Realistic
Kilt Pins
In a Catholic High School in Scarborough amidst low-income housing, difficult race relations, and poverty, a teenager struggles to find her sexual identity.
Dying to Be Thin
A look behind locked doors into the secret life of a young teenager battling with the eating disorder Bulimia. Written from the author’s own personal experience, the play unfolds to tell the poignant story of Amanda, as she sets out to have her “Last Ever in Her Whole Life Binge."
About Playwright(s)
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Total number of characters
Minimum number of actors
Female roles
Male roles
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Transgender roles
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Non-Binary Gender Non-Conforming roles
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Gender unespecified roles
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Age of characters
Actor-Friendly Parts
Monologue level
Monologue details
Solo show with monologue potential for young woman
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Production and Publication
First produced
1993, Carousel Theatre, Vancouver
Publication year
1998
Published by
Scirocco Press
ISBN
9780969726135
won the Jessie Richardson award for best play from an immerging artist (unknown year)
won the Jessie Richardson award for best play from an immerging artist (unknown year)
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