| by McEwen, Robert |
| Ethnic tensions flare at a Bronx high school as the principal investigates a locker-room assault on a bookish Italian boy and tries to bring his assailant to justice before the school's pre-eminent hood exacts his own revenge. |
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| Development and Production Status |
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| One Production Only |
| Dialogue Sample |
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| "Once Nicky wipes the floor with the guy who roughed you up, people will say 'Don't mess with Starpoli. He's tight with Nicosia.' You'll see. People's whole attitude toward you will change." |
| Specifications |
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Full length one act play. 8 actors: 2 women (1 30s/40s, 1 teen); 6 men (1 30s/40s, 5 teens).
Multiple (but simple) sets, high school of the 50s/60s. |
| Development and Production History |
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World premiere professional production with Collaboraction Theatre, Chicago, 2006.
Full Production at University of Iowa Theater. |
| Review |
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"An enthralling combination of mystery, humor and suspense."
"The four performances were excellent displays of the talent for pacing and dialogue that have won McEwen numerous awards."
"An intimate statement about the nature of power and how it is maintained. Its mingling of humor, cultural commentary and excellent performances made it great fun and an undeniable success."
-- Excerpts from review by Paul Ferguson, The Daily Iowan, March 1995
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| Short Bio |
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| ROBERT MCEWEN is a winner of two of the nation's top awards for dramatists: first prize in the 21st Century Playwrights Festival (for his play Cholo!) in judging chaired by Edward Albee; and second prize in the Fourth Freedom Foundation competition at The Kennedy Center (for his play Son Of A Gonne) in judging chaired by Lanford Wilson. Many of McEwen's plays were written during his fellowship in the Iowa Writers Workshop, including the short satires in his just-published anthology Tales Of The Pea Sea. Earlier in his career, McEwen wrote for The AP, covering the mass suicides of the Peoples Temple congregation; the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk; the murder trial of Black Panther Huey Newton; and Cesar Chavez's crusade to organize of farm labor. After working as a reporter, McEwen was a junior college basketball coach in Rochester, NY, where his won-lost record was 46-9. More recently, McEwen held senior management positions at three of the world's leading PR firms. He was graduated from Georgetown University with a B.A. in English. |
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