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david sard

                                                    David Sard

 OVERVIEW:  I  started  writing  plays  after  many  years  as  a  psychologist  in  NYC  and  NJ.  I  have been  very  fortunate  to  be  able  to  work  and  study  with  Lorca  Peress  (Strasberg  Institute,  NYU, and  MultiStages);  Don  Lavenhall,  Brooke  Berman,  Francine  Volpe, Stefanie  Zadravec,  Kara Corthron,    Michelle  Bossy,  Rogelio  Martinez,  and  Dan  O’Brien  (Primary  Stages,  aka  ESPA); MarkAnthony Spina (The Theater Project); and John Pietrowski (Playwright’s Theater of NJ).  
PRODUCTION  HISTORY:
“The  Private  Life  of  Jesus  Christ”  (comedy  –  40  min.  One-Act):  produced  in  Vancouver,  B.C.,  Dec.  9–13,  2010,  by  Theatre  in  the  Raw,  at  the  Little  Mountain Gallery.  Won Honorable  Mention  in  the  FirstStageLA  One-Act  Play  Contest  for  2006;  and second  prize  in  the  Theatre  In The  Raw  One-Act  Playwriting  Contest  for  2007.  A  whimsical look at the yearning for connection between God and humankind, in one act. Jesus is imagined as a rebellious adolescent, trying to persuade his over-protective parents (Mr. and Mrs. God) to let him try his hand at saving a tiny, faraway planet. (They think he’s too young.)
“The  Ballad  of  Eddie  and  Jo”,  (drama) won  the  First  International  One-Act  Play  Contest sponsored  by  The  Lee  Strasberg  Theater Institute  in  2004. A full-length  AEA  showcase  was produced in NYC, Sept., 2006, at the Hudson Guild Theater (dramaturgy, production guidance, staging, direction, and production guidance by Lorca Peress).  Set in our time, it is a reimagining of the Oedipus - Jocasta story, in which we hear the mother’s side  of the story. “Eddie”, now an old, blind derelict, narrates his life as it is enacted. “Eddie” was a foster child in search of his real parents.  “Jo”  was  forced  to  give  up  her  baby  as  a  teenage  mother  twenty  years  earlier.  Jo’s interaction with her lost son becomes the matrix of this take on the old story.
“Shadows” (drama): Semi-finalist, O’Neill Conference, 2006. Selected for staged readings at The Theater Project (Union County Coll., Cranford, N.J., 1/19/08) and in NYC at  MultiStages Script Development Series (2/21/09, 2/6/10).  A doomed romance takes place between a White man and a Black woman in old Virginia on the eve of the Civil War:   The play is rooted in the entangled relationships  of  the  slave  masters  and  their  “shadow  families”  –  their  unacknowledged  slave relatives. The mothers of the two lovers learn  to acknowledge their sisterhood, at a terrible price.  
“Projections”  (comedy): staged  readings at The  Theater  Project, Cranford,  NJ,  Jan.  16,  2010, and  April  16,  2011.    A  ghost  comes  for  psychological  help,  and  the  inner  life  of  the  therapist explodes  into  a  madcap  journey  of  hallucinatory  self-exploration.  When  all  the  ghosts  are finished with him, he is a humbler, wiser man.  
“Katrina  Dreams”  (tragicomedy;  full-length):  staged  reading  at  the  Theatre  Project,  Union County College, Cranford, N.J., Nov. 8, 2008.  A tragicomic fantasy about what might have been if Geo. W. Bush had had to live as a homeless person in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. 
​TEN-MINUTE  PLAYS:  
“Projections”  (a 10  minute  comedy): Performed  at  the  Kaleidoscope Kabaret,  The  Theater  Project,  Cranford,  N.J.,  Nov.  19,  20,  21,  2009.  A  ghost  comes  for psychotherapy (the starting point for the full-length play described above).  Fund-raiser.
“How To Get Published” (comedy): staged reading at The Theater Project, Cranford, N.J., Oct.16, 2010. A send-up of publishing, mafia movies, and the poetry business. Hon. Mention, 2013 TheatreintheRaw One-Act play contest. IN DEVELOPMENT: “Little Angels” (1996) – A one-act play for a middle-school audience and actors. A group of children discover and try to care for a homeless boy.
 “The Bimbos Revolt”: a comedy about strippers who try to take over  their strip club.            
“SwanSong”: short story/screenplay.  Two aging gunslingers swear an oath to shoot each other if they become demented.  When the time comes, it’s harder than they thought.            
“The Ward”, a pilot for a projected TV series about an in-patient psychiatry ward.          
 ‘The Secret”, a love - letter to New Orleans: When Minnie Ferguson realizes she’s getting too  old  to  keep  her  magical  little  restaurant  going,  she  needs  to  find  a  protegee  with  the  right spirit.  Every shady character and crook in New Orleans tries to get their hands on the restaurant, but she outwits them all, and finds the right person in the most unlikely place.
AWARDS:
“The  Ballad  of  Eddie  and  Jo”,    Winner,  Lee  Strasberg  Theater  Inst.,  NYC,  First International One-Act Playwriting Competition, 2004.
“Shadows”. Semi-Finalist, The O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, 2006
“The Private Life of Jesus Christ”,  Hon.  Mention, FirstStage LA, One-Act Play Contest, 2006
“The  Private  Life  of  Jesus  Christ”.     Second  Prize,  TheaterintheRaw,  One-Act  Playwriting Competition, 2007 (Vancouver, British Columbia – produced there in Dec. 2010).
“How  to  Get  Published,”  Hon.  Mention,  TheatreintheRaw,  Vancouver,  B.C.,  One-Act  Play Contest, 2013
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  • New Works 2022
    • Global Excursions by Maxine Kern
    • Love Triangle: A Trilogy
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  • NEW WORKS SERIES 2019
  • NEW WORKS SERIES 2018
    • FUKT by Emma Goldman-Sherman
    • GLORIOUS DISASTER by Caroline Prugh
    • THE DIAMOND EATER by Carrie Robbins
    • EMBRACING THE UNDERTOAD by Robin Rice
    • LEAVE PHILADELPHIA, NEVER by Michael Wells-Oakes
    • TOM & TED GO TO THE RACES
  • Meet the Artists
    • Melissa Bell
    • Edgar Chisholm
    • Paul Hufker
    • Maxine Kern
    • Gabrielle Maisels
    • Robin Rice
    • Catherine Rogers
    • Michael Wells-Oakes
    • Emeritis Members >
      • Emma Goldman-Sherman
      • David Sard
      • Julie Richardson
      • Carrie Robbins
      • Matthew Wells
      • Suzanne Willett
  • New Works Series 2017
    • BARABBAS by Matthew Wells
    • THE DEATH AND LIFE OF DR. CUTTER by Carrie Robbins
    • LADY CAPULET by Melissa Bell
    • WHORTICULTURE by Emma Goldman-Sherman
    • MAN & WIFE by Emma Goldman-Sherman
    • SURVIVORS by James Masten
    • LUST & LIES by ROBIN RICE
    • BREATH TO BREATH by Michael Wells-Oakes & Max Balton
  • New Works Series 2016
    • QUEEN MAIR by Matthew Wells
    • LOVE, SEX, ANARCHY by Melissa Bell
    • MAGICAL THINKING by Carrie Robbins
    • SHADOWS by David Sard
    • BONGANI by Gabrielle Maisels
    • LIFE AND OTHER DISASTERS by Julie Richardson
    • A COLD DECEMBER by Michael Wells-Oakes
    • ABRAHAM'S DAUGHTERS by Emma Goldman-Sherman >
      • Stage one readings >
        • MAGICAL THINKING by Carrie Robbins
        • LIFE, & OTHER DISASTERS by Julie RIchardson
        • WHORTICULTURE by Emma Goldman-Sherman
  • Michael Warren Powell Memorial Reading
  • The UNaguration
  • Feisty Women Festival
  • Support New Work
    • Our Supporters
  • The Future Is Female Festival
  • Write Now Workshop
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