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CHANTAL BILODEAU |
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Nationality: Canadian Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Abrams Artists Agency |
CHANTAL BILODEAU is a playwright and translator originally from Montreal, Canada. Recent productions include The Motherline (International Fringe Festival, 2009), Pleasure & Pain (Magic Theatre; Foro La Gruta and Teatro La Capilla, Mexico City, 2007), the English translation of Abraham Lincoln Goes to the Theatre by Larry Tremblay (Alberta Theatre Projects, 2010) and the English translation of Bintou by Koffi Kwahule (The Movement Theatre Company, 2010). She is an alumna of the Women's Project Playwrights' Lab, the Lark Playwrights Workshop and the Dramatists Guild Fellowship Program; was a fellow at the MacDowell Colony, the Banff Centre (Canada) and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts; and has received grants from the NEA, NYSCA, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Quebec Government House, etant Donnes: The French-American Fund for the Performing Arts and Association Beaumarchais (France). Her translations include plays by contemporary playwrights Mohamed Kacimi (Algeria), Koffi Kwahule (Côte d'Ivoire), etienne Lepage (Quebec), and Larry Tremblay (Quebec). She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, NoPassport, the Movement Theatre Company and the Centre des auteurs dramatiques (Montreal).
Plays by Chantal Bilodeau
Abraham Lincoln Goes To The Theatre | ||
| 1st Produced: | Alberta Theatre Projects, Calgary (Alberta) | 2010 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Talonbooks, 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0889226494 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #123381 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Larry Tremblay | |||||
Synopsis: | The actor John Wilkes Booth assassinates Abraham Lincoln during a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC. Mark Killman - a feared but much admired director - draws inspiration from this historical fact to create a show about the schizophrenia of America. He hires two actors to reenact the Presidential assassination through the comic characters of Laurel and Hardy and keeps for himself the role of Abraham Lincoln's wax figure. Why is Killman interested in this political assassination? Why does he want to stage a tragedy using the means of a comedy? And by the way, who is hiding behind Abraham Lincoln's wax figure? | |||||
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Big Shoot | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | RPN Globe | |||||
| 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 | #54904 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Koffi Kwahule | |||||
Synopsis: | In a glass cage, surrounded by people who came from the edges of the world to witness this event, an "artist" and his victim prepare for the final confrontation. | |||||
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Bintou | ||
| 1st Produced: | Harlem School of the Arts, 645 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10030 >>> | 25 Jun 2010 | ||||
Company: | The Movement Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #115663 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Koffi Kwahule | |||||
Synopsis: | Bintou is thirteen. The daughter of African immigrants, she doesn't go to school, doesn't listen to her elders, and doesn't wear panties. Instead, she roams the streets of the ghetto where she grew up, leading her gang of Wild Dogs and aggressively asserting her sexuality. In despair, her uncle devises a plan to break her rebellious spirit and save the family's reputation. But can Bintou really be tamed? | |||||
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Miller's Daughter, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Met Theatre | 2004 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Included in the anthology The Real Stories of the Brothers Grimm, JAC Publishing & Promotions (2009) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #99697 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Adapted from The Girl Without Hands by the Brothers Grimm.?A poor miller is offered wealth by the devil in exchange for what stands behind his mill. Thinking it's an apple tree, the miller agrees to the trade only to discover he has surrendered his daughter. But the daughter is so beautiful and pious, the devil is rendered powerless and must resort to desperate measures to possess her. | |||||
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Motherline, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | CSV Cultural and Educational Center Milagro, New York International Fringe Festival | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Ibis Theatre Project | |||||
| 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 | #100399 | |||
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Genre: | 1h 30m Drama Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Claire, an unborn soul floating in the ether, is anxiously waiting to be born. But not any mother will do - she's determined to be born to Holly, a young lesbian who has no plans of having the necessary heterosexual intercourse to bring Claire into the world. To overcome this problem, Claire strikes a bargain with Holly's Buddhist cat Minou. Grabbing at the chance to build the good karma that will earn him a human rebirth, Minou gives up one of his lives so Claire can come down to earth and win Holly's love. | |||||
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Pleasure & Pain | ||
| 1st Produced: | Magic Theatre | 2007 | ||||
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 | #99698 | |||
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Genre: | Dramatic Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Translated in Spanish, Italian and French | |||||
Synopsis: | Sexual desire at its most extreme can no longer be contained after Peggy's repressed fantasies spill out into the hands of her boss. But as the line between reality and fantasy starts to blur, Peggy realizes that intensity comes at a cost and that in life as well as in play, there is no pleasure without pain. | |||||
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Tagged | ||
| 1st Produced: | Pandora's Box Theatre Company, Buffalo | 2004 | ||||
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 | #53179 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Recipient of a Katherine Cornell Award | |||||
Synopsis: | Because she's thirty and unmarried, Peggy, like all women in her situation, has become a liability to society. To publicly identify her and protect men from her intoxicating influence, the authorities have attached a metal tag to her ear. Now Peggy has two choices: either she gets married and the tag is removed, or she remains single and ostracized for the rest of her life. | |||||
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