LORAE PARRY
| Nationality: | New Zealander/Australian |
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Plays by Lorae Parry
Cracks |
| 1st Produced: | Taki Rua, Wellington. New Zealand | 1993 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | The Women's Play Press | 1994 | ||
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| Genre: | comedy drama | Comedy | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: Set in the suburbs of Sydney, Cracks (Maxine) sings in a sleazy karaoke bar by night and a factory by day, she's wacky, working class and in love with her best friend, and when her sophisticated sister returns from London, after fifteen years, with her filmmaker boyfriend, and a new class identity, the battle begins. | ||||
Eugenia |
| 1st Produced: | Taki Rua, Wellington. New Zealand | 1996 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Victoria University Press | 1996 | ||
| 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 | 2 | Female | 4 |
| Parts Other: | optional various | |||
Notes: 6 actors play 14 roles and play can be done with an expandable cast. Inspired by the life of Brandon Teena. | ||||
Synopsis: EUGENIA is set in two time frames: 1916 and the present and tells the extraordinary story of Eugenia Martelli, an Italian immigrant to New Zealand at the beginning of last century, who lives as a man and marries a woman without revealing her true gender. | ||||
Frontwomen |
| 1st Produced: | Taki Rua, Wellington. New Zealand | 1989 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | The Women's Play Press | 1993 | ||
| 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 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: - | ||||
Synopsis: The story of a love affair between two women which focuses on the impact their relationship has on their family and friends and on their own lives and the resulting media expose, which forces them to face personal fears and public outrage. | ||||
Vagabonds |
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Victoria University Press | 2001 | ||
| 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 |
| Parts Other: | optional 4 | |||
Notes: This play exuberantly explores aspects of New Zealand's history, with three of the country's real-life historical figures, including first recorded Pakeha woman, convict Charlotte Badger, and actress Mrs. Foley. | ||||
Synopsis: Set against the backdrop of New Zealands' Waikato Land Wars, Charlotte Badger, an escaped convict with a Colorful past meets up with a stranded group of traveling actors in the New Zealand bush and the fun and high drama begins | ||||