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Paddy Gillard-Bentley

PADDY GILLARD-BENTLEY

  
Nationality:    Canadian
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Paddy was in her first play when her mother was four months pregnant with her. although she has had two children's books published, and several reviews, articles, short stories and poems, she is predominantly a playwright. a full-length play, Shaking the Dew from the Lilies, had its debut in Kitchener, Ont. Canada, in November 2002 and received it's American premier in May - June, 2005, in Denver, Co. at the Playwright's Theatre. She's also had nearly thirty productions of over twenty different plays in various states and provinces. Paddy is the current President of ICWP (International Centre for Women Playwrights), cut her teeth in Writer's Bloc, a playwright's group affiliated with Theatre & Company for four years, and is the founder and artistic Director of Flush Ink Productions, specializing in site-specific Theatre. Ms. Gillard-Bentley lives near Toronto, Ont. Canada.

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         4Am Admission         Accidental Fish         Bingo Wings         Book, The         Comic Strip         Delicate Art Of Breathing, The         Extreme Unction - the Sublime Comedy         Frailty, Thy Name Is Woe         Honey, Meet the Bickersons         Howard And the Snake         Hunting the Penumbra         Intra Speculum         Like A Terrible Beauty         Lure Of the Dragon, A         Mad Man Has No Need Of Sacrements, A         Mugwort's Bane         Opaque         Pest Aside         Quantum Entanglement         Rose Upon the Blood, A         Sanguine Sonata         Shaking the Dew From the Lilies         Sweet Liquid Fire         Truth By Right Of Arms         Twilight Of Enchanted         Way Beyond the Looking Glass         White Dwarf         White Noise

4Am Admission

Synopsis:
emily loves Jane. Jane loves Michael. emily confesses her love to emily who thinks she is talking about Michael.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     2000

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act. - - Lesbian, one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Accidental Fish

Synopsis:
Vanessa drinks too much. Vanessa takes a cornucopia of prescription drugs. Vanessa's doctors don't know what the other ones have prescribed for her. Vanessa probably shouldn't wash down the Xanax with Bailey's Irish Cream. Vanessa smokes too much. Vanessa consumes too much coffee. Vanessa wants to die, really, but her body isn't on the same page. Can someone take so many pills every day that their body becomes immune? Vanessa is coping with life - badly!

Notes:
Originally called Opaque. Scene one was part of She Speaks '07, Kitchener, On. Canada. An evening of readings of women's work to celebrate International Women's Day.

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Genre:
Inside Vanessa's head. Some is real, some isnt'. 90 mins.

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:   One male and one female parts are doubled, not for economy, but for psychology.

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Bingo Wings

Synopsis:
Manny married edna. She died. So he married Celia. She died. then, only eight weeks later (enough time for the insurance to come through), he married the young and tarty Skeeter, aged 55, and she died too. . ..just after him. If he had listened to Skeeter, he wouldn't have crashed his Porsche Boxter S right into a pig truck. Those insurance policies were your best idea ever, Celia! Together again in Heaven with all his ex's. . .who does Manny get to spend eternity with? God, dressed a little gauche, what can I say, she likes glittery things. . .but always with sensible shoes, leaves the decision to a heavenly game of Bingo. This is a fun and light-hearted look at life, death and the possibility of eternity without sex. When reunited in the Kingdom of God, which wife gets the man?

Notes:
This play is specifically written for seniors. the Ages range from 55 - 80 something. I suppose God could be young. . .even A teenager. there Are four possible endings to this play. You choose who wins, or you can let God decide. there is Also A fourth ending where they All call BINGO simultaneously. That's fun. there Are Also bingo card diagrams included with the script

1st Produced:
-     2005

Organisations:
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-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy - 35 mins.

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Book, The

Synopsis:
the future and people can only read books that are sanctioned by the government.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     2001

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Comic Strip

Synopsis:
Daisy and Glum get ready for a circus people spouse swapping party. So. . .are the size of a clown's feet directly proportional to his. . .???

Notes:
Originally called 'marry-Go-Round.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Village Players

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Delicate Art Of Breathing, The

Synopsis:
Dying of cancer, a woman and her daughter talk about life, love and death, clinging to those things that hold them together. Finding answers isn't easy when the act of breathing is so difficult. This is a sweet, poignant play that will touch hearts and dampen eyes.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Staged Reading At The Market Theatre     01 Mar 2001

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Life's Sorrows and some joys.

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Extreme Unction - the Sublime Comedy

Synopsis:
the French Romantics finally meet the english Romantics. the child-like poet P.B. Shelley, is the first to arrive, still dripping wet from his little boat mishap, followed by the mad, bad and dangerous to know Lord Byron. Self proclaimed victim, Mary Shelley and neurotic Clair Clairmont, Byron's ex-lover, complete the english ensemble. enter fastidious FredEric Chopin, eloquent George Sand, malicious Marie d'agoult (Liszt's ex-mistress), an entirely amused Eugene Delecroix, an arrogant alfred de Musset looking to settle a score with George, and perhaps score with her. . .again. Last to die a very aged, soon to be inebriated Franz Liszt. I'd get drunk too, if everyone but me regained their youth in death. these artists have one thing in common; aside from their obvious neurosis. . .they are all completely, emphatically, shuffled off the mortal coil - dead. This Purgatory they have arrived in, is nothing like Dante's vision, but more resembles a nineteenth century salon, hosted incredibly by a Mercurial, manic and devious Mozart. augment this melange with a peculiar masked man who enjoys creating chaos and puts a kink in more philosophies than Byron's, several fragile egos, raging hormones, copious amounts of wine and plenty of rapier wit, and you have it.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     1999

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
90 min. Historical Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  6

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Frailty, Thy Name Is Woe

Synopsis:
the Ghost of Hamlet's Father and the neophyte specter of Ophelia argue during Hamlet's grave scene whether love or revenge has more power in death

Notes:
there Are three versions of this. One includes the simultaneous running of Hamlet's Grave scene.

1st Produced:
Gone In Sixty Seconds - Brooklyn, NY.     01 Jun 2005

Organisations:
Brooklyn College

1st Published:
Young Women's Monologues from Contemporary Plays 2: Professional auditions for aspiring actresses - Meriweather Publishing. (2008)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Period One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Honey, Meet the Bickersons

Synopsis:
they fight. . .and fight. . .and fight. even the Italian couple they meet on their walk-about can't stand to be around them, and they don't really know what they're saying.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
On The Street As Part Of Asphalt Jungle Shorts Iii. Kitchener     01 Sep 2007

Organisations:
Flush Ink Productions.

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
15 minute Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Howard And the Snake

Synopsis:
God, a little Woody allenesque, is having a particularly bad day as he and the Devil, as usual, smooth as silk, vie for the souls of two punk rockers in a laundromat. Howard and Snake discuss women, green monkeys and life in the tropics, as the clock ticks for the unsuspecting Yvette and Madman. even God has some regrets as he contemplates some of his creations gone awry. Snake tries to cheer him up. . . HOWaRD: This is all so disheartening. I keep trying, but nothing I do seems good enough. a few mistakes. . .so much has gone wrong. SNaKe: ah, poor Howard. Don't despair. You made a few good things. HOWaRD: You think so? SNaKe: Sure. Stars are good. everyone looks at those. and women. . .woman are good. HOWaRD: Woman? I thought that was yours. SNaKe: Nope, yours. Howard and the Snake is funny, insightful and dares to poke at some religious boundaries.

Notes:
Received A staged-reading March 2002

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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Genre:
30 min. Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Hunting the Penumbra

Synopsis:
a fascinating and dark adventure unfolds as Julian's friend, alex, attempts to cure his insomnia with hypnosis. the plan goes awry and takes him on the journey of his lives! Julian confronts the reality of his own demons as he experiences several past life regressions. the characters emerge, minimal costume, minimal set. . .all dark and dangerous. But Julian isn't dangerous. . .is he? Struggling actor/poet, Alex discovers too late she does not know him as well as she thinks.

Notes:
written by Paddy Gillard-Bentley And Lindsay Stewart. This play can be done Ambitiously As A three-hander, but could Also use several Actors to play the different past lives they travel through.

1st Produced:
Staged-Reading At The Water Street Theatre, Kitchener, On. Canada.     2001

Organisations:
Theatre & Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Thriller - 100 mins.

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Intra Speculum

Synopsis:
a series of plays tied together by the looking glass. the plays vary in length from 2 - 25 minutes. all the plays take place in front of a mirror. the audience is the mirror.

Notes:
This is ideal for university/theatre school productions.

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Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Various - Full Length

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  16            Other:  Many parts can be doubled

Further Reference:
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Like A Terrible Beauty

Synopsis:
Inspired by the easter Rising of 1916 in Ireland, and the subsequent anglo-Irish war and heart-breaking Civil War, comes an account of sorrow, regret, devastation. . .but always hope. We know the stories of Michael Collins. We know the story of the proclamation. the women's stories are sadly missing from much of the history. This is Maeve's story, celebrating the strength of the women who participated in this rich history, side by side with the men, and the women who stayed at home, tending the farm, always fearing the worst. a tender, funny, lyrical, heart-wrenching play that is simply about people.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Wiliston, Nd, Usa     01 Jun 2008

Organisations:
Summer Shorts 3 International Ten-Minute Play Festival,

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Historical - Full Length - 90 min. Comedy/Tragedy

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  5            Other:  Many parts can be doubled. Min. is 4m/5f

Further Reference:
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Lure Of the Dragon, A

Synopsis:
God and the Devil battle for the souls of two Goth Rockers.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Surreal comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Mad Man Has No Need Of Sacrements, A

Synopsis:
a priest goes to hear the confession of a man about to be hanged. But the man challenges God's motives.

Notes:
adapted from "extracts From Gosschen's Diary" (1888)

1st Produced:
-     2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Mugwort's Bane

Synopsis:
Liam the Curious comes face to face with one of the most dangerous situations he's ever encountered. the Prince & Princess are being held by a dragon, and he's the only one there to save them. the dragon is fierce, cranky and as it turns out, has a severe case of heartburn. Ironic. the dragon wouldn't have eaten them anyway - humans taste a little gamy.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
The Elmira Maple Syrup Festival     01 Apr 2008

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Kid's Medieval Fantasy - 90 min.

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  Lots of faeries et al.

Further Reference:
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Opaque

Synopsis:
the things that have happened to Vanessa make living hard to do.

Notes:
aka Accidental Fish

1st Produced:
-     2006

Organisations:
elmiria Theatre.

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  doubling

Further Reference:
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Pest Aside

Synopsis:
In the spirit of Doctor Seuss, this play is all in verse. . .a fun yet poignant way to teach about the dangers of pesticides. a Wacky, fun, sad, heartfelt play about the attempts of a dandelion to educate a group of community gardeners.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     2006

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
an environmentally friendly play for kids in one act. 15 minutes. One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  1 either.

Further Reference:
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Quantum Entanglement

Synopsis:
there are moments in our lives when we make a decision based on one simple thing. Sometimes, as simple as a phrase. No inconsequential thing, but something that touches deeply. In that moment, Julia heard the loom click, as the fates took a detour in the continuum of weaving the tapestry of her life. . .with broken threads. a story of a love that should've, could've, might've - wasn't.

Notes:
also was produced in August 2007 - Black Magic Woman Productions - Hawthorne Cultural Center, Philadelphia, Pa, USA, And was part of Flush Ink Productions, UNHINGeD, A festival of site-specific theatre. September, 2008. Directed by Robin Bennett, performed by Jennifer Cornish & Will Kernahan.

1st Produced:
Birds & Stone - Calgary, Ab., Canada     01 Nov 2006

Organisations:
8-0-8 Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Real life - 25 mins.

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Rose Upon the Blood, A

Synopsis:
What could you say to the love of your life in ten minutes, hours before he's to be executed? In 1916, Grace Gifford was madly in love with Joseph Plunkett. Enter the Easter Rising in Dublin, of which Joseph was deeply involved with, add a rebellion that lasted six days, a surrender and subsequent execution. 1923 and Grace Gifford Plunkett is in Kilmainham Gaol for her political cartoons. Rosie O'Leary gets thrown into the cell with Grace, and the two must navigate the political climate of the times, on opposite sides of the treaty. The women warm up to each other, and soon are sharing each other's stories about the Rising, and the loss of both their husbands. Laughter, tears and finally Rosie finds out what happened in those ten minutes Grace was allowed to visit with Joe before his death. This play toured Ireland during the Centenary of The Easter Rising, and went on to performances in Toronto and Waterloo.

Notes:
The female roles are the main roles. The three male roles are small, but important. One role has no lines. One of the characters is a musician who sings and plays guitar.

1st Produced:
Cork Arts Theatre, Cork City, Ireland     May 2016

Organisations:
Flush Ink Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sanguine Sonata

Synopsis:
Sanguine Sonata tells of the breakup of the relationship between two characters. But Vincent attempts to recreate the passion surrounding their first meeting, the dialogue sensuous and mirrored by the acting, and the pair become so carried away that they forget what happens when the sun rises on a pair of Vampires. - Harry Currie - Record Staff . This is not a fangs and blood vampire story, but the realization that two people cannot endure through one marriage, let alone 150 years. . .or can they?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
King St. Theatre, Kitchener, On. Canada     01 Jun 2003

Organisations:
Theatre & Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Surreal Life - 15 mins.

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Shaking the Dew From the Lilies

Synopsis:
Five diverse women are accidentally locked over-night in a mall washroom. Tami, short skirt, blouse cut down to there - big hair and Cynthia, who looks at the world down her nose have an instant dislike for each other. Next arrives nearly perfect aja (according to Susan), witty, trendy and popular and Susan, aja's friend who is fighting the feminist fight on the wrong battlefield with no ammunition; long-time friends - but for how long? Complete the ensemble with Nicole, the voice of reason, and not a red plaid jacket-wearing lesbian, either. Throughout the night they discover things about each other, some intriguing revelations; others scandalous betrayals. the night is spent wrestling with an array of topics from sexual abuse and mothers to tampons, orgasms and their most embarrassing moments. While it is a comedy, this character-driven play is not without its poignant moments of truth and emotional discoveries.

Notes:
there Are two versions of this play. the other includes four vignettes which Add 3 male And 3 female roles that can be doubled. Shaking the Dew from the Lilies made its American debut At the Playwright theatre in Denver Co., in May/June of 2005.

1st Produced:
The Registry Theatre, Kitchener, Ont. Canada     01 Nov 2002

Organisations:
Flush Ink Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Real Life - 90 mins.

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:   (add three male and two female parts for vignette version)

Further Reference:
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Sweet Liquid Fire

Synopsis:
a tale of a woman's sexual submission. a journey inside the enigmatic world of BDSM.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adult - full length

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Truth By Right Of Arms

Synopsis:
Brornwyn is lonely after her family move from Toronto to a small town. Things look up when the class project is going to be the Medieval period which is something that she knows a lot about. then she tells the class her mother and Father are really a king and queen.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-     2005

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  8            Other:  doubling

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Twilight Of Enchanted

Synopsis:
a Celtic fantasy that tells how the sun and moon came to be. Druids, Faeries, Gnomes. When huge green dragons flew the air, spitting fire everywhere. the world lay in perpetual twilight, no afternoon, or pitch black sky night. Begins the tale of a Druid's misuse of power, a couple madly in love, and the Faerie who started all this mess 18 years earlier.

Notes:
Based on the novel "the Twilight of the enchanted" by Paddy Gillard-Bentley

1st Produced:
-     2004

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Fantasy - Family - 90 mins.

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  11            Other:   Towns folk - some parts can be doubled

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Way Beyond the Looking Glass

Synopsis:
Seems like five women in an intense group session with their less than scrupulous therapist. Something just isn't right. How far will the audience get into the play before they realize all the woman are live in the head of one woman. Heather. the doctor is playing with fire, unaware that one of Heather's multiple personalities, one that even she and the 'others' are not aware of, is homicidal.

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1st Produced:
-     2000

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Psychological Thriller - 50 min. One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  5            Other:  1 female voice only

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White Dwarf

Synopsis:
White Dwarf is a brutal and emotional journey of a psychopath's first murder. Persuaded by cocaine, segued by tales and lies, he explains to a dead rat the trials and tribulations involved in just being him. the problem with crawling into the head of the psychopath is the adventure of crawling out again.

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1st Produced:
-     2001

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Thriller - twenty minutes

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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White Noise

Synopsis:
Jenna finds herself at evan's place thrust into a very complicated situation. This is the first time since meeting him at university that she has been to his apartment. Now that she is there, she wonders how their mutual friend and 'shadow character', alec talked her into believing that she was the best choice to make sure everything goes smoothly when the men in white coats come for evan. . .again. evan, a screenplay writer who suffers from depression, is in alec's opinion, a threat to himself. . .and perhaps, Jenna thinks. . .to her. evan chooses this unfortunate time to confess to Jenna that he has secretly been in love with her the entire length of their friendship, a love that seems to border on obsession. She is uneasy, he is unpredictable, and the two of them journey through a barrage of emotions leading up to the inevitable knock on the door

Notes:
also part of Flush Ink Productions' UNHINGeD - Sept. 2010. Kitchener, On. Performed by Andrew Frey & Arlene Thomas.

1st Produced:
The Water Street Theatre     01 May 2000

Organisations:
Theatre & Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Real Life - 25 mins.

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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