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Damien Atkins

DAMIEN ATKINS

  (1975 - )
Nationality:    Canadian
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Literary Agent:    Great North Artists  (agent: Rena Zimmerman)

actor and playwright Damien Atkins was born in Australia and grew up in edmonton. as an actor, he has worked at major Theatres across Canada and the U.S. He is the author and performer of two solo shows: "miss chatelaine", and "Real Live Girl". Other plays include "Good Mother", "Lucy", and "the Mill, Part Four: ash". His plays have been produced at the Canadian Stage Co., Theatre Passe Muraille, Buddies in Bad Times (Toronto), the Grand Theatre (London), the Manitoba Theatre Centre (Winnipeg), the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, the Delaware Theatre Company, and the ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City. He has been playwright-in-residence at the Canadian Stage Company and the University of British Columbia, and a Guest Instructor at the National Theatre School. Damien is the recipient of a Dora award nominationfor Best New Play for "Lucy", a Sterling award for "miss chatElaine", and two Dora awards for "Real Live Girl". He makes his home in Toronto.

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below is a list of Damien Atkins's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Ash         Gay Heritage Project, The         Good Mother         Lucy         Miss Chatelaine         Real Live Girl         We Are Not Alone
Ash

Ash
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1st Published:
Contained in: "the Mill" published by Playwrights Canada Press 2011   

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Genre:
Drama

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Gay Heritage Project, The

Gay Heritage Project, The
Three actors look in to gay history

Notes:
Written with Paul Dunn; Andrew Kushnir

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1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press 2018   

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Genre:
Gay historical characters full length

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Good Mother

Good Mother
the Driver family struggles to cope with an accident that robs them of a mother, leaving them to care for her as she fights to regain her memory. Touching and powerful, "Good Mother" examines the ties that hold a family together and the crises that draw them apart.

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1st Produced:
The Stratford Shakespeare Festival     2001

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1st Published:
PRISM International/Playwrights Canada Press (www.playwrightscanada.com)   

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Lucy

Lucy
a world-renowned and much-respected anthropologist, Vivian is most comfortable in her world of quiet solitude, balking at even the smallest of interactions with the outside world. Her life is abruptly changed, however, when her ex-husband shows up and asks Vivian to reassume custody of their thirteen-year-old autistic daughter, Lucy, while he settles in with his new wife. Overwhelmed by the particulars of Lucy's care and unable at first to connect with her daughter, Vivian soon realizes that she and Lucy are more alike than she ever could have expected - a revelation that has powerful and disturbing consequences.

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Subsequently produced by the ensemble Studio theatre (New York), And the Delaware theatre Company (Wilmington).

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1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press, 2010   

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Miss Chatelaine

Synopsis:
the story of a 20 year old young man growing up in alberta, getting ready for his first date with another man. "Miss Chatelaine" takes a uniquely youthful view of what it is like to come of age near the end of the millennium.

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1st Produced:
The Grand Theatre/Theatre Passe Muraille     1998

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1st Published:
Playwrights Canada Press   

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Genre:
Gay monologue play full length

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Real Live Girl

Synopsis:
a one man musical cabaret featuring songs and monologues written for women. an irreverent look at the woman inside every man.

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1st Produced:
Buddies In Bad Times     2001

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1st Published:
Playwrights Guild of Canada   

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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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We Are Not Alone

Synopsis:
In a world populated by mysterious sightings, videos of shapes moving in shadows and inexplicable crop circles, a playwright searches for answers. Are these occurrences a sign of otherworldly visitors, or are we being deceived? Multi-award winning performer Damien Atkins invites you to experience a funny and moving theatrical ride into one of the most extraordinary and provocative subjects of our time.

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1st Produced:
Neptunes Scotiabank Studio Theatre     05 May 2016

Organisations:
2b theatre company

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Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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