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David McWellan

DAVID MCWELLAN

  
Nationality:    USA
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David McWellan's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Great Ascent, The         Tibet's Beckoning Soil         Wagner and Levi

Great Ascent, The

Synopsis:
An explosion in Hyde Park, in which two people have been killed brings British Intelligence to investigate the action. A social-political thriller that explores prejudice and misunderstanding. Drama. Recommended for ages 13 and up.

Notes:
the Kennedy Center hosts its 12th annual Page-to-Stage festival, featuring more than 40 D.C.-area theater companies. This three-day event offers free readings and open rehearsals of plays and musicals being developed by local, regional, and national playwrights, librettists, and composers.

1st Produced:
Kennedy Center,North Atrium Foyer, Dc    31 Aug 2013

Organisations:
City Theatre Group

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Music:
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Tibet's Beckoning Soil

Synopsis:
An 89-year-old Tibetan woman, living in exile in the United States, wants to return to her native land in order to spend her last living moments. Her son, who is disinterested in his Tibetan heritage, opposes his mother's request. However, his sister (her daughter) is loyal and adheres to her mother's wishes. Obtaining a visa from China becomes a bureaucratic nightmare. Thus begins a round of conflict between the siblings and with the Chinese authorities. The brother, in a climactic moment of lost love, begins to rediscover his identity and embrace his Tibetan heritage. A play of finding identity in the heritage of the past. Drama. Recommended for age 13 and up. Mon. at 1 p.m.

Notes:
The Kennedy Center hosts its 11th annual Page-to-Stage festival, featuring more than 40 D.C.-area theater companies. This three-day event offers free readings and open rehearsals of plays and musicals being developed by local, regional, and national playwrights, librettists, and composers

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Wagner and Levi

Synopsis:
Richard Wagner's attempt to have conductor Hermann Levi, the son of a Rabbi, be baptized before Levi is allowed to conduct the opera Parsifal provokes a chain of events that almost leads to Wagner's downfall. Can everyone be saved and redeemed? Parsifal the opera becomes Parsifal in real life.

Notes:
Page-to-Stage Festival 2014. The three-day, Center-wide Page-to- Stage event offers a series of free readings and open rehearsals of plays and musicals being developed by local, regional, and national playwrights, librettists, and composers.

1st Produced:

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Parts:
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