Clem Martini

Four by Four by Four Clem Martini

Marc Notes: For performance, for scene study, for use as a teaching tool or for use in auditioning--Cover p. [4].; Shopaholic / by Glenda Stirling -- Monkey business / by Nicole Zylstra -- The wild guys / by Andrew Wreggit & Rebecca Shaw -- Borrow me / by Clem Martini.; Four dangerously entertaining plays, four performable monologues, four memorable scenes--Cover. Publisher Marketing: Developed to meet the needs of secondary and post-secondary drama teaching and performance, these four one-act plays -The Wild Guys (Andrew Wreggitt and Becky Shaw), Monkey Business (Nicole Zylstra), Shopaholic (Glenda Stirling), andBorrow Me (Clem Martini)- demonstrate the tremendous range of the one-act form. Whether it is a romantic comedy of ideas set in the dense tropical jungle, a tale of obsessive commercialism and surprising redemption set in our urban malls, a crazed investigation of male psychology in the backwoods of the Rocky Mountains, or a ghostly avenger's tale played out in a dining room, these plays will not fail to please a wide audience. The book also offers four scenes for in-class rehearsal and investigation and four monologues for study or use in auditions. For production, for reflection, for performance, or as a teaching tool, Four by Four by Four is certain to become a well-used, well-loved text. Andrew Wreggitt was head writer on North of 60 for three seasons and wrote or co-wrote four of the North of 60 movies. The Wild Guys, co-written with his wife Rebecca Shaw, was honoured with the Solange Karsh Award for best play in the 1992 National Playwriting Competition and has appeared in over sixty theatres across North America. Writer and director Glenda Stirling is also the author of Stick, Stones, and Ancestors Bones; Dark Isle; and The Longest One Night Stand in History and has directed or assistant directed over twenty productions. Nicole Zylstra is a professional writer, actor, and director with more than eight main stage or fringe festival plays to her credit. Monkey Business was nominated for the Betty Mitchell Award forOutstanding New Play. Editor Clem Martini is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He is the current president of the Playwrights Guild of Canada. Contributor Bio:  Martini, Clem Clem Martini is an award winning playwright, novelist, and screenwriter with over thirty plays, and ten books of fiction and nonfiction to his credit, including the Calgary Book Award-winning "Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness". From 1998 through 2007, he taught theatre classes to children at Wood's Homes. He is currently a professor in the School of the Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Calgary.