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Allison McWood

ALLISON MCWOOD  

 Nationality:    Canadian
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 Angel Who Slept Through Christmas, The         Auntie Francis and her Henchmen         Be Kind To Mimes         Because I Can         Ben Who?         Bentley Burntout         Bless Me Father For I Have Sneezed         Death Of A Vacuum Cleaner Salesman         Embarrassing Life of King Ficklefred         Foibles         George, George And George         It Was Kit: The "True" Story Of Christopher Marlowe         Lil Red In The Hood         Lysux Theatre, The         Margo The Nut Woman         Monkeys Are Coming, The         More Equal         Norm's Dorm         Shakespeare's Brain         Sludge         Understudying Wilk Scheissenberger         Welcome To Eden, Population: Two

Angel Who Slept Through Christmas, The

Synopsis:
Harold the Angel has been chosen to sing at the birth of the Baby Jesus. He is so excited and cannot wait for his big day. Unfortunately his alarm clock does not go off and he misses the big occasion

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  12            Female:  1            Other:  sheep (optional)

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Auntie Francis and her Henchmen

Synopsis:
Aunt Francis inherits an enormous sum of money. She uses her wealth to control her family and all but one niece fall under her influence

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Play/Drama

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Be Kind To Mimes

Synopsis:
"A dead mime is much more irritating than a live one" When his dog dies Clyde kidnaps a mime artist and makes him take the place of his dog

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One act

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Because I Can

Synopsis:
Shylie has been given six months left to live by her doctor - but then this is what he tells all his patients

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Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Ben Who?

Synopsis:
Imogen has been hired to write the biography of Benedetto Smitherini. The trouble is the stories he tells about himself are fantastic and cannot possibly be true. He says he was burnt alive by his grandfather, that his aunt raped him when he was a teenager and that due to a severe head wound he has lost his memory

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Bentley Burntout

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Bentley thinks he is a car. His psychiatrist is trying to convince him to drive off a cliff

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One act

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Bless Me Father For I Have Sneezed

Synopsis:
Exeter believes that if you sneeze you will die.

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  1 cat

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Death Of A Vacuum Cleaner Salesman

Synopsis:
Mr Schmiller works from home. The bane of his life are telesales men who constantly telephone him. Then one day a salesman knocks at his door

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Embarrassing Life of King Ficklefred

Synopsis:
Nothing goes right for King Ficklefred. His daughter has fallen in love with the Court Jester. The Court Jester is not funny. The Court Minstrels are tone deaf. And his knights are afraid of dragons

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  9            Female:  1            Other:  extras

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Foibles

Synopsis:
Fifi works at an office her desk is between a man who thinks he is God's gift to women and a kleptomaniac who has idolised her since sixth grade. The boss wants to outsource their department so he will have less to do. An ex-boyfriend turns up and asks what she is doing with her life as she rapidly approaches thirty

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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George, George And George

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Whilst three guys named George idly pass the time - in the sandbox evil five year old Mikey plans to take over the World

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  6            Female:  1            Other:  -

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It Was Kit: The "True" Story Of Christopher Marlowe

Synopsis:
The last week of Christopher Marlowe's life - as farce

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  10            Female:  4            Other:  extras

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Lil Red In The Hood

Synopsis:
Lil Red is taking goodies to Grandmother who lives in the inner city. She is mistaken for a drugs courier

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Lysux Theatre, The

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An actor has joined an acting company only to find that the plays they put on are very poor and his fellow actors talk to walls and indulge in incest

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Genre:
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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Margo The Nut Woman

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Margo, her dog and her collection of nuts

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Genre:
Childrens play

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  voices off

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Monkeys Are Coming, The

Synopsis:
Sasha has problems with one of his professors. She is very eccentric she talks to trees and believes that invisible monkeys follow her everywhere. She plays mind games with Sasha and takes to following him on dates and home. She programmes herself to get into his computer. But will anyone believe him when he tells them what she does?

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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More Equal

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The new member of the Police Union is bullied by her co-workers who are suspicious of her intelligence

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Genre:
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Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Norm's Dorm

Synopsis:
A computer error enrols former High School jock Norm on a poetry course. He finds his dorm is people with oddballs. His room mate is a mime who cannot stop talking. There is a sculptor who makes things out of compost and an opera singer and jazz musician who spend their time trying to drown each other out

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  11            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Shakespeare's Brain

Synopsis:
Two professors have got hold of Shakespeare's brain. They argue over what should be done with it and it accidentally gets cut in half. Shakespeare returns from Purgatory to claim his brain and by chance wanders into a lecture about his plays

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Genre:
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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Sludge

Synopsis:
Matt a student takes a job in a book shop not realising that most of the staff are power hungry and want to be manager

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  10            Female:  4            Other:  doubling

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Understudying Wilk Scheissenberger

Synopsis:
Unknown actor has been given the job of understudying a Broadway legend. He soon starts to believe that the playwright of the piece when not talking to his hand, is controlling his life

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  doubling

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Welcome To Eden, Population: Two

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Music by Mark Selby; lyrics And book by Allison McWood

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Toronto Fringe Festival    2006

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  1 voice of God

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