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MARK LEIREN-YOUNG (1962 - ) |
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Nationality: Canadian Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Kensington Literary Representation |
photo by Phillip Chin. Mark Leiren-Young is a playwright, screenwriter, journalist, performer and insomniac. As a playwright, Mark is best known for controversial dramas like Shylock and Articles of Faith and political satires - including his work as half of the satirical duo Local Anxiety. Mark wrote and directed the feature film, The Green Chain - a series of monologues dealing with the issues defining and dividing modern logging communities. Greenpieces: An Eco-Comedy, a TV special he wrote, produced and co-starred in, received an EarthVision Award for excellence in environmental programming. Other TV credits include episodic drama (Blood Ties, The Collector, Psi Factor), comedy (SketchCom, Terminal City), animation (Class of the Titans, ReBoot, RollBots) and documentary (Grand Illusions, Life and Times). As a journalist, Mark's work has appeared in such publications as Time, Maclean's and The Utne Reader.
Plays by Mark Leiren-Young
Articles Of Faith | ||
| 1st Produced: | Christ Church Cathedral Vancouver, Canada | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Savage God | |||||
| 1st Published: | Anvil Press, 2001 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #69395 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | The premiere was directed by John Juliani. | |||||
Synopsis: | An exploration of the issue of the blessing of same sex unions through the real-life drama of one Canadian church. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Basically Good Kids | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||||
Company: | Carousel Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Guild of Canada, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20556 | |||
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Genre: | TYA drama Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Premiere directed by Kim Selody. It received its American premiere with the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadlephia. | |||||
Synopsis: | Three "basically good kids" get caught up in a riot in this exploration of the causes and consequences of teen violence. Inspired by the Penticton Riot. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Blueprints from Space | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1992 | |||||
Company: | Citadel Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Theatrum Magazine, 1994 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20557 | |||
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Genre: | drama fantasy Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A cross between Close Encounter of the Third Kind and Field of Dreams, Edmonton Sun review of the stage version of Blueprints from Space.Tyler Kirby loves to build and Mike Norris has always lived to be a part of his impossible projects that are the talk of their small island town. Now high school is almost over, Mike is getting ready to move to the city to go to university and Tyler has a new dream& A spaceship. And this time Mike isn't so sure he can come along for the ride. Like Wendy in Peter Pan, Mike is convinced that it's time for Tyler to grow up. Especially after Tyler reveals that he received the blueprints in a vision from outer space. | |||||
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Canadian Content | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Guild of Canada, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20558 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Dim Sum Diaries | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Guild of Canada, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20559 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Easy Money | ||
| 1st Produced: | Arts Club Theatre (Stanley), Vancouver, Canada | 1999 | ||||
Company: | Arts Club Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Guild of Canada, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20560 | |||
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Genre: | musical comedy Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | musicians | |||||
Notes: | Music by Bruce Kellett. Premiere directed by Bill Millerd. | |||||
Synopsis: | The rags to riches, to rags to riches, to rags to riches musical biography of legendary Canadian stock promoter Murray Pezim, a man who could sell almost anything - especially himself. Too strange to be fiction. | |||||
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Escape From Fantasy Gardens | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1987 | |||||
Company: | White Trash Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Guild of Canada, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20561 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A satirical revue about B.C. politics in the age of Bill Vander Zalm. The style-over-substance Premier hosts his own late-night talk show. | |||||
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Greenpieces | ||
| 1st Produced: | Vancouver Folk Festival | 1999 | ||||
Company: | Local Anxiety | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Guild of Canada, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20562 | |||
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Genre: | Environmental Comedy Revue Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 2 | |||||
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Synopsis: | What happens when a kid's show host becomes an eco-radical, what kind of fairy tales do you tell in the post nuclear age and how do you atone for sins against nature in the eco-confessional? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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If You Really Love Me | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||||
Company: | Carousel Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Guild of Canada, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20563 | |||
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Genre: | TYA drama Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Premiere directed by David L. Young. | |||||
Synopsis: | Five teenagers dealing with sex and sexuality. This play was developed and created with teenagers for teenagers. | |||||
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Jim | ||
| 1st Produced: | Vancouver Fringe Festival | 1990 | ||||
Company: | Impulse Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Guild of Canada, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20564 | |||
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Genre: | drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 1 | |||||
Notes: | a monologue / written by Leiren-young, Mark and Jim Bridger. The play is for one actor but works with a male or female. The premiere was directed by David L. Young | |||||
Synopsis: | A teenager makes a pilgrimage to the graveside of their hero, Jim Morrison, in search of answers. Or at least the right questions. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Night They Kidnapped Barrymore, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | The Orlando-UCF, Shakespeare Festival | 2005 | ||||
Company: | New PlayFest | |||||
| 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 | #69504 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Premiered with a stage reading at New PlayFest. | |||||
Synopsis: | Legend has it that when John Barrymore died, two actors working on a B-movie decided to kidnap the body and bring it to Errol Flynn's home as a joke. The B-movie was Casablanca. The two actors were Peter Lorre and Humphrey Bogart. | |||||
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Oprah Donahue Show, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edmonton Fringe Festival | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Guild of Canada, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20565 | |||
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Genre: | comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Johnston, Kate and Leiren-Young, Mark | |||||
Synopsis: | Hamlet's Mom, Juliet, Lady M. and the Shrew talk about fatal attractions. Four of Shakespeare's most famous women show up on modern day talk TV to discuss their lives in this controversial feminist comedy. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shylock | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1996 | |||||
Company: | Savage God | |||||
| 1st Published: | Anvil Press, 1996 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20566 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Shylock has been produced at theatres and Shakespeare festivals throughout Canada and the U.S. It has been translated into French and Danish (for a production in Denmark). The US premiere was at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. The world premiere was directed by John Juliani and starred David Berner. | |||||
Synopsis: | Shylock is an award-winning play about a Jewish actor who finds himself condemned by his own community for his portrayal of Shakespeare's notorious Jew. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Watchin' | ||
| 1st Produced: | Phoenix Theatre, University of Victoria, Canada | 1985 | ||||
Company: | Phoenix Alternate Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Guild of Canada, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20567 | |||
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Genre: | comedy revue Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Premiere directed by Mark Leiren-Young | |||||
Synopsis: | A comedy revue about the media, religion, the theatre and other stuff - featuring "The Stage Manager's Nightmare", "Is Godot's Room Ready Yet?" and "Oedipus Was Framed". | |||||
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