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DANIEL LIBMAN |
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Nationality: Canadian Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Playwright, director and actor Daniel Libman was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec and now lives in Calgary. His plays have been produced in theatres across Canada: Cecil and CleopaYtra has been produced at the Lunchbox Theatre , Calgary (1985); at the Citadel Theatre , Edmonton (1989); at Theatre Aquarius , Hamilton (1989); at the Grand Theatre , London (1990) - directed by Martha Henry ; at Alberta Theatre Projects , Calgary (1991); the New Bastion Theatre , Victoria (1992); the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre (1997); the New Jewish Theatre, St. Louis (2001); and Persephone Theatre , Saskatoon (2006). His other plays include Cote Saint Joe, produced at Persephone Theatre , Saskatoon (2000), and the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre (2000) (directed by Richard Rose ); Veronia (Quest Theatre, Calgary, 1996); Closing Time ( Workshop West , Edmonton, 1986); Brainiac (Quest Theatre, 1989 and Carriage House Theatre, Cardston, 1991); Talent of the Host Country (Lunchbox Theatre, 1988); If I'd Been There . . . (Chinook Theatre, Edmonton, 1990 and Limestone Teachers' Theatre, Kingston 2005); Patchwork (Lunchbox Theatre, 1986); Your Turn to Get Up (Workshop West, 1985); and The Premature Death of Art (Edmonton International Fringe Festival, 1987). In 2001 he was one of the contributors to Cock Tales (Ground Theatre Zero's response to its hit production of the Vagina Monologues in Calgary) which has now been produced 5 times. He has also completed a number of musicals (written with composer Allan Rae), including Land Beyond the Forest, Raven's Garden, and Celtic Harp (commissioned in 1995 by the Charlottetown Festival). Daniel's translation of Anne Legault's O'Neill was produced in New York in 2000, and his translation of Legault's Alma and Mrs. Woolf opened in 2003, both at Blue Heron Theatre. His play, BACKSTAGE/Front-of-House had a public reading in New York in the fall of 2006. As an actor Daniel has performed with almost all of the theatre companies in Alberta, and in many other theatres across the country. He also acts regularly in film and TV, and has a supporting role in the Jon Voight film September Dawn (2007). For film credits see: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0508880/ Daniel was Playwright-in-Residence and Associate Dramaturge at Alberta Theatre Projects (1989-94), and part of the playmaking ensemble with Brad Fraser at Workshop West (1985-86). He has been dramaturge for Calgary's "Shakespeare in the Park," and an instructor at Mount Royal College in Calgary. He is currently the coordinator for Quest Theatre School. He was a winner of a Tyrone Guthrie Award (Stratford Festival), and the Alberta Culture Playwriting Competition.
Plays by Daniel Libman
Alma and Mrs Woolf | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Anne Legault | |||||
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Brainiac | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20836 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | Two girls skip class and hide out in the gymnasium where they are confronted by an enormous brain | |||||
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Cecil and Cleopaytra | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20837 | |||
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Synopsis: | An aged acting coach and his young day nurse | |||||
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Closing Time | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20838 | |||
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Synopsis: | In Quebec four men work in a printing shop. Two French and two Anglos are plunged into crisis by one of their number | |||||
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Cote Saint Joe | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20839 | |||
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If I'd Been There | ||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #20840 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy | |||||
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O'Neill | ||
| 1st Produced: | Blue Heron Theatre, New York | 2000 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20841 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
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Premature Death Of Art | ||
| 1st Produced: | Edmonton International Fringe Festival | 1987 | ||||
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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 | #102540 | |||
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Talent Of The Host Country | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lunchbox Theatre | 1988 | ||||
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| Music: | - | doollee no | #102541 | |||
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Veronia | ||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #20842 | |||
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Synopsis: | Materialistic Veronia learns more than she bargained for with her class project | |||||
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Your Turn To Get Up | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1985 | ||||
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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 | #102539 | |||
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