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David Gow

DAVID GOW

  (1964 - )
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Agence Reisler Talent  

David Gow is the author of four full length stage plays, and an award winning internationally broadcast radio adaptation. His plays have seen productions across Canada with many of Canada's most prestigious Theatres (Montrcal, Toronto, Vancouver, edmonton etc.) across the United Sates and increasingly around the world. In May of 2000, David's play "Cherry Docs", premiered at Philadelphia's Wilma Theatre, starring David Strathairn. the play was one of the most successful Dramas, in the Wilma Theatre's history. the play has also seen translation into Spanish, Hebrew and Polish and German. Mr. Gow's most recent play "Bea's Niece" recently had its United States Mid Western premiere with Next act Theatre in Milwaukee and its east Coast premiere in Washington D.C. at Metrostage of alexandriA. "the Friedman Family Fortune" and "the Flight Of Peter Pumpkin-eater" are David's second and first plays. Cherry Docs has been performed at several prestigious German Theaters. the first German Performance was shown in Mainfranken Theater in Wurzburg.

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

         Arrivals         Bea's Niece         Cherry Docs         Do You Have A Moment?         Flight Of Peter Pumpkin-eater , The         Friedman Family Fortune, The         Listen         Relative Good
Arrivals

Synopsis:
tells the story of a Syrian-born Canadian citizen who, having legally entered the US, is detained at Immigration by Homeland Security as a "person of interest." Stripped of his rights to defend himself or know the charges against him, the man relies on the heroic actions of his wife at home, as well as those of his lawyer, to fight against the unjust measures of a government they had once believed in. While diplomats quibble and security officers speak about the safety of the population, the man sits in a cell, civil liberties suspended, awaiting deportation to the land of his birth and certain torture.
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Notes:
music by Jesse Harris

1st Produced:
Bank Street Theatre, NY     2007

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Bea's Niece

Synopsis:
Rich storytelling, poignant character portraits and unconventional dialogue combine in an exploration into the mind of a female novelist, cloistered in a mental hospital. With rigour and humour, the play deals with memory and grief, sanity and reality, psychology and spirituality.

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1st Produced:
25th Street Theatre Of Saskatoon, Canada     1999

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1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press,    

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Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  doubling

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Cherry Docs

Synopsis:
Cherry Docs is a contemporary exploration of the nature of hatred. Michael is a neo-Nazi Skinhead who has been charged with murder. Danny is his appointed legal aid lawyer, who happens to be Jewish. The ensuing strenuous journey leaves its mark on both men. As Michael becomes increasingly diligent in his struggle to reform, Daniel strives to reconcile his faith with the all-too-tempting and natural human tendency to hate and to fear that which we dont understand. We are left with the two characters trying to pick up the pieces; two characters stumbling for a solution to the problems of a society that would rather simply turn its eyes away. The play offers no easy solutions, but urges us to face the fear and ignorance that we all have stowed away somewhere.

Notes:
Cherry Docs was first produced in Halifax in October of 2002. In October of 2003, it was remounted as a co-production between Eastern Front Theatre and 2b. The show then toured Eastern Canada, with stops in Stephenville, Moncton, and Fredericton, culminating in a three-week run in Montreal. The production received five Robert Merritt award nominations: 2004  Best director (Christian Barry), Best Actor (Conor Green), and Best production; 2005  Best director, Best actor.

1st Produced:
Halifax, Canada     Oct 2002

Organisations:
2b theatre company

1st Published:
Scirocco Press,    

Music:
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Genre:
studio piece

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Do You Have A Moment?

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1st Produced:
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Flight Of Peter Pumpkin-eater , The

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    

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Friedman Family Fortune, The

Synopsis:
about the emotional fallout that results when a publically adored, iconic, family business passes from the hands of one generation to the next.

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1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press,    

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Listen

Synopsis:
In the telemarketing office the new guy is taught how to sell

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Snappy Shorts at the Tarragon" published by Playwrights Canada Press 2005   

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Relative Good

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
-     2005

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