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Ming Peiffer

MING PEIFFER

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Creative Artists Agency NY  represented by Olivier Sultan

Ming Peiffer's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         ABC's Guide To Getting Famous, The         Relax! Alice         Usual Girls         WABI SABI Not Wasabi!
ABC's Guide To Getting Famous, The

Synopsis:
Part documentary and part solo-show, the ABC's Guide To Getting Famous is a raw look into the real lives of Asian American artists trying to make it in the entertainment industry. Funny, heartbreaking, and, at times, downright offensive. . .this hybrid film/theater piece is an honest investigation of race in casting.
nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
the Red Room
85 East 4th Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10003     12 Nov 2012

Organisations:
Spookfish Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Relax! Alice

Synopsis:
Alice's frequent fainting spells and bizarre stories never worried her family or friends until a recent suicide attempt lands the troubled twenty year-old in the hands of an overbearing and eccentric psychologist, Dr. Blythe. Wary of her therapist's prescriptions, Alice refuses medication until an unexpected trip down the rabbit hole brings her own idea of sanity into question. In this strange underground world, Alice must choose between taking doctors orders and returning to reality, or succumbing to the characters in her mind and remaining forever in Wonderland. Relax! Alice is a loose adaptation of the classic Lewis Carroll stories; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass that pushes the boundaries of visual and spatial expectations and explores our perception of reality in a world where true human connection seems to have lost its spark. Relax! dives into the mind of a misunderstood young girl trying to find her place in today's over medicated and stereotype-driven world.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Under St. Marks
94 St. Marks Place, New York, NY 10009     06 Oct 2011

Organisations:
Spookfish Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Usual Girls

Synopsis:
Kyeoung has spent her entire life negotiating the double standards imposed on her as an Asian-American woman. Bullied by boys in childhood, ostracized by girls as a teen, and gas-lit by men as an adult, her experiences with sexuality grow more and more challenging. As we trace Kyeoung from the insecurity of puberty to the disenchantment of her adult life, USUAL GIRLS chronicles the wonder, pain, and complexity of growing up female.

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY   

Music:
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Genre:
Dramatic Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  7            Other:  -

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WABI SABI Not Wasabi!

Synopsis:
This show is part of the Dream Up Festival. This is the official blurb: Feeling like outsiders since childhood, best friends Hailey Chen and Lillian Chin have been planning their escape from their hometown in whitewashed suburbia to pursue lives of fame and fortune in the giant melting pot of New York City. But their plans for "living the high life" quickly disintegrate when their dream loft in Soho turns out to be a one bedroom in Flushing and Lillian's native Chinese cousin unexpectedly tags along. As the girls attempt to fulfill their juvenile plans for success, their own differences become evident as they are forced to confront the dysphoria attached to their ethnic roots and explore their own prejudices concerning sexuality, self-identity, and issues of race and society as first generation Asian-Americans.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Theater for the New City
155 First AVenue, New York, NY 10009     28 Aug 2010

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
80 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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