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Kate Rice

KATE RICE

  
Nationality:    Australian
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Kate Rice studied acting at VCA, playwriting at NIDA and writing for short film at AFTRS. She has been commissioned by Deckchair Theatre Company, Agelink Theatre Company, Black Swan's HotBed program, Barking Gecko Theatre Company, Darwin Theatre Company, Darwin High School and Corrugated Iron Youth Arts. Her play the Dead Zone' won an AWGIE in the Theatre For Young Audiences category in 2006. the Mozart Faction' won the Blue Room People's Choice award in 2007 and Apocalypse Perth' was shortlisted for the Blue Room Best Production award in 2008. Her half-house television comedy In the Swim' was produced by SBS Independent in 2001 and she wrote for the children's television series Trapped' and Trapped 11  Castaway' (2008-09). Kate was awarded the position of Writer-In-Residence at Deckchair Theatre Company in 2010. She is currently Artist-In-Residence writing a commissioned play for Performance Studies students at Curtin University.

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

         Antigone         Apocalypse Perth         Caravan         Catch the Tail         Dead Zone, The         Homepage         In the Arms Of Angels         Monologue for a Murderer         Mozart Faction, The         Rise And Fall Of the Bargainmart King, The         Something Wicked         Sweetest Things

Antigone

Synopsis:
Newly-sworn-in President Constantine declares the new law: it is an offence to bury the dead body of insurgent terrorist and failed coup-leader Jason Oldfoot, who assassinated his brother, the former president, Alexander Oldfoot. But in other news, the beautiful Antigone Oldfoot is engaged to marry Constantine's son, Daemon. Antigone tries to bury her fallen brother, Jason. She is caught, but she refuses to compromise. the President has no alternative but to uphold the law and sentence her to death by immurement. A senior party politician eventually succeeds in changing the President's mind, but by then it is too late

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Genre:
35 min Naturalistic tragedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  7            Other:  Variable cast - can be done with 6F, 4M

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Apocalypse Perth

Synopsis:
A member of a website for the theatre community asks for a review of a recent amateur musical production. Other members of the website respond that the show was terrible. the stage is set for a massive flame war. A writer sends out an email to all the people involved in the production and the discussion about it, inviting them to contribute to a verbatim theatre piece which will present the actual online forum onstage, interspersed with interviews with those who contributed and those who were affected by it. Apocalypse Perth is the result.

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Genre:
60 min Verbatim theatre

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Caravan

Synopsis:
Ivan promised Sophie a disappearing act, but they haven't rehearsed once. Heavily-accented Eastern European Ivan implores Sophie to wait for the right time. But Sophie's successful middle-class mother, who is dying of cancer, arrives to take Sophie back to Melbourne. Sophie sticks to her dream of the disappearing act, until her mother shatters the illusion. Ivan is really Warren, a Brisbane boy. Sophie gives up, and agrees to go. But at that moment, the Masked Marvel appears for the magic show. Sophie disappears, and so does her mother, overcome by a deadly coughing fit. the two of them meet again on the other side, where anything is possible.

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part of "Caravan"

1st Produced:
Brown's Mart Theatre, Darwin, NT    25 May 2005

Organisations:
Darwin Theatre Company Season 2005

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Genre:
30 min comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/69661

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Catch the Tail

Synopsis:
Princess Sylvia Swan leads a charmed life. She is beautiful and kind and clever, and completely oblivious to the fact that her sister Princess Dawn Duck is consumed with jealousy. When Sylvia inherits the kingdom, Dawn challenges her right to the throne. the two battle it out in an arcane competition - part childs game, part quiz show and part beauty pageant - through which they discover the uncomfortable truth about themselves and their relationships.

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Genre:
75 min comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Dead Zone, The

Synopsis:
Wet season, Saturday night, a party, a car crash. Abby's boyfriend Jasper and best friend Belinda are killed. Abby, the driver, wakes up in a hospital bed to her only visitor - the stranger Orpheus, who pulled her from the wreckage. Orpheus comforts her with New Age philosophy, a stolen joint and bad singing. As Abby tries to come to terms with the loss and the guilt, Jasper and Belinda are coming to terms with the Underworld. Each is met by a Spiritual Guide who takes them through a process of Judgement. Meanwhile, hot-shot lawyer Di arrives at Abby's bedside to prepare her for trial, as Abby has been charged with dangerous driving causing death. Abby, Belinda and Jasper each face their trials alone, and account for what really happened on the night of the accident.

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Genre:
2 Act 100 mins Black comedy/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  Variable cast - 11 roles

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Homepage

Synopsis:
When Leonie starts hassling for Delta Goodrem's private phone number, she is banned from the fan website. She is livid. Delta is her friend. She posts all the unofficial sites, calls all the Goodrems in the phone book, poses as a young cancer sufferer. Finally she gets hold of the real thing - Delta's home phone number. Delta tries to let her down gently, but Leonie won't be dismissed. She's not deluded. Delta's the deluded one: she's got cancer. Believing in yourself doesn't count for anything. But it is only by admitting the truth to Delta, and to herself, that Leonie will ever be able to really believe

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Genre:
25 min Black comedy monologue

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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In the Arms Of Angels

Synopsis:
May 1937, Friedrichshafen, Germany. the elite passengers of the luxury Zeppelin Hindenburg begin their two-day trip across the Atlantic. As they settle in, travelling socialite and poetess Margaret Mather discovers that God is a female dog, she's in the freight hold, and she says that the whole ship is going to burn. One in three of those on board will be killed. A plot to blow up the ship is uncovered, the bomb is found and defused, but destiny won't be thwarted. Mortality is inevitable: the passengers each have 34 seconds to look death in the eye and take their chances. A good ensemble piece with lots of opportunity for character work and choreography as well as creative set design. Variable cast - includes dancers

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Genre:
100 min Black comedy Drama

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  13            Other:  variable cast

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Monologue for a Murderer

Synopsis:
On 26 April 2002, in the German city of Erfurt, 19-year-old Robert Steinhäuser entered his former high school with two semi-automatic weapons. He killed the secretary, the deputy principal, eleven teachers, two students and a policeman before a staff member locked him in an empty classroom and he turned his gun on himself. Why? Ten years later, playwright Kate Rice studied what happened, visited the town and searched her own soul to try to find an answer.

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Mozart Faction, The

Synopsis:
A small suburban choir rehearsal is brought to an abrupt end when Wolf storms in with a gun, demanding silence. He has lived in the flat next door for the last ten years and has finally had enough of their bloody singing. In the siege that follows, Mozart's 'Requiem' gains new meaning for all of them as Wolf forces each chorister to look death in the eye.

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Genre:
75 min black comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Rise And Fall Of the Bargainmart King, The

Synopsis:
It's Kelly's first day on the job at the Bargainmart Supermarket, and she soon finds factionalism, aggression and undercurrents of violence lurking in the aisles. She joins forces with dissatisfied checkout chick Cornelia in an effort to improve working life for the staff. But Cornelia has blackmail in mind, and locks Management in the cool room. there's a party for all - until the anti-shoplifting system is activated, and the entire staff and all the customers find they are locked in too. A new leader emerges with an outrageous plan to build a new society. Kelly pleads for reason, but the new king's regime is even harsher than Management's. Everyone must take sides, and Kelly finds that she must either lead the dissenters and fight - or die.

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Genre:
2 Act 105 mins Surreal black comedy

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Male:  10            Female:  30            Other:  Variable cast size 27-40, variable gender

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Something Wicked

Synopsis:
While doing time in the dreaded Detention Room Three, five schoolgirls unwittingly unlock a portal to the world of Macbeth. the Witches prophesy great things for the girls, promising them their dearest wishes. When the prophecies come true, the girls are ecstatic - except for Eloise, who suspects that dabbling in the supernatural may have unfortunate consequences. She's right - the prophecies backfire, the local Paranormal Investigation Society descends on the school, and one of the girls, Sara, becomes a Witch herself to escape the real world. Can Eloise and her friends - helped by their humourless teacher, the sleazy principal and a love-struck poet - rescue Sara and close the portal once and for all? (Variable cast, with interesting opportunities for choreography of battles, dances and a killer netball game.

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1st Produced:
Darwin High School Year 10 production    2003

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Genre:
2 Act 105 mins Fantasy comedy Drama

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  20            Other:  Variable cast

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Sweetest Things

Synopsis:
Through interviews, emails, letters and legal documents a playwright pursues the truth left after a scandalous affair between a teacher and a schoolgirl. She was fifteen and he was forty. She was predatory and he was naive. He was predatory and she was foolish. the writer places herself in the thick of this toxic combination of vindictiveness, self-serving truths and emotional sleight of hand.

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1st Produced:
45 min segment @ Riverside Theatre, Parramatta, Australia    17 Mar 2011

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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