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Sarah Delahunty

SARAH DELAHUNTY  

 Nationality:    New Zealander
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Delahunty, who is co-director of 1st Gear Productions in Wellington, specialises in teaching, directing and writing plays for teenagers. She has written more than 20 plays, many of them for young people. Her Fringe 2008 play, 2b or nt 2b?, won a Pick of the Fringe award. It was also nominated for the 2008 Outstanding New New Zealand Play of the Year in the Chapman Tripp Theatre awards and won Playmarket's 2009 Plays for the Young Competition. Delahunty likes including music in her plays. "Music is like emotional shorthand. It can go straight to the heart."

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

         2B Or Nt 2B?         Adventures Of Toad, The         Affinity         Blind Date         Crazy Joint Love         Damage         Dear Felicity         Eating the Wolf         Emperor's New Clothes, The         Falling Sparrows Here Or there         Gifts         Gingerbread Man, The         Greener Grass         Inside Out         Loose Connections         Medea Songs         Second Sight         Song Of Four         Superbeast         Time On Our Side         Trusting Strangers, Counting Stars

2B Or Nt 2B?

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1st Produced:
New Zealand Fringe Festival    2008

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Adventures Of Toad, The

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Based on "the Wind In the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Affinity

Synopsis:
Three strangers find themselves in a room. Why are they there? Why are they there together? these questions drive the mystery and tension of this tight, fast paced Drama which twists and turns from the apparently real to the definitely surreal. the room in question, in Downstage theatre, is being used as a theatre space for the first time! I wrote the play specifically for the space. I like a challenge! says writer/director Sarah Delahunty, who in 2012 won the National Playwriting for the Young Competition for the second time.
- http://www.theatreview.org.nz

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1st Produced:
a room in Downstage Theatre, Wellington    17 Feb 2013

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1st Gear Productions

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Drama

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Blind Date

Synopsis:
Dating practices of 16 to 18 year old girls

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Genre:
One act Youth

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Male:  -            Female:  9            Other:  -

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Crazy Joint Love

Synopsis:
the situation in Noel Cowards original play has been updated from the 1930s to 2011 in this fast and sometimes furious comedy. Zac and Sophia think they never want to see each other again but when they do. . .
- http://www.theatreview.org.nz

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part of Fringe 2011

1st Produced:
Zeal (above Bodega), Wellington, NZ    40590

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1st Gear Productions

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Play/Drama

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Damage

Synopsis:
Love, intrigue and ghosts from the past

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Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Dear Felicity

Synopsis:
Dear Felicity is an advice column for teenage girls. "My friend has a problem. . ."

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Genre:
One act Youth

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Eating the Wolf

Synopsis:
Red Riding Hood, her mother and grandmother all live in the enchanted forest. Grandmother starts to question the male dominance of their lives. Mother send Red to Grandmother's house. But she is waylaid by the Wolf who seduces her. When Red finally gets to Grandmother's house she finds that Grandmother has eaten the Wolf

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1st Produced:
Red Brick Hall, Wellington, New Zealand    38405

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Emperor's New Clothes, The

Synopsis:
Would you stop at nothing to get some new clothes?! The vain Emperor is bored with his wardrobe, he is restless. He wants something new, something exciting - something that is so fantastic it has never been seen before! Well, be careful what you wish for... When a new tailor moves to town he has exactly the kind of adventurous outfit the Emperor wants. It is so fantastic that only fantastically clever people can see it. Not wanting to seem a fool, the Emperor marvels at the cloth, when in actual fact he can see nothing at all! Is the Emperor a fool? Is the tailor a trickster? And if everybody is only pretending to see the clothes - what will happen when he has to parade them down the main street?!? With the usual fun and songs to sing The Emperor's New Clothes is the most exciting adventure to be had this spring - make sure you stop at nothing to come and see it! - http://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/production.php?id=3467

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1st Produced:
4 Moncrieff St., Mt. Victoria, Wellington    28 Sep 2013

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KidzStuff Theatre for Children Inc.

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TYA 55 min

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Falling Sparrows Here Or there

Synopsis:
Rehearsal, performance, real life Drama and internal struggles are all thrown together onstage in this play - which plays with a play and the play within the play! Lines are forgotten, feeling changed, broken hearts are mended and the magic of acting prevails in this fast paced comedy with a surreal edge.
- www.theatreview.org.nz

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1st Produced:
Zeal (above Bodega), Wellington, NZ    28 Sep 2011

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1st Gear Productions

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Genre:
Play/Drama 60 min

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Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Gifts

Synopsis:
a Christmas meeting between two sisters one of whom has just returned to New Zealand after living in London

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Gingerbread Man, The

Synopsis:
Now a gingerbread person

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Genre:
Childrens play One act

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Greener Grass

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Genre:
Farce

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Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Inside Out

Synopsis:
about depression and the phenomenon of self harming. It sounds heavy but the script is entertaining and moving as well as offering some valuable insights; the use of humour leavens the challenging subject matter.

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Loose Connections

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Jan's husband has run away with a much younger woman. Jan has moved into the garage and is trying to form a relationship with her husband's car

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Medea Songs

Synopsis:
Drama laced with comedy and music, linking the centuries and delving into the age-old problems of the human heart. Greek tragedy and a contemporary love story are intertwined in Medea Songs, a new play by award-winning playwright Sarah Delahunty set in a Wellington cafe and on at the New Zealand Fringe Festival 2010 from 24 to 27 February. Witha live band and a cast of 12, Medea Songs stars the exceptional talents of Neenah Dekkers-Reihana and Te aihe Butler, who play the lead roles and perform the seven songs they wrote for the play. Both aged 16, the pair gave stand-out performances as Mary Magdalene and Jesus in last year's Onslow College production of Jesus Christ Superstar. they also performed in the 1st Gear Productions contribution to Compleate Workes, last year's celebration of Shakespeare. Dekkers-Reihana and Butler perform together again - this time as Clio and ajax, teenagers who meet one night in a Wellington cafe owned by the Greek god Zeus. as we know, Greek gods like to play with the lives of mortals. Can the future of Clio and ajax be changed over a flat white or latte?

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1st Produced:
Blondini's Bar, embassy Theatre, Wellington    40233

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1st Gear Productions

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Second Sight

Synopsis:
When she is shot student anna has an out of body experience

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Song Of Four

Synopsis:
You've only got nine months to save the world!New Zealand has become the last hope breeding ground for the Human Race. Humanity has been left infertile following the worldwide introduction of a highly addictive chemical food additive.the search is on for anyone isolated and unaffected enough to participate in a breeding programme to re-populate the planet&whether they want to or not. From renowned youth focused playwright Sarah Delahunty, SONG FOR FOUR is a savvy social commentary on individual human value versus a grasping world driven by profit.
- theatreview.org.nz

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part of the Young & Hungry Festival of New theatre began At BaTS theatre

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  extras

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Superbeast

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NZ Fringe    2006

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Time On Our Side

Synopsis:
Teenagers look to their futures

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Genre:
One act Youth

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Male:  1            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Trusting Strangers, Counting Stars

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1st Produced:
Downstage Theatre, Wellington    2010

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Play/Drama

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