Ephiny Gale

Broschiertes Buch

The Playbook

Six Plays and One Libretto

Beschreibung

1. Jack and Jill build an indeterminate time machine. 2. Madalyn Walker returns from fairy land, 3 times. 3. Nine people search for a reason to hold them down to Earth. 4. Illia struggles to direct from within a human body. 5. Two burn to death; one burns others. 6. King Santino unleashes his powers of cut-to. 7. A magic-free world questions its devotion to fairy tale rules. Full of speculative tales, queer ladies, and dark, lush storytelling, The Playbook showcases some of Gale's best stage scripts, including: St Martin's National Playwriting Competition finalist Time Scraps; How to Direct from Inside, which enjoyed a sold-out original season at La Mama; and Shining Armour, Gale's most popular musical, which premiered at the famous The 1812 Theatre.

Autor

Ephiny Gale was born in Victoria, Australia, and is still there, alongside her lovely wife and a small legion of bookcases. She is the author of more than 50 published short stories and novelettes, which have appeared in publications including PseudoPod, Constellary Tales, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Her stories have won the Best of the Net award for fiction and have been finalists for multiple Aurealis Awards. She has also written several produced stage plays and musicals, including the sold-out How to Direct from Inside at La Mama and Shining Armour at The 1812 Theatre. Her script Time Scraps was a finalist in St Martin's National Playwriting Competition, and Hearts up Sleeves won the Five Minute Play award at Dante's. When not writing, Ephiny currently works as a Senior Project Manager for a website development company. Her previous roles have included: Executive Assistant; coordinating a major arts festival; Association Secretary for the Green Room Awards (Melbourne's premier performing arts awards); nine months as a professional wedding DJ; and working as an executive of a university student association. Ephiny has a Masters in Arts Management, a red belt in taekwondo, and a passion for psychology, gaming, and storytelling in all its forms. She also especially enjoys Italian greyhounds, playing board games with friends, and eating raspberries in the sunshine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Foxgrove Press
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780995435308
• ISBN-10: 0995435308
• Artikelnr.: 53787222