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Bess Wohl

BESS WOHL

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Creative Artists Agency NY  represented by Chris Till

Bess Wohl writes for Theater, film, and television. Her play Touched was recently produced at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and other work has been seen at the Vineyard Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater, and Northlight Theater. Also an actor, she received her MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

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

         American Hero         Barcelona         Cats Talk Back         In         Porn the Musical         Pretty Filthy         Small Mouth Sounds         Touch(ed)

American Hero

Synopsis:
At a toasted subs franchise in the local mall, three up-and-coming sandwich artistsa teenager, a single mom, and a downsized refugee from corporate bankingare perfecting the mustard-to-cheese ratio according to the company manual. But when their shot at the American dream is interrupted by a series of strange events, they become unlikely allies in a post-recession world. AMERICAN HERO is a supersized dark comedy about life, liberty, and the pursuit of sandwiches.

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, Inc. NY (2015)   978-0822232346

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  with doubling

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Barcelona

Synopsis:
In the shadows of Gaudis Sagrada Familia, Barcelonas famous cathedral, an American woman drunkenly goes home with a Spanish stranger. In what begins as a wine-drenched, carefree one-night-stand of cross-cultural lust and libation, soon embarks a dangerous lesson in consequence, truth, and moving on. In this funny, sensual, and elegant work, there unfolds a surprising story that tears down the artificial borders of a global world, while proving the universal struggle of healing the human heart.

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Barcelona is produced As part of A rolling world premiere Agreement between the Contemporary American theater Festival And Peoples Light & theatre in Malvern, PA.

1st Produced:
Contemporary American Theater Festival, Shepherd University    07 Jul 2012

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Cats Talk Back

Synopsis:
What if five former cast members of Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash-hit Cats dared to tell all about the making of this Broadway legend? Come hear the true stories behind the make-up in this unique "reality-theater"

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1st Produced:
Yale Cabaret    2003

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get-out-of-yale-free productions

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Genre:
Comedy Musical, 60 min Musical

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In

Synopsis:
For five years Sara has been writing a novel. To support herself she tutors the children of affluent neighbours to help get them into elite colleges. Pammie is desperate for her son Jordy into Harvard. Jordy is not sure that he wants to go to Harvard

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1st Produced:
Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre, Salt Lake City    18 Feb 2011

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Pioneer Theatre Company

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Porn the Musical

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Music And lyrics by Michael Friedman; book by Bess Wohl

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Center Theater Group

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Genre:
Musical

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Pretty Filthy

Synopsis:
Armed with their notepads and recorders, artists from the intrepid investigative theater company The Civilians crossed the mountain range that divides Hollywood from the other Hollywood--the San Fernando Valley, world capital of porn. The Civilians crew listened and learned, conducting interviews and visiting sets to get an insiders glimpse into a world that is far more than the sum of its (very) visible parts. The Civilians time in the Valley captured a singular time in our culture; this digital era thats radically transformed the business of sex. Pretty Filthy is ultimately a story about trying to make a life and a living in an ever-changing worlda task thats all the more complicated when your work is so intimately tied to customer satisfaction.

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music and lyrics by Michael Friedman; book by Bess Wohl

1st Produced:
Playhouse Theater, Abrons Arts Center, NY    31 Jan 2015

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Genre:
one act musical 90 min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Small Mouth Sounds

Synopsis:
In the overwhelming quiet of the woods, six runaways from city life embark on a silent retreat. As these strangers confront internal demons both profound and absurd, their vows of silence collide with the achingly human need to connect. Filled with awkward humor, this strange and compassionate new play asks how we address lifes biggest questions when words fail us.

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Nominated for The Kilroys 2015. The Kilroys is a group of playwrights and producers in LA who publish an annual industry survey of excellent new plays by female and trans playwrights. It is a tool for producers committed to ending the systemic underrepresentation of female and trans playwrights in the American theater.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Touch(ed)

Synopsis:
A woman and her boyfriend try to snap her sister out of madness

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1st Produced:
Williamstown Theatre Festival    2011

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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