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Christine Croyden

CHRISTINE CROYDEN

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Christine Croyden lives in Melbourne Australia. Christine Croyden's plays include; the Cat's Paw, Love your Poison, A Stranger in Town, You Never Know, the Fallen Tree and comedies; the Snail killer and Shady Ladies. Christine has published two novels for young adults and many short stories. She currently teaches writing at Victoria University and is the Artistic Director of Melbourne Writers' Theatre.

Research:    http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/409367

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         Apologies         Carnival Of the Damned. . . Funny!         Cat's Paw         Departures         Distance         Do You Want To Play?         Fallen Tree, The         How to Survive an Earthquake         IVF Chook 'Le Coq'         Love Your Poison         Lovesick         MelBorn         Melborn: Season One         Snail Killer, The         Still Waiting         Stranger in Town, A         Target Practice         Third Trimester         You Made Me Love You

Apologies

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Cromwell Road Theatre, South Yarra, Vic    16 Jul 2008

Organisations:
Short But Not So Sweet 2008

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/93018

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Carnival Of the Damned. . . Funny!

Synopsis:
Roll up, roll up ladies and gentlemen to Melbourne's Cup of Short Comic Theatre. Be astounded, be amazed! We've scoured the state for the best new short plays of up to 15 minutes. Here they are for your instant gratification. Performed by some of Melbourne's finest actors, our Cup runneth over with some very wicked delights!

Notes:
written by Tom Taylor, Susie Allison, Mark Andrew, Darren Brealey, Alex Broun, Bridgette Burton, Christina Costigan, Christine Croyden, Lindsay Dresden, Peter D Flaherty, David Gannon, Adam Hadley, Iresha Herath, A F Lall, Fabian Lapham, Sam Marsden, Scott McAteer, Kate McLennan, Amanda Mihalakapoulos, Jane Miller, Stephen Nichols, Michael Olsen, David Sharpe, Bruce Shearer, Carl J Sorheim and Michelle Wallace

1st Produced:
Dantes, Fitzroy, Vic    26 Mar 2008

Organisations:
Melbourne International Comedy Festival

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/99006

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Cat's Paw

Synopsis:
a troubled young girl searches for her humanity under the gaze of an unlikely angel.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Carlton Courthouse    2009

Organisations:
HOY POLLOY Theatre

1st Published:
http://australianplays.org/   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/100811

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Departures

Synopsis:
Lars likes to compose autobiographical sentences about him self and perform his idiosyncratic daily rituals without interruption. But beneath his obsessive and rather enigmatic persona lies the impulse to kill. And, as a globetrotting businessman, the opportunity is never far away. When he makes his next flight to London a bereaved father, on a tragic mission to identify the body of his missing daughter, sits across the aisle. While beside him is a young and unsuspecting woman, who could well become Lars next victim.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
http://australianplays.org/script/ASC-1594   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Psychological thriller, Noir 30 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  5 roles, female plays 3 different women

Further Reference:
-

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Distance

Synopsis:
Can you travel too far? a couple, who spent their youth exploring the world, find settling down to have a child their greatest challenge.

Notes:
Part of Provocation: Six Short Plays that Pack a Punch. underWire_theatre showcases the work of three emerging local writers - Christine Croyden, Liza Dezfouli and Michelle Francis. They each deal with the idea of 'Provocation' in different ways - secrets lurking in laundry baskets, creative cooking, unwanted body bits, looks that kill, spouses locked in mortal combat and love gone rotten. Kerith Holmes, the fourth member of underWire directs the six darkly comic pieces.

1st Produced:
Gasworks Arts Park, Albert Park, Vic    27 Jul 2005

Organisations:
underWire Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/67198

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Do You Want To Play?

Synopsis:
a young nurse is stalked in her home. But who becomes the victim?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Newtown Theatre, Newtown, Nsw    06 Feb 2005

Organisations:
Short & Sweet Sydney Best Of The Rest Week 4

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/79550

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Fallen Tree, The

Synopsis:
Long after the fire she'd sit with her heart hammering under the old river red gum. . .just waiting for it to fall. Hannah and her neighbour Claire survived Black Saturday. their community is rebuilding and the fallen trees have been cleared. But the fire did not burn a big enough hole for Hannah to forget things that even a devastating blaze couldn't destroy.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
http://australianplays.org/   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama 70 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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How to Survive an Earthquake

Synopsis:
How to survive an earthquake is the story of two sisters who need to make a seismic shift to repair their relationship. Stephanie, a UN civilian peacekeeper, returns from a mission in earthquake stricken Haiti to face her sister for the first time in 20 years. their stories untangle as they dig through the rubble of their lives to find a way from embattled hurt towards forgiveness .

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
playreading at La MaMa E.T.C.
74A East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003    23 Mar 2013

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
http://australianplays.org/   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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IVF Chook 'Le Coq'

Synopsis:
a gynecologist and his young wife have a tasty chicken dinner with an infertile client and her husband.

Notes:
Double Bill: I Feel Like Chicken Tonight by Christine Croydon and Techno Egg performed by Krows Bar Kabaret. Part of El Dante's Minnie Fiesta

1st Produced:
Dantes, Fitzroy, Vic    30 Jun 2007

Organisations:
Komissar Kabaret

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/76556

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Love Your Poison

Synopsis:
Time is running out for Rosie. as she takes stock of her life regret takes hold. Is she losing her mind, or seeing things clearly for the first time?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
The Victorian Art's Centre    2008

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
http://australianplays.org/   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/78224

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Lovesick

Lovesick
eveline, a successful advertising executive, likes to stay in control but is used to making compromises in a job where the dollar rules. When Julian, her colleague and former boyfriend, starts to behave strangely and the city she loves turns hostile. eveline seeks refuge in the company of a stranger with a passion for the French actress, Catherine Deneuve, and suddenly finds herself in the grip of a puzzling nightmare.

Notes:
part of Spring Carnivale at Dante's: The Straight six

1st Produced:
Dantes, Fitzroy, Vic    22 Oct 2007

Organisations:
Walking Into Bars

1st Published:
in the Best Ten-Minute Plays 2011, Smith & Kraus; (June 1, 2012)   978-1575257822

Music:
-

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Genre:
short thriller noir

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/78018

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MelBorn

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Carlton Courthouse, Carlton, Vic    09 Sep 2010

Organisations:
Melbourne Writers' Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/86294

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Melborn: Season One

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
written by David Astle, Therese Cloonan, Christine Croyden, James May, Frank Otis, Carmen Saarelaht and Bruce Shearer

1st Produced:
Carlton Courthouse, Carlton, Vic    05 Oct 2011

Organisations:
Melbourne Writers' Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short plays

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/97221

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Snail Killer, The

Synopsis:
a feisty older woman is visited by her own and her disabled husband's younger selves as she tends to her treasured garden.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
The Carlton Courthouse    2006

Organisations:
Komissar Kabaret

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Still Waiting

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
The Madwoman Monologues    2011

Organisations:
Baggage Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Stranger in Town, A

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Vic    27 Oct 2011

Organisations:
Essential Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/102470

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Target Practice

Synopsis:
a ex-socialite, who has recently become a single mother, uses her well honed golf skills to perform community service for her friends.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Trades Hall Carlton, Melbourne International Comedy Festival    2006

Organisations:
Synchronicity

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Third Trimester

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
The Madwoman Monologues    2012

Organisations:
Baggage Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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You Made Me Love You

Synopsis:
a man locks his wife in the laundry with her dirty washing to discover a truth

Notes:
Part of Provocation: Six Short Plays that Pack a Punch. underWire_theatre showcases the work of three emerging local writers - Christine Croyden, Liza Dezfouli and Michelle Francis. They each deal with the idea of 'Provocation' in different ways - secrets lurking in laundry baskets, creative cooking, unwanted body bits, looks that kill, spouses locked in mortal combat and love gone rotten. Kerith Holmes, the fourth member of underWire directs the six darkly comic pieces.

1st Produced:
Gasworks Arts Park, Albert Park, Vic    27 Jul 2005

Organisations:
underWire Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/67198

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