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David Belke

DAVID BELKE

  (1960 - )
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Playwrights Guild of Canada  

David Belke was born in Winnipeg, Canada but was raised and continues to flourish in edmonton, albertA. He graduated from the University of alberta with a B.ed. and where he also studied stage design. He fills many different roles in the Theatre: performer, producer, designer, teacher, and award-winning playwright. His plays have been performed across Canada as well as in the United States, england and Northern Ireland. His first full length play was produced for the 1990 edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival, the largest Theatre festival in North America. Since then, he has written a new play for each subsequent year becoming one of the Fringe's mainstays and one of the city's favorite playwrights. David currently works as resident playwright and designer with edmonton's Shadow Theatre where he is also an artistic associate. Shadow Theatre usually produces one of David's plays a year, either a premiere or a remount. a multiple Sterling award winner, David also received prestigious Samuel French Inc.'s Canadian Playwrights award for 2000 and they have since published two of his plays. In addition, he is a cast member of edmonton's long-running comedy institution Die-Nasty, the live improvised soap operA. He also serves as a member of the Varscona Theatre alliance Board and the Elizabeth Sterling Haynes awards Committee. He is also currently the edmonton Liaison for the alberta Playwrights' Network, providing Dramaturgical support and organizing workshops for playwrights in the northern part of the province.
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         All Expenses Paid         Another Two Hander Or Two         Between Yourself And Me         Blackpool & Parrish         Bless You, Billy Wilder         Crimsom Yak, The         Doctor In Spite Of Himself         Dream Without Bottom , A         Dreamland Saturday Nights         Forsooth, My Lovely         Maltese Bodkin, The         Minor Keys, The         Next Year's Man Of Steel         Red King's Dream, The         Red King's Dream: Christmas Edition , The         Reluctant Resurrection Of Sherlock Holmes, The         Riders Of the Apocalypse (the Reunion Tour)         Science of Disconnection, The         Swordplay         Ten Times Two         Ten Times Two the Eternal Courtship         That Darn Plot         William the Bard

All Expenses Paid

Synopsis:
Lynn Wynicki just wants to be left alone. but when she wins a trip to Florida, she ends up travelling with a guy from the office she barely knows. an almost romantic comedy about destinations, desire and discovery, with just a little Disney on the side.

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1st Produced:
Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, Ab    1999

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2001   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  doubling

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Another Two Hander Or Two

Synopsis:
a comedy with a theatrical bent. Kelly deMare is a stage manager with a problem; namely the director. Is Kevin Russ inspired, intriguing or insane? Or is he just an actor / director? about directors, actors, stage managers and designers and what happens when the play becomes personal

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1st Produced:
Theatre Company / Shadow Theatre, Edmonton    1985

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Between Yourself And Me

Synopsis:
Determined to help her socially awkward best friend Steven find love, amy sets him up on one disastrous date after another. But by the time amy discovers she is actually in love with Steven, it may be too late. a comic and romantic sequel to "the Red King's Dream".

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1st Produced:
Summer Shadows Theatre, Edmonton, Ab.D    2001

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2003   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Blackpool & Parrish

Synopsis:
Harry Blackpool is the representative of all that is evil on the planet earth. Rachel Parrish represents the Good. after two thousand years of rivalry they are ready to pass their roles to their children. With the apocalypse due tomorrow at tea time, is there any way to save the world? and doesn't humanity get any say in the matter?

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1st Produced:
Edmonton Fringe Festival    1993

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1998   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Bless You, Billy Wilder

Synopsis:
When a failed screenwriter working to restore an 8 1/2 hour silent movie meets a disconnected graphic artist who has never seen a movie in her life, they begin a friendship that helps her grown in confidence and ability. But when he slips into fear and dementia, she is the only one who can save him. a moving tale of friendship, affection and filmic fantasy

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1st Produced:
Acme Theatre Company, Edmonton, Ab.    2002

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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2003   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Crimsom Yak, The

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Notes:
Music by Paul Morgan Donald; lyrics by Paul Morgan Donald; book by David Belke

1st Produced:
Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, Ab    -

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Doctor In Spite Of Himself

Synopsis:
Moliere's classic comedy of manners, mayhem and medical malfeasance is adapted for a contemporary Canadian audience while illuminating the creator's original intentions and wit.

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1st Produced:
Studio Theatre - Edmonton, Ab    2001

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Genre:
Comedy, 45 min One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Dream Without Bottom , A

Synopsis:
Forty years ago Rosalind Downey fell in love with an actor while performing "a Midsummer Night's Dream". Now he's back. Rosy coloured memory collides with cold reality against a Shakespearean background in this touching comedy.

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1st Produced:
Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, Ab    2001

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2003   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Dreamland Saturday Nights

Synopsis:
When a die-hard movie fan accidentally meets a film student at the Dreamland Repertory Cinema, will it be true love, or merely an illusion? Desire and film fantasy collide with hilarious and heartbreaking results. With appearances by Bogart, Bette Davis, astaire and others

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1st Produced:
Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, Ab    1998

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1998   -

Music:
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Genre:
Romantic Comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Forsooth, My Lovely

Forsooth, My Lovely
A film noir comedy/mystery with Shakespeare on the brain. Hard boiled detective Birnam Wood faces his most difficult case ever as he travels to Italy to unravel a scandal involving a rich merchant's young daughter. But he soon finds himself drawn into a whirlwind of crime, blackmail and murder with a cast of characters that includes Scottish witches, star-crossed lovers, a pack of jesters and a strong willed woman people call a shrew. It's a case of laugh out loud hilarity combined with a puzzling murder mystery with every suspect drawn from the works of William Shakespeare. A stand alone theatrical adventure set in the world of the international hit The Maltese Bodkin.

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1st Produced:
Edmonton International Fringe festival    Aug 2011

Organisations:
ACME Theatre Company

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
comedy 120 min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Maltese Bodkin, The

Synopsis:
Times were tough for hard boiled detective Birnam Wood. He never asked to be in London. especially in 1605. When Wood's Partner is killed, he has to find the killer amongst a cast of suspects that includes Richard III, Falstaff, Iago, Mercutio and a merchant from Venice. the worlds of film noir and Shakespeare collide in this "who hath done it".

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1st Produced:
Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton    1991

Organisations:
the aCMe Theatre Company

1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  doubling

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Minor Keys, The

Synopsis:
In a half-forgotten jazz club, the lives and dreams of its inhabitants intersect, intertwine and collide. a wistful jazz-inspired comedy about minor key people in a minor key world, and how even the smallest of lives can find their hearts' desire.

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1st Produced:
Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, Ab    1999

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1999   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Next Year's Man Of Steel

Next Year's Man Of Steel
August 1940, New York. Struggling and opportunistic writer everett Gardner is given the chance to make a mark in the still infant comic book industry. all he has to do is create a hero. But creating a real hero turns out to be much more difficult than he expects. and while badgered by a desperate publisher and partnered with an uncooperative artist, the task might prove to be impossible. especially with distraction of the artists intriguing young wife. But heroes can arise in the most unexpected places. . . a full length play about creativity, collaboration and every day courage.

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Red King's Dream, The

Synopsis:
Stephen Tudor's world is solitary, logical and precise. and that's good. Until a new neighbour moves in down the hall. Now Stephen is feeling things he's never felt before. What happens when a man who thinks too much falls in love. a little story of love and logic through the looking glass

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1st Produced:
Edmonton    1996

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1996   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Red King's Dream: Christmas Edition , The

Synopsis:
Stephen Tudor's world is solitary, logical and precise. and that's good. Until a new neighbour moves in down the hall. Now Stephen is feeling things he's never felt before. What happens when a man who thinks too much falls in love? a little story of love and logic through the looking glass. adapted for the holiday season.

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1st Produced:
Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, Ab    1999

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2001   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Reluctant Resurrection Of Sherlock Holmes, The

Synopsis:
Two years after he killed off Sherlock Holmes, arthur Conan Doyle is summoned to investigate the haunting of an old actor's country manor. Doyle is determined to prove the ghost a reality, but is he himself haunted by the super rational Sherlock Holmes who refuses to give up his literary life. When the maid is found dead, these two personalities must uncover the truth.

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1st Produced:
Edmonton Fringe Festival    1992

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedic Mystery Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Riders Of the Apocalypse (the Reunion Tour)

Synopsis:
When Death suddenly retires, it panics her former riding companions Famine, Pestilance and War. as the world dizzily spins out of control, somebody has to convince Death to return. Or at least find out why she quit in the first place. is this any way to run an apocalypse?

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1st Produced:
Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, Ab    1997

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1999   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adventure One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  doubling

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Science of Disconnection, The

Synopsis:
Life of physicist Lise Meitner

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playwrights Guild of Canada 2010   -

Music:
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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Swordplay

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Fringe Theatre Festival, Edmonton    1989

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
-

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Ten Times Two

Synopsis:
When an evildoer cursed with immortality falls for a barmaid in 1399, it is the start of a romantic pursuit spanning the Middle agest to Modern Times. But in order to win the heart of his reincarnating beloved, the villain must learn to become a human being.

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1st Produced:
Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, Ab    1999

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 2000   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Ten Times Two the Eternal Courtship

Synopsis:
When an evildoer cursed with immortality falls for a barmaid in 1399, it is the start of a romantic pursuit spanning the Middle agest to Modern Times. But in order to win the heart of his reincarnating beloved, the villain must learn to become a human being.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Varscona Theatre    2006

Organisations:
Shadow Theatre

1st Published:

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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That Darn Plot

Synopsis:
Mark W. Transom has a single night in which to create a new play. as the hours stretch on, the play starts taking on a life of its own. Or is it his life? and why does his estranged son keep popping into the plot? about rewrites, rehearsals, more rewrites and rehabilitating reality.

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1st Produced:
Shadow Theatre, Edmonton, Ab    1998

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1998   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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William the Bard

Synopsis:
a sweetly tragic comedt based on actual historic events. In order to win the respect of his Shakespearean scholar father, William Ireland becomes one of the world's most prolific and unlikely forgers

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Varscona Theatre, Edmonton    1997

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1998   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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