/p> The Plays of Max Sparber: RESUME

FAST, CHEAP & OUT OF CONTROL

A lunatic series of short plays designed to be produced on microbudgets; all of these plays are currently being offered without licensing fee -- go ahead and just do them!

Minstrel Show by Max Sparber

MINSTREL SHOW, OR THE LYNCHING OF WILLIAM BROWN

Two itinerant African-American blackface performers retell the harrowing tale of the murder of an African-American man in Omaha, Nebraska in 1919.


"Mr. Sparber has taken a shameful, little-noted event in American history and fashioned a raw, gripping work."-- The New York Times

Minstrel Show by Max Sparber

MAD ABOUT THE BOY!

A lip-synced musical created from a series of gay themed novelty records from the Sixties, telling a story of love before Stonewall.


"A hilarious and biting sendup of the time before the gay rights movement." -- Omaha World-Herald

Mad About the Boy

CHELSEA (FROM A TO B AND BACK AGAIN)

Two years in the life of an artist inspired by Andy Warhol, telling of his art, his self-invention, and the making of a disastrous movie.

Chelsea by Max Sparber

THE BLOG

Bunny Sparber's musings on theater, playwrighting, and misbehavior.

Bunny Sparber

RESUME

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PRODUCTIONS
  • Basement Porn Party, Scott Pakudaitis producer, St. Paul, MN, March, 2010
  • I Will Eat Every One of You: A Monologue, St. Fortune and Kokopelli, New York, NY, October 2010
  • Sleaze Book Club, Freaky Three-Way Productions, Minneapolis, MN, August and September 2010
  • A Gift for Planet BX63, Off-Leash Area, Minneapolis, MN, August 2010
  • The Jury, Off-Leash Area, Minneapolis, MN, March 2010 and May 2010
  • Ivan the Drunk and His Terrible Tale of Woe, Off-Leash Area, Minneapolis, MN June 2009
  • Minstrel Show, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK, February 2009
  • The Jury, Off-Leash Area, Minneapolis, MN, Oct 2008
  • A Gift for Planet BX63, Off-Leash Area, Minneapolis, MN, Oct 2007
  • Minstrel Show, New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch, NJ, Sept 2007
  • Mad About the Boy!, Blue Barn Theatre, Omaha, Neb., Nov 2006
  • The Older Gentleman, Vital Theatre Company, New York, NY., May 2006
  • Minstrel Show, Blue Barn Theatre & John Beasley Theatre, Omaha, Neb., Feb 2006
  • Walking Behind to Freedom, OTOC, Omaha, Neb., May 2004, remounted Dec. 2004
  • Cruelties and chelsea (from a to b and back again), Blue Barn Theatre, Omaha, Neb., Sept 2003
  • Minstrel Show, Manbites Dog Theatre Company, Durham, NC., Aug 2003
  • Ladies of Song, Tally Ho Theatre, Washington, D.C., Mar 2003
  • Holiday Jamboree, Blue Barn Theatre, Omaha, NE, Dec 2002
  • Minstrel Show, Manbites Dog Theatre Company, Durham, NC., Nov 2002
  • Ladies of Song, New York State Theatre Institute, Troy, NY., Feb 2002
  • Minstrel Show, Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Penn., Sept 2001
  • Cruelties, Dramatists Guild, New York, NY., July 2001
  • The Girl Who Would Not Sing, The Lightning Festival, Blue Barn Theatre, Omaha, Neb., May 2001
  • The Girl Who Would Not Sing, The Chicago Avenue Project, Pillsbury House Theatre, Minneapolis, Minn., Dec 2000
  • Minstrel Show, TheatreWorks, Colorado Springs, Col., Oct 2000
  • Minstrel Show, Jewish Community Center of Long Beach, Long Beach, Cal., Mar 2000
  • Minstrel Show, Chain Lightening Theater Co., New York, NY, Oct 1999
  • Minstrel Show, Queens Theatre in the Park, Queens, NY, Mar 1999
  • boyELROY, Blue Barn Theatre, Omaha, Neb., Oct 1999
  • Minstrel Show, Blue Barn Theatre, Omaha, Neb., Mar 1998
STAGED READINGS
  • Best of Luck with Your Horrible Career, Playwrights Center, Minneapolis, MN, September 2010
  • The Older Gentleman, Great Plains Theatre Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, June 2009
  • Minstrel Show, Karuma House, Cleveland, Ohio, May 2009
  • boyELROY, Manbites Dog Theatre Company, Durham, NC., June 2007
  • chelsea (from a to b and back again), Playwrights Center, Minneapolis, MN, Nov 2006
  • Buddy Bentley, Great Plains Theatre Festival, Omaha, Nebraska, May 2006
COMMISSIONS
  • Off-Leash Area, Minneapolis, MN, 2008 for Ivan the Drunk and His Terrible Tale of Woe
  • Off-Leash Area, Minneapolis, MN, 2008, for The Jury
  • Off-Leash Area, Minneapolis, MN, 2007, for A Gift for Planet BX63
  • Doane College, Crete, Neb., 2004, for The Older Gentleman
  • OTOC, Omaha, Neb., 2004, for Walking Behind to Freedom
  • New York State Theatre Institute, New York, 2000, for Ladies of Song
  • Omaha Theater for Young People, Omaha, 1998, for Ira Aldrich
EDUCATION
  • Participant and panelist in Great Plains Theatre Conference, May and June, 2006
  • Seminar in improvisation with Gob Squad, 2011
  • Seminar in object theater with Umka.lv
  • Advanced seminar in puppetry with Michael Sommers of the Open Eye Puppet Theatre, 2002
  • Advanced seminar in Commedia Dell'Arte-style physical acting with the San Francisco Mime Troupe, 2002
  • Advanced seminar in puppetry with the Handspring Puppet troupe, 2002
  • University of Minnesota, theater arts undergraduate program, degree pending, 2001-03
  • Brave New Institute, completed year-long program in improvisational comedy, 2000-01
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Respondent at Great Plains Theatre Conference, 2009-11.
  • Arts critic for MinnPost, 2010-current
  • Guest editor for Minnesota Playlist, 2010-11
  • Theater critic for City Pages, 2000-2003
  • Editor-in-chief and theater critic for The Reader newsweekly in Omaha, Neb., 1997-2000
  • Stage actor with Blue Barn Theatre, including roles in Arcadia, Vieux CarrÈ, and Toxic Avenger: The Musical!
  • Produced 1999 season of Blue Barn Theatre's "Theatre 'Round Midnight" series, including directing Jacob Holder's Someone to Love
  • Playwright and actor for Society for the Creation of Art and Music, a theater program for homeless teenagers begun in Hollywood by actress Shelley Winters.

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