Lavonne Mueller - Playwright and writer



 

Breaking The Prairie Wolf Code
Five In The Killing Zone
Killings On The Last Line
Letters To A Daughter From Prison
Little Victories
The Mothers
The Only Woman General
Violent Peace
Warriors From A Long Childhood
A Drink Before the Storm
Colette in Love
Elvis Monologues
God’s Highway

Eyes I Dare Not See In Dreams
Hotel Splendid

Incident in Baghdad
Crimes and Dreams
Green Gold
Oyster Crackers, Undershirts, and Mauve Lemonade
The American Way
The Assassination of Federico Garcia Lorca
The Confession of Many Strangers
The Goddess And The Yankee Clipper
War and Things
American Dreamers


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Breaking The Prairie Wolf Code

Quotes:
"Lavonne Mueller's Breaking the Prairie Wolf Code is a moving history lesson for the mind and the heart, exquisitely written like poetry."
Arlene Epstein, NEW JERSEY RECORD

Productions:
American Place Theatre, New York, NY.
Carthage, TX, March.
Lousville, KY.
Marshall, TX.
Miami, FL, April.
Mountain Lake, MN.
New England College.
South Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
Tyler, TX.
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
Pictures
Available

Five In The Killing Zone

Quotes:
(Lavonne Mueller has) "a sensibility to be cherished...with an arresting scabrous vision of the American way of death"
Frank Rich, NEW YORK TIMES
Productions:

New England College, Henniker, NH.
Unicorn Theatre, Kansas City, KS.
Pictures

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Killings On The Last Line

Quotes:
"Political and passionately angry, Killings avoids the usual pitfalls of propagansa."
Eileen Blumenthal, THE VILLAGE VOICE
Productions:

(starring Ellen Barken). American Place Theatre, New York, NY.
Pictures
Available

Letters To A Daughter From Prison

Quotes:
"Although nothing in Mueller's personal background as a Midwestern American prepared her for the the audaciousness of going into someone else's culture, she has miraculously captured the spirit of India."
Virhuti Patel, INDIA TODAY

Productions:

Apple Corps Theatre, New York, NY.
Bunbury Repertory, Louisville, KY.
Foreign Countries:National Center of Performing Arts, Bombay/New Delhi, India.
Radio:All India Radio, New Delhi, India.
Television: Indian Television, Bombay.
Pictures

Available

Little Victories

Quotes:
"Imaginative and absorbing." -
Leslie Bennetts, NEW YORK TIMES
Productions:

(starring Linda Hunt). American Place Theatre, New York, NY.
Sctors Renaissance Theatre. CrossRoads Theatre. St. Louis, Missouri.
Artswatch Productions, Louisville, KY.
Bettendorf, IA.
Chapel Hill, NC.
Muhlenburg College, Allentown, PA.
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Roundhouse Theatre, Washington, DC.
St. Cloud, MI.
Studio Theatre. University of Texas. Arlington, Texas.
Temple University.
Trinity Square Ensemble, Evanston, IL.
University of California.
Wayne, NJ.
William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ.
Foreign Countries: NEC (New England College Touring Company), toured England & Scotland.
Foreign Countries: Theatre Classic Production. Tokyo, Japan.
Radio:Game Show Girl. New American Plays Project, WGVU, Grand Rapids, MI.
Television: Lifetime Television, Lifetime’s Women”s History Month Vignettes.
Pictures
Available

The Mothers

Quotes:
"The script contrasts a realistic and appealingly human depiction of the bereaved parents with satirical and surrealistic portraits of their inhumane persecutors."
Lawson Taitte, DALLAS MORNING STAR
"Mueller is attempting something so powerful...Argentina, she seems to be saying, is a place where all realities are true, where the body is fetishized by adoration and torture, where history is whatever those in power say it is and where the national cult of forgetting can be disrupted by a group of women marching weekly with placards and kerchiefs, insisting on their right to be remembered."
Lauren Buffera, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Productions:

Chameleon Productions, Chicago.
Festival of New Plays. Addison Theatre Center, Dallas, TX.
Windmill Productions, Margo Jones Theatre. Dallas, TX.
Brandeis University, MA., Merrick Theater, Spingold Theatre Arts Center.
Foreign Countries:(starring Susannah York and Rosemary Harris). Theatre Museum, London.
Radio:(Excerpts) BBC Radio, London.
Pictures
Available

The Only Woman General

Quotes:
"Irreverent, inspiring. This is an intriguing and well written piece."
Linda Gibson, SCOTTISH DAILY EXPRESS
"PICK OF THE FRINGE" - EDINBURGH FESTIVAL

Productions:

(starring Colleen Dewhurst). American Place Theatre, New York, NY; Video film, Lincoln Center Library, New York, NY, Illinois Association Theatre Convention.
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY.
Foreign Countries:Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Pictures
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Violent Peace

Quotes:
"Intensifying war of words, the violent peace of the title, is well charted."
Ian Shuttleworth, LONDON EVENING STANDARD
"CRITICS CHOICE" TIME OUT MAGAZINE (London)
"It is a drama full of verbal and emotional dynamite..."
Jerry Tallmer, NEW YORK POST
Productions:

Apple Corps Theatre, February, 1990, New York, NY.
Regional Premiere, Pittsburg, KS.
Foreign Countries:Duke of Cambridge Theatre, London.
Foreign Countries:Theatre Museum, London.
Pictures
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Warriors From A Long Childhood

Quotes:
(Lavonne Mueller) "demonstrates a visceral command of the English language and the ability to transport herself into a seemingly alien situation."
Mel Gussow, THE NEW YORK TIMES

"Playwright Mueller has painted a strong, compelling portrait of four men suffering the horrors of war."
William Raidy, NEW YORK LEDGER

Productions:

American Place Theatre, New York, NY.
Pictures

A Drink Before the Storm

Productions:
La Mama Galeria, La Mama Theatre.
Radio:Radiowa, Radio Iowa.

Eyes I Dare Not See In Dreams

Productions:
Theatre Classics Company. Tokyo, Japan.
Pictures
Available

Colette in Love

Productions:
(starring Shirley Knight). Samuel Beckett Theatre, New York, NY, 1986; Westside, YMCA, Women's Hero Night, April, 1987; New York Public Radio.
University of California/Berkeley.
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL.
Mendocino Theatre Company, Mendocino, CA.
Westminster College.
Williams College, Williamsburg, MA.
Antioch College.
Foreign Countries: Exposure Bilingual Theatre. Prague, The Czech Republic.
Radio: WNYE 91.5 FM, National Radio.
Television: tape and video, CTV in Staten Island; Manhattan Public Access.
Pictures
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Elvis Monologues

Productions:
New Salem Chautauqua Series. Petersburg, Illinois.
Available

God’s Highway

Productions:
U Rock Players. University of Wisconsin. Janesville, WI.
Available In the book, "Monologues From The Road" Heinemann Books

Hotel Splendid

Productions:
Boston Unbound 2001: A Festival of New Plays. Boston, Mass.
Available

Incident in Baghdad

Productions:
IChez Laroe Theatre. New York City.

Crimes and Dreams

Productions:
(starring Maxwell Caulfield). Theatre Four, New York, NY; Fisher Foundation.
Pictures

Green Gold

Productions:
Love Creek Productions. Theatre Row Studios, New York City.

Oyster Crackers, Undershirts, and Mauve Lemonade

Productions:
Baker's Plays, Boston, MA. Produced by various community theatres across the U.S.

The American Way

Productions:
Bart’s Bard. The Parish Activity Center. Cinti,. Ohio.
Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, Oregon.

The Assassination of Federico Garcia Lorca

Productions:
Academy Theatre, Atlanta, GA.
Horace Mann Theatre, New York, NY; Columbia University.
Pictures
Available

The Confession of Many Strangers

Productions:
Goshen College,Unble Center.
Milo Arts Space. Comumbus, Ohio.
The White Barn Theatre. Stamford, Conn.
Available

The Goddess And The Yankee Clipper

Productions:
Foreign Countries: Bravo. Army Theatre Touring Company. Hungry, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Germany.

War and Things

Productions:
Nat Horne Theatre, New York, NY.
William Redfield Theatre, New York, NY

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American Dreamers

Pictures
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