award for outstanding full length script. He was a finalist for the 2011 Heideman Award, part of the Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville, for HELA AND TROY. Other plays include SOME UNFORTUNATE HOUR; FENWAY: LAST OF THE BOHEMIANS; MUSE OF FIRE; STRONG TEA; and THE MORONS. As a playwright, he has worked with Divadlo na Zabradli of Prague, Oregon Shakespeare Festifval, hope theatre, inc., Boomerang Theatre Company, the Triangle Theatre of North Carolina, Impetuous Theatre Company, The Other Theatre Company of Denver, Art House Productions, and many more. In 2003, he was named Graduate of the Last Decade by San Jose State University. He was also a senior reviewer for nytheatre.com from 2003-2005. His work has been published by The New York Theatre Experience, Inc.; Applause Books; Playscripts, inc.; and Smith and Kraus.

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         April's Fool         Burning the Old Man         Fenway, Last Of the Bohemians         Hela And Troy         Last Call         Morons, The         Muse Of Fire         Riddle Lost         Rose Red         Some Unfortunate Hour         Two V's In A Pod

April's Fool

Synopsis:
Four young New Yorkers struggle with love, entanglement and a decorative axe as they come face to face with the Norse Goddess of Fate.

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1st Produced:
Rough Writers Festival, Colorado Springs, Colorado    2013

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/aprils-fool   -

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Genre:
metaphysical comedy 90 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Burning the Old Man

Burning the Old Man
Two feuding brothers try to bring their late father's ashes to a final resting place.

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received "Outstanding New Full Length Play" At the 2005 NY Innovative theatre Awards

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Genre:
Comedic Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Fenway, Last Of the Bohemians

Synopsis:
A modern adaptation of Chekhov's UNCLE VANYA. Fenway and his niece Sunny run a small failing commune off of Puget Sound in the mid 80's. A retired radical now turned right wing lecturer returns to the commune with his young Republican trophy wife, and life on the commune will never be the same

Notes:
written by Kelly McAllister And Lisa Margaret Holub

1st Produced:
Chashama, New York City    03 Nov 2006

Organisations:
Boomerang Theatre Company and Impetuous Theater Group

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/fenway-last-of-the-bohemians   -

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Genre:
Comedic Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Hela And Troy

Synopsis:
Helan, Norse Goddess of Death, goes speed dating.

Notes:
part of Bell, Book & Candle

1st Produced:
Center Stage, NYC    Feb 2009

Organisations:
Gravity and Glass Productions

1st Published:
Playscripts, inc.   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Last Call

Last Call
A wise and moving comic Drama about the ways some of us heed life's wake-up calls-and the ways the rest of us ignore them.

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Organisations:
hope theare, inc. and the New York International Fringe Festival

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Morons, The

Synopsis:
John and Falstaff, two old friends, have a drunken conversation about their past after meeting up at their high school's ten year reunion.

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Genre:
comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Muse Of Fire

Synopsis:
Two muses, as different as yin and yang, on their first assignment, get involved in the life of a young woman who is supposed to write the most important novel of the 21st century, but so far has only written poems about her cat. www.hopetheatre.org

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Organisations:
hope Theatre, inc. and the New York International Fringe Festival

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/muse-of-fire   -

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Genre:
Comedy Drama, 80 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Riddle Lost

Synopsis:
Jeff Riddle has just died, and with the help of Hel, goddess of Death, and the trickster god Raven, he examines his life and his involvement in the Modoc War and his relationship with the great Modoc leader Captain Jack.

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1st Produced:
workshop production as part of the 2x4 BASH series at the Western Stage of Salinas    2012

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/riddle-lost   -

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Genre:
sci fi 120 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Rose Red

Synopsis:
based on the fairy tale Rose Red and Snow White.

Notes:
A musical by Kelly McAllister (book and lyrics) and Kari Kraakevik (music)

1st Produced:
Actors Academy of the Performing Arts in Boulder, CO    14 Dec 2012

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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/rose-red   -

Music:
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Genre:
musical 120 min

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  9            Other:  8

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Some Unfortunate Hour

Synopsis:
Some Unfortunate Hour takes place over the course of one evening in a dive bar in Denver. Poor Mad Tom has just signed his divorce papers and is getting quite drunk when Charity walks into the bar. What follows is an hour full of romance, madness, and redemption.

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
hope Theatre, inc. and the New York International Fringe Festival

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Two V's In A Pod

Synopsis:
Rivalry between two sisters that involves a dead hamster and a headless Barbie

Notes:
Written by Anita Vandeneykel And Kelly McAllister

1st Produced:
Poor Alex Theatre, Toronto    13 Jul 2001

Organisations:
Toronto Fringe Festival

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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