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Brad Fraser

BRAD FRASER

  (1960 - )
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Great North Artists  

Brad Fraser won his first playwriting competition at the age of 17 and has since written numerous plays, including Cold Meat Party, Love and Human Remains, True Love Lies and Poor Super Man, among others. Brad is a five-time winner of the Alberta Culture Playwriting Competition, the London Evening Standard Award for Promising Playwright, London's Time Out Award for Best New Play and the LA Critics Award. In addition to his work as a playwright and director, Brad Fraser writes for print media, radio, film and television.

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         5 @ 50         Chainsaw Love         Cold Meat Party         Kill Me Now         Love and Human Remains         Martin Yesterday         Mutants         Outrageous         Poor Superman         Prom Night Of the Living Dead         Return Of the Bride         Rude Noises         Snake In Fridge         True Love Lies         Two Pariah At A Bus Stop In A Large City Late At Night         Ugly Man, The         Unidentified Human Remains And the True Nature Of Love         Wolfboy         Young Art
5 @ 50

5 @ 50
Tricia, Olivia, Loreen, Fern and Norma have been the best of friends since school. Now, as they're all poised to turn 50, one develops a drinking problem which leads to a disastrous intervention by her friends. the 5 of them find their lives changing in ways both hystErically funny and genuinely heartbreaking.

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Playwrights Canada Press 2012   

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Genre:
Lesbian full length

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 08 Page 429

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Chainsaw Love

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1st Produced:
Edmonton Fringe Festival     1985

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Cold Meat Party

Cold Meat Party
a group of people meet to hear the last will testament of a mutual friend including a gay pop star and a homophobic politician

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Playwrights Canada Press   

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Kill Me Now

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Normal is relative. Kill Me Now is a black comedy about Jake who has sacrificed his career as a writer to care for his teenage son Joey. Both are keeping secrets - Jake about his love life and Joey about his plans for the future. But when disaster strikes, they are forced to ask who's really looking after who. Bittersweet, fast-paced, ricocheting between the comedy and tragedy of disability, Kill Me Now is a funny and moving play about how we care for the people we love.

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1st Produced:
La Cite Francophone (8627 91 St.), Edmonton, Canada     06 Sep 2013

Organisations:
Workshop West

1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press   

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Genre:
black comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Love and Human Remains

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Martin Yesterday

Martin Yesterday
30 something Matt is tired of young partners and wants maturity and commitment - but can Martin provide it ?

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NeWest Press,    

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Mutants

Synopsis:
Institutionalised teens rebel against abuse

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1st Produced:
Walterdale Theatre, Edmonton     1981

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Hot thespian action" published by aU Press 2008   

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Genre:
Gay, full length

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Outrageous

Synopsis:
"Of course I love my fans. they have made me what I am today - a broken down alcoholic transvestite"

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Music by Joey Miller; lyrics by Brad Fraser; book by Brad Fraser. Based on the film "Outrageous!" screenplay by Richard Benner

1st Produced:
Berkley Theatre, Toronto    

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Candian Stage Company

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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay, full length

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Poor Superman

Poor Superman
David (from "Unidentified Human Remains) is now a painter but his inspiration has dried up. He takes a job as a waiter in a Diner and has an affair with the husband of the owner.

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Prom Night Of the Living Dead

Prom Night Of the Living Dead
Pupils at a High School are preparing for graduation when one of the boys is turned into a werewolf. a witch and three monsters arrive in town. the witch wants to enslave the werewolf and the young men of the town.

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Music by Darren Hagen; lyrics by Brad Fraser; book by Brad Fraser

1st Produced:
Citadel Teen Festival Of The Arts, Edmonton     1981

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Wolf Plays" published by NeWest Press 1993   

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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay, theme/character full length

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Return Of the Bride

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1st Produced:
Edmonton Fringe Festival     1989

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Rude Noises

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Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto     1982

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Snake In Fridge

Snake In Fridge
Corbett who has a pet snake works in the gay porn industry and needs a few grand for a penis enlargement. The snake dies but then disappears from the fridge where Corbett had put it. Corbett's flatmates are Caddie a stripper and busboy Travis who aspires to be a waiter

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NeWest Press 2001   

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, theme/character full length

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Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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True Love Lies

True Love Lies
In an average middle-class Canadian family, Carolyn and Kane embarrass their grown-up children, flamboyant, job-seeking Madison and teenage depressive computer geek Royce, with their displays of affection and noisy lovemaking. However when Madison goes for a job in a new restaurant and manager David says he used to know her father, the dinner table revelation that David and Kane were more than just friends changes the family relationships substantially, although it is all handled in a cool, middle-class way.
- David Chadderton, Brtish theatre Guide

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Playwrights Canada Press 2010   

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Genre:
Gay full length

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Two Pariah At A Bus Stop In A Large City Late At Night

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Ugly Man, The

Ugly Man, The
Beautiful and spoiled heiress Veronica languishes on a ranch run by her overbearing mother, Sabina. When a hideously scarred drifter arrives looking for work, both mother and daughter attempt to use him to their own selfish ends, resulting in tragedy for everyone.
Press Release

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NeWest Press 1994   

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Unidentified Human Remains And the True Nature Of Love

Unidentified Human Remains And the True Nature Of Love
David, an ex-actor now works as a waiter which he says he prefers doing and he is into casual gay sex in cars or the park. His busboy at the restaurant, Kane, a teenager, says he is straight but seems to be curious about David - he says he just wants to b

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1st Produced:
-     1989

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1st Published:
Blizzard Publishers 1990   

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Genre:
Mystery. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: Traverse - acc.11524/22

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Wolfboy

Wolfboy
David believes that when he was bitten by a pick-up he became a werewolf

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1st Produced:
-     1981

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Wolf Plays" published by NeWest Press 1993   

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Young Art

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1st Produced:
Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto     1986

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