- Fred Stroppel
Fred Stroppel is an American
playwright andfilm writer based inNew York . He has been writing for television, film and theater for over twenty years.Credits
Theater
Stroppel, a member of the Theatre Artist Workshop, has had productions of his work at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, the John Houseman Theater, The Actor's Playhouse, the West Bank Café and the 29th Street Repertory Theater, all in
New York City . His musical "Tales from the Manhattan Woods," based onStrauss ' "Die Fledermaus ", recently completed a successful run at the Wings Theatre. Stroppel's full-length comedy "Fortune's Fools" was produced off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theater and "Actor!" his satire of the entertainment world, was staged at the Egyptian Arena Theatre inLos Angeles . Fred is also in collaboration withBrett Somers frequently and wrote a trio of comedies called "Danger, People At Large" for her and her ex-husband,Jack Klugman . [http://www.fairfield.edu/x7999.xml]Television and Film
Having worked in television for
HBO ,Disney , Nickelodeon andPBS , Stroppel has written several screenplays, including "David Mamet's Gilded Stones," a short film based on his one-act play "The Mamet Women," which was an official selection at the 2004Sundance Film Festival . Fred has written for "Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! " and "A Little Curious ". [http://wubby.typepad.com/wubby/2005/05/who_is_fred_str.html] For film, Fred has written "Brooklyn State of Mind" starringTony Danza ,Jennifer Esposito , andVincent Spano , and "Dark Side of Genius" starringMoon Unit Zappa . For theater, Fred has written Brainstorms, which was a one act comedy produced by "A Small Company In America Productions."Trivia
* Fred is said to bring a rigorous discipline of character and story to what otherwise is a trifle (not in any negative sense) comedy.
* He lives and writes with his family outside New York
* He is an avid fisherman
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