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Patrick Thomas McCarthy

PATRICK THOMAS MCCARTHY

  
Nationality:    USA
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Actor, director, playwright, former high school English teacher, Patrick McCarthy, AEA & SAG/AFTRA, plays Scrooge in CHRISTMAS CAROL whenever & on whichever continent he is allowed. His frequent work on stage, film & TV compliments his award winning playwriting. A Midwesterner at heart, he now proudly calls New York City his home. Scripts: Pride River Crossing, sExtOrtiOn, The Lears 12th Nighted, Slippery, VARIED LIVES, CUSTODY, CONFESSIONS.

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below is a list of Patrick Thomas McCarthy's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         LEARS, The: Fools of Fortune         Pride River Crossing         sExtOrtiOn

LEARS, The: Fools of Fortune

Synopsis:
Suggested by Shakespeare's KING LEAR, this contemporary American telling has an Alzheimers addled Captain of Industry, Edgar Reginald Lehman Lear, gathering those closest to him for an advance reading of the will at Thanksgiving dinner. He has sold the family estate, and will go to live with those that love him best. Will his daughters Anneril & Reagan retain the family wealth & to what lengths will they go to do so? Will disinherited gay son Cord, reappear as home health care nurse, Cordelia Learson? And will the Storr family, Glen Storr Esquire, Edmond "Monty" Storr, and Edgar "Ned" Storr find their way into the tangle? Homicide, a blinding, betrayal, abuse, sibling rivalries, cross dressing, arm wrestling and even loyalty, redemption & love find their way into the turbulent mix.

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Genre:
Drama - Gay Themed

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Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Pride River Crossing

Synopsis:
PRIDE RIVER CROSSING by playwright Patrick Thomas McCarthy; Hometown: Waukesha, Wisconsin; channels SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY's otherworldly voices to comment on contemporary gay life in America with its many voices speaking both from current events and from the afterlife. From two dad families, to gay weddings and funerals, marriage counseling and revival meetings, prison cells and courtrooms, video artists to bankers and bakers, PRIDE RIVER CROSSING raises a lid for the audience to peek inside the lives of the Midwestern townspeople of Pride River. "Come gather by the River, for no matter what your hometown is, youll recognize the townspeople of Pride River and feel welcome there. Im a booster, guilty as charged," effuses Mitzi Reed, Pride River booster and real estate agent.
- nytheatre.com

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Wild Project
195 East 3rd Street, New York, NY 10009    17 Jul 2012

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Genre:
Gay, full length

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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sExtOrtiOn

Synopsis:
sExtOrtiOn: A lonely outcast hatches a scheme drawing his entire high school & its Middle American community into the harrowing world of teen sexting. Posing as a girl on a social media site, he entices his classmates to send him compromising photos and videos, then "sextorts" them into upping the ante of each physical encounter with the threat of exposure. Inspired by an actual teen "sexting" and extortion scandal, sExtOrtiOn explores the roots of adolescents' fluid sexual identity, experimentation, & recklessness, & consequences of bullying, & pack behavior. sExtOrtiOn takes place over a year during which none of the "sextorted" boys reveals what is happening until the central character inexplicably turns himself in. Over the course of the play's 90 minutes, the 9 characters of sExtOrtiOn struggle to make sense of the story's myriad unanswered questions & disguise what is actually happening.

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Winner of Best Play at the Fresh Fruit Festival and Best ensemble Performance July 2013

1st Produced:
The Wild Project, NYC    08 Jul 2013

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Fresh Fruit Festival

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Genre:
Drama - Gay Themed

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Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  -

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