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Melissa Major

MELISSA MAJOR  

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

 Art Is A Cupboard         Even Burning         Floozie - The Musical         Kicking And Smiling         One Butterfly         Silent Scream, A         Somewhere West Of The Universe         Unicorn Horns         Wanda T Grimsby, Detective Extraordinaire

Art Is A Cupboard

Synopsis:
a group of avant-garde actors stage their last performance in Stalinist Russia before being sent to the Gulags

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatre Glendon, Toronto    2004

Organisations:
Cheshire Unicorn

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Black comedy

Parts:
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Even Burning

Synopsis:
Nina is in her thirties. as a child she had a strange friend who exerted control over her - which still persists

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
Cheshire Unicorn

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Floozie - The Musical

Synopsis:
Six months into their marriage and Margaret's husband has been unable to consummate it. Then when he gets his first erection he dies. Margaret turns to drink and promiscuous sex which for some reason keeps her from ageing

Notes:
Written by Melissa Major And Reza Jacobs

1st Produced:
Helen Gardiner Felan Playhouse, Toronto    2008

Organisations:
Cheshire Unicorn

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Kicking And Smiling

Synopsis:
Two performance artists have kidnapped and are torturing a woman.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
401 Richmond, Toronto    2007

Organisations:
Cheshire Unicorn

1st Published:
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Music:
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One Butterfly

Synopsis:
Based on the Salem witch trials

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatre Glendon, Toronto    2004

Organisations:
Cheshire Unicorn

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
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Silent Scream, A

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theatre Glendon, Toronto    2003

Organisations:
Cheshire Unicorn

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
absurdist comedy

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Somewhere West Of The Universe

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Performed with three other short plays by other playwrights under the overall title: "Fresh Blood"

1st Produced:
annex Theatre, Toronto    2009

Organisations:
Cheshire Unicorn

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
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Unicorn Horns

Synopsis:
after failing 714 auditions an androgynous actor marries the perfect man

Notes:
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1st Produced:
401 Richmond, Toronto    2006

Organisations:
Cheshire Unicorn

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Wanda T Grimsby, Detective Extraordinaire

Synopsis:
Wanda the amazing girl detective

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
Cheshire Unicorn

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Childrens one act

Parts:
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