DAVE CARLEY   


Dave Carley
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Plays by Dave Carley

DAVE CARLEY
After You
1st Produced:
1994
Company:
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1st Published:
G. Gordon Shillingford Publishing (Scirocco Drama), 1995
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
4
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
The tragic events of a summer fifty years earlier haunt two women, as they prepare to leave their beloved island for the last time. A memory play without memories - sensual and moving
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DAVE CARLEY
Big Box
1st Produced:
1999
Company:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2001
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
4
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
A satiric look at the Wal-Martisation of retailing in North America, Big Box follows and independent retailer's explosive trail of revenge against the retail oligarchy.
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DAVE CARLEY
Conservatives In Love
1st Produced:
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Synopsis:
There is a Young Conservatives Meeting and two of the participants meet in an art gallery
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DAVE CARLEY
Edible Woman , The
1st Produced:
Festival of New Works, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
2000
Company:
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1st Published:
G. Gordon Shillingford Publishing (Scirocco Drama), 2002
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
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Notes:
Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood
Synopsis:
traces the journey of Marian, a young woman in mid-60's Toronto, as she finds her consumer world slipping out of focus. Compounding Marian's confusion is a fiancé who suddenly seems less than ideal, a newly-pregnant roommate, an outraged landlady and a strangely attractive graduate student.
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DAVE CARLEY
Hedges
1st Produced:
Merrickville Century Theatre
1985
Company:
-
1st Published:
in Six Canadian Plays, Playwrights Canada Press, 2001
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Genre:
Comedy
One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Mr. Esker and Ms Drumlin are two ultra-compatible neighbours, until the mercantile manipulation of a local merchant sets them on a course of destruction, in this parable of Canada's involvement in the arms race
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DAVE CARLEY
Into
1st Produced:
Fringe of Toronto Festival
1993
Company:
-
1st Published:
in Taking Liberties & Into, Playwrights Canada Press, 1993
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Genre:
Comedy
One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
An urban nun, a disaffected youth, a philandering businessman and a melancholic beauty are caught in a magic traffic jam. They create a unique society amid the chrome and exhaust - but then something begins changing on the horizon. . .
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DAVE CARLEY
Last Liberal, The
1st Produced:
Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa
2005
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1st Published:
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
A politician's commitment to liberal ideals is doubly tested when his government falls into a minority situation, and his son into trouble with the law
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DAVE CARLEY
Midnight Madness
1st Produced:
Muskoka Festival
1988
Company:
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1st Published:
Blizzard Publishing, Canada , 1989
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Genre:
Romantic Comedy
Comedy
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
It's the end of an era for Bloom's Furniture, as its final sale draws to a close. Wesley has managed the beds department for 10 years, and his future looks bleak. Just before midnight, Anna enters his lonely domain and the course of their lives is forever changed.
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DAVE CARLEY
Orchidelirium
1st Produced:
Factory Theatre, Toronto
2003
Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
A university professor fights to maintain her orchid conservatory, against an institution hell-bent on selling out to a pharmaceutical multinational
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DAVE CARLEY
Sister Jude
1st Produced:
Arbor Theatre, Peterborough, Ontario.
1986
Company:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
3
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Wesley, an introverted young man, sets out on the rocky road to maturity, with help from his sister, a bit of divine guidance, and any number of run-ins with the powers-that-be in his conservative hometown
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DAVE CARLEY
Taking Liberties
1st Produced:
Vancouver Fringe Festival
1992
Company:
-
1st Published:
in Taking Liberties & Into, Playwrights Canada Press, 1993
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Genre:
Drama
One Act
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
The play examines five critical moments in the life of a city, when ordinary citizens are forced to make extraordinary choices. Moves back through five decades, showing how the moral challenges of one era can impact on the events and choices of another.
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DAVE CARLEY
Test Drive
1st Produced:
2004
Company:
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1st Published:
-
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
The life and times of a car dealer over the past 50 years; Earl Hughes views himself as an ordinary man, but the evidence suggests the opposite
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DAVE CARLEY
Two Ships Passing
1st Produced:
Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton
1998
Company:
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1st Published:
Simon & Pierre, 1999
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Genre:
Romantic/Political Comedy
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Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Anna is a liberal judge, Wesley a clergyman with a libido, and Jason is an MBA with a (blue) chip on his shopulder. Anna is poised to deliver the most important judgemnet of her career when all three collide in a funny and moving donnybrook. A stand-alone sequel to "Midnight Madness".
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DAVE CARLEY
View From The Roof, A
1st Produced:
Theatre Cognito, Toronto
1996
Company:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press, 1997
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Genre:
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Parts:
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2
Female
3
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
The story of a young woman and her lover fleeing across Europe in 1939 ripples through history and across continents. Based on the stories of celebrated author Helen Weinzweig. "A compelling collection of character studies that circle around each other until they intersect in a devastating climax." - Boston Herald
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DAVE CARLEY
Walking on Water
1st Produced:
Prairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2000
Company:
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1st Published:
NuAge Editions, 2000
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
9
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
A panoramic and moving look at a half century in the life of a Canadian city. . . In 1949 a man is found dead beneath the car of a powerful newspaper editor. Convinced it was murder, a young reporter sets out to solve the crime and, in the process, prises open a dozen secret lives. However, the truth behind the events in 1949 don't fully unfold until fifty years have passed - and all the characters are dead.
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DAVE CARLEY
Writing With Our Feet
1st Produced:
Theatre Terra Nova, Hamilton
1990
Company:
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1st Published:
Blizzard Publishing, Canada , 1992
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Genre:
Comedic Drama
One Act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
A young agoraphobic hides in his garage, writing poetic pearls with his feet. Slowly he gathers the courage to venture outside, aided by the wisdom of Raymond Loewy, Adlai Stevenson, Jean Lesage and an oddball cast of relatives and neighbours.
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