The Quest Plays
Short works
Malleus, incus, stapes
Amidst the dust and weathered bones, an archaeologist assembles the fragments of a life. Excerpt Dramatic monologue, 15 min Solo Collective, staged reading, Vancouver, 2008; Estrogenius Sola Voce Festival, Manhattan Theatre Source, New York, 2006; London One Act Festival, London, Ontario, 2006 small bones (three part version of malleus, incus, stapes) The archaeologist, the student and the actor Dramatic monologues Ex Drama, Cast: 2, 10 minutes Staged Reading, Playwrights, Cabaret, The Grand Theatre, London, Ontario, 2003 One & Other Work pressure blinds One to the needs of Other. Drama, Cast: 2, 20 minutes Bailiwick Repertory Directors’ Festival, Chicago, 2003; Purple Shorts One Act Festival 2002; London One Act Festival, 2002 L’Un et L’Autre translation by Lola Tostevin Workshop reading, University of Western Ontario, 2004 Mettle Drama, Cast: 2, 25 minutes A man retired from an organization that viciously defends "the greater good" is drawn back into that dark world by a former protege. University of Western Ontario, 2002; The Arts Project Writer’s Workshop, Staged Reading, London, Ontario, 2002 Still Drama, Cast: 3, 25 minutes A couple’s inner crisis at a time of loss, set against a portrait of a home and landscape. Stage adaptation of bp Nichol's prose novel STILL. London One Act Festival, 2003; University of Western Ontario 2002 Random Wanton Acts of Shakespeare Street theatre, ByWard Market, Ottawa, 1996 The Fishbowl Vancouver Little Theatre, 1995 |
Fringe Theatre
One Man Romeo & Juliet
Love, dance, duels & death! A fiery distillation of Shakespeare’s classic. One performer. Twelve roles. Dramatic monologue, 50 minutes Victoria Fringe Festival 2008 
Jericho in the Morning Light
"It's wasteful—bleeding everywhere like everywhere's got a place for your blood." Jericho must find almost-sister Ecstasy by sunrise. Excerpt Drama, Cast: 10, 90 minutes London Fringe Theatre Festival, 2005; Reading, London Public Library, 2004; Staged Reading (excerpt), Playwrights, Cabaret, The Grand Theatre, London, Ontario, 2004 Screenplay (Reading, 2022) 
Tremor
“These lines on paper are not so simple.” An artist's work with a new model opens old wounds. Excerpt Drama, Cast: 2, 50 minutes Most Daring Production, London Fringe Festival, 2006 Final Draught Reading Series, Vancouver, 2008; Edmonton, London and Toronto Fringe Theatre Festivals, 2006 (as "Petr's Boy); London Fringe Theatre Festival, 2004; Community Arts Investment Grant, London, Ontario, 2006; Reading, Performance House, North Vancouver (2024) 
Intersection A student’s life is forever altered the split second after a stop light turns green. Excerpt Dramatic monologue, 50 minutes London and Vancouver Fringe Theatre Festivals, 2003; London One Act Festival 2002; Purple Shorts Festival, London, Ontario, 2002 
Red Bird, Blue Sky
When Redbird falls from the sun, she is too small to return home. Adopted by Ida, Bump and their daughter, Button, Redbird grows and learns, until the day when she truly understands something she has always known, that all things, even the most massive things you can imagine, are finite. Drama, Cast: 4, 90 minutes Final Draught Reading Series, Vancouver, 2008 Reading (2022) Directing         |
