by
Frank Moher
Synopsis (from The Edmonton Sun): "Moher's slice-of-life in the dead-end lane begins as a joke. Ex-boyfriend steals the bride from her own reception and hies her off to their old necking nest in the bush.
"When the bride's younger sister, Evelyn, finds Gary and Terri settling old scores and belting back the booze, the plot twists from witty comedy into an unsettling, despondent tragedy of love blurred by the desperate need to escape." From The Globe and Mail [Toronto]: "Moher's dramatic strategy is to destroy the sympathy he has created for his working-class hero and to open up deeper questions about what is wrong between men and women."
"A winning new play . . . as in his previous works, Moher shows his knack for sculpting genuine characters from stereotypes. We laugh at their inane wisecracks, flinch with their pains and we can almost taste the beer they guzzle . . . . This is a tightly written vignette, with no squandered phrases. But even when the situations are bleak and cruel, the playwright injects quick shots of wry wit."
- The Edmonton Sun
"Humorous and hard-hitting . . . . an often uproarious but ultimately disturbing play about realistic characters who are all dressed up with no place to go."
- Edmonton Examiner
- The Globe and Mail (Toronto) "An important play which deserves to be seen and talked about."
- Edmonton Bullet
Amateur and professional rights:
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Gabriola Island, B.C.
Canada
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Ph.: (in North America) 1-800-811-7405; or 250-247-9216
Email: info@singlelane.com
Playwright's website: FrankMoher.com
Performance rights must be secured before production.
About the Playwright: Frank Moher's plays have been produced internationally, at theatres including South Coast Repertory
(Costa Mesa, Calif.), Detroit Repertory Theatre, Round House Theatre (Silver
Spring, Maryland), the Canadian Stage Company (Toronto), the Wellington
Repertory Theatre (Wellington, New Zealand), Workshop West Theatre (Edmonton, Alta.), the Asolo Theater
(Sarasota, Fla.), Alberta Theatre Projects (Calgary), the Gyre and Gimble Theatre Company (Dublin), and The Mingei Theatre (Tokyo). He
has won a Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award for Writing (for Odd Jobs), the
Edmonton Sterling Award for Outstanding New Play (for both The Third Ascent
and Prairie Report,), and is published by both ProPlay and the Playwrights Guild of Canada.
Frank has taught at the University of British Columbia and the University
of Alberta (where he was a Distinguished Visiting Artist), and is currently
an instructor in dramatic writing at Malaspina University-College on Vancouver
Island. He has also worked professionally as a literary manager and dramaturg, and writes regularly for
various magazines and newspapers, including backofthebook.ca. His most recent play, Big Baby, has been seen in Vancouver, Calgary, and Los Angeles.
Kidnapping the Bride was first presented by Alberta Theatre Projects, Calgary in January, 1991. It has been revised for posting on ProPlay.
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