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Daniel Libman

DANIEL LIBMAN

  
Nationality:    Canadian
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Playwright, director and actor Daniel Libman was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec and now lives in Calgary. His plays have been produced in Theatres across Canada: Cecil and CleopaYtra has been produced at the Lunchbox Theatre , Calgary (1985); at the Citadel Theatre , edmonton (1989); at Theatre aquarius , Hamilton (1989); at the Grand Theatre , London (1990) - directed by Martha Henry ; at alberta Theatre Projects , Calgary (1991); the New Bastion Theatre , Victoria (1992); the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre (1997); the New Jewish Theatre, St. Louis (2001); and Persephone Theatre , Saskatoon (2006). His other plays include Cote Saint Joe, produced at Persephone Theatre , Saskatoon (2000), and the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre (2000) (directed by Richard Rose ); Veronia (Quest Theatre, Calgary, 1996); Closing Time ( Workshop West , edmonton, 1986); Brainiac (Quest Theatre, 1989 and Carriage House Theatre, Cardston, 1991); Talent of the Host Country (Lunchbox Theatre, 1988); If I'd Been there . . . (Chinook Theatre, edmonton, 1990 and Limestone Teachers' Theatre, Kingston 2005); Patchwork (Lunchbox Theatre, 1986); Your Turn to Get Up (Workshop West, 1985); and the Premature Death of art (edmonton International Fringe Festival, 1987). In 2001 he was one of the contributors to Cock Tales (Ground Theatre Zero's response to its hit production of the Vagina Monologues in Calgary) which has now been produced 5 times. He has also completed a number of musicals (written with composer allan Rae), including Land Beyond the Forest, Raven's Garden, and Celtic Harp (commissioned in 1995 by the Charlottetown Festival). Daniel's translation of Anne Legault's O'Neill was produced in New York in 2000, and his translation of Legault's alma and Mrs. Woolf opened in 2003, both at Blue Heron Theatre. His play, BaCKSTaGe/Front-of-House had a public reading in New York in the fall of 2006. as an actor Daniel has performed with almost all of the Theatre companies in alberta, and in many other Theatres across the country. He also acts regularly in film and TV, and has a supporting role in the Jon Voight film September Dawn (2007). For film credits see: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0508880/ Daniel was Playwright-in-Residence and associate Dramaturge at alberta Theatre Projects (1989-94), and part of the playmaking ensemble with Brad Fraser at Workshop West (1985-86). He has been Dramaturge for Calgary's "Shakespeare in the Park," and an instructor at Mount Royal College in Calgary. He is currently the coordinator for Quest Theatre School. He was a winner of a Tyrone Guthrie award (Stratford Festival), and the alberta Culture Playwriting Competition.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Alma And Mrs Woolf         Brainiac         Cecil And Cleopaytra         Closing Time         Cote Saint Joe         If I'd Been there         O'Neill         Premature Death Of Art         Talent Of the Host Country         Veronia         Your Turn To Get Up

Alma And Mrs Woolf

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Original Playwright - Anne Legault

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Brainiac

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Two girls skip class and hide out in the gymnasium where they are confronted by an enormous brain

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Cecil And Cleopaytra

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an aged acting coach and his young day nurse

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Closing Time

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In Quebec four men work in a printing shop. Two French and two anglos are plunged into crisis by one of their number

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Cote Saint Joe

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If I'd Been there

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O'Neill

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Original Playwright - Anne Legault

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Blue Heron Theatre, New York    2000

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Premature Death Of Art

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Talent Of the Host Country

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Veronia

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Materialistic Veronia learns more than she bargained for with her class project

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Your Turn To Get Up

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