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REX DEVERELL (1941 - )
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Afternoon Of the Big Game, The
Belonging
Beyond Batoche
Black Powder (estevan, 1931)
Boiler Room Suite
Brooks!
Brothers, The
Copetown City Kite Crisis, The
Drift
Fallout
For Lands Sake
Gadget, The
Harry Oddstack And the Case Of the Missing King
In Short Supply
Invitation, The
Mandarin Oranges Ii
Mark On the Corner Of Scarth And 11Th, The
Medicare
Melody Meets the Bag Lady
Next Town: Nine Miles
Power Trip
Quartet For Three Actors
Riel Commission , The
Righteousness
Sam And the Tigers
Sarah's Play
Shinbone General Store Caper, The
Short Circuit , The
Shortshrift
Soup
Superwheel
Switching Places
Underground Lake, The
Up-Hill Revival, The
Video Wars
Weird Kid
You Want Me To Be Grown-Up, Don't I?
Afternoon Of the Big Game, The
Synopsis:
the two most popular weekend pastimes in Saskatchewan are watching the Roughriders play and arguing politics. east vs. west, old vs. young, male vs. female, ideals vs. apoliticism - all take turns being the football in this witty and telling play.
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1988
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1st Published:
NeWest Press, 1989 -
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Genre:
Comedy
Parts:
Male: 5  Female: 2  Other: -
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Belonging
Synopsis:
the story of a child with a gift for poetry - but whose giftedness sets her apart from other children
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1st Produced:
Golden Horseshoe Players 1994
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1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press, 1997 -
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Genre:
Drama One act
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Male: 2  Female: 2  Other: -
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Beyond Batoche
Synopsis:
Matthew, the artist with good intentions, wants to write a filmscript about the Riel rebellion. Shane, the actor, wants the role of Riel, and Burns, the producer, wants to get rich. there's only one thing they've forgotten - the Metis point of view
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1985
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1st Published:
NeWest Press, 1989 -
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Play/Drama
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Male: 4  Female: 2  Other: -
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Black Powder (estevan, 1931)
Synopsis:
a forceful and controversial look at the famous estevan strike of 1931
Notes:
Music And lyrics by Geoffrey Ursell
1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1981
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1st Published:
Coteau Books, 1982 -
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Musical
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Male: 6  Female: 4  Other: -
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Boiler Room Suite
Synopsis:
Two of life's losers pass an evening huddled for warmth in the basement of a derelict prairie hotel. Together they act out their fantasies, trying to bring "a little warmth, a little kindness to each other's lives
Notes:
Winner, 1978 Canadian Authors' Association Award.
1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1977
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1st Published:
Talon Books, Vancouver, 1978 -
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Play/Drama
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Male: 2  Female: 1  Other: -
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Brooks!
Synopsis:
Charles Brooks was the first president of local 444, the union at Windsor's Chrysler auto plants. the play follows his charismatic and turbulent life to his violent death in 1976.
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1st Produced:
Canadian artists Workshop, Windsor, Ontario. 1997
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1998 -
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Genre:
Biographical
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Brothers, The
Synopsis:
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Notes:
written with others
1st Produced:
Studio Lab Theatre, Toronto 1970
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Genre:
adaptation
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Copetown City Kite Crisis, The
Synopsis:
a small town with a famous kite factory has to choose between prosperity or pollution. the audience participates by playing the workers at the factory and are called on to vote for or against the polluting machinery
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1973
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1974 -
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Genre:
childrens One act
Parts:
Male: 3  Female: 2  Other: -
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Drift
Synopsis:
a portrait of a young woman who comes to Canada during the thirties and marries a Canadian farm boy, and the struggles of a writer of the next generation trying to recreate this portrait
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1980
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, -
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Play/Drama
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Fallout
Synopsis:
Under the threat of nuclear war, a group of Grade 6 students discover that they have the power to take positive action for their future
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1985
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, -
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Genre:
Drama One act
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Male: 3  Female: 3  Other: -
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For Lands Sake
Synopsis:
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Notes:
for conference on Land Use, Department of environment
1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1978
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Genre:
revue One act
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Male: -  Female: -  Other: -
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Gadget, The
Synopsis:
a boy genius creates a device that just eats and makes noise, markets it, then realizes that it's a monster
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1979
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, -
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Genre:
Drama One act
Parts:
Male: 2  Female: 2  Other: -
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Harry Oddstack And the Case Of the Missing King
Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1975
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- -
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Genre:
Christmas entertainment
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In Short Supply
Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1978
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- -
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Genre:
One act
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Male: -  Female: -  Other: -
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Invitation, The
Synopsis:
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1st Published:
Religion and Theatre Council, 1966 -
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-
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Mandarin Oranges Ii
Synopsis:
a Regina small time politician - innocent and naive - goes to Ottawa where he finds love and power politics. Note: Some of the material is specific to the time and region.
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina, Saskatchewan 1989
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2000 -
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Genre:
Satire
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Male: 4  Female: 4  Other: doubling
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Mark On the Corner Of Scarth And 11Th, The
Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1979
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- -
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Genre:
Full Length Play/Drama
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Male: -  Female: -  Other: -
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Medicare
Synopsis:
a documentary about the Doctors' Strike of 1962, the year Saskatchewan introduced the first socialized medical care plan on the North American continent.
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1980
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1st Published:
NeWest Press, 1982 -
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 5  Female: 2  Other: doubling
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Melody Meets the Bag Lady
Synopsis:
a bag lady loses her individuality in a "habit removing machine" and gains the audience's sympathy until she is changed back.
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1st Produced:
- -
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, -
Music:
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Genre:
Drama One act
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Male: 1  Female: 3  Other: -
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Next Town: Nine Miles
Synopsis:
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Notes:
consisting of three of the small prairie town plays - Shortshrift, Copetown City Kite Crisis , And Shinbone General Store Caper
1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1976
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Genre:
Three at
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Male: -  Female: -  Other: -
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Power Trip
Synopsis:
includes scenes from classic plays, philosophers, and biographies on the theme of Power
Notes:
for high school students
1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1975
Organisations:
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1st Published:
- -
Music:
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Genre:
Two act anthology of the playwrights own work
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Male: -  Female: -  Other: -
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Quartet For Three Actors
Synopsis:
Three actors find themselves on an empty stage unable to leave until they perform the play they've been given. an examination of themselves as artists and as human beings is the result.
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1987
Organisations:
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1st Published:
NeWest Press, 1989 -
Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 2  Female: 1  Other: -
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Riel Commission , The
Synopsis:
an inquiry into the survival of a people
Notes:
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1st Produced:
CBC Radio 1985
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Coteau Books, 1990 -
Music:
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Genre:
Inquiry One act
Parts:
Male: 6  Female: 1  Other: -
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Righteousness
Synopsis:
the last days of St. augustine's life were spent in solitude and penance. the ghosts of his past help him find a distinction between morality and moralism. Set in exotic fifth century North Africa, amid the crumbling remains of the Roman empire.
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1983
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, -
Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 2  Female: 2  Other: -
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Sam And the Tigers
Synopsis:
-
Notes:
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1st Produced:
Studio Lab Theatre, Toronto 1971
Organisations:
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1st Published:
- -
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Genre:
Childrens Youth audience
Parts:
Male: -  Female: -  Other: -
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Sarah's Play
Synopsis:
lvan, a child prodigy, invents a cornputer but can't make it work. the out-spoken Sarah tinkers with the wondrous machine and fInds, to her surprise, that it offers to make all her wishes come true. She also finds, however, that her new power can't win her the ability to make friends.
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1973
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1975 -
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Genre:
childrens One act
Parts:
Male: 2  Female: 2  Other: -
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Shinbone General Store Caper, The
Synopsis:
When the General Store disappears, the local Mountie attempts to unravel the mystery
Notes:
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1975
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1977 -
Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male: 4  Female: 3  Other: -
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Short Circuit , The
Synopsis:
Four high school students are putting together a play about "Men and Women". their deep-rooted fears and prejudices about the opposite sex emerge, and force them to re-examine their own views, and shed some of the views they've inherited from their elders
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1997 -
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Genre:
One act
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Male: 2  Female: 2  Other: -
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Shortshrift
Synopsis:
all but one of the inhabitants of the tiny prairie town of Shortshrift are suddenly feeling under the weather. the exception, Fred, is convinced that the decline in health is linked with the mysterious disappearance of the town sign. and so it proves.., in the march of progress, Shortshrift has been simply wiped off the map
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1972
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1973 -
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Genre:
childrens One act
Parts:
Male: 3  Female: 2  Other: -
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Soup
Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Unproduced 1972
Organisations:
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1st Published:
- -
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Genre:
childrens One act
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Superwheel
Synopsis:
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Notes:
music And lyrics by Geoffrey Ursell
1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1977
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Coteau Books, 1979 -
Music:
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Genre:
Musical revue
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Male: -  Female: -  Other: -
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Switching Places
Synopsis:
a look at the difficulties of teenage sex, pregnancy and single Parenthood - with a twist.
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1986
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Coteau Books, 1994 -
Music:
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Genre:
Drama One act
Parts:
Male: 2  Female: 2  Other: -
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Underground Lake, The
Synopsis:
Tiffin tells the bigoted Typhoon a teaching tale of reconciliation
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1974
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1977 -
Music:
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Genre:
Drama One act
Parts:
Male: 4  Female: 3  Other: -
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Up-Hill Revival, The
Synopsis:
a con-artist takes advantage of a weird phenomenon to create a cult centering around a young girl who claims to be in communication with extra-terrestrial beings
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1977
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1977 -
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Genre:
Drama for high schools
Parts:
Male: 3  Female: 3  Other: -
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Video Wars
Synopsis:
a group of children are going wild over a video war game in a corner store. a refugee child attempts to tell his story - and explain how a war game is not simple entertainment - but brings back memories of a war-torn homeland and a shattered family.
Notes:
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1st Produced:
Golden Horseshoe Players 1991
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press, 1997 -
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Genre:
Drama One act
Parts:
Male: 3  Female: 1  Other: -
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Weird Kid
Synopsis:
a group of young people track down the identity of the vandal who has destroyed their classroom - only to discover their own part in hurting a new classmate.
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina 1988
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press, 1997 -
Music:
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Genre:
Drama One act
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Male: 2  Female: 2  Other: -
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You Want Me To Be Grown-Up, Don't I?
Synopsis:
a group of children band together to mount an all-out revolution against the ruling class - parents
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1st Produced:
Globe Theatre, Regina - school tour 1979
Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, -
Music:
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Genre:
50 min One act
Parts:
Male: 2  Female: 2  Other: -
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