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Chris Howlett

CHRIS HOWLETT

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Chris Howlett has been writing, directing and acting for over ten years. In 1994 he was selected to attend the Interplay International Young Playwrights' Festival in Townsville, and subsequently wrote and directed works at LaMama, the Malthouse and St Martin's. In 2003 his play 'Character Analysis' was selected for the first Sydney season of Short and Sweet, and he was the joint winner of Red Stitch's inaugural national playwriting competition for 'Johnny Flip's Fate'. Chris has received writing for performance grants from the Literature Board of the Australia Council in both 2003 and 2007, and two of his monologues have been published in the US anthology 'Audition Arsenal' (Smith and Kraus). His play 'Lucy Devil Has Wealth Syndrome' is listed in the Australian Script Centre's Collection #5, under Centre's Choice.

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

         Character Analysis         Johnny Flip's Fate         Johnny Flip         Lucy Devil Has Wealth Syndrome         People Who Stamp Papers All Day

Character Analysis

Synopsis:
The Movie Star's sister is missing. The Agent doesn't know anything about it. The Detective is willing to help out, but he's all expenses paid. Three characters determined to get to the truth, even if their Writer doesn't want them to. . .

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1st Produced:
St Martin's Young Playwrights    2001

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

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Genre:
Absurd comedy 20 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Johnny Flip's Fate

Synopsis:
Fate is bored and frustrated with his lot. He is desperately seeking a strange human being called Johnny Flip, but for what evil purpose his glamorous, vulnerable assistant Anna can only guess. When Johnny Flip turns down Fate's generous offer, however, the stage is set for a confrontation that will change reality forever...

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Genre:
Absurdist black comedy/fantasy 45 mins One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Johnny Flip

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Notes:
part of "Red shorts". The three winning short plays from among more than 200 entries in Red Stitch's inaugural competition for new Australian writing are good acting pieces that together constitute a varied and eminently satisfying night of theatre

1st Produced:
Red Stitch Actors Theatre, St Kilda, Vic    12 Nov 2003

Organisations:
Red Stitch Actors Theatre

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Genre:
30 min play

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Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/60762

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Lucy Devil Has Wealth Syndrome

Synopsis:
Lucy Devil, movie star extraordinaire, has withdrawn to her isolated, dusty mansion. Unable to reconcile her temperament with the unsentimental habits of the "real" world, Lucy cocoons herself in affectations and the affections of her manager, Teddy, and her live-in help, Samantha. But when Lucy's estranged sister arrives with news of misfortune, the foundations of Lucy's fragile world are sorely tested.

Notes:
Second place in 2002 Camberwell Theatre Company's Playwrights' Competition.

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http://australianplays.org/   -

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Genre:
Absurd black comedy 25 mins One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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People Who Stamp Papers All Day

Synopsis:
Boris is talked into a secret workers' meeting and finds his mundane existence transformed. But is Mr Lawrence onto them? Will the Stationery Department dob them in? What exactly lurks down in the basement? Office politics just got really nasty...

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1st Produced:
-    1997

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

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Genre:
Comedy satire 25 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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