5 Hot Plays
- Publisher
- Playwrights Canada Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2008
- Category
- Canadian, Anthologies (multiple authors)
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780887547676
- Publish Date
- Jun 2008
- List Price
- $25.00
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
Includes: Talk Thirty To Me by Oonagh DuncanA raw and funny look at a diverse group of 29-year-olds who are united by one pending horror—they are about to hit the Big 3-0. "Smart and entertaining." —NOW Magazine Offensive Shadows by Paul Dunn What happens when the two sleeping couples in A Midsummer Night's Dream wake up? Find out in this clever and sexy play. Winner, Audience Choice Award, SummerWorks 2007. In Full Light by Daniel Karasik A haunting play that takes us to a street of frustrated desires and fractured relationships. Outstanding New Play Award, SummerWorks 2007. The Russian Play by Hannah Moscovitch The bittersweet story of a flower shop girl who falls in love with a gravedigger—but love does not run smoothly in Stalinist Russia. "Incredibly powerful with breathtaking emotion." —Toronto StarSpain by Michael Rubenfeld Two buddies test the limits of their platonic relationship, and discovering the pitfalls of indecision. Outstanding New Play/Production, SummerWorks —NOW Magazine
About the author
Dave Carley is a Toronto-based playwright who writes for theatre, radio and television. His stage plays have had more than three hundred productions across Canada, the US, and in a dozen countries around the world. They include Conservatives in Love, The Edible Woman, Walking on Water, and Writing With Our Feet, which was nominated for a Governor General's Literary Award. Dave is currently playwright-in-residence at the Shaw Festival, where he is working on a drama about Danish playwright and war hero Kaj Munk. In July 2008, Dave made his directing debut at the Toronto Fringe Festival, with his play Taking Liberties.