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JOE SLABE |
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Nationality: Canadian Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Joe Slabe is a Calgary writer and composer who obtained his Masters Degree in musical theatre composition from the University of London. He collaborated with four of his classmates on the musical Austentatious. In addition, he wrote a musical adaptation of Robert Munsch's The Paper Bag Princess, which was produced in Calgary in both 2003 and 2004. He is also in demand as a musical director. Recent credits include: Forte Musical Theatre Guild's but this IS my day job... , Alberta Theatre Projects' Seussical the Musical, Lunchbox Theatre's In Flanders Field, and Theatre Calgary's production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, for which he received a Betty Mitchell Award for outstanding musical direction in 2010. He is the founding artistic director of Forte Musical Theatre Guild and received the 2004 Greg Bond Award for outstanding contributions to musical theatre in Calgary.
Plays by Joe Slabe
Austentatious | ||
| 1st Produced: | Landor Theatre (under the title "AmDram the Musical"), London | 02 Aug 2005 | ||||
Company: | From the Top Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts Inc | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #95831 | |||
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Genre: | Musical comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music and Lyrics by Matt Board and Joe Slabe; Book by Matt Board, Jane Caplow, Kate Galvin, Luisa Hinchliff and Joe Slabe | |||||
Synopsis: | The story revolves around a community theatre group's staging of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The adaptation - more aberration if truth be told - has been created by over-imaginative amateur, Emily, whose ever-changing concepts for this classic include such lunacy as resetting scenes on pirate ships and giving Darcy a Flashdance routine with jazz hands. There is no controlling her, largely because she is sleeping with the director. He, Dominic, in turn hasn't got a clue and his pretensions are many; in one number he says, "I am not encumbered by trivialities like character and text" which just about says it all when it comes to describing his technique. His arty-farty weak-willed approach throws a further burden on overworked and put-upon Stage Manager, Sam, already dealing with the fallout from the actors' competitive egos and conflicting agendas. | |||||
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