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DAVID BELKE (1960 - ) |
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Nationality: Canadian Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Playwrights Guild of Canada |
David Belke was born in Winnipeg, Canada but was raised and continues to flourish in Edmonton, Alberta. He graduated from the University of Alberta with a B.Ed. and where he also studied stage design. He fills many different roles in the theatre: performer, producer, designer, teacher, and award-winning playwright. His plays have been performed across Canada as well as in the United States, England and Northern Ireland. His first full length play was produced for the 1990 Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival, the largest theatre festival in North America. Since then, he has written a new play for each subsequent year becoming one of the Fringe's mainstays and one of the city's favorite playwrights. David currently works as resident playwright and designer with Edmonton's Shadow Theatre where he is also an artistic associate. Shadow Theatre usually produces one of David's plays a year, either a premiere or a remount. A multiple Sterling Award winner, David also received prestigious Samuel French Inc.'s Canadian Playwrights Award for 2000 and they have since published two of his plays. In addition, he is a cast member of Edmonton's long-running comedy institution Die-Nasty, the live improvised soap opera. He also serves as a member of the Varscona Theatre Alliance Board and The Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards Committee. He is also currently the Edmonton Liaison for the Alberta Playwrights' Network, providing dramaturgical support and organizing workshops for playwrights in the northern part of the province.
http://www.albertaplaywrights.com
Plays by David Belke
All Expenses Paid | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, AB | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2711 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
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Synopsis: | Lynn Wynicki just wants to be left alone. but when she wins a trip to Florida, she ends up travelling with a guy from the office she barely knows. An almost romantic comedy about destinations, desire and discovery, with just a little Disney on the side. | |||||
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Another Two Hander Or Two | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Company / Shadow Theatre, Edmonton | 1985 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2712 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | A comedy with a theatrical bent. Kelly deMare is a stage manager with a problem; namely the director. Is Kevin Russ inspired, intriguing or insane? Or is he just an actor / director? About directors, actors, stage managers and designers and what happens when the play becomes personal | |||||
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Between Yourself and Me | ||
| 1st Produced: | Summer Shadows Theatre, Edmonton, AB.d | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2003 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2713 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Determined to help her socially awkward best friend Steven find love, Amy sets him up on one disastrous date after another. But by the time Amy discovers she is actually in love with Steven, it may be too late. A comic and romantic sequel to "The Red King's Dream". | |||||
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Blackpool & Parrish | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edmonton Fringe Festival | 1993 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2714 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Harry Blackpool is the representative of all that is Evil on the planet Earth. Rachel Parrish represents the Good. After two thousand years of rivalry they are ready to pass their roles to their children. With the Apocalypse due tomorrow at tea time, is there any way to save the world? And doesn't humanity get any say in the matter? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Bless You, Billy Wilder | ||
| 1st Produced: | Acme Theatre Company, Edmonton, AB. | 2002 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2003 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2715 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy drama Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | When a failed screenwriter working to restore an 8 1/2 hour silent movie meets a disconnected graphic artist who has never seen a movie in her life, they begin a friendship that helps her grown in confidence and ability. But when he slips into fear and dementia, she is the only one who can save him. A moving tale of friendship, affection and filmic fantasy | |||||
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Crimsom Yak, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, AB | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #2716 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Paul Morgan Donald; lyrics by Paul Morgan Donald; book by David Belke | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Doctor in Spite of Himself | ||
| 1st Produced: | Studio Theatre - Edmonton, AB | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #55549 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy, 45 min One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | Moliere's classic comedy of manners, mayhem and medical malfeasance is adapted for a contemporary Canadian audience while illuminating the creator's original intentions and wit. | |||||
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Dream Without Bottom , A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, AB | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2003 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2717 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Forty years ago Rosalind Downey fell in love with an actor while performing "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Now he's back. Rosy coloured memory collides with cold reality against a Shakespearean background in this touching comedy. | |||||
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Dreamland Saturday Nights | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, AB | 1998 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2718 | |||
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Genre: | Romantic Comedy Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | When a die-hard movie fan accidentally meets a film student at the Dreamland Repertory Cinema, will it be true love, or merely an illusion? Desire and film fantasy collide with hilarious and heartbreaking results. With appearances by Bogart, Bette Davis, Astaire and others | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Maltese Bodkin, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton | 1991 | ||||
Company: | The ACME Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2719 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
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Synopsis: | Times were tough for hard boiled detective Birnam Wood. He never asked to be in London. Especially in 1605. When Wood's Partner is killed, he has to find the killer amongst a cast of suspects that includes Richard III, Falstaff, Iago, Mercutio and a merchant from Venice. The worlds of film noir and Shakespeare collide in this "who hath done it". | |||||
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Minor Keys, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, AB | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2720 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | In a half-forgotten jazz club, the lives and dreams of its inhabitants intersect, intertwine and collide. A wistful jazz-inspired comedy about minor key people in a minor key world, and how even the smallest of lives can find their hearts' desire. | |||||
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Red King's Dream, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edmonton | 1996 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1996 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2721 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Stephen Tudor's world is solitary, logical and precise. And that's good. Until a new neighbour moves in down the hall. Now Stephen is feeling things he's never felt before. What happens when a man who thinks too much falls in love. A little story of love and logic through the looking glass | |||||
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Red King's Dream: Christmas Edition , The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, AB | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2722 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Stephen Tudor's world is solitary, logical and precise. And that's good. Until a new neighbour moves in down the hall. Now Stephen is feeling things he's never felt before. What happens when a man who thinks too much falls in love? A little story of love and logic through the looking glass. Adapted for the holiday season. | |||||
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Reluctant Resurrection Of Sherlock Holmes, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edmonton Fringe Festival | 1992 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2723 | |||
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Genre: | Comedic Mystery Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Two years after he killed off Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle is summoned to investigate the haunting of an old actor's country manor. Doyle is determined to prove the ghost a reality, but is he himself haunted by the super rational Sherlock Holmes who refuses to give up his literary life. When the maid is found dead, these two personalities must uncover the truth. | |||||
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Riders of the Apocalypse (the reunion tour) | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, AB | 1997 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2724 | |||
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Genre: | Adventure One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
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Synopsis: | When Death suddenly retires, it panics her former riding companions Famine, Pestilance and War. As the world dizzily spins out of control, somebody has to convince Death to return. Or at least find out why she quit in the first place. is this any way to run an Apocalypse? | |||||
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Swordplay | ||
| 1st Produced: | Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton | 1989 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 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 | #2725 | |||
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Ten Times Two | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, AB | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2000 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2726 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | When an evildoer cursed with immortality falls for a barmaid in 1399, it is the start of a romantic pursuit spanning the Middle Agest to Modern Times. But in order to win the heart of his reincarnating beloved, the villain must learn to become a human being. | |||||
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Ten Times Two The Eternal Courtship | ||
| 1st Produced: | Varscona Theatre | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Shadow Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | ISBN/ASIN: | - | ||||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #89817 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | When an evildoer cursed with immortality falls for a barmaid in 1399, it is the start of a romantic pursuit spanning the Middle Agest to Modern Times. But in order to win the heart of his reincarnating beloved, the villain must learn to become a human being. | |||||
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That Darn Plot | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, AB | 1998 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2727 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Mark W. Transom has a single night in which to create a new play. As the hours stretch on, the play starts taking on a life of its own. Or is it his life? And why does his estranged son keep popping into the plot? About rewrites, rehearsals, more rewrites and rehabilitating reality. | |||||
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William The Bard | ||
| 1st Produced: | Varscona Theatre, Edmonton | 1997 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1998 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #2728 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | A sweetly tragic comedt based on actual historic events. In order to win the respect of his Shakespearean scholar father, William Ireland becomes one of the world's most prolific and unlikely forgers | |||||
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