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Colleen Wagner

COLLEEN WAGNER

  
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Kensington Literary Representation  represented by Michael Petrasek

Colleen Wagner is a multi-award winning playwright. Selected plays include, the Morning Bird, down from heaven, the Monument and Home. Her works continue to be produced internationally and have been translated into numerous languages. She won the Governor General Award in 1996. She has also written a number of screenplays, including an adaptation of the Monument.

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

         down from heaven         Eclipsed         Monument, The         Morning Bird, The         Sand

down from heaven

Synopsis:
Set during a pandemic and food crisis, down from heaven explores the events that lead to the collapse of civil society, revealed through the lives of the wealthy Braumbach's and their former gardener, Cheater; ow a member of the Security and Surveillance Police. After going into voluntary quarantine the Braumbach's become dependent on Cheater not only for information on the outside world, but for their very lives. Laurel Braumbach, their sixteen-year old daughter acts as go-between and enters the dark and convoluted world of Cheater, discovering in the process, startling revelations about herself, politics, and the man they have become dependent upon.

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1st Produced:
Imago Theatre, Montreal, Qc     2009

Organisations:
Imago Theatre

1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press, 2011   978-1770910065

Music:
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Genre:
drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Eclipsed

Synopsis:
Young Daniel has been diagnosed with a fatal auto-immune disease. His parents want him to live at any cost. Charles owns a fabulous garden which is threatened by a blight, and wants to protect it at any cost. the efforts to keep the garden and Daniel alive reveal the theme of the two parallel and converging stories - individual freedom and the sometimes tyranny of love.

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1st Produced:
Canadian Stage Co.,Ontario     1991

Organisations:
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1st Published:
PGC, 1998   978-1551734156

Music:
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Genre:
drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Monument, The

Synopsis:
About a young soldier convicted of war crimes, and a woman who arranges his release, suspecting that he knows the whereabouts of her missing daughter. Examines the ambiguities of morality and justice, the paradox of a soldier today, and the lengths that must be traversed to reach potential reconciliation.

Notes:
Winner of the Governor General's Award for Drama in 1996. Included in an anthology titled "7 Cannons".

1st Produced:
Canadian Stage Co.,Ontario     1995

Organisations:
Canadian Stage Co.

1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press, 1996   887545076

Music:
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Genre:
drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Morning Bird, The

Synopsis:
the Morning Bird is about a street person, Doreen, who steals a coat belonging to a working professional, Beth, who is about to have her first child. Through the coat, Doreen begins to assume the identity of Beth as she tries to remember events in her own life, suppressed by her many medications. Beth, who sees Doreen with the coat, assumes Doreen is stalking her. the play explores the boundaries of reality and fantasy, as fear takes over in Beth's mind - fear that the world is no longer safe and those that threaten the safety of others should be eliminated. With echoes of post 9/11 and the erosion of human rights in the world today, the Morning Bird finds a domestic exploration of the seeds and consequences of feeding fear

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1st Produced:
Notable Acts Theatre, Fredericton, Nb     2005

Organisations:
NotaBle Acts Theatre

1st Published:
Scirocco Drama, 2009   978-1897289419

Music:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Sand

Synopsis:
Takes place on once prosperous farm country, now turned to a vast and blowing desert. It could be the dustbowl of the thirties or the not so distant future. However, one thing is certain, the arrival of Carlye to her family home after a long and mysterious absence wreaks havoc. Is she rainmaker as she claims, or out for revenge.

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1st Produced:
Nightwood Theatre & Factory Theatre, Toronto     1986

Organisations:
Nightwood Theatre & Factory Theatre

1st Published:
PGC   978-1551734163

Music:
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Genre:
drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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