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Drew Carnwath

DREW CARNWATH  

 Nationality:    canadian
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Literary Agent:    Playwrights Guild of Canada  


Drew Carnwath is a Toronto-based playwright, actor and teacher whose plays have been produced in New York, Montreal and Toronto. a member of Tarragon Theatre's 96/97 Playwrights Unit, Drew was also a member of The advanced actor's Company at the Banff Centre from 1993 to 1995. His latest play, I Dream of the Living, won first prize at The Canadian National Playwriting Competition (one-act) and second prize at the Canadian One-act Playwriting Competition. Drew hopes to build cross-discipline theatre which explores the complexities and absurdities of the human experience& and other stuff, too.

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below is a list of Drew Carnwath's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Ballad Of The Battle Between Power And Chance , The         Grace And After         Hide And Seek         I Dream Of The Living         Johnnyville: An Official Secrets Act         Killer         Picture This         Total Body Washout

Ballad Of The Battle Between Power And Chance , The

Synopsis:
a weeping statue of the Virgin Mary forces Father Power to close the doors of his church - and re-open the doors to his faith. . .until he meets a troubled woman asleep in the pews. . .and on the run from something unspeakable

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1st Produced:
Malibu International Play Festival, Malibu, Ca    2001

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2002   -

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Comedic Drama One act

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Grace And After

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alumanae Theatre, Toronto    -

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Hide And Seek

Hide And Seek
The unresolved disappearance of one of their childhood friends causes three women to continually return to that day. Beautifully lyrical and hauntingly poetic, Hide and Seek reminds us about those who are left behind.

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1st Produced:
Whetstone Productions, Damn Straight, Toronto.    1996

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Ontario Playwrights: Eight Short Plays" published by Playwrights Canada Press, 2009   978-0887548215

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Drama One act

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Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

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I Dream Of The Living

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Johnnyville: An Official Secrets Act

Johnnyville: An Official Secrets Act
In a post cold-war world, where love is the exception and not the rule, no-one is really what they seem. Johnnyville gives us spies, lies and the search for a lot more than love as three characters take a surreal spin on the dance floor of deception.

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1st Produced:
Whetstone Productions, Toronto    1996

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Johnnyville/Total Body Washout" published by Playwright Canada Press 1998   978-088754559

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Drama One act

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Killer

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Kim Rollins is a criminal profiler facing the biggest challenge of her career: time. Ted Wayne Griffin is a marine biologist who may or may not be a serial killer. Both characters are on a dangerous search for knowledge that drives them across space and time. a philosophical thriller

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1st Produced:
Glen Morris Theatre, Toronto, Ontario.    2001

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2001   -

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Genre:
Comedic Drama Comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Picture This

Synopsis:
Picture This. . . is a collection of monologues, vignettes and aural sculptures all based on the theme of time, memory and loss. . . and ultimately, renewal

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1st Produced:
American academy of Dramatic art, New York .    1992

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1996   -

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Genre:
Comedic Drama Comedy

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Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Total Body Washout

Total Body Washout
a play which charts one man's journey to the edge of modern madness - and back again - complete with post cards, x-rays, dreams and large antlered animals.

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Contained in: "Johnnyville/Total Body Washout" published by Playwright Canada Press 1998   978-088754559

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Genre:
Comedy One act

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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