- Richard Maxwell
Richard Maxwell is an experimental director and playwright inNew York City . He is originally fromWest Fargo, North Dakota .Productions
Maxwell's plays have been performed in New York at the
Ontological-Hysteric Theater atSt. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery ,HERE Arts Center ,P.S. 122 ,The Kitchen , and in theaters in cities throughout the world, includingLondon ,Berlin ,Dublin ,Vienna ,Brussels , andColumbus, Ohio . [ [http://www.nycplayers.org/#shows Richard Maxwell's production history] ]* [http://www.nycplayers.org/billings.html Billings] is a play about a husband and wife moving from
Billings, Montana toMinneapolis, Minnesota . It was first performed inWilliamstown, Massachusetts in 1996, and then late at the Ontological Theater in 1997. It was [http://www.nycplayers.org/97_VV_100797.html reviewed] favorably inThe Village Voice .* [http://www.nycplayers.org/bk.html Burger King] chronicles the work days of several employees at the hamburger joint, and was produced in Williamstown and New York in 1997.
* [http://www.nycplayers.org/fcs.html Flight Courier Service] centers around a flight courier who becomes entangled with two members of the Malaysian mafia. It was performed at the Ontological Theater in 1997, and in 2006, director
Jamie Poskin produced Maxwell's script atStanford University . [ [http://flightcourierservice.blogspot.com Flight Courier Service (Stanford production)] ]* [http://www.nycplayers.org/cowboys.html Cowboys and Indians]
* [http://www.nycplayers.org/ute.html Ute Mnos vs Crazy Liquors]
* [http://www.nycplayers.org/house.html House]
* [http://www.nycplayers.org/sls.html Showy Lady Slipper]
* [http://www.nycplayers.org/caveman.html Caveman]
* [http://www.nycplayers.org/boxing.html Boxing 2000]
* [http://www.nycplayers.org/dw.html Drummer Wanted]
* [http://www.nycplayers.org/joe.html Joe]
* [http://www.nycplayers.org/showcase.html Showcase]
* [http://www.nycplayers.org/henry.html Henry IV]
* [http://www.nycplayers.org/goods.html Good Samaritans]
* [http://www.nycplayers.org/eor.html The End of Reality] . Maxwell's latest show follows the day to day events of a security guard. The Times wrote an [http://www.nycplayers.org/06_nyt_011806.html article] about the playwright as he prepared for the opening of The End of Reality. The show is currently on tour until May 2007 at the
Kunsten Festival inBrussels, Belgium . [ [http://www.kunstenfestivaldesarts.be/front/index.html Kunsten Festival] ]Publications
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Plays Volume 1 was published in 2000 by TCG, and includes Maxwell's works from 1996-2000. [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1559362286/ Plays, Volume 1] ]
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