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CALEB LEWIS |
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Nationality: Australian Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Caleb studied playwriting at Flinders University, later being mentored by Nick Enright. In 2004 'Songs for the Deaf' opened at the Adelaide Fringe and Lewis began a two-year residency with Griffin Theatre Company culminating in the 2005 premiere of 'Nailed'. 'The Sea Bride', won the 2006 Inscription Emerging Playwright Award earning a two-week workshop with playwright Edward Albee. In 2007 'Dogfall' opened in Adelaide to critical acclaim. In 2008 'Songs for the Deaf 'toured to Hong Kong; later that year Caleb was awarded an AWGIE for 'Otzi the story of the Iceman'. His play, 'Men, Love and the Monkeyboy' was shortlisted for the Griffin Award and is the winner of the 2008 Mitch Matthews Award. In 2009 'Death in Bowengabbie' was nominated best production at the Adelaide Fringe and won the judge's commendation for best new writing. The play opened in Sydney last March, and in November a second production was mounted by Merigong Theatre Co in Wollongong. Current projects include a steampunk/Chekhov mashup for DropBear Theatre Co and commissions for Bell Shakespeare, Onward Productions and State Theatre Company South Australia. This year 'Ghost Sharks' (awarded a 2010 Moosehead award) tours to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and TRS present 'Betsy' at Sydney's Old Fitzroy Hotel. Caleb was recently announced the inaugural winner of the Richard Burton Award, for his historical play, 'Clinchfield'. He is pretty chuffed.
Plays by Caleb Lewis
Bunny | ||
| 1st Produced: | Adelaide Fringe | 2004 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Australian Script Centre | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130648 | |||
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Genre: | short tragicomedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | part of Songs For The Dead | |||||
Synopsis: | Late one night on an empty beach, a bear and a rabbit find one another. A gentle love story about lovelessness as two damaged souls try to connect. | |||||
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Clinchfield | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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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 | #130649 | |||
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Genre: | historical play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | inaugural winner of the Richard Burton Award | |||||
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Crystal | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Australian Script Centre | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130650 | |||
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Genre: | Magic realism, surreal apocalyptic family drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | Something weird is happening in the Riverland...Crystal follows six young kids as an other-worldly storm descends on their neighbourhood, threatening to break their homes and tear apart their families. Crystal adopts elements of magic realism and suburban ennui to explore divorce and its effects upon families and children in an altogether unique and utterly theatrical form. | |||||
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Death in Bowengabbie | ||
| 1st Produced: | Adelaide Fringe | 2009 | ||||
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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 | #130651 | |||
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Dogfall | ||
| 1st Produced: | Adelaide | 2007 | ||||
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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 | #130652 | |||
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Half Windsor, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Adelaide Fringe | 2004 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Australian Script Centre | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130654 | |||
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Genre: | short tragicomedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of Songs For The Dead | |||||
Synopsis: | A man, a bum, an empty alley. A Darwinian battle for status and survival in the bowels of Sydney's lower depths. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Men, Love and the Monkey Boy | ||
| 1st Produced: | Darlinghurst Theatre | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Riverside Productions and Shaman Productions | |||||
| 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 | #84114 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | shortlisted for the Griffin Award and is the winner of the 2008 Mitch Matthews award. | |||||
Synopsis: | What motivates the male of the species. Phillip spends his days studying primate behavior. His specialist subject? The Gorilla, man's second closest cousin. He need not look far for inspiration. His father, Robbo, is 55 going on 16 and will forever be "one of the boys", his brother-in-law Dave has lost his sex drive since his wife's promotion; and his best mate Rex seems determined to prove his virility by pursuing anything that moves. With role models like these, what's a boy to do when he meets a nice girl? Will he rise above the monkey business and woo her like a gentleman? Or does he employ gorilla tactics to land his mate? Will he emerge as a champ, chump or chimp? - Information extracted from AustLit: http://www.austlit.edu.au | |||||
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Nailed | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stables Theatre, Sydney | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Griffin Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Australian Script Centre | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #74648 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama 100 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Australia. 1959. Teenagers, Joe and May, are on the run from the Aboriginal mission where May has been living. With May close to giving birth they take refuge in a stable owned by a childless couple on the run from each other. As the rooster crows, all grapple for the thing that will make them whole. Will the angels intervene to protect the one they love? 'Nailed' is a play about family and love and the things we do out of desperation, a bittersweet love-story and a tragedy about damaged people limping towards salvation. It is a story about Faith, when it delivers us and when it fails us. | |||||
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Rocketbaby | ||
| 1st Produced: | Adelaide Fringe | 2004 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Australian Script Centre | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #130655 | |||
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: | short tragicomedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | part of Songs For The Dead | |||||
Synopsis: | When Becca's mum leaves, Dad and the kids hatch a plan to win her back. If Mum sees her little babies on her favourite T V show, "Australia's Funniest Home Videos", she will miss them so much she will just have to come back. The car is sold, a second hand video camera is bought and the injuries begin... 'Rocketbaby' is a pitch black comedy. It won the Write Now National play competition held by Naked Theatre Company and premiered at the Old Fitzroy Hotel in Sydney 2003. | |||||
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Rust And Bone | ||
| 1st Produced: | Riverside Theatre, Parramatta, Australia | 17 Mar 2011 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Australian Script Centre | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #125826 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | adapted from stories by Craig Davidson | |||||
Synopsis: | Three men, each a ball of tightly coiled fury, tell their gory stories. One is a fighter, too old and broken to win, but who nevertheless continues to step into the ring and cop another beating, maybe because he deserves it. Another loves dogs, and loves fighting them to the death. The final man is a killer whale trainer whose daily aqua-acrobatic show goes horribly, horribly wrong. This is a brutal world of broken gods and sinuous monsters, regrets, denial, big dreams and hard-boiled drama. | |||||
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Sea Bride, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #130656 | |||
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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Notes: | won the 2006 Inscription Emerging Playwright Award earning a two-week workshop with playwright Edward Albee | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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