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Richard Epp

RICHARD EPP  (1948 - )

 Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Playwrights Guild of Canada  


Richard Epp is a playwright and actor educated at the Universities of Saskatchewan and VictoriA. a member of Canadian actors' Equity association and the Playwrights' Guild of Canada (PCG) his plays have been produced by Edmonton's Theatre Network, Theatre Calgary, the Stratford Festival, the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, CBC Radio, and a number of university Drama departments in Canada and the U.S.A. Richard is the author of two screenplays, numerous one-act plays and eight full-length plays including Sea of Showers, Kristallnacht, Cipangu: The Tale of Columbus, and Intimate admiration. amateur performance rights to some plays are available from Playwrights Guild of CanadA. Professional inquiries by email, please.

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

 Christmas Pudding         Cipangu: The Tale Of Columbus (Originally Titled Japango)         Intimate Admiration         Japango         Kristallnacht         Sea Of Showers         Winter Pond

Christmas Pudding

Synopsis:
a comedy in two acts, Christmas Pudding is seasonal family entertainment. In a country school house on the Canadian prairie in 1957 a group of unlikely actors prepare to perform 'a Christmas Carol'. The feisty chairman of the school board, an absent-minded clergyman, and a new doctor, who delivers a baby by telephone, contribute to the fuss and the fun. Behind the scenes young love is rewarded, but not before trials and tribulations are courageously resolved.

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1st Produced:
Yates Centre, Lethbridge alberta    1982

Organisations:
Southern Stage

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  3 children

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Cipangu: The Tale Of Columbus (Originally Titled Japango)

Synopsis:
Surrounded by the extraordinary characters of his long life, Christopher Columbus recounts his tempestuous voyages of discovery. Driven by a passion to reach the Orient, the old admiral, nearing the end of his life, continues to deny the existence of the new world. Cipangu is a contemporary portrait of an outrageous hero. 2 acts 6m/2w/1boy, running time 110 minutes.

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1st Produced:
Thompson Shelterhouse Theatre    1992

Organisations:
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

1st Published:
Playwrights Guild of Canada (1992, on-line 2004)   -

Music:
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Genre:
Drama, Biography

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Intimate Admiration

Synopsis:
This engaging two-hander traces the relationship of playwright anton Chekhov and his wife, Olga Knipper, star of the Moscow art Theatre, through joyous and turbulent times. In its portrayal of this remarkable pair, the play celebrates the world of the stage and its vital connection to audience. Written in four short acts, Intimate admiration requires a unit set and can be performed with or without intermission.

Notes:
also produced by the Stratford Festival, Canada.

1st Produced:
Theatre Calgary    1986

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, (1988; on-line 2004)   -

Music:
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Genre:
Drama, Biography

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Japango

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

Music:
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Kristallnacht

Synopsis:
Set in Southern alberta in the summer of 1944, Kristallnacht is a buoyant Drama of love and loyalty played out against the background of teaming enemy prison camps and the war's cruel reality. a German soldier, haunted by his memory of 'the night of shattering glass' and a Canadian farm girl, who longs to see the world, are brought together under circumstances which threaten their dreams and test their humanity.

Notes:
also produced by Theatre Network, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

1st Produced:
University of Lethbridge, Canada    2005

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, (1987; on-line 2004)   -

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Sea Of Showers

Synopsis:
Pamela's actress mother Wynne is missing. So is that farmer-turned-inventor Zeke she met in Montana. an intercepted phone call reveals that the pair are camped out in a place called the Sea of Showers. If that's in the Rockies, fine. If Mom's on the moon, she had better get down at once.

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Winter Pond

Synopsis:
Set in Southern alberta in the 1940s this play, also available as a screenplay, is the story of a young woman's struggle for acceptance. Chiemi is a Japanese Canadian uprooted with her family from her home in Vancouver and moved to a sugar beet farm on the prairies. In a community which knows only prejudice, she finds scarce opportunity to prove herself. Her self-confidence is severely tested and her future is in doubt, until Elinor, an English school teacher, is drawn into Chiemi's circumstances. Through success and failure, both Chiemi and Elinor exchange the restrictions of their lives for opportunities which lie ahead.

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1st Produced:
University of Lethbridge, Canada    1997

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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