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WINN BRAY |
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Nationality: Canadian Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Winn Bray - Director / Playwright / Lyricist. Winn Bray has been a professional playwright for many years and maintains a strong commitment to quality work for young audiences and in particular, Theatre in Education. As an actor she performed throughout Ontario as well as in NSW Australia, most notably in the one woman show BELLE OF AMHERST. In Alberta, Ms. Bray has had many works produced including ALBERTA ROSE, a play dealing with the settling of Alberta which was commissioned and toured by the Mount Royal College Theatre Program in 2002 and supported by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. She conceived, wrote and co-produced the in-school production, J.S. BACH, and the Jack Singer Concert Hall production, JOHANN AND THE KING, for the Calgary International Organ Foundation (CIOF) and Ms. Bray wrote THE BACH CONSPIRACY for the CIOF 2000/2001 season which was staged by Quest Theatre, Calgary. In November of 2000, EVANGELINE, a musical by Winn Bray and Tom Doyle, was produced by the Chair Douglas J. Rathbun and the Mount Royal College Theatre Department as part of the Conservatory's 90th Anniversary celebrations. In May of 2003, EVANGELINE was given a professional reading at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton with the support of Alberta Playwrights Network and Canadian Actors Equity Association. Lyricist work includes songs by Doyle and Bray for Vern Thiessen's shows DAWN QUIXOTE (Quest Theatre - first production, Geordie Theatre, Globe Theatre) and ON THE LINE (Quest Theatre - first production. Recipient of the Excellence In The Arts Award (Hamilton) her work has been supported by the Ontario Arts Council, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Mount Royal College, Alberta Playwrights Network, the Citadel New Play Development Program, DuFort Enterprises, Theatre South NSW and the Private Sector .
Plays by Winn Bray
Alberta Rose | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mount Royal College Department of Theatre and Speech | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Commissioned by Mount Royal College and Alberta Foundation for the Arts | |||||
| 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 | #60754 | |||
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Genre: | Drama/Comedy/with music One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Music b y Phillip Fournier | |||||
Synopsis: | Filled with music, humour and pioneer inspiration, ALBERTA ROSE is a show which tells the stories of Albertan homesteaders and ranchers. Anna Bruce and her family s journey by prairie schooner to Donalda; the first Canadian Chautauqua in Gleichen; stories of homesteaders and ranchers from Nanton to Fort McMurray, who carved out a future in the west. These characters come to life to connect you with your own Western Heritage. | |||||
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Bach Conspiracy, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Part One: Regional Alberta tour. Part Two: Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary, 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 | #60755 | |||
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Genre: | Drama/Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Johann Sebastian Bach | |||||
Synopsis: | Andreas is a devoted, young student of Johann Sebastian Bach at the school at Arnstadt. Talented and loyal with the voice of an angel, he has only one secret which he guards from his Mentor as well as the rest of the school. He s a she. With strict rules against girls studying music at Arnstadt, Bach is in danger of having his career toppled by his jealous and mean spirited rival, Werner, should the secret ever be discovered. A play in two parts, THE BACH CONSPIRACY includes selections of Bach s Minuet in G Major, Goldberg Variation 27, Prelude 1 and Cantata 147 Jesu, Joy of Man s Desiring. Andreas/Andrea sings a solo with original lyrics by Winn Bray set to the melody of Siciliano from Sonata in E flat. | |||||
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Evangeline | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Citadel Theatre, Edmonton | 2003 | ||||
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 | #60756 | |||
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Genre: | 2 act Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Tom Doyle | |||||
Synopsis: | Evangeline by Bray and Doyle is an emotionally stirring musical which tells the story of exceptional love between the Acadian star crossed lovers, Evangeline and Gabriel. It is story of the extraordinary courage of an entire people; of love against all odds and of the strength of the human spirit. Inspired by the Acadian folk tale this musical is not the re-telling of Longfellow's poem but rather a new telling of the story of survival; of endurance, courage, faith and great love. Beautiful and bittersweet and set to the incredible music of award winning composer Tom Doyle, Evangeline by Bray and Doyle will make your spirits soar. | |||||
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J S Bach in the Schools | ||
| 1st Produced: | Part One: Calgary Region School Tour | 1998 | ||||
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 | #60758 | |||
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Genre: | Solo, 35 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | The story of Johann Sebastian Bach as related by the Capellmeister himself, the play reveals the man as well as the master, with all of his human strengths and failings. The play is told in two parts. The first is J.S. Bach, an intimate one man show designed to include an informal presentation on the workings of the pipe organ.For part two see Johann and the King by Winn Bray. | |||||
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Johann and the King | ||
| 1st Produced: | Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary, AB | 1998 | ||||
Company: | Calgary International Organ Festival | |||||
| 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 | #60757 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Drama/Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | A four hander which expands upon the stories already introduced in the one man show, J. S. Bach. The music of Bach plays an integral role as we are learn of his childhood, his years of study, his wife and children as well as his rivals | |||||
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Nobody's Children | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mount Royal College Department of Theatre and Speech | 2003 | ||||
Company: | Calgary Region School Tour | |||||
| 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 | #60759 | |||
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Genre: | Drama/Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Music by Dan VanWyck | |||||
Synopsis: | Between 1870 and the mid 1920 s more than thirty thousand children migrated from England to Canada in what was probably the most ambitious philanthropic movement of the nineteenth century. Some children were fortunate in their destiny. Others were not. Based on actual accounts, NOBODY S CHILDREN is an absorbing and powerful play about the lives and experiences of three of these children. And although their stories come from the nineteenth century, some things never change. The need to feel safe at home. The need to love and be loved. The need to be somebody's child. | |||||
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Ranchers and Rails | ||
| 1st Produced: | Mount Royal College Department of Theatre and Speech | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Calgary Region School Tour | |||||
| 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 | #60760 | |||
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Genre: | Drama/Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | After five generations of struggle and success can Sam keep the family ranch afloat in these most difficult of times? Or is his sister, Veronica, right about giving up and selling it all off? For Sam and Veronica the answers to their future may lay in the heritage of their past. Winn Bray's Ranchers and Rails, explores the life of Albertan Ranchers, past and present; their determination, resilience and stubborn struggle from the first free range cattle ranches to the advent of the CPRail to the new challenges of the 21st century. | |||||
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Remittance Man, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre MRC Calgary School tours | 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 | #57119 | |||
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Genre: | Drama/Comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | original music by Phillip Fournier | |||||
Synopsis: | THE REMITTANCE MAN opens a rarely told chapter in pre-1914 Canadian history. For the adventuresome, the scoundrel or the second son of British families a life in the Canadian West was often the answer to an otherwise unfulfilled life. Some came to party, play polo and live off their Remittance cheques from home. Others, like Percy Greene, came to learn ranching, own their own land and work toward building their futures. Many were completely unprepared for what this adventure held for them. Often the victim of his own pride the Remittance Man could be a constant source of entertainment for the Canadian cowboy. Based on the true stories of these young men, THE REMITTANCE MAN is filled with music, humour and insight; a rare look at our past from a different point of view; that of the Remittance Man himself. | |||||
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Rumplestiltskin | ||
| 1st Produced: | MRC Shakespeare in the Park, Calgary | 1993 | ||||
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 | #60761 | |||
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Genre: | Musical One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Tom Doyle | |||||
Synopsis: | An unconventional re-telling of the Brothers Grimm tale, this Rockin Rumplestiltskin wants a child of his own to mentor in the ways of magic. Young Prince Glen, bolstered by his best friend and Jester, Clyde, struggles with his own sense of inadequacies in an attempt to court the beautiful Emma and prove to his father, the King, that he is worthy of being Royal. And the King who has one love, money, shares The Secret of My Sweet Success in a fun loving song and dance reminiscent of Vaudeville. With the music of Tom Doyle, this Rumplestiltskin is a toe tapper with a surprise twist ending. | |||||
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Scaramouche | ||
| 1st Produced: | Wright Theatre, Calgary AB | 1990 | ||||
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 | #60762 | |||
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Genre: | Drama, 2acts | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | From the murder of one innocent young seminarist to full blown bloody revolution in the streets of Paris, SCARAMOUCHE is a swashbuckling tale of romance, revenge and political upheaval. Adapted from Raphael Sabatini s 1921 novel, this play resonates with uncanny parallels of the modern political climate. And what of these special men of privilege? They set themselves apart from responsibility, these self-proclaimed. They answer to no one for they believe themselves to be above the laws of God and answering to no man. And if those inalienable rights be challenged how do they answer? By changing the law. People of Rennes, where is your Constitution? It bubbles in the melting pot of power, rancid with their schemes and private agendas. | |||||
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