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Maryanne Sam

MARYANNE SAM  

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

 Casting Doubts         Lessons in Flight         Oh My God I'm Black!         Seven Deadly Australian Sins

Casting Doubts

Synopsis:
a funny, and at times heart-wrenching, play about an actors' casting agency with more colour charts than a paint shop, and the problems that Indigenous actors face.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Blak Inside - 6 Indigenous plays from Victoria, Currency Press, Sydney,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Lessons in Flight

Synopsis:
Lessons in Flight by celebrated indigenous playwright Maryanne Sam is a beautiful, gentle, gutsy play that casts a fresh eye over the contemporary indigenous urban experience. Two wildly different sisters, Menan, shy and conservative and Rita, outgoing and unpredictable, haven't spoken in years. Now in hospital with a life threatening illness, Menan looks back on a life full of regret and lost opportunities when out of the blue, the outrageous Rita shows up, turning everything on its head. Featured at the 3rd Victorian Indigenous Playwrights' Conference 2003, the Australian National Playwrights' Conference 2005 and the World Indigenous Theatre Reading which will be held in New York in December of this year, Lessons in Flight is a story not often told on the Australian stage.

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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Darlinghurst Theatre Company and Frederick Copperwaite

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Indigenous Australian play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Oh My God I'm Black!

Synopsis:
A one-woman cabaret style monologue, with songs, dreams and the stories of two little girls from Thursday Island

Notes:
devised by Patricia Cornelius, Maryanne sam and Irine Vela

1st Produced:
Budinskis Theatre of Exile, Carlton, VIC    17 May 1995

Organisations:
Melbourne Workers Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
musical show

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/29313

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Seven Deadly Australian Sins

Synopsis:
It's a wicked world isn't it? We've all been a little wicked at times, it spices up our lives. Luckily, wickedness never goes out of fashion and 7 writers and performers from the furthest corners of the Australian continent have come together to create a carnivalesque cabaret extravaganza exploring just a few of the great sins of the modern world. In a world gone mad, Josh is accused of Un-Australian behaviour - he's a vegetarian at a B-B-Q, so he's off to hell. Workers at a local banana processing factory take greed to its full extent in order to get the best deal from the new work agreement

Notes:
written by Kathryn Ash, Melissa Cantwell, Stephen Carleton, Gail Evans, Robert Jarman, Merrilee Mills and Maryanne Sam

1st Produced:
JUTE Theatre, Cairns, QLD    10 Sep 2008

Organisations:
Theatre To The Edge Touring Production

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/78533

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