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Chris Phillips

CHRIS PHILLIPS

  
Nationality:    USA
email:    n/a     Website:    Click here

Literary Agent:    Beacon Artists Agency  represented by Pat McLaughlin

Chris Phillips was raised in Austin, Texas, and while attending UT Austin, began writing and performing his own work in scholastic competition. Once in Los Angeles, Chris worked as a contributing film reviewer for MOVIELINE and OUT magazines, which led to his editorial work at the SoCal publication FRONTIERS from 2001 to 2005. In January 2010, a musical Chris co-wrote, DREAMS, was selected as one of six new works to take part in the 2010 Disney/ASCAP workshop directed by Stephen Schwartz. In the summer of 2010, Chris directed a workshop production of his first play, REVOLVER, as part of the CT Tuesdays new works program at Los Angeles' Celebration Theatre. The following January, REVOLVER received a GLAAD Media Award nomination for Outstanding Los Angeles Theatre. Also in January 2011, Chris directed a short film adapted from one of the vignettes featured in REVOLVER, "the things i cannot change," which screened at the Austin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in September 2011, and will screen at the 2012 Reel Recovery Festival in both NYC and LA. Returning to CT Tuesdays in May 2011, Chris directed the workshop production of his second play, ELYSIAN FIELDS, which was then chosen for presentation at the 2011 New York International Fringe Festival that August. At FringeNYC, the play enjoyed a sold-out run and received an Individual Performance award for one of its cast members. Also that summer, Chris was chosen as an award recipient by the Robert Chesley Foundation, which supports the work of LGBT playwrights. Chris's third play, PIECES, was presented for a sold-out workshop run in Los Angeles during the spring of 2012 before its run at the 2012 New York International Fringe Festival, winning the award for Overall Excellence in Playwriting. Following the festival, PIECES returned for the Fringe Encore series at SoHo Playhouse. Chris is proud to report that REVOLVER will receive its world premiere as part of Celebration Theatre's 30th anniversary season in 2013.

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

         American Boys         Dreams         Elysian Fields         Ghost of Jimmy Trimble or The Last Gay Play         Pale Blue Dot         Pieces         Revolver

American Boys

Synopsis:
Change in an individual, a community and a nation

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Gay full length

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Dreams

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co-writter

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Genre:
musical

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Elysian Fields

Synopsis:
Direct from sold-out performances at L.A.'s Celebration theatre, ELYSIAN FIELDS brings to life Allan, Sebastian and Skipper, whose deaths sparked the action of Tennessee Williams Dramas A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER and CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.

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www.elysianfieldstheplay.com/

1st Produced:
New York International Fringe Festival    Aug 2011

Organisations:
Revolve Productions

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Genre:
1h 40m Drama

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Ghost of Jimmy Trimble or The Last Gay Play

Synopsis:
Paris in 1948. Tennessee Williams and Gore Vidal meet and talk about their most intimate secrets

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Genre:
Gay/Lesbian historical characters

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Pale Blue Dot

Synopsis:
Bradley Manning leaked information about the military in Iraq. He told gay rights campaigner Adrian Lamo who he had been chatting to online. Lamo told the FBI and Manning was arrested and put on trial

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Genre:
Gay/Lesbian historical characters

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Pieces

Synopsis:
A brutal murder. A damaged suspect. A public defender unsure of his place in the gay community. Straight from a sold-out run in Los Angeles, PIECES takes no prisoners and pulls no punches. You have been warned.

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1st Produced:
Complex Hollywood, Flight Theater In Los Angeles, California    Apr 2012

Organisations:
Revolve Productions in association with Laurelgrove Theatre Company

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Genre:
2h 0m Drama Gay, full length

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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Revolver

Synopsis:
The lives of some gay men. The out struggling actor and his famous closeted Hollywood star boyfriend. Aaron McKinney is confronted by the man he killed -Matthew Shepherd. Jesus and Judas - former boyfriends - dance the tango

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Genre:
Gay full length

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Male:  6            Female:  -            Other:  doubling

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