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MICHAEL HEALEY (1963 - ) |
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Nationality: Canadian Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Gary Goddard Agency Ltd |
Playwright Michael Healey trained as an actor at Toronto's Ryerson Theatre School. He began writing for the stage in the early nineties and his first play, Kicked, was produced at the Fringe of Toronto Festival in 1996. He subsequently toured the play across Canada and internationally, and in 1998 it won Canada's leading theatre award the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Play. The Drawer Boy, his first full-length play, premiered in Toronto in 1999 and also won the Dora Award for Best New Play, as well as the Chalmers Canadian Playwriting Award, and the Governor General's Literary Award. It has been produced across North America and internationally, and has been translated into German, French and Japanese. It has also been produced in various theatres around the UK, most recently at the Tron in Glasgow. His other plays include The Road To Hell (co-authored with Kate Lynch), Plan B (which again won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Play in 2002), Rune Alridge (nominated for the Governor General's Award in 2004), and The Innocent Eye Test (Manitoba Theatre Centre and Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre 2006).
Plays by Michael Healey
Drawer Boy , The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Toronto | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Canada Press, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16074 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | based on the making of Theatre Passe Muraille's landmark The Farm Show | |||||
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Flight | ||
| 1st Produced: | La Mama Courthouse, 205 Faraday Street, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia >>> | 30 Nov 2011 | ||||
Company: | Eagles Nest Theatre Company | |||||
| 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 | #134366 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Tilman Hessel is living the life he always wanted. An environmental activist, his enthusiasm and drive were the roots of what has grown to be an impressive organisation. Fight the good fight, never give up and cripple the insurmountable& but what happens if youre lost when youve achieved all you desire? | |||||
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Generous | ||
| 1st Produced: | Canada | 2007 | ||||
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 | #99329 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | What happens when someone is overwhelmed with the desire to help? A minority government is on the verge of collapse; a ruthless oil executive tells the truth to a reporter; an effusive young law clerk engages in an excruciating post-coital chat with an aging judge; and a spectacular battle wages over a bucket of fried chicken. Through four interconnected stories, Michael Healey questions the idea of the selfless act. Politically-charged, sharply-written and hilarious, Generous is a tour-de-force from one of Canada's most successful playwrights. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Innocent Eye Test | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||||
Company: | co-production with Mirvish 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 | #74312 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A grand hotel in Tuscany. An art dealer is there to sell a work of art and some shady characters to sell weapons grade plutonium. The deals get mixed up. | |||||
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Kicked | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1996 | ||||
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 | #74313 | |||
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Genre: | Monologue play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Kreskinned | ||
| 1st Produced: | Taragon Theatre | 1998 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | The Road to Hell published by Playwrights Canada Press, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16075 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written with Kate Lynch | |||||
Synopsis: | Joyce and Dennis are given tickets to a show by a mutual friend who thinks that they should get to know each other. During the hypnotist's act they both go on stage and are hypnotised. Joyce thinks that she is a chicken and Dennis a fast car. Having a meal afterwards Joyce finds out that the word used to send Dennis into a trance still works and when he is out of it he forgets eveything that has just happened. On a later date Dennis finds out that Joyce still responds to her trance word. | |||||
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Plan B | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Playwrights Canada Press, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16076 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | High level meetings to negotiate the departure of Quebec from Canada disintegrate into farce. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Rune Arlidge | ||
| 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 | #74314 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Twenty five years in the life of a dysfunctional family. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Yodellers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Toronto Fring Festival | 1997 | ||||
Company: | Hugh Bris Co | |||||
| 1st Published: | The Road to Hell published by Playwrights Canada Press, 1999 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #16077 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Written with Kate Lynch | |||||
Synopsis: | A professional woman golfer has just won a major tournament and she is waiting for a reporter to interview her. He is late and she is not very happy with this. She baits him when he does arrive but somehow they strike up a friendship. He spends the night but they just talk.She later tells him she is a lesbian but they are both attrachted to each other. Later whilst she is on tour he hides in her hotel rooms as they try to work out their situation | |||||
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