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Hannah Moscovitch

HANNAH MOSCOVITCH

  
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Catalyst TCM Inc  represented by Ian Arnold

Hannah Moscovitch is a Canadian playwright who has risen to national prominence in the last few years. She has been dubbed an indie sensation by Toronto Life Magazine; the wunderkind of Canadian theatre by CBC Radio; and irritatingly talented by Eye Weekly. The National Post, The Globe and Mail, and Now Magazine have all hailed Hannah as Canada's Hottest Young Playwright. Hannah is playwright-in-residence at Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, and she attended the University of Toronto as an English Major.

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

         Bunny         Children's Republic, The         East Of Berlin         Essay         Huron Bride, The         In This World         Little One         Mexico City         Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story          Russian Play, The         Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes         This Is War         USSR         What a Young Wife Ought to Know         Where Poppies Blow
Bunny

Synopsis:
Bunny is an evocative examination of post-feminist sexuality and desire. It tells the story of Sorrel, a young woman who wants to be normal and good, but whose unusual parents, unusual relationships and perhaps not-so-unusual needs put her in conflict with what the world expects from a young woman.

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1st Produced:
Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario     18 Aug 2016

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Children's Republic, The

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1st Produced:
Tarragon Theatre Mainspace, Toronto     08 Nov 2011

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East Of Berlin

East Of Berlin
What do you tell your mother who survived Auschwitz that you have fallen in love with a German? What do you do when you discover that your Father was a Nazi War Criminal? What happens when the sons of two SS officers fall in love - with each other?

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1st Produced:
Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, On     2007

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1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press (May 15 2009)   

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Genre:
Drama. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Essay

Essay
A female student is told to write an essay on an 18th Century military leader. She upsets her tutor by writing about a female leader.

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1st Produced:
Factory Theatre, Toronto, On.     2008

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1st Published:
in "The Russian Play: and Other Short Works", Playwrights Canada Press (July 1 2007)   

Music:
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Genre:
55 min play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Huron Bride, The

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1st Published:
Contained in: "the Mill" published by Playwrights Canada Press 2011   

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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In This World

In This World
Two girls in detention for fighting. One the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica. the other a rich privileged girl

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1st Produced:
Youtheatre, Montreal, Qc     2009

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1st Published:
in Things That Go Bump, Volume 1: Plays for Young Adults, Signature Editions, 2009   

Music:
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Genre:
Youth one act 40 min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Little One

Synopsis:
Aaron looks back on the time when as children he and his sister were adopted. Aaron plays hockey and collects Mutant Ninja models. Sister Claire had been sexually abused since the age of four. She now abuses other children and tortures animals

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1st Produced:
Venue #11: 64E4 MAINSTAGE, NY     28/2015

Organisations:
Alley Theatre

1st Published:
Contained in: "Little One and Other Plays" published by Playwrights Canada Press 2015   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama 60 min

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mexico City

Synopsis:
Can a vacation to Mexico salvage a failing marriage? Mexico City is a satiric romance that explores tourism as voyeurism and the battle of the sexes

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1st Produced:
Summer Works Theatre Festival, Toronto, On     2007

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1st Published:
in "The Russian Play: and Other Short Works", Playwrights Canada Press (July 1 2007)   

Music:
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Genre:
comedy 20 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story 

Synopsis:
This Klezmer-folk music-theater hybrid starring genre-bending sensation Ben Caplan is inspired by the true stories of two Jewish Romanian refugees coming to Canada in 1908. It's about how to love after being broken by the horrors of war. It's about refugees who get out before it's too late, and those who get out after it's too late. And it's about looking into the eyes of God. 

Notes:
written by Hannah Moscovitch, Ben Caplan and Christian Barry

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Organisations:
2b Theatre Company

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Genre:
humorous dark folktale

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Russian Play, The

Russian Play, The
Set in Stalinist Russia, The Russian Play tells the story of Sonya, a young flower-shop girl from the small town of Vladekstov, who falls in love with a gravedigger named Piotr. The Russian Play is a bittersweet ode to the dangerous joys of love.

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1st Produced:
Factory Theatre, Toronto, On     01 Jan 2008

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1st Published:
in "The Russian Play: and Other Short Works", Playwrights Canada Press (July 1 2007)   

Music:
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Genre:
drama 45 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  1

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Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes

Synopsis:
A professor at the end of his third marriage. A student in her bright red coat

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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This Is War

This Is War
Master Corporal Tanya Young, Captain Stephen Hughes, Private Jonny Henderson, and Sergeant Chris Anders have lived through an atrocity while holding one of the most volatile regions in Afghanistan. As each of them is interviewed by an unseen broadcasting organization, they recount their version of events leading up to the horrific incident with painful, relenting replies. What begins to form is a picture of the effects of guilt and the psychological toll of violence in a war where the enemy is sometimes indiscernible.

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1st Produced:
Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, On     2013

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1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press (Sept. 30 2013)   

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Genre:
drama 80 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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USSR

Synopsis:
Through a Russian emigre's struggle with Canadian culture, USSR explores the impact of the collapse of the Soviet Union on the lives of Russian women. USSR offers a complex portrait of the "Natashas" - Russian mail order brides - who trade love for the dream of first world security.

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1st Produced:
Harbourfront Centre / Theatre Crisis, Toronto, On     2007

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1st Published:
in "The Russian Play: and Other Short Works", Playwrights Canada Press (July 1 2007)   

Music:
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Genre:
drama 25 min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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What a Young Wife Ought to Know

Synopsis:
A brave and honest examination of love, sex, and fertility, inspired by real stories about young mothers during the early Canadian birth control movement (1920s & 30s). 2b commissioned and developed the piece in multiple workshops, including a two week workshop culminating in a work-in progress showing in May 2014, and produced the world premiere of this new work in partnership with Neptune Theatre as part of the Scotiabank Studio season. Playwright Hannah Moscovitch is one of Canadas most celebrated theatre-makers.

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1st Produced:
Neptune Theatre, Halifax, NS     27 Jan 2015

Organisations:
2b theatre company

1st Published:
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Genre:
piece

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Where Poppies Blow

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