Written by a Second City alum, this genre-bending, multi-character comic play is part graphic novel, part Japanese horror film.
FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand NewFinalist for the 2012 Governor General's Award for Drama
Penelope Douglas is an ex–forensic psychiatrist looking for a fresh start in a western boomtown grown three sizes too crazy. But then a television writer offs himself in her sleek bathroom and her oil-wife friend pronounces Penelope her baby's godmother. Will she be able to find heart in this wild and soulless landscape? Will she have to smudge her lipstick to "cowboy up"? Drama, a new play by the master of edgy dark humor, has all the answers.
Karen Hines is the author of Hello . . . Hello (A Romantic Satire) and The Pochsy Plays. A Second City alumna, Hines has appeared in numerous television and film productions and is the director of cult horror clowns Mump & Smoot.
Karen Hines is the author of Hello...Hello (A Romantic Satire) and The Pochsy Plays, both published by Coach House Books. Her plays and short films featuring her character Pochsy have been presented internationally and have won many production and literary awards and nominations including finalist for the Governor General's Award for Drama. A Second City alumna, Karen has also appeared in numerous television and film productions and is the award-winning director of cult horror clowns Mump & Smoot. She lives in Calgary.
'A very clever, cautionary play-with-epilogue about becoming the medium for what we watch on television and being what we consume ... a magnificent play.' -- Calgary Herald 'Hines is nothing, if not an original.' -- Globe and Mail 'Some scenes in [Drama] are so electric that, if this were television instead of stage, you'd want to grab your remote and rewind so you could enjoy them instantly again.' -- Calgary Sun 'A funny, thought-provoking and devastating look at the lunacy and hypocrisy that we've all learned to live with in late 20th century America.' -- Rocky Mountain News (on The Pochsy Plays) 'Ingenious, acidic comedy.' -- Globe and Mail (on The Pochsy Plays)
Selected review copies.Author events and publicity timed with productions in U.S. cities (TBD).
Commended for Governor General's Literary Awards (Drama) 2012
Everybody enjoys the chance to escape from reality from time to time, to climb inside the skin of another character. This book encourages children and adults to explore their dramatic sides and has playful ideas everyone can get involved with and enjoy. Throughout drama games, children get more in touch with themselves, what they want to be, and what they can do. The games are improvisational, framed to encourage total involvement and cooperation - the participants gain as much as they contribute. Each drama game contains an age guideline, an estimate time of play, and suggestions for the most appropriate type of music. The games can be played by children and adults of all ages, and are flexible enough to be used by parents, teachers, camp leaders, daycare providers, or other group leaders in a variety of settings.
'Ingenious, acidic comedy.' - The Globe and Mail on The Pochsy Plays
'A very clever, cautionary play-with-epilogue about becoming the medium for what we watch on television and being what we consume ... a magnificent play.'
Legoland Jacob Richmond 9780889226104 14.95 Talonbooks Jan 2009
Hines is a Second City alumna and has appeared in several film and television series, most notably Ken Finkleman's Newsroom TV series and the Robin Williams vehicle, Man of the Year. Drama is premiering in Calgary in Spring 2012. Productions at other cities across North America are scheduled to follow.
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