The Play is the Thing

The Play is the Thing!

Paddy Gillard-Bentley – the playwright

It has been said of playwriting, it is the most difficult genre of writing.

Within the limitations of the stage and live theatre, are worlds of possibilities…

FULL-LENGTH PLAYS

ONE-ACT PLAYS

UNDER TWENTY MINUTES

MONOLOGUES

· I created FLUSH INK PRODUCTIONS

· I was involved in Writer’s Block, Theatre & Company's play writing group, for four years.

· I am the President of The International Centre for Women Playwrights.

((((( UP AND COMING PRODUCTIONS)))))

OSCILLATING CURRENT

Gone In Sixty Seconds

Leeds, UK

Stage One at University of Leeds

University Campus

June 12, 2008

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ROSE-COLOURED SHOT GLASSES

Gone In Sixty Seconds

New Workshop Theatre,

Brooklyn College Campus

June 13, 14, 2008

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PEST ASIDE

Summer Shorts 3 International Ten-Minute Play Festival

Wiliston, ND, USA

June 24, 25, 26

Frailty Thy Name is Woe

(2 min. version)

is published in

‘Young Women's Monologues from Contemporary Plays #2

edited by Gerald Lee Ratliff

I’m right between Arthur Miller and Steve Martin.

NOTE

FLUSH INK PRODUCTIONS

is now home to

ASPHALT JUNGLE SHORTS

Premier of

SHAKING THE DEW FROM THE LILIES

&

SHE SPEAKS

The International Centre for Women Playwrights

Celebrated Woman’s Day 2007

With

She Speaks – a series of staged readings

presented by Flush Ink Productions

Well Bread & Once Ruptured

Part of GONE IN 60 SECONDS

2007

Brooklyn College, NYC

Can be viewed here

PAST Productions

RING TONE – Asphalt Jungle Shorts IV, Downtown Kitchener, May 22 – 31, 2008. Presented by Flush Ink Productions.

MUGWORT’S BANE – Part of The Elmira Maple Syrup Festival, Elmira, On. April 5, 2008 – 4 performances. Directed by Tracey Kenyon.

COAXING THE KITTY – SHE SPEAKS – Readings of Women’s works. Flush Ink Productions – City of Kitchener’s Council Chambers, March 6, 2008. Read by Tracey Kenyon & Jennifer Cornish.

HONEY MEET THE BICKERSONS – ASPHALT JUNGLE LEDERHOSEN – Downtown Kitchener, October 12 &13 – Flush Ink Productions

WELL BREAD – ASPHALT JUNGLE LEDERHOSEN – Downtown Kitchener, October 12 &13 – Flush Ink Productions

HONEY MEET THE BICKERSONS – ASPHALT JUNGLE SHORTS III – Downtown Kitchener, Sept 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22 2007 – Flush Ink Productions

WELL BREAD – ASPHALT JUNGLE SHORTS III – Downtown Kitchener, Sept 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22 2007 – Flush Ink Productions

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT - August 2007 - BLACK MAGIC WOMAN PRODUCTIONS - Hawthorne Cultural Center, Philadelphia, PA

ONCE RUPTURED – GONE IN 60 SECONDS – June 8 & 9, 2007 – New Workshop Theatre at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY. Directed by Rose Burnett Bonczek

WELL BREAD - GONE IN 60 SECONDS – June 8 & 9, 2007 – New Workshop Theatre at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY. Directed by Jonathan Hadley

OPAQUE (Act: I Scene: I) – SHE SPEAKS – A series of readings – March 8, Registry Theatre, Kitchener, On.

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT – Part of NOW and FORNEVER – PRODUCED BY 8-0-8 PRODUCTIONS at November 23 - December 2, 2006 at Birds and Stone, Calgary, AB. Directed by Kim Watkinson, Performed by Tim Nguyen and Anastasia St. Amand.

ABOUT SURREAL LIFE – Asphalt Jungle Shorts – various locations downtown Kitchener. Sept 14 -21 2006. Flush Ink Productions.

HOWARD & THE SNAKE - Asphalt Jungle Shorts – various locations downtown Kitchener. Sept 14 -21 2006. Flush Ink Productions.

EXTERNAL MUSINGS - In The Harvest Theatre of Toledo's One Page International Play Festival, part of Artomatic 419. Sept. 12 - 23, Toledo Ohio, USA

HOWARD & THE SNAKE - In The Harvest Theatre of Toledo's One Page International Play Festival, part of Artomatic 419. Sept. 12 - 23, Toledo Ohio, USA

IN TENSE CITY - In The Harvest Theatre of Toledo's One Page International Play Festival, part of Artomatic 419. Sept. 12 - 23, Toledo Ohio, USA

EXTERNAL MUSINGS– Gone in 60 Secs. June 16 - 18 at 8:00 pm, in the New Workshop Theater at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY. Julia – Emily Zempel, Michael – Chris Ford

CYNTHIA’S STORY ( Monologue) - JAVA THEATRE PRESENTS…FIVE VERY SHORT PLAYS at Tazza Caffe, Providence, RI, USA. September 9 -11. Directed by Directed by Milton Coykendall. Summer Ryan Doyle played the role of Cynthia.

IN TENSE CITY - JAVA THEATRE PRESENTS…FIVE VERY SHORT PLAYS At Tazza Caffe, Providence, RI, USA. September 9 -11. Directed by Directed by Milton Coykendall. With Scott Levine and Sarah Robinson.

FRAILTY THY NAME IS WOE – Gone in 60 Secs. Thursday, June 30 at 8:00 pm, in the New Workshop Theater at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY. Hamlet’s Father’s Ghost – Christopher Gilkey, Ophelia – Jenn Perez.

SHAKING THE DEW FROM THE LILIES – American Premier at The Playwright Theatre, Denver, CO., May 12^th – June 18^th, 2005. Directed by Cynthia Davies, with the wonderful talents of Laura Norman Kate Avallone, Nina Grayson, MaryLee Herrmann and Tara Casanova.

ONE TENDER LIE was part of Java Theatre’s 32 2-min plays, 8 actors, 2 locations, April 30^th, 2005 at Tazza Café, Providence RI., and May 1^st, 2005, at The Actor’s Workshop, Boston MA.

IN TENSE CITY was part of Java Theatre’s 32 2-min plays, 8 actors, 2 locations, April 30^th, 2005 at Tazza Café, Providence RI., and May 1^st, 2005, at The Actor’s Workshop, Boston MA.

COMIC STRIP was part of “No Sweetheart Required”, An evening of short plays about love…or the lack thereof. February 2005 at The Village Players Theatre – Toronto, On. Canada.

IN TENSE CITY was part of “PICKING UP THE PIECES”, a series of thought provoking monologues and short plays dealing with domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. January 2005, Grand Forks ND, USA.

ONE TENDER LIE was produced at the Two Page Play Festival in Sacramento in July – Aug 2004 at the Geery Theatre.

SANGUINE SONATA was part of The Record New Works Festival at the King Street Theatre. It was directed by Gary Kirkham and produced by Brian Van Norman.

SHAKING THE DEW FROM THE LILIES was produced in November of 2002 at the Registry Theatre in Kitchener, Ont., directed by George Joyce.

WHITE NOISE, directed by the Theatre & Company's Artistic Director, Stuart Scadron-Wattles, and produced by Nicole Lee, was involved with May Play Fest 2000 at the Water Street Theatre.

Some pictures, cast bios and information on some of the plays in the following festival.

In its' fifth year
The Record New Works Festival

THEATRE & COMPANY
presented seven exciting pieces by local and developing playwrights.
At The King St. Theatre, Kitchener, Ont. June 19-21 2003.

'Beth at 50' written and performed by Gary Kirkam, author or "Queen Milli of Galt".

'Sanguine Sonata' by Paddy Gillard-Bentley, author of "Shaking the Dew from the Lilies".

'Matilda the 10th' by Andrew Lakin, member of Theatre and Company's award-winning acting ensemble.

And from this year's Writer's Bloc
Theatre & Company is proud to present the following new voices:

                                                   Playwright Douglas Campbell's 'Pamphilia'
                                                   Playwright Dwight Storring's 'Oscar's Angel'
                                                   Playwright Charmaine Christie's 'Leave Taking'
                                                   Playwright Derek Czajkowski's 'Taking Notes'

Follow the links to specific information of each play, and cast pics and bios.

Theatre & Company's Website

I would like to acknowledge the contribution of the Canada Council for the Arts

for the travel grant that helped get me to Denver for the American Premier of

‘Shaking the Dew from the Lilies’.

SOME RELATED THEATRE LINKS

ICWP ~ INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS INC.

PLAYWRIGHTS GUILD OF CANADA

DRAMATIC EXCHANGE

MOONSTRUCK DRAMA BOOKSTORE

LOST & FOUND THEATRE

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