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DONNA ABELA |
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Nationality: Australian Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Donna Abela has written over 25 plays for audiences of all ages. They have been heard on radio, and performed in theatres great and small, schools, museums, youth theatres, community centres, schools of arts, town halls, and in a semi-derelict power station. Donna also co-founded Powerhouse Youth Theatre in Western Sydney 1987.
Plays by Donna Abela
1001 Arabian Nights | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #51978 | |||
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4 Speed Blenders | ||
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| 1st Published: | Australian Script Centre | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51979 | |||
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Genre: | 55 min comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | four actor-musicians | |||||
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Synopsis: | Mack the Hacker and Skulldust (aka Vic and Jerry) are the heavy metal band Secular! They eat bile and blood and chicken heads, and go rank and lose themselves fully. Mad's audition rocked, but she's a chick, and there's no chicks in metal. But they can't play in the local band comp without someone on bass. So they take her on. They blitz the band comp. But Vic's a weak singer lost in drum roll heaven, Jerry's power chords turn into tantrums, and Mad won't play the Babe or pretend to be a Hag from hell. And they take themselves so seriously! If they don't find a groove, become a unit, they won't win the big play-off. Written in pumped garage band vernacular, and structured like a pop song, 4 Speed Blenders is a play for four actor-musicians. The chorus roles (school kids, crowd, managers, journos and fans) were originally doubled, but can be played by other actors. | |||||
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Aurora's Lament | ||
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| 1st Published: | Australian Script Centre | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #138968 | |||
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Genre: | 18 min Poetic drama, radio play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Aurora, a young migrant from the Philippines, fell in love with Luke, another cash-in-hand cleaner. She moved in with him, and his mother, Joan. But one morning, Luke was gone, and Joan badgered her into a trip to the south coast. Rented a caravan. Left Aurora stranded and confused. This radio poem for three voices settles the scholarly debate about the conclusion of The Wifes Lament, the Old English poem from which this work is freely adapted: refusing to stoically endure her fate, Aurora takes what power she has into her own hands, and calls a curse down upon Lukes head | |||||
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Circus Caravan | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gorman House Theatre ACT Australia | 1993 | ||||
Company: | Jigsaw Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | in International Plays for Young Audiences; Contemporary Works from Leading Playwrights, Meriweather Publishing, USA (2000) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51980 | |||
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Genre: | 60 mins. Children's play. One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | min 1 | Female | min 1 | ||
Parts other: | more than 20 roles | |||||
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Synopsis: | CIRCUS CARAVAN is the story of how an aging funambulist, Marichka, and a born clown, Geordie, try to convince the young and sullen Adele to join their musical-clown act. At the end of their road trip up the east coast of Australia, they leave behind mishaps, rejoin the circus, and present The Blustering Benetino Family to the world, featuring their newest recruit, Adele. | |||||
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Daphne Massacre, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Parramatta Riverside Theatre | 2003 | ||||
Company: | Parramatta Riverside Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51981 | |||
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Genre: | 70 mins. Absurd comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | min 4 | ||
Parts other: | 9 roles | |||||
Notes: | shortlisted STC Patrick White 2000 Play Award | |||||
Synopsis: | In a waiting room, a Nurse, a toothless girl called Daphne, and two Mother Figures, try to convince Isabella to have her perfectly good teeth extracted; it's her wedding present, but early. It'll win her men's respect, women's envy, domestic bliss, and heaven's praise. "Women's teeth are weaker, darl. Rip them out before the rots sets in, like we did. . . " | |||||
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Edam Or Gouda | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1985 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Script in the Hanger Collection, Fryer Library, University of Queensland, Australia. http://www.austlit.edu.au >>>, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #45161 | |||
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Genre: | 2 acts Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
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Fathom | ||
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| 1st Published: | Australian Script Centre | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #138963 | |||
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Genre: | 30 min radio play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Underwater, off the coast of Broome, an English deep sea diver suffers acutely from the bends. As he ascends slowly to the surface, in his fraying mind he wrestles with a Chinese Sea Dragon and reconsiders the myths that fuelled a failed push to rid the pearling grounds of "Asiatic" divers. It is 1913 and the White Australia Policy is tightening its grip. A time-crossing radio play that weaves myth and poetic realism together. | |||||
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Highest Mountain Fastest River | ||
| 1st Produced: | Salamanca Theatre Company TAS Australia | 1991 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in New International Plays for Young Audiences; Plays of Cultural Conflict, Meriweather Publishing, USA (2002) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51982 | |||
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Genre: | 60 mins. Play for young people. | |||||
| Parts: | Male | min 1 | Female | min 2 | ||
Parts other: | more than 30 roles | |||||
Notes: | 1992 Human Rights Commission Award for Drama | |||||
Synopsis: | Highest Mountain Fastest River aims to evoke the refugee experiences of the Hmong people. Disconnected character journeys and stylised movement are used in order to avoid sensationalism and melodrama. In our production, four actors continually transformed into new characters. However, the play can be performed by a larger cast. | |||||
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Princess and the Pea, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | in Voiceworks Series 2, Longman-Pearson Education Aust, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | 733930824 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51984 | |||
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Genre: | 15 mins. Children's play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | A contemporary reworking of the Hans Christian Andersen tale | |||||
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Quest | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #52199 | |||
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Genre: | Full-Length 100 mins Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Rood Screen, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | Darlinghurst Theatre Company and Birds of Appetite in association with the New Mardi Gras Festival. | |||||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #51985 | |||
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Genre: | 90 mins. Absurd comedy.. - - Gay, theme/character, full length | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | flexible casting, min 28 roles | |||||
Notes: | The Rood Screen received an Honourable Mention in the 2004 New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest USA, and was a top five finalist in the 2002 Newham Lesbian and Gay Writing Out Awards UK. | |||||
Synopsis: | Theodora's hung around nuns, been transported by Bach, wept at the beauty of the Sufis, and underlined everything in The Tibetan Book of the Dead. She also loves Celeste: their life together is abundant, bliss ridden, meant-to-be, made in Heaven. . . or is it? How can she find a home for her spiritual instincts whan religions condemn the very love of her life? Pushing past the pontiffs of dogma, Theodora sets out to reconcile her two sources of joy. While entrusted with the body of a fractal-loving priest, she sings with evolved fish who live in fruitcakes: stops Mother Church passing pethidine to a man who is pregnant with possibility: takes the helm of Magellan's ship and circumnavigates the ever-expanding universe; and dives off the edge of chaos to discover the beginnings of a millennial pendulum swing towards conscience and radical compassion. It's Monty Python and The Science Show meets existential angst! A genre-crossing adventure through a chaotically absurd landscape. | |||||
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Snipe | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #52200 | |||
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Genre: | 20 mins One Act | |||||
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Space Invaders | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #113408 | |||
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Spirit | ||
| 1st Produced: | 13 Nov 2007 | |||||
Company: | Griffin Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Short Circuit: 14 short plays for the stage, Currency Press, Australia (2009) >>> | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0868198668 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #106327 | |||
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Genre: | 15 mins. Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Spirit is one of a series of short plays collectively titled The Seven Needs. Each play is discrete and takes as its theme one of Maslow's pyramid of human needs: food, shelter, sex, safety, belonging, respect and spirit. The plays may be performed separately or together, and were written by members of the playwrights' alliance 7on. | |||||
| Herman, a resistance leader from West Papua, has sailed to Australia with forty others, seeking asylum. Vera, a department of Immigration official, has flown from Canberra to interview him and process his claim. In the over-ripening heat of an excised Australian island, they both find an unexpected welcome. | |||||
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Summer Reign, A | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #51986 | |||
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Tales From The Arabian Nights | ||
| 1st Produced: | Laycock Street Theatre, Gosford | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Kim Carpenter's Theatre of Image | |||||
| 1st Published: | 12 Large Cast Plays for Schools The Australian Script Centre (2009) >>>, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62691 | |||
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Genre: | 60 mins. Children's play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | minimum cast is 6m, 5f. the 50 roles can be performed by large casts of any gender. | |||||
Notes: | shortlisted 2005 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, and 2005 Children's Theatre AWGIE Award. | |||||
Synopsis: | The King has beheaded his Queen. The desperate outsiders she hid in his kingdom have been locked up, and he has vowed to execute them, one by one, each dawn. But, disguised as the next outsider due to die, Shahrazad tells stories to the King. Strange and amazing stories about merchants and fishermen, Ali Baba and bandits, kings and professors, calligraphers and demons. The King ponders her stories of greed and foul play until, finally, his fury is subdued. Thanks to Shahrazad, he relinquishes his vow. The outsiders are released and anyone who seeks help in the King's land is now welcome. | |||||
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Tidal Voices | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #52201 | |||
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Genre: | 50 mins One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Uninvited Voice, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Newtown Theatre | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in Playworks Newsletter Vol 8 No1, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | 1754-0593 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #51987 | |||
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Genre: | drama Ten Min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | An unsettled white settler confronts his conscience. | |||||
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Written In Latin | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #52202 | |||
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Genre: | 2 Act 120 mins Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Vernon an orthopaedic surgeon takes his wife and friends to see a Fringe theatre show. He hopes it will jar their compliancy | |||||
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