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Frank Flynn

FRANK FLYNN

  (1966 - )
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Playwrights Guild of Canada  

Frank Flynn's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Come Back To the Forum Guy Lafleur, Guy Lafleur         Grace         Greeting Cards         Hope         Shark         Sullivan
Come Back To the Forum Guy Lafleur, Guy Lafleur

Synopsis:
Regulars at a Montreal bar gather to watch a hockey game on television. Relationships between the patrons begin to unravel as agendas are revealed and old wounds are opened. a new Canadian takes a bold shot at starting a romance, an academic barfly makes a move to save his marriage, a wannabe hockey star gets disavowed of his dream, a brainy bartender decides to try and find more suitable work, and an alcoholic cabbie wrestles with the reality of his drinking problem and wayward life.

Notes:
Other productions: Memorial Hall University of New Brunswick 1993

1st Produced:
Toronto Fringe     1991

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

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Grace

Synopsis:
a one woman performance piece. an older woman shares her wit, wisdom, triumphs and tragedies. Grace lets the audience in on the secrets of a 53-year marriage, and the vagaries of raising eight kids. Hilarious and heartbreaking.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Summer Festival

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts,    

Music:
-

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Genre:
45 min One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Greeting Cards

Synopsis:
A caddish graphic artist who writes and paints greeting cards for a living suffers a stroke. His roommate best friend tries to cheer him up and get him back to work. The roommates girlfriend suggests enlisting the help of his physiotherapist sister. The roommate reluctantly agrees to have his sister treat the graphic artist. Sparks fly. Hilarity ensues.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Showplace Peterborough, Ontario Canada     2017

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts,    

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Hope

Synopsis:
Night falls on a city park as a young girl waits. alone and afraid Hope must decide the fate of her newborn. Out of options, she summons the spirit of her dead mother for guidance

Notes:
Other productions: London Fringe Festival August 2005. July 2007 production of this play, performed At St. Paul's College in Hamilton New Zealand.

1st Produced:
Sadleir House, Peterborough Ontario Canada     2005

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Lazy Bee Scripts,    

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Shark

Synopsis:
a loan shark holds court in a seedy back alley and wises audiences up to the realities of the gaming industry and how governments profit from the misery of gambling addicts.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Peterborough Alley Waltz Festival , Canada     2006

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

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Sullivan

Synopsis:
Two adult sons return to the family home after their mother's funeral. the reception party plans are interrupted by the arrival of an estranged prodigal son. Sons clash with one another and their Father over the circumstances of the prior death of another son, and the father's treatment of their mother. a brutal reckoning ends with a single act of forgiveness.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Showplace Peterborough, Peterborough Ontario Canada     2005

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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