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Dave Carley

DAVE CARLEY

  (1955 - )
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Gary Goddard Agency Ltd  

Dave Carley has what he terms his "tortuous" route to the Theatre includes careers in law, as a newspaper editor, cigar salesman and meter reader. Happily, he is now employed as editor by Playwright's Union of Canada, that country's foremost publisher of plays. For one of his plays, "First Strike," Mr. Carley received the Otonabee Theatre's New Play award in 1982. He is also the author of a popular column of humor, "ernie Fleming," which has appeared in several Ontario publications and he is in the process of writing his first novel.

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         After You         Bert, One Year Later         Big Box         Conservatives In Love         Edible Woman , The         Exam, The         First Strike         Hedges         Incident On Crescent Road         Into         Last Liberal, The         Midnight Madness         Orchidelirium         Out Late         Scoops         Sister Jude         Taking Liberties         Test Drive         Two Ships Passing         View From the Roof, A         Walking On Water         Writing With Our Feet

After You

Synopsis:
the tragic events of a summer fifty years earlier haunt two women, as they prepare to leave their beloved island for the last time. a memory play without memories - sensual and moving

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1st Published:
G. Gordon Shillingford Publishing (Scirocco Drama), 1995   -

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Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Bert, One Year Later

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E-Script and Hard Copy, ArtAge Publications    -

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Genre:
Monologue 10 min

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Big Box

Synopsis:
a satiric look at the Wal-Martisation of retailing in North America, Big Box follows and independent retailer's explosive trail of revenge against the retail oligarchy.

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2001   -

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Conservatives In Love

Synopsis:
there is a Young Conservatives Meeting and two of the participants meet in an art gallery

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Edible Woman , The

Synopsis:
traces the journey of Marian, a young woman in mid-60's Toronto, as she finds her consumer world slipping out of focus. Compounding Marian's confusion is a fiance who suddenly seems less than ideal, a newly-pregnant roommate, an outraged landlady and a strangely attractive graduate student.

Notes:
Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood

1st Produced:
Festival Of New Works, University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor.    2000

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1st Published:
G. Gordon Shillingford Publishing (Scirocco Drama), 2002   -

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Exam, The

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E-Script and Hard Copy, ArtAge Publications    -

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Genre:
Monologue 1 min

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Male:  0            Female:  0            Other:  0

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First Strike

Synopsis:
This play is the post-bomb tale of two couples who have taken refuge in a Mississauga fall-out shelter. the wild comedy cannot conceal the fact that there is something very rotten in the Borough. addressed is the whole issue of man's right to survive

Notes:
Workshopped And produced Otonabee theatre, Peterborough, 1982; workshopped, NYC, 1985; produced Canadian Group theatre, Toronto, 1985; theatre Maltori, Malton, 1985; radio broadcast, 1984 And 1985

1st Produced:
Canadian Group Theatre, Toronto    1985

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1st Published:
Playwrights Canada, 1984   -

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Genre:
two act black comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Hedges

Synopsis:
Mr. esker and Ms Drumlin are two ultra-compatible neighbours, until the mercantile manipulation of a local merchant sets them on a course of destruction, in this parable of Canada's involvement in the arms race

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1st Produced:
Merrickville Century Theatre    1985

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1st Published:
in Six Canadian Plays, Playwrights Canada Press, 2001   -

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Genre:
Comedy One act

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Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Incident On Crescent Road

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1st Produced:
Bua Takes Ten: Blt Short Plays    22 Jun 2012

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Genre:
Ten minute play

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Into

Synopsis:
an urban nun, a disaffected youth, a philandering businessman and a melancholic beauty are caught in a magic traffic jam. they create a unique society amid the chrome and exhaust - but then something begins changing on the horizon. . .

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1st Produced:
Fringe Of Toronto Festival    1993

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1st Published:
in Taking Liberties & Into, Playwrights Canada Press, 1993   -

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Genre:
Comedy One act

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Last Liberal, The

Synopsis:
a politician's commitment to liberal ideals is doubly tested when his government falls into a minority situation, and his son into trouble with the law

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1st Produced:
Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa    2005

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1st Published:
Playwrights Guild of Canada, Toronto (2005)   978-1554350124

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Midnight Madness

Synopsis:
It's the end of an era for Bloom's Furniture, as its final sale draws to a close. Wesley has managed the beds department for 10 years, and his future looks bleak. Just before midnight, anna enters his lonely domain and the course of their lives is forever changed.

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1st Produced:
Muskoka Festival    1988

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1st Published:
Blizzard Publishing, Canada, 1989   -

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Genre:
Romantic Comedy Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Orchidelirium

Synopsis:
a university professor fights to maintain her orchid conservatory, against an institution hell-bent on selling out to a pharmaceutical multinational

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1st Produced:
Factory Theatre, Toronto    2003

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Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Out Late

Synopsis:
A teenage boy finds his missing father in a gay bath house

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Genre:
Gay one act

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Scoops

Synopsis:
the idealistic but insensitive editor of a small-town weekly is taken hostage by a band of townsfolk. the local universe rapidly begins to unfold-- as it shouldn't.

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1st Produced:
Port Stanley Summer Theatre    1985

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Genre:
two act Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Sister Jude

Synopsis:
Wesley, an introverted young man, sets out on the rocky road to maturity, with help from his sister, a bit of divine guidance, and any number of run-ins with the powers-that-be in his conservative hometown

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1st Produced:
Arbor Theatre, Peterborough, Ontario.    1986

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Taking Liberties

Synopsis:
the play examines five critical moments in the life of a city, when ordinary citizens are forced to make extraordinary choices. Moves back through five decades, showing how the moral challenges of one era can impact on the events and choices of another.

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1st Produced:
Vancouver Fringe Festival    1992

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1st Published:
in Taking Liberties & Into, Playwrights Canada Press, 1993   -

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Genre:
Drama One act

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Test Drive

Synopsis:
the life and times of a car dealer over the past 50 years; earl Hughes views himself as an ordinary man, but the evidence suggests the opposite

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1st Published:
Playwrights Guild of Canada, Toronto (2004)   978-1554350063

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Two Ships Passing

Synopsis:
anna is a liberal judge, Wesley a clergyman with a libido, and Jason is an MBa with a (blue) chip on his shopulder. anna is poised to deliver the most important judgemnet of her career when all three collide in a funny and moving donnybrook. a stand-alone sequel to "Midnight Madness".

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1st Produced:
Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton    1998

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1st Published:
Simon & Pierre, 1999   -

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Genre:
Romantic/Political Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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View From the Roof, A

Synopsis:
the story of a young woman and her lover fleeing across europe in 1939 ripples through history and across continents. Based on the stories of celebrated author Helen Weinzweig. "a compelling collection of character studies that circle around each other until they intersect in a devastating climax." - Boston Herald

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1st Produced:
Theatre Cognito, Toronto    1996

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1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press, 1997   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Walking On Water

Synopsis:
a panoramic and moving look at a half century in the life of a Canadian city. . . In 1949 a man is found dead beneath the car of a powerful newspaper editor. Convinced it was murder, a young reporter sets out to solve the crime and, in the process, prises open a dozen secret lives. However, the truth behind the events in 1949 don't fully unfold until fifty years have passed - and all the characters are dead.

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1st Produced:
Prairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg, Manitoba.    2000

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1st Published:
Nuage editions, 2000   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  9            Other:  -

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Writing With Our Feet

Synopsis:
a young agoraphobic hides in his garage, writing poetic pearls with his feet. Slowly he gathers the courage to venture outside, aided by the wisdom of Raymond Loewy, adlai Stevenson, Jean Lesage and an oddball cast of relatives and neighbours.

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1st Produced:
Theatre Terra Nova, Hamilton    1990

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1st Published:
Blizzard Publishing, Canada, 1992   -

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Genre:
Comedic Drama One act

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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