Based on the true story of the summer in the 1960's that Craig Russell spent living with Mae West as her personal secretary, Go West, Young Man explores both the spark behind the creation of a unique Canadian superstar, and the long slow fading of an equally unique American Movie Goddess. Russell Edie is a 15-year-old teenage boy that leaves behind his drab Ontario life and gets on a Greyhound to Hollywood, where he seeks out the faded 70-year-old legend Mae West, carrying hundreds of forged fan letters that he uses to leverage a summer position as her personal secretary. Ambition collides with faded grandeur when Mae learns that Russell has been studying her every move in order to become the world's leading Mae West impersonator.
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2015
Playwrights Guild of Canada
Digital Script
Casting Notes: The role of Boogie, the monkey, could be played by either gender.
Casting Notes: The role of Boogie, the monkey, could be played by either gender.
A surprise proposal gift puts the future of Genesis and Rashad's relationship at risk when they are forced to confront a devastating secret from the past. The Light is a 70-minute, real-time rollercoaster ride of laughter, romance, and despair that uncovers how the power of radical love can be a healing beacon of light.
Realistic
Chun, a Korean-American immigrant, who abandoned his family in America and went back to Korea returns to celebrate his sixtieth birthday (Hwangap) after twenty-years. His wife and three children welcome him home in their own way. His wife arranges a birthday party that his oldest son refuses to attend while his youngest son welcomes him home with open arms and his daughter has mixed feelings about her father's return. The family struggle to navigate their relationships while putting together the birthday party.
