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Natalie D Meisner

NATALIE D MEISNER

  
Nationality:    Canadian
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Natalie Meisner began writing plays in her home province of Nova Scotia and her plays have been produced there as well as across Canada, most recently by Lunchbox Theatre in Calgary and Playwright's Theatre Centre in Vancouver. Her work has been staged at

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         After Camille         Attic, The         Beaver Sonatas, The         Before the Tide         Boom Baby         Burning In         Cupid and Psyche         Dog Days         Everybody's Grandmother         Frank Plummer, You Aint Dead Yet         Garbo In Pants         Greatest Show On Earth, The         Growing Up Salty         Legislating Love         Life And A Lover         Lifelike Luv or the Book Of Beauty         Pink Sugar         Speed Dating For Sperm Donors         Surface Tension         Take 2         Vicious. . .Circle         Virtual Woman
After Camille

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Contained in: "Lady Driven Anthology" published by Permanent Press 2000   

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Drama

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Attic, The

Attic, The
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1st Produced:
Eastern Front Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia     1995

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Contained in: "Growing Up Salty and Other Plays" published by Roseway Publishing 1997   

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Drama

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Beaver Sonatas, The

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1st Produced:
Lunchbox Theatre, Calgary     01 Feb 2003

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One act

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Before the Tide

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A woman is out kayaking when she sees a head floating in the water. Should she pick it up and take it to the police or leave it

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1st Produced:
Basement Theatre, Calgary     01 Jun 2010

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Drama

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Boom Baby

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Iona a young woman has gone west and works in a mining camp as a loader. She gets pregnant but does not want to have the baby aborted so she finds an infertile couple she can give it to.

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Further Reference:
https://twitter.com/ndmeisner

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Burning In

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A reporter is photographed comforting a boy after his parents have been killed as they are in a war zone. The photograph comes to represent that war. Years later she is released having been taken hostage by a rebel group. She now has to adjust to life at home

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1st Produced:
Rehearsed Reading At The Playwrights Centre, Regina     01 May 2006

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Cupid and Psyche

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1st Produced:
Chestnut Tree Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia     1996

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One act

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Dog Days

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1st Produced:
Nickel And Dime Theatre, Calgary     01 Mar 2003

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Genre:
One act

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Everybody's Grandmother

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1st Produced:
Lunchbox Theatre, Calgary     01 Feb 2002

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One act

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Frank Plummer, You Aint Dead Yet

Frank Plummer, You Aint Dead Yet
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Grain Magazine" 1997
Contained in: "Growing Up Salty and Other Plays" published by Roseway Publishing 1997   

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Genre:
Monologue play

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Garbo In Pants

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1st Produced:
Hips Theatre Collective, Vancouver     2001

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One act

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Greatest Show On Earth, The

Greatest Show On Earth, The
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1st Produced:
Chestnut Tree Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia     1996

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Growing Up Salty and Other Plays" published by Roseway Publishing 1997   

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Growing Up Salty

Growing Up Salty
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1st Produced:
Chestnut Tree Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia     1997

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Growing Up Salty and Other Plays" published by Roseway Publishing Company 1997   

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Genre:
Drama

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Legislating Love

Legislating Love
Everett Klippert was the last man in Canada to be tried convicted and imprisoned for homosexuality in 1967. Maxine a historian starts researching his story and interviews one of his sexual partners

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University of Calgary Press 2019   

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Genre:
Gay historical character full length

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Life And A Lover

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1st Produced:
Playwrights Theatre Centre, Vancouver     1999

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Contained in: "Lesbian Plays Coming Of Age In Canada" published by Playwrights Canada Press 2006   

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Drama

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Lifelike Luv or the Book Of Beauty

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1st Produced:
Buddies In Bad Times, Toronto     01 Feb 2006

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Genre:
Drama

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Pink Sugar

Synopsis:
Love and betrayal and missing body parts

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1st Produced:
University Of Regina, Sk     01 Apr 2006

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Performance Works

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Speed Dating For Sperm Donors

Speed Dating For Sperm Donors
Helen and Paige want to have a baby. They need a sperm donor and they also want the donor to be part of the child's life. How to find one? They start dating suitable men to get the right man. Unfortunately all the dating starts taking a toll on their relationship

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Playwrights Canada Press 2020   

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Genre:
Lesbian drama full length

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Surface Tension

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1st Produced:
Buddies In Bad Times, Toronto     01 Nov 2005

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Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Take 2

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1st Produced:
Canadian Fringe Tour     1998

Organisations:
Ladies Breaking Legs Theatre Company

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Vicious. . .Circle

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1st Produced:
Kings Theatrical Society, Halifax, Nova Scotia     1992

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Virtual Woman

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1st Produced:
Chestnut Tree Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia     1996

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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