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73 Cards in this Set
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"Good People" playwright
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David Lindsay-Abaire
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"Good People" director
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Daniel Sullivan
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"Good People"Theatre Company (s)
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Manhattan Theatre Club, Walnut Street Theatre, & Steppenwolf Theatre
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"Good People" Awards
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NY Drama Critics award for "Best play"
TCG: Most produced play in TCG theaters |
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"Good People" Characters
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Margie, Stevie, Jean, Dottie, Mike, Kate, Joyce, Ally, Cookie, Gobie, Russell,
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"Good People" Setting
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Southie a town in Boston
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"Good People" Plot
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Margie looses her job and goes to her old boyfriend for job options.
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"Seminar" playwright
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Theresa Rebeck
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"Seminar" director
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Sam Gold
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"Seminar" characters
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Izzy, Martin, Kate, Douglas, Leonard
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"Seminar" setting
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kate's family-owned upper west side apartment & Leonard's apartment
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"Seminar" plot
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four young novelists take a writing class with Leonard
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"Ruined" playwright
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Lynn Nottage
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"Ruined" director
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Kate Whoriskey
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"Ruined" theatre company(s)
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Goodman theater, manhattan theatre club, toured in US, London, the Caribbean...
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"Ruined" characters
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Mama Nadi
Sophie Salima Josephine Jerome Simon Fortune Christian Commander Osembenga Mr. Harari Pascal |
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"Ruined" setting
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a small mining town in the democratic republic of the Congo. the bush in the Congo at Mama Nadi's bar hut for prostitution, drinks and entertainment.
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"Ruined" plot
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in war-torn Congo, Mama Nadi keeps the peace between customers on both sides of the civil war by serving everything from cold beers to warm beds. This shrewd matriarch both protects and profits from the women whose bodies have become battlegrounds "ruined" by the brutality of the government soldiers and rebel forces alike.
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"Ruined" effects
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Congo bar setting that was in the bush. To represent the bush were the thin tree trunks that wer lit with different colors based on scenes. Costumes were Congo colorful.
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"Venus in Fur" playwright
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David Ives
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"Venus in Fur" director
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Walter Bobbie
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"Venus in Fur" theatre company(s)
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classic stage production company
manhattan theater club Samuel J Friedman Theater |
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"Venus in Fur" characters
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Thomas
Vanda |
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"Venus in Fur" setting
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a bare, rented studio.. a few metal chairs. A table with a clip-on lamp and a stack of head shots.
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"Venus in Fur" plot
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Thomas is a writer/director of a new play based off of 1870 novel Venus in Furs, he has spent the day auditioning girls for the lead role and Vanda auditions late, making for a funny character development play.
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"4000 miles" playwright
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Amy Herzog
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"4000 miles" director
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daniel aukin
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"4000 miles" theatre company(s)
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LCT3
Mitzi E Newhouse Theatre |
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"4000 miles" characters
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Leo
Vera Amanda Bec Joe Ginny Micah Alison Jane Lily |
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"4000 miles" setting
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Vera's apartment
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"Pilgrims Musa & Sheri in the New World" playwright
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Yussef El Guindi
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"Pilgrims Musa & Sheri in the New World" director
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Anita Montgomery
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"Pilgrims Musa & Sheri in the New World" theatre company(s)
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ACT
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"Pilgrims Musa & Sheri in the New World" awards
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Footlight Award
Best world premiere New play award |
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"Pilgrims Musa & Sheri in the New World" characters
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Musa
Sheri Gamila Tayyib Abdallah |
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"Pilgrims Musa & Sheri in the New World" setting
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Musa's apartment
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"Pilgrims Musa & Sheri in the New World" plot
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egyptian cab driver meets a waitress, they go up to his apartment and character development ensues.
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"Chinglish" playwright
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David Henry Hwang
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"Chinglish" director
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Leigh Silverman
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"Chinglish" theatre company(s)
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Goodman Theatre
Longacre Theatre |
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"Chinglish" awards
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Goodman production Joseph Jefferson Awards
Best production Best director Best actress in a principal role Best new work Best scenic design |
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"Chinglish" characters
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Daniel
Peter Minister Cai Miss Qian Bing Miss Zhao |
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"Chinglish" plot
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Daniel comes to China hoping to make a deal for his family's sign-making firm with Minister Guoliang. As the story continues, he discovers the complexities of doing international business. From language barriers to clashing cultures to falling in love/lust, this play makes you think about who we are on a basic human level.
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"Chinglish" effects
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realistic sets
subtitles through projections look into international relations |
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"Disgraced" playwright
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Ayad Akhtar
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"Disgraced" director
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Kimberly Senior
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"Disgraced" theatre company(s)
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Lincoln Center theatre
Bush theatre in London |
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"Disgraced" awards
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Pulitzer prize for drama
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"Disgraced" characters
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Emily
Abe Amir Jory Isac |
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"Disgraced" setting
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Emily & Amir's apartment
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"Disgraced" plot
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Amir and Emily start the play off with banter. Amir's nephew, Abe, asks for legal help, Amir helps, but things aren't ironed out. Isac is an art curator and visits for dinner with his wife to talk about Emily's work.
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"Disgraced" effects
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Set is heavy in technology, projections and choreographed movements
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"Detroit" playwright
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Lisa D'Amour
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"Detroit" director
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Austin Pendleton
Anne Kaufman |
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"Detroit" theatre(s)
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Steppenwolf Theatre
Playwright's horizon |
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"Detroit" awards
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finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (did not win)
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"Detroit" chracters
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Mary
Ben Sharon Kenny Frank |
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"Detroit" setting
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the backyards of Ben and Mary and Kenny and Sharon
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"Detroit" Plot
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a play about two couples struggling to achieve the American dream in the face of financial uncertainty
Picture-perfect couple Ben and Mary fired up the grill to welcome the new neighbors who've moved into the long-empty house next door. Three barbeques later, the fledgling friendship veers out of control, shattering Ben and Mary's carefully maintained semblance of success- with comic, unexpected consequences. |
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"Detroit" effects
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elaborate setting of the backyards
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"The Whale" playwright
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Samuel Hunter
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"The Whale" director
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Martin Benson
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"The Whale" theatre company
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Denver Center Theatre company
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"The Whale" awards
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Lucille Lortel award
Best Play Outstanding NY Theatre |
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"The Whale" chracters
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Charlie
Liz Elder Thomas Ellie Mary |
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"The Whale" setting
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Northern Idaho - apartment-
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"Water by the spoonful" playwright
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Quiara Hudes
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"Water by the spoonful" director
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Davis McCallum
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"Water by the spoonful" theatre company(s)
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Hartford Stage
Second Theatre |
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"Water by the spoonful" awards
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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"Water by the spoonful" Characters
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Odessa
Chutes Ladders Elliot Fountainhead Yazmin Orangutan Policeman Professor Aman/Ghost |
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"Water by the spoonful" setting
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Philadelphia, San Diego, Japan and Puerto Rico
2009 six years after Elliot left for Iraq |
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"Water by the spoonful" plot
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Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned form Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. Somewhere in a chat room, recovering addicts keep each other alive, hour by hour, day by day. The boundaries of family and community are stretched across continents and cyberspace as birth of families splinter and online families collide
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