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Stephen Massicotte

STEPHEN MASSICOTTE

  (1969 - )
Nationality:    Canadian
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Stephen was born in Trenton, Ontario, and spent his earliest years living on various Canadian Forces Bases in Canada and Europe. For the most part, he grew up in Thunder Bay, where he developed his interests in reading, film, and art. He studied graphic design at Cambrian College and, later, theatre at the University of Calgary. After graduating with a BFA in Drama, he stayed in Calgary to work as an actor, helping to found Ground Zero Theatre and The Shakespeare Company. With the Fringe Festival circuit success of his play, The Boy's Own Jedi Handbook, Stephen began to focus on playwriting. In 2002, his play Mary's Wedding premiered at Alberta Theatre Projects and has gone on to have more than a hundred productions in Canada, the US, New Zealand, and the UK. In the years following, Stephen has continued to write for the theatre, as well as opera, film, and fiction. His award-winning plays Mary's Wedding, The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion, and The Clockmaker are published by Playwrights Canada Press. He currently lives in New York City.

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         Boy's Own Jedi Handbook, The         Boy's Own Jedi Handbook, The, Part Ii: the Girls Strike Back         Boy's Own Jedi Handbook, The, Part Iii: the Return Of the Jedi Handbook         Clockmaker, The         Emperor Of Atlantis, The         Farewell To Kings, A         Last Seduction Of Casanova, The         Looking After Eden         Mary's Wedding         Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion         Pervert

Boy's Own Jedi Handbook, The

Synopsis:
After James and the Kid go to see "Star Wars," nothing is the same again. A look at the iconic film through the eyes of a child of the 70s.

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This is the first play of the Jedi Trilogy.

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Comedy

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Boy's Own Jedi Handbook, The, Part Ii: the Girls Strike Back

Synopsis:
James and the Kid discover the fairer sex through the lens of their favorite movie.

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This is the second play of the Jedi Trilogy.

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Comedy

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Boy's Own Jedi Handbook, The, Part Iii: the Return Of the Jedi Handbook

Synopsis:
James and the Kid test their friendship and complete the trilogy.

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This is the third And final play of the Jedi Trilogy.

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Clockmaker, The

Clockmaker, The
Who are you? Monsieur Pierre (the immigration official) poses his usual question, but Heinrich's unusual answer sets in motion a metaphysical rollercoaster. Why would a simple statement of name and profession bring so much attention to an unassuming clockmaker? Well, maybe because that's two more things than anyone else in this place remembers. . .? Soon, Heinrich is reminding his new friend Frieda of memories she's forgotten, and even summoning up a few of his own-of forbidden love, and crimes he may or may not have committed. Is it possible to be guilty of being about to commit a crime, as Monsieur Pierre suspects? And why wouldn't one recall something so significant as premeditating murder? Armed with a newfound-yet-familiar love for each other, Heinrich and Frieda set about solving this Kafkaesque puzzle. the Clockmaker may seem like little more than a love story set inside a murder-mystery-to-be, but it just might end up exposing the very truth of existence itself. . .

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US Premiere City theater Pittsburgh, PA January 2010

1st Produced:
Alberta Theatre Projects, Calgary, Alberta    39845

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http://www.playwrightscanada.com/index.php/the-clockmaker.php   978-0887548437

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Genre:
Metaphysical Drama/Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Emperor Of Atlantis, The

Synopsis:
1944: Terezin, the Nazi concentration camp for Jewish intellectuals. A young poet, Petr Kien, approaches composer Viktor Ullman to put music to a libretto that he has written. We often think that art transcends worldly suffering, but does art really matter at all?

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This play is in development.

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Play/Drama

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Male:  6            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Farewell To Kings, A

Synopsis:
Four teenagers drive around looking for beer, sex, and the party of all parties.

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Playwrights Union of Canada 2003   978-1551737683

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Last Seduction Of Casanova, The

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This play is in development.

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Play/Drama

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Looking After Eden

Synopsis:
Two employees-who are complete opposites and can't stand each other-are house sitting for their boss. Can friendship develop despite opposing viewpoints? And, more importantly, can the remote control be found?

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1st Produced:
Ground Zero Theatre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada    2001

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Ground Zero Theatre

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Mary's Wedding

Mary's Wedding
It is the eve of Mary's wedding, a night filled with dreams: dreams of love, dreams of war, and dreams of what might be. When Mary and Charlie, filled with the passion, vulnerability, and impulsiveness of youth, unexpectedly find one another sheltering in a barn during a thunderstorm, a tentative love is born. But the year is 1914, and Mary and Charlie must surrender their love and their fate to the uncertainties of their tumultuous times. A play with a heart as big as the land that serves as its backdrop, Mary's Wedding is a wonderfully tender, poignant story of innocent first love and the vicissitudes of fate.

Notes:
Winner of the Alberta Playwrighting Competition, 2000, Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding New Play, 2002, and Alberta Book Award for Drama, 2003. Was turned into an opera by Pacific Opera Company, Victoria, British Columbia. Has been translated into French and received more than one hundred productions worldwide.

1st Produced:
Alberta Theatre Projects, Calgary, Alberta    2002

Organisations:
Alberta Theatre Projects

1st Published:
http://www.playwrightscanada.com/index.php/marys-wedding.php   978-0887548994

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion

Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion
Two heroes return home from the First World War. Lawrence of Arabia is a leader without an army. Robert Graves is a poet who can't forget. Suffering the aftermath of the war and foreseeing the dawning of new ones, the Oxford Roof Climbers, the Benevolent Order of, lay siege to a sleepy university town. A stand against stands, a dare to end all daring, a doing that protests doings; the two haunted men-armed with a talent for practical jokes-grasp at love and dare to imagine a new world. the Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion, despite its harmless beginnings, brings the Arab Revolt dangerously close to the heard of the empire.

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US Premiere Urban Stages New York, NY November 2007

1st Produced:
Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, Ontario And Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa, Ontario (Co-Production)    2006

Organisations:
Tarragon Theatre and Great Canadian Theatre Company

1st Published:
http://www.playwrightscanada.com/index.php/the-oxford-roof-climbers-rebellion.php   978-0887544996

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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Pervert

Synopsis:
Tim's stint as porn shop clerk takes a toll on his relationship with Trish, while Mike's new porn shop membership opens a world of possibilities with his wife Lisa. Meanwhile, Kurt the porn enthusiast may be the least perverted of all.

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1st Produced:
Ground Zero Theatre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada    2004

Organisations:
Ground Zero Theatre

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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