SKY GILBERT (1952 - )
| Nationality: | Canadian |
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Plays by Sky Gilbert
Bad Acting Teachers |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2006 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Canada Press, | ISBN/ASIN | 9780887545085 | |||
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 | A young would be actor and his three teachers from Hell. The feminist new woman; the macho ex-actor and the gay guy who is also an agent. | |||||
Ban This Show |
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 |
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Birth Of Casper G Schmidt, The |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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Boy Jones, The |
| 1st Produced: | Studio Theatre Toronto | 2002 | ||||
| Company: | Cabaret Company and the Graduate Centre for the Study of Drama | |||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 1 |
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| Synopsis: | Edwin Jones a teenage chimney sweep repeatedly sneaks into Buckingham Palace to spy on the young Queen Victoria and Prince Albert | |||||
Boy Sonata or Shouldn't There Be Music With This? |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 0 |
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Capote at Yadoo |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1992 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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| Notes: | A very gay little musical by Sky Gilbert and John Alcorn | |||||
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Cavafy |
| 1st Produced: | Adelaide Court, Toronto | 1981 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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| Synopsis: | The life and work of gay poet Constantine Cavafy | |||||
Crack |
| 1st Produced: | James Street North Theatre, Toronto | 2007 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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Crater |
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Mystery | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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Dark Glasses |
| 1st Produced: | YPT, Toronto | 1984 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | Music by Micah Barnes; lyrics and book by Sky Gilbert | |||||
| Synopsis: | Unrequited love | |||||
Drag Queens in Outer Space |
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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Drag Queens on Trial |
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 0 |
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Dressing Gown, The |
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN | 9780887544804 | |||
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| Genre: | Comedy Drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 1 |
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 | A "magic" dressing gown is passed on from man to man | |||||
Emotionalists, The |
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 |
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Evening, An |
| 1st Produced: | Factory Theatre, Toronto | 1982 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | One act musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | Music by Micah Barnes; lyrics and book by Sky Gilbert | |||||
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Fuchsia Shock |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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| Synopsis: | The Andy Warhol Factory | |||||
Gloria |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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| Synopsis: | Three people meet God | |||||
Happy: A Very Gay Little Musical |
| 1st Produced: | Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Toronto | 2008 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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| Synopsis: | Gay men and the Musical | |||||
Hell House |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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| Synopsis: | Christian sideshow tries to warn teenagers of the dangers of sex and drugs | |||||
Hester: An Introduction |
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| 1st Published: | in The Unknown Flesh: six plays, Playwrights Canada Press, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 0 |
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In Which Pier Paolo Pasolini Sees His Own Death in the Face of a Boy: A Defaceme |
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| 1st Published: | in The Unknown Flesh: six plays, Playwrights Canada Press, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 0 |
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Investigation Into The Strange Case Of The Wildboy, The |
| 1st Produced: | Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Toronto | 1992 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 |
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| Synopsis: | A gay "wild child" has been discovered | |||||
Jim Dandy |
| 1st Produced: | Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Toronto | 1995 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Synopsis: | Andy Warhol and his movies | |||||
Lacey |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Centre, Toronto | 1984 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | Music by Micah Barnes; lyrics and book by Sky Gilbert | |||||
| Synopsis: | The story of gay Canadian poet E A Lacey | |||||
Lana Turner Has Collapsed! |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Centre, Toronto | 1980 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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| Synopsis: | The story of gay poet Frank O'Hara | |||||
Lola Starr Builds Her Dream Home |
| 1st Produced: | Edmonton Fringe | 1989 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | Music by John Alcorn; lyrics and book by Sky Gilbert | |||||
| Synopsis: | a drag version of the murder of Johnny Stompanato by his lover Lana Turner | |||||
Love For A Stranger |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | One act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Marilyn Monroe Is Alive And Well And Living In Joe's Brain |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Centre, Toronto | 1983 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | Music by Micah Barnes; lyrics and book by Sky Gilbert | |||||
| Synopsis: | Andy Warhol, Joe Brainard and Marilyn Monroe | |||||
More Divine: A Performance for Roland Barthes |
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| 1st Published: | in The Unknown Flesh: six plays, Playwrights Canada Press, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 8 | Female | 0 |
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Murder/Lover |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Centre, Toronto | 1982 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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| Synopsis: | Sam Shepherd and Patti Smith | |||||
My Night With Tennessee |
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| 1st Published: | in The Unknown Flesh: six plays, Playwrights Canada Press, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 0 |
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Painted, Tainted, Sainted: Four Plays |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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Pasolini/Pelosi, or The God in Unknown Flesh: A Theatrical Inquiry Into the Murd |
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| 1st Published: | in The Unknown Flesh: six plays, Playwrights Canada Press, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 |
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Phyllis |
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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| Notes: | Based on Phaedra | |||||
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Play Murder |
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| 1st Published: | Blizzard, Canada, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | Comedy Drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | Libby, despite having long-term partner, Louisa, marries -to get her hands on a fortune ? | |||||
Postman Rings Once, The |
| 1st Produced: | Alberta Theatre Projects | 1985 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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| Genre: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 |
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| Synopsis: | A gay young man asks Lana Turner for advice | |||||
Rope Enough |
| 1st Produced: | Buddies in Bad Times | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | PLCN Press, | ISBN/ASIN | 9780887548727 | |||
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| Genre: | - | Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
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 | Two gay party boys Dylan and Ichabod are accused of murdering Ichabod's parents. | |||||
Schubert Lied |
| 1st Produced: | Theatre Centre, Toronto | 1998 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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| Synopsis: | The gay life of Franz Schubert | |||||
Suzie Goo: Private Secretary |
| 1st Produced: | Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Toronto | 2004 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 |
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| Notes: | Music by John Alcorn; lyrics and book by Sky Gilbert | |||||
| Synopsis: | On her first day at work Suzie Goo stabs her boss with her hatpin for making sexual advances | |||||
Ten Ruminations on an Elegy Attributed to William Shakespeare |
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
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Theatrelife |
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| 1st Published: | in The Unknown Flesh: six plays, Playwrights Canada Press, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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Whore's Revenge, The |
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| 1st Published: | Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 |
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Will The Real J T Leroy Please Stand Up? |
| 1st Produced: | Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Toronto | 2007 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
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