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STEPHEN MASSICOTTE (1969 - ) |
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Nationality: Canadian Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: Creative Artists Agency NY 0 |
One of Canada's most-produced young writers, Stephen Massicotte was born in 1969 in Trenton, and grew up in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He earned a diploma in Graphic Design and Advertising from Cambrian College in Sudbury (he designs the covers for his published plays) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama) from the University of Calgary. Mary's Wedding won the 2000 Alberta Playwriting Competition and premiered at playRites (Alberta Theatre Projects' annual festival of new Canadian plays in Calgary) in 2002, receiving that year's Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding New Play and the 2003 Alberta Book Award for Drama. It has now received more than sixty productions in Canada, the US, and UK and is being developed into an opera by Pacific Opera Company in Victoria, BC, with Massicotte writing the libretto. His other plays have won him a variety of awards and have been produced throughout North America. Massicotte was Playwright-in-Residence at Theatre Calgary from 2005 through 2007 and has written a number of shorter one-acts and 10-Minute plays. He currently resides in New York City.
Plays by Stephen Massicotte
Boy's Own Jedi Handbook, The | ||
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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 | #73486 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | This is the first play of The Jedi Trilogy. | |||||
Synopsis: | After James and The Kid go to see "Star Wars," nothing is the same again. A look at the iconic film through the eyes of a child of the 70s. | |||||
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Boy's Own Jedi Handbook, The, Part II: The Girls Strike Back | ||
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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 | #73488 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | This is the second play of The Jedi Trilogy. | |||||
Synopsis: | James and the Kid discover the fairer sex through the lens of their favorite movie. | |||||
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Boy's Own Jedi Handbook, The, Part III: The Return of the Jedi Handbook | ||
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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 | #73493 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | This is the third and final play of The Jedi Trilogy. | |||||
Synopsis: | James and the Kid test their friendship and complete the trilogy. | |||||
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Clockmaker, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Alberta Theatre Projects | Feb 2009 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Canada Press, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0887548437 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #117456 | |||
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Genre: | Metaphysical Drama/Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | US Premiere City Theater Pittsburgh, PA January 2010 | |||||
Synopsis: | Who are you? Monsieur Pierre (the immigration official) poses his usual question, but Heinrich's unusual answer sets in motion a metaphysical rollercoaster. Why would a simple statement of name and profession bring so much attention to an unassuming clockmaker? Well, maybe because that's two more things than anyone else in this place remembers. . .? Soon, Heinrich is reminding his new friend Frieda of memories she's forgotten, and even summoning up a few of his own-of forbidden love, and crimes he may or may not have committed. Is it possible to be guilty of being about to commit a crime, as Monsieur Pierre suspects? And why wouldn't one recall something so significant as premeditating murder? Armed with a newfound-yet-familiar love for each other, Heinrich and Frieda set about solving this Kafkaesque puzzle. The Clockmaker may seem like little more than a love story set inside a murder-mystery-to-be, but it just might end up exposing the very truth of existence itself. . . | |||||
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Emperor of Atlantis, The | ||
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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 | #73487 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | This play is in development. | |||||
Synopsis: | 1944: Terezin, the Nazi concentration camp for Jewish intellectuals. A young poet, Petr Kien, approaches composer Viktor Ullman to put music to a libretto that he has written. We often think that art transcends worldly suffering, but does art really matter at all? | |||||
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Farewell to Kings, A | ||
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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 | #22717 | |||
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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| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Four teenagers drive around looking for beer, sex, and the party of all parties. | |||||
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Last Seduction of Casanova, The | ||
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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 | #73489 | |||
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: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | This play is in development. | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Looking After Eden | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ground Zero Theatre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 2001 | ||||
Company: | Ground Zero Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #73490 | |||
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: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Two employees-who are complete opposites and can't stand each other-are house sitting for their boss. Can friendship develop despite opposing viewpoints? And, more importantly, can the remote control be found? | |||||
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Mary's Wedding | ||
| 1st Produced: | Alberta Theatre Projects, Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Alberta Theatre Projects | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Canada Press, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0887548994 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #22718 | |||
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: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Winner, Alberta Playwrighting Competition, 2000. Winner, Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding New Play, 2002. Winner, Alberta Book Award for Drama, 2003. Has been translated into French and received more than 60 productions. Is being developed into an opera by Pacific Opera Company, Victoria, BC. | |||||
| It is the eve of Mary's wedding, a night filled with dreams: dreams of love, dreams of war, and dreams of what might be. When Mary and Charlie, filled with the passion, vulnerability, and impulsiveness of youth, unexpectedly find one another sheltering in a barn during a thunderstorm, a tentative love is born. But the year is 1914, and Mary and Charlie must surrender their love and their fate to the uncertainties of their tumultuous times. A play with a heart as big as the land that serves as its backdrop, Mary's Wedding is a wonderfully tender, poignant story of innocent first love and the vicissitudes of fate. | |||||
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Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, Ontario and Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa, Ontario (co-production) | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Tarragon Theatre and Great Canadian Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights of Canada Press, 2007 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0887544996 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #73491 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | US Premiere Urban Stages New York, NY November 2007 | |||||
Synopsis: | Two heroes return home from the First World War. Lawrence of Arabia is a leader without an army. Robert Graves is a poet who can't forget. Suffering the aftermath of the war and foreseeing the dawning of new ones, the Oxford Roof Climbers, the Benevolent Order of, lay siege to a sleepy university town. A stand against stands, a dare to end all daring, a doing that protests doings; the two haunted men-armed with a talent for practical jokes-grasp at love and dare to imagine a new world. The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion, despite its harmless beginnings, brings the Arab Revolt dangerously close to the heard of the Empire. | |||||
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Pervert | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ground Zero Theatre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Ground Zero Theatre | |||||
| 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 | #73492 | |||
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: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Tim's stint as porn shop clerk takes a toll on his relationship with Trish, while Mike's new porn shop membership opens a world of possibilities with his wife Lisa. Meanwhile, Kurt the porn enthusiast may be the least perverted of all. | |||||
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