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Kirsten Van Ritzen

KIRSTEN VAN RITZEN  

 Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Playwrights Guild of Canada  


Kirsten Van Ritzen, a professional actor and comedienne. Kirsten has performed across Canada and the US. She is also a writer, director, teacher and producer.

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 All My Day Jobs

All My Day Jobs

Kirsten Van Ritzen
What is it like to be a food taster, tourist greeter or taxi counter? Perfume spritzer, enumerator, carny or dancing cocktail waitress?? Kirsty is a hopeful and inventive young actress who fakes her way through dozens of day jobs - with disastrous, hilarious results. As she makes multiple attempts to survive, one wonders: just how long can she grin and bear it - before she gives up all hope? A comedy about misery.

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1st Produced:
Regina Fringe Festival    2008

Company:
Broad Theatrics

1st Published:
in an anthology of solo plays ONE FOR THE ROAD (Signature Editions (Oct 2012)) edited by Kit Brennan   978-1897109960

Music:
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Genre:
60 min comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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