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Jordan Tannahill

JORDAN TANNAHILL

  (1988 - )
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Casarotto Ramsay and Associates Ltd  represented by Mel Kenyon

Jordan Tannahill is a Canadian playwright. His work has been presented by Canada's major theatres and honoured with several prizes including the 2014 Governor General's Award for Drama for Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays and Dora Awards for 'Outstanding New Play' for rihannaboi95 in 2013 and for Concord Floral in 2015. In 2016 the Canadian Stage production of his double-bill Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in Sodom won the Dora Award for 'Outstanding Production' while Concord Floral was a finalist for the 2016 Governor General's Award for Drama. Tannahill's book Theatre of the Unimpressed: In Search of Vital Drama, published by Coach House Press in 2015, was called "essential reading for anyone interested in the state of contemporary theatre and performance" by The Globe and Mail. In collaboration with William Ellis, Jordan ran the alternative art space Videofag out of their home in Toronto's Kensington Market neighbourhood from 2012 - 2016. Over the four years of it's operation, Videofag became an influential hub for queer and avant-garde work in Canada. Tannahill has been alternatively described in the press as 'the future of Canadian theatre' (NOW Magazine), 'the hottest name in Canadian theatre' (Montreal Gazette), and 'the posterchild of a new generation for whom 'interdiscplinary' is not a buzzword but a way of life' (The Globe and Mail).

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

         Botticelli In The Fire         Bravislovia         Concord Floral         Declarations         Get Yourself Home Skylar James         Late Company         Peter Fechter: 59 Minutes         Post Eden         rihannaboi95         Sunday In Sodom         Theseus Beefcake
Botticelli In The Fire

Botticelli In The Fire
Sandro Botticelli is accused of keeping a boy. His close friendship with Andrea della Verrocchio and apprentice Leonardo da Vinci are put to the test

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1st Produced:
Berkeley Street Theatre Downstairs, Toronto     28 Apr 2016

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Botticelli In The Fire & Sunday In Sodom" published by Playwrights Canada Press 2018   

Music:
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Genre:
Gay one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Bravislovia

Synopsis:
Starting at the age of 10, playwright/performer Jordan Tannahill created hundreds of maps, building blueprints, portraits, and family trees of the imaginary nation of Bravislovia, a fractured former-Soviet republic on the Baltic Sea. the play follows the life of the mercurial Isaac Nyakov, Jordan's alter-ego who lived a storied life as a fugitive poet before succumbing to the tyranny of a brutal regime. Employing dozens of childhood drawings, lush, cinematic backdrops and live narration, Bravislovia is a personal and whimsical journey exploring the ability for imagination to overcome personal trauma.

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1st Produced:
2011 Rhubarb Festival At Buddies In Bad Times Theatre (Toronto, Canada)     23 Feb 2011

Organisations:
Suburban Beast

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama, Monologue

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Concord Floral

Concord Floral
Concord Floral is a one-million-square-foot abandoned greenhouse and a refuge for neighbourhood kids; a place all to themselves in which to dream, dare, and come of age. But hidden there is a secret no one wants to confront, and when two friends stumble upon it they set off an unstoppable chain of events, from shadows in parking lots to phone calls from the grave. It's time for the teens of Concord Floral to start talking.

Notes:
Concord Floral was written by Jordan Tannahill over a three year development process with Erin Brubacher, Cara Spooner, and a cast of teenage actors from Toronto, Canada.

1st Produced:
The Theatre Centre     12 Oct 2014

Organisations:
Why Not Theatre presents a Suburban Beast production

1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press, Feb 2016   

Music:
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Genre:
Suburban thriller

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  7            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Declarations

Declarations
This is Greta Garbo's smile

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1st Produced:
Canadian Stage, Toronto     23 Jan 2018

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Coach House Books 2018   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Get Yourself Home Skylar James

Get Yourself Home Skylar James
After Private Skyler James was outed as a lesbian her life became a living hell at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. But when she began fearing for her life she knew she had to escape. In the middle of the night she loaded all of her belongings into a white pickup and just started driving north. . .

Notes:
Winner of the 2010 Dora Award for 'Best Performance: theatre for Young Audiences Division' for Natasha Greenblatt

1st Produced:
Roseneath Theatre (Tour Of Six High Schools Across Toronto)     01 Oct 2010

Organisations:
Roseneath Theatre

1st Published:
Contained in: "Age Of Minority" published by Playwrights Canada Press   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama, Monologue, theatre for Young Audiences. - - Lesbian, one act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Late Company

Late Company
A year after a tragedy two couple meet for a meal hoping to get closure

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Summerworks Performance Festival    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press 2018   

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Peter Fechter: 59 Minutes

Peter Fechter: 59 Minutes
The last hour of the life of Peter Fechter shot whilst trying to escape from East Berlin with his partner

Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Age Of Minority" published by Playwrights Canada Press   

Music:
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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Post Eden

Synopsis:
Post Eden is a 'live film' about a fantastical day in the life of one suburban family in Richmond Hill. Inspired by interviews conducted with a dozen residents of the real-life street of Neighbourly Lane, playwright/director Jordan Tannahill creates a multi-media fantasia in which a girl exhumes her dead family dog from her backyard in order to break a curse that has befallen her family. Actors onstage interact with their filmic selves in disarming ways, as the lines between documentary and fantasy blur.

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1st Produced:
2010 Summerworks Theatre Festival At Theatre Passe Muraille (Toronto, Canada)     04 Aug 2010

Organisations:
Suburban Beast

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama, Magical Realism

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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rihannaboi95

rihannaboi95
The world of a gay teenage boy comes crashing down when a You Tube video of him dancing to his favourite female singer goes viral

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Age Of Minority" published by Playwrights Canada Press   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Sunday In Sodom

Sunday In Sodom
Lot welcomes two American soldiers into his home. The villagers are in a fury and the village is destroyed

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Berkeley Street Theatre Downstairs, Toronto     28 Apr 2016

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Contained in: "Botticelli In The Fire & Sunday In Sodom" published by Playwrights Canada Press 2018   

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Theseus Beefcake

Synopsis:
Masculine excesses, competition, fantasy and friendship

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Unity Theatre, Liverpool     10 Nov 2015

Organisations:
PanicLab

1st Published:
-   

Music:
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Genre:
Gay full length

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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