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KIRSTEN VAN RITZEN |
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Nationality: Canadian Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Playwrights Guild of Canada |
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Plays by Kirsten Van Ritzen |
All My Day Jobs | ||
| 1st Produced: | Regina Fringe Festival | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Broad Theatrics | |||||
| 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 | #126021 | |||
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Genre: | 60 min comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | What is it like to be a food taster, tourist greeter or taxi counter? Perfume spritzer, enumerator, carny or dancing cocktail waitress?? Kirsty is a hopeful and inventive young actress who fakes her way through dozens of day jobs - with disastrous, hilarious results. As she makes multiple attempts to survive, one wonders: just how long can she grin and bear it - before she gives up all hope? A comedy about misery. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Closetful Of Navy Blues, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Union Theatre, Edmonton | 1992 | ||||
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 | #42157 | |||
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: | Musical Comedy Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | written by Kirsten Van Ritzen and Ian Ferguson | |||||
Synopsis: | As Joanna, a single woman approaching her thirtieth birthday prepares for a blind date, she examines her relationships with ex-boyfriends, married female friends, and her mother. Her anecdotes and songs reveal her concern: will she ever find love, or will she die alone? | |||||
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Desperate/Ridiculous aka So Ridiculous | ||
| 1st Produced: | Tim Sims Playhouse, Toronto | 1999 | ||||
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 | #42158 | |||
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 Variety | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A solo showcase of comic character monologues incorporating song, dance, stand-up and improvisation. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Mad Dog Music | ||
| 1st Produced: | Union Theatre, Edmonton | 1991 | ||||
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 | #42159 | |||
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: | Musical Comedy Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Kirsten Van Ritzen and Ian Ferguson | |||||
Synopsis: | Three different women (played by the same actress) are astounded to discover they are each dating the same man | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Petunia In Peril | ||
| 1st Produced: | Summerworks Festival, Toronto | 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 | #42160 | |||
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 | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | The whimsical tale of an unusual child-woman who lives in a box under a rainbow, with her imaginary friends Dustbunny and Worm. A darkly comic parable for grownups about the redemptive power of love. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Solo Journeys | ||
| 1st Produced: | Vancouver, BC | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Broad Theatrics | |||||
| 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 | #126022 | |||
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: | 20 min comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 6 | ||
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Synopsis: | This short satire mocks all the cliches of one-woman shows and feminist theatre festivals: anorexia, addiction, and coming out stories; historical heroines and aging baby boomers; tales told in monologue, mime, poetry and bongo drumming. Hysterically funny, insightful, and created with love. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Spring Thaw | ||
| 1st Produced: | Union Theatre, Edmonton | 1994 | ||||
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 | #42161 | |||
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: | musical comedy revue Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Notes: | Collective creation by Dana Andersen, Harvey Anderson, Ian Ferguson, Paul Morgan Donald, Kirsten Van Ritzen, Stephanie Wolfe | |||||
Synopsis: | A sketch comedy revue with satirical songs | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Spring Thaw '95 | ||
| 1st Produced: | Union Theatre, Edmonton | 1995 | ||||
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 | #42162 | |||
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: | musical comedy revue Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Collective creation by Harvey Anderson, Ian Ferguson, Jeff Haslam, Paul Morgan Donald, Kirsten Van Ritzen, Stephanie Wolfe. 94/95 Sterling Nomination, outstanding original composition | |||||
Synopsis: | A sketch comedy revue with satirical songs | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Wandering Ivory | ||
| 1st Produced: | Union Theatre, Edmonton | 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 | #42163 | |||
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 | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Kirsten Van Ritzen and Ian Ferguson | |||||
Synopsis: | A harried mother on her way to work takes a detour and keeps on driving. She finds herself miles away in a seedy small town hotel room, and tries to solve the mystery of why she is running away from her happy life | |||||
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