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Lee Nowell

LEE NOWELL  

 Nationality:    USA
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Playwright Lee Nowell began her career at Hedgerow Theatre (PA), the country's oldest resident repertory theatre company, where she trained to be a director with Obie award winner, Lou Lippa. She focused on new play development and workshopped world premiere productions. After two seasons at Hedgerow, she was nominated for the New York Drama League's Directors Lab. Her plays have been workshopped and produced by Theatre in the Square (Urban Fairytale), Metropolitan Theatre Alliance (Preacher from the Black Lagoon), Actor's Express (Albatross, Paper House), and Horizon Theatre (Blue Angels Weekend). She is the recipient of the Inverness Playwriting Award, a Turner New Voices in the Works Grant (Paper House), and has been nominated for a Jennie Award (Urban Fairytale), a Suzi Bass Award (Albatross), and an NEA Distinguished New Play Development Award (Paper House). Albatross was nominated for "Best Play of the Year" by Atlanta Theatre Fans. I Blame Andy Warhol, Magical Cloak of Invisibility, A Message to Our Sponsors, and Health Tip of the Day were featured in the 2012 and 2013 Atlanta One-Minute Play Festivals. Ms. Nowell's full-length play, How to Survive Being Human, was a semi-finalist for the Heiress and Trustus National Playwriting Competitions. Lee was also commissioned, with author Phillip DePoy, to adapt a play from the novel, Pot Liquor. Urban Fairytale and Preacher from the Black Lagoon were also collaborations with Phillip DePoy.

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

 Albatross         Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The Troy Davis Project         Blue Angels Weekend         Health Tip of the Day         How to Survive Being Human         I Blame Andy Warhol         Magical Cloak of Invisibility         Message to Our Sponsors, A         Paper House         Preacher from the Black Lagoon         Urban Fairytale

Albatross

Synopsis:
A married couple, Alice and Jim, return home after the funeral of an acquaintance. As they settle in for a quiet Tuesday night dinner, startling confessions threaten to interrupt their humdrum suburban routine. They are thrust into a dangerous game of cat and mouse that tests each one's trust for the other -- and reveals that neither is quite what they seem. Each new revelation launches them both deeper into a mystery that keeps twisting and turning until the very end. This gripping new play by Atlanta playwright Lee Nowell dares to ask if you can ever really outrun your past -- or can you bury it when it finally catches up to you?

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1st Produced:
Actors Express, Atlanta, Georgia    21 Oct 2010

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Drama

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Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The Troy Davis Project

Synopsis:
Alison and Bob are struggling in their marriage when Alison becomes aware of the Troy Davis case. She latches onto it but Bob tries to persuade her away from it. As Alison works to free Davis, her marriage deteriorates. Bob gets the court transcripts for Alison to read just before he moves out. Alison reads the transcripts and comes to the conclusion that Davis may, in fact, be guilty. Curtis is with his grandmother Mary for a brief stay before he goes back to college. Mary begins to suspect that there is more to his visit than meets the eye. Mary attends a rally to free Troy Davis. She sees Curtis there, yelling that Davis is guilty. She grabs him and they escape just before the crowd turns violent. Curtis is convinced that Davis is guilty because his own father was killed and he is identifying with the victims. Mary is convinced that Davis is innocent because the evidence that shows that a man named Redd Coles is actually guilty of the crime. They square off. Curtis tells Mary hes dropped out of college. Mary gives Curtis the evidence pointing to Redd Coles and leaves the house. Curtis reads the evidence and comes to the conclusion that Davis may, in fact, be innocent.

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1st Produced:
Synchronicity Theatre (Atlanta, GA)    Fall 2014

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Blue Angels Weekend

Synopsis:
Odd Couple college roommates Kathleen and Steph reunite to ring in their 40th birthdays. They head for Florida with completely different objectives in mind. Steph wants to drink too much and end up in bed with a Blue Angels pilot. Kathleen wants a quiet girls weekend to figure out how to meet the love of her life. When they happen upon Jason, a Blue Angels pilot, and Brian, a mild mannered grad student, things really start to heat up. This hilarious play has been compared to The Odd Couple and Bridesmaids. If the universe gives you exactly what you want for your 40th birthday, what do you do then?

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Horizon Theatre    -

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Genre:
comedy

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Health Tip of the Day

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Erin is trying her damndest to keep up with what the American Medical Association tells her is the healthy thing to do. When the messages start to contradict each other, she decides to take an alternate approach.

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Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival    -

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Genre:
one minute comedy

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How to Survive Being Human

Synopsis:
Anna is having some issues. She can presage death in other people. She can make dust storms appear. She accidentally makes the electricity in her house blow out. Frogs fall from the sky. She knows something worse is happening in the larger world. As she confronts her own anxiety about the future, she decides that if she can change her perspective she may be able to change the world. Frog, one of the many that fell on Annas house, is having some serious problems himself. Hes been changed into a human being because of Annas unwitting anxiety-charged talents. He tries to reconcile himself to being a human being, but he cant help but miss the life he lost as a frog. Finally God appears, as a 17-year-old surfer dude, and some basic elements of the universe are made clearer. This play explores the ways in which everything is connected, and the small but essential roles we play in each others lives.

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full length play / comedy

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I Blame Andy Warhol

Synopsis:
Dave blames Andy Warhol for creating the hunger for fame at any cost. He demands that we all turn off the TV and raise the bar. Suddenly Linda yells that their show is on. Dave runs gleefully to watch Jersey Shore.

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Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival    -

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Genre:
one minute comedy

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Magical Cloak of Invisibility

Synopsis:
Charisse and Clara are people watching, bemoaning the fact that theyve become invisible now that theyre over forty. Then they realize that when youre invisible, you can actually do anything.

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Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival    -

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Message to Our Sponsors, A

Synopsis:
When Sara comes to Tom for funding for her next project, he is incredibly insulting and condescending. Meanwhile, Man and Woman list artists, writers, and musicians who have killed themselves. When artists are insulted and told they are worthless, they often believe it.

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Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival    -

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one minute play

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Paper House

Synopsis:
Lisa and Tommy return to their childhood home to confront their mother's hoarding problem. They find that there are more wounds to address in the family's history than anything piled in the house.

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Actors Express, Atlanta, Georgia    -

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Genre:
drama

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Preacher from the Black Lagoon

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Metropolitan Theatre Alliance    -

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Urban Fairytale

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Theatre in the Square    -

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