GREG NELSON   


Greg Nelson
   Nationality:
Canadian
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Plays by Greg Nelson

GREG NELSON
Angel, The
1st Produced:
1999
Company:
-
1st Published:
Blizzard Publishing, Canada,
ISBN
-
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Genre:
Comedy
Ten Min
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
Two actors of any sex
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
A man sees an angel on the side walk
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GREG NELSON
Castrato
1st Produced:
Theatre Network, Edmonton, Canada
1993
Company:
-
1st Published:
Blizzard Publishing, Canada,
ISBN
-
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Genre:
Drama 2 acts
-
Parts:
Male
3
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Rev. Peter Maclean is fighting the church. And the Bible. And himself. His brother Stephen, whom he hasn't seen for 12 years, is a successful businessman and a follower of the charismatic, evangelistic Rev. Jonathan Stern. The story of their turbulent reunion and the struggle for goodness
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GREG NELSON
Christmas Carol , A
1st Produced:
Theatre Calgary, Canada
1999
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,
ISBN
-
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Genre:
Family
-
Parts:
Male
7
Female
5
Parts Other:
5c
Notes:
adapted with Ian Prinsloo
Synopsis:
A large-cast version of the classic Christmas story. This traditional adaptation, faithful in word and spirit to the original, captures the scale, exuberance and depth of Dickens' tale. Staging requirements extremely flexible.
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GREG NELSON
Fall, The
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Guild of Canada
ISBN
9781554350445
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Justice Harry McKay has died - in everyone's eyes a great man - but the truth is quite different
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GREG NELSON
Fear
1st Produced:
1994
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,
ISBN
-
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Genre:
Comedy
Ten Min
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
Two actors of any sex
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Two people try to make sense of fear.
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GREG NELSON
Flight of the Living Dog
1st Produced:
Theatre Eleven, Canada
1991
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,
ISBN
-
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Genre:
Comedy
One Act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
0
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Mick's dog Dave leaps from a fortieth floor balcony and plummets to the sidewalk, conking Bonnie on the head. Mick is left with a dead dog, a murder, and a single question: was Dave falling. . .or flying?
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GREG NELSON
Mick Unplugged
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Guild of Canada
ISBN
-
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
The perils of nostalgia. Mitch finds his old lp of "London's Calling" by The Clash. He remembers that he always wanted to start a record company. He now sets about doing this. He dresses as a punk and changes his name to Mick.
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GREG NELSON
North
1st Produced:
Grand Theatre, Canada
2000
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,
ISBN
-
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Genre:
Drama 2 acts
-
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
April 1975. Tom, a university professor, travels North with his lover Kitty. he believes he will find passion and adventure in the wilderness. Instead, he and Kitty are faced with a far different landscape, full of mystery and suspicion.
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GREG NELSON
Sidney
1st Produced:
1992
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,
ISBN
-
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Genre:
-
Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Sidney, an amnesiac who lives in the 7-11, enters a drug-house and searches for his past amongst the scattered memories of Leon, who may or may not be dead. For Mary and Jackie, he becomes a kind of messiah.
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GREG NELSON
Slow Zoom
1st Produced:
Theatre Eleven, Canada
1989
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,
ISBN
-
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Keith attempts to change his life by turning it into a movie. He zooms in on Cindy, and edits David out, leaves him on the cutting room floor. A play about desire and self-identity in the world of the media image.
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GREG NELSON
Speak
1st Produced:
1998
Company:
-
1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,
ISBN
-
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Genre:
Comedy 2 acts
Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Sarah is seeking the truth about her husband's shady past. She encounters Lloyd, a Saskatchewan MLA who has all the answers. Before long, they're getting far more than they bargained for, as they spiral down into the seedy and secret side of personal and provincial politics.
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GREG NELSON
Spirit Wrestler
1st Produced:
1995
Company:
-
1st Published:
Coteau Books, Canada,
ISBN
-
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Genre:
Drama 2 acts
-
Parts:
Male
6
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
The story of the Doukhobors' violent persecution in Russia and subsequent migration to Canada at the turn of the century. Tells of one man's spiritual journey: from his fiery declarations as a young man through his questioning and ultimate abandoning of his faith
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