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Alwyn D Lewis

ALWYN D LEWIS  

 Nationality:    New Zealand
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after having had many poems accepted for publication and winning awards alwyn turned her hand to writing a book of short stories and then her poetry book of jazz musings Join 'em On the Riff followed by Australia on the Riff. Her long interest in jazz led her to write Zeke, a play about a NY jazz musician and his long-suffering wifem which played seasons in Melbourne and NSW. Her award-winning play Gert and Daisy followed, then Four Different Women, a play centering around the strengths (and occasional weaknesses) of women from four very different walks of life. also extremely well received has been Bertha and Saxman, a monologue dedicated to the innate sagacity developed in women who somehow (usually because of time and place of birth) are unavoidably denied the benefits of education but pass with Honours the difficult lessons life hands them from the university of the streets . alwyn recently performed in the 2010 Devonport Festival of Jazz and Poetry, reading with award-winning actor Tony Barry and is currently preparing material for a further tour in 2012.

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below is a list of Alwyn D Lewis's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Four Different Women         Gert And Daisy         It's Called A Saxophone         Six Thirty For Seven         Zeke

Four Different Women

Synopsis:
Four different women tell their separate life stories. angela is well read, loves Cole Porter songs and lives alone, or thinks she does. For convenience she has moved into her garage but needs to use the bathroom in her house and is one day startled to find herself relaxing in the bath when a young blonde chap swans in wearing her best black lace number. adrianna, a Greek immigrant has a grandson with Down Syndrome who inadvertently helps her to reinvent herself and in so doing generates a series of events that spell out new hope for him. Bertha, a lady of the streets fast approaching her use-by date and wondering just what to do about it and also having a problem with the itinerant saxophonist who stands playing his axe under the streetlamp at the end of her street; and Francine, a food obsessed chef who leaves her restaurant one evening and experiences an totally unexpected situation that leads to a seachange in her life.

Notes:
This production was Accompanied by A quartet playing Appropriate music to introduce each segment.

1st Produced:
PRaC Theatre, Melbourne    2007

Organisations:
Plenty Players

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama/Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Gert And Daisy

Synopsis:
Daisy is around seventy years of age, she has bright red hair, is feisty, argumentative, demanding and is absolutely convinced she is the most intelligent member of her family. Currently she is recuperating from a hip replacement and is reliant on Gert, her younger sister for care, a situation she loathes. Never short of male attention, she has an Italian gentleman friend twenty years her junior who is presently travelling overseas, but unknown to Gert is never one to let the grass grow under her feet. Gert, two years younger than her sister is given to seeing things of a psychic nature. She secretly considers her older sister to be rather "coarse" and not open to experiencing the finer feelings. Stepping from one level of existence to another is child's play for Gertrude, especially with her newly acquired gentleman friend, met behind the shelves of the occult section of her local library.

Notes:
This play won first prize for best script.

1st Produced:
Northcoast Drama Festival    2001

Organisations:
Independent

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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It's Called A Saxophone

Synopsis:
Opening with adolphe Sax and his wife arguing about the merits of the new instrument he is endeavouring to create and the soup growing cold, this play then moves through vaudeville, touches on the classic repertoire and then demonstrates the vibrant jazz history of the instrument. It closes with adolphe and his wife once again berating each other in a flashback.

Notes:
Main character is required to play And demonstrate many different saxophone styles

1st Produced:
Retreat Theatre, NSW    2001

Organisations:
Retreat

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
educational comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Six Thirty For Seven

Synopsis:
the eldest female member of a large family retires and arrives at her brother's house for a celebratory dinner en famille. During the course of the evening after a few beverages tongues are loosened and old animosities rise to the surface as family members reveal perhaps more than they intend.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Strathmore Theatre North Melbourne    2008

Organisations:
Strathmore Theatre Arts Group

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Zeke

Synopsis:
When New York jazz musician Zeke returns home after a ten-week tour he finds his reception is not quite what he expected. His long-suffering wife, Lorraine, waiting with a surprise dinner to celebrate his return, receives an unexpected phone call from Jerry, a motor-mouth music arranger letting her know that Zeke has arranged a recording session for the very next day. Not only that but her Jewish mother-in-law is becoming just a shade tiresome and to top it off even the record player refuses to work putting Lorraine's frame of mind in a less than welcoming state.

Notes:
although Zeke is written with A saxophone player featured, other instruments could be substituted.

1st Produced:
Retreat Theatre, NSW    2000

Organisations:
Retreat

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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