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MARCIA FERGUSON
Nationality: Australian
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Marcia Ferguson's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates
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below is a list of Marcia Ferguson's plays - click on a Play Title for more information
Australian Marriage Act Ganesh Versus The Third Reich Ursula Invents Old WomanAustralian Marriage Act
Synopsis:
Inspired by real-life events, Australian Marriage act tells the story of sixteen-year-old Victoria seeking permission to marry her 22-year-old fiancé Rod. When she is refused permission from both her parents and the courts, she takes her case to the Supreme Court. In the course of the hearing, the couple discover they are pregnant and - to secure their future - they buy into several media contracts. Australian Marriage act is a frank, humorous and moving account of a young couple's fight for love. exploring sexual relationships and the age of consent, personal identity, discrimination, privacy and the law, Australian Marriage act is bold, original and raw theatre.' (Publisher's blurb) -
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1st Produced:
Toured Queensland And Victorian Secondary Schools.
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55 mins One act
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Top of PageGanesh Versus The Third Reich
Synopsis:
The Nazis stole the swastika, an ancient icon of Hindu culture. Ganesh wants it back. Gods, like elephants, don't forget.
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devised by Mark Deans, Marcia Ferguson, Bruce Gladwin, Nicki Holland, Sarah Mainwaring, Scott Price, Simon Laherty, Brian Tilley, David Woods, Kate Sulan
1st Produced:
Merlyn Theatre, Southbank, Vic
29 Sep 2011
Organisations:
Back to Back Theatre
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http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/93490
Top of PageUrsula Invents Old Woman
Synopsis:
Ursula K Le Guin, award-winning science fiction author, is in the midst of a major period of writer's block. Then her world is turned upside down when she is visited by her biggest fan: an agender being from another galaxy. In their time together this unlikely pair will have intergalactic intercourse, practice formlessness, and invent old woman. This original work is co-created by three artists of different ages: Marcia Ferguson Director of Theatre Arts, UPenn; Mason Rosenthal FringeArts Fellow, NYU Faculty; and trans-identified playwright M J Kaufman Huntington Theatre Playwriting Fellow, MFA Yale.
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1st Produced:
C nova, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
10 Aug 2015
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Marcia Ferguson and Mason Rosenthal (USA)
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piece 50 min
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