Geraldine Aron

GERALDINE ARON - Writer

Geraldine Aron was born in Galway, Eire and educated in Dublin and London. She has lived in Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. She has twin daughters and currently
lives in London.

        THEATRE

MY BRILLIANT DIVORCE: The Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London.
Starring Dawn French. Producer Michael Codron. Dir: Garry Hynes. Designer: Francis O’Connor.
Premiered at The Druid Theatre in Ireland, Nov 2001. Published Samuel French, 2003.
In pre-production for a New York production with Michael Alden Inc. Revived in Ireland by The Druid Theatre Company in 2008 with Deirdre O'Kane. dir: Garry Hynes.
Also produced (or scheduled for production ) in 31 countries, including
ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, CANADA, CHILE, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, ENGLAND, ESTONIA, FRANCE, GERMANY, HOLLAND, ICELAND, IRELAND, ISRAEL, KENYA, LUXEMBURG, MALTA, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, POLAND, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TURKEY, URUGUAY, USA, VENEZUELA
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OLIVIER AWARD nominee for Best Entertainment 2004.

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THE FOLLOWING PLAYS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PRODUCTION: Enq: Ger80@aol.com.

NAMASTE: Full length comedy.

*MR ROPER One act.

*AUNTIE ESSIE One act (Suitable as a double bill under the title VACANT POSSESSION)

RUSTLERS: Full length play. Artscape Theatre, Cape Town March 2003. Dir: Roy Sargeant..

OLIVE AND HILARY: One act. The Arts Theatre, Ireland. Drama festivals throughout UK
Published by Samuel French.

THE DONAHUE SISTERS: Long One-act. Druid Theatre, Ireland, Dublin Theatre Festival, Wimbledon Studio Theatre, London. Edinburgh Festival. Irish Arts Theatre, New York.
Also: South Africa, France, Sweden, Israel, Switzerland etc. Published by Samuel French and in several anthologies. Also available in German, French, Afrikaans & Hebrew.

A GALWAY GIRL: One-act. Druid Theatre, Ireland. Lyric Studio, London and Alan Ackbourn's Scarborough repertoire. Numerous productions in the UK, Ireland, South Africa and the United States. Published by Samuel French and in several anthologies. Also available in Afrikaans.

SPIDER: Full length thriller. Gate Theatre, Dublin. Also produced in Italy and South Africa. Published by David Philips Ltd

SAME OLD MOON : Full length. Giulgud Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London. The Nuffield, Southampton. Druid Theatre, Galway. The Oxford Playhouse, UK. The Baxter Theatre, Cape Town, Durban, Irish Rep Theatre, New York City. Irish Classical Theatre, Buffalo. Irish Rep Players, Toronto. Published by Samuel French. Playtext of the Month in Plays International.

JOGGERS: One act. Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, The Space and Nico Malan theatres, Cape Town. The Academy, Johannesburg. Published by Samuel French.

THE STANLEY PARKERS: One-act. Druid Theatre, Ireland. Rep Theatre, Arkansas, Wimbledon Theatre, London. Philadelphia. Published by Samuel French.

ON THE BLUE TRAIN : Three monologues. Arkansas Rep, USA.. Artscape, Cape Town, Grahamstown Drama Festival SA. Published by David Philips Ltd.

WHY STRELITZIAS CANNOT FLY: Musical play. Children’s book, published by Tafelberg Press, Cape Town, in eight languages. Adapted as full length musical play produced at Artscape, Theatre, Cape Town. Also, Durban, Pretoria. Stellenbosch .

THE SPARE ROOM: Full length comedy. Artscape Theatre, Cape Town, Opera House, Pretoria, Durban. Academy Theatre, Johannesburg. Published by David Philips Ltd..

MICKEY KANNIS CAUGHT MY EYE: One-act. The Kings Head, London. The Edinburgh Festival. The Space Theatre, Cape Town. The Intimate, Johannesburg. Published by David Philips.

THE SHRINKING OF ALBY CHAPMAN: Monologue. Baxter Theatre Cape Town. Grahamstown Drama Festival. Pretoria. Published by David Philips.

ZOMBIE: Full length rock opera. The Space Theatre, Cape Town. The Port Elizabeth Opera House, S.A.

MR McCONKEY'S SUITCASE: Full length. Baxter Theatre, Cape Town. Dublin. Published by David Philip.

BAR AND GER. One act. Space Theatre Cape Town, The Druid Theatre, Ireland, Royal National Theatre (Cottesloe) London, King's Head, Pentameters, The Lyric Studio, Edinburgh Festival and throughout the world in fourteen languages. Published Oxford University Press, Samuel French, Cosmopolitan, Other Stages, (cover) Plays and Players.

                                             FILM

THE DONAHUE SISTERS: A screenplay. ( Now offered)
MAESTRO: Feature. Screenplay for Franco Zeffirelli. (Also released as "The Young Toscanini")
BAR AND GER. Short. Dir: ASHLEY LAZARUS. .
COMMERCIALS: Cinema and television. 32, for a wide range of products and services.

                                             TELEVISION

MY BRILLIANT DIVORCE. Optioned by The Producers Films Ltd
MICKEY KANNIS CAUGHT MY EYE: SABC-TV.
JIMMICKS: SABC-TV.
HARRY'S KID: SABC-TV (Adapted from Jack Cope's short story).
THE TOUCH OF PINK. SABC-TV.
SPIDER: SABC-TV. (Initially banned by SA Censor Board; screened later with cuts.)

                       RADIO

THE DONAHUE SISTERS: BBC, UK. GERMANY
JOGGERS: SABC Radio .
A GALWAY GIRL: BBC, SABC. Germany.
BAR AND GER: BBC, SABC.
IMPRESARIOS & KNITTING MACHINES: SABC
THE SHRINKING OF ALBY CHAPMAN: SABC
THE MARKETING MAN: (Short story) SABC

                                           AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

My Brilliant Divorce: Olivier Nomination for Best Entertainment 2004.

The Donahue Sisters: Winner All-Ireland One-Act Play Festival, Best Play, Drama Festival of France. Best Play, New Zealand Drama Festival.

Same Old Moon: Amstel Playwright of the Year Award. Best Play, Ulster Play Festival 2001

The Stanley Parkers: Winner US Interstate Play Festival. The Alex McGregor Trophy.

Bar & Ger: Edinburgh Fringe First. Variety Magazine’s Edinburgh’s Best Ten. Salter’s Cup UK.
Kentucky State Thespian Award.. RAPS Best Play.(South Africa) Transvaal Drama Festival, Best Play. The Eileen Harper Memorial Trophy.

A Galway Girl: Edinburgh Fringe First. Winner All-Ireland One-Act Play Festival.
BBC's choice for Prix Italia Awards Entry.

Mickey Kannis Caught My Eye: SABC-TV Best Play Award. "Tonight" Award for Best Single Drama.

Jimmix: SABC-TV Best Play Award.

Harry's Kid: SASWA's Best Television Play Award. SABC-TV's Most Popular Drama Award.

Olive & Hilary: Alex McGregor Trophy, McMarten Cup

               LYRICS

HEY MR NIGHTINGALE Philips. European Top Ten.
SIX SONGS FOR 'WHY STRELITZIAS CANNOT FLY' Album
'THE RIGHT PLACE TO BE' For Julie Forsythe's C&W album.
12 SONG LYRICS FOR THE ROCK OPERA 'ZOMBIE'

            AFFILIATIONS

MEMBER OF THE DRAMATISTS GUILD, INC. USA

ADVISOR TO THE MANHATTAN THEATRE SOURCE, USA

              FELLOWSHIPS:

The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland. l991, l993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001,
2002, 2003, 2005
The Yaddo Corporation, USA. 1999
ShennenArts Writers' Workshop, Virginia, USA, l994.
Virginia Centre for the Creative Arts, USA l997.

        TRAVEL WRITING

HOLIDAY Magazine, (Ireland) Pieces on Zimbabwe, South Africa, Italy, Nepal and Vietnam. SA River Adventure.

SAVANNA Magazine S.A. Pieces on African Game Parks, Rovos Rail Train Journeys,
The Amalfi Coastline. Health Farms. Grootebos Nature Reserve. Casinos. The Best Breakfasts in Cape Town. Boulders Game Lodge in Singita. Royal Malawane Game Lodge, SA.
Langa Township, SA. Gourmet Vietnam..

EXPLORER Magazine (Visa) Pieces on Italy (Amalfi), Nepal, Zimbabwe, South Africa.

WINESCAPE Magazine. Pieces on South African Townships and The Speir Resort.

REPRESENTATION:

Nick Quinn

Phone 020 7727 1346 Email: nquinn@theagency.co.uk

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