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Stephen Massicotte
Stephen’s award winning plays A Farewell to Kings, Pervert, The Emperor of Atlantis and the popular STAR WARS inspired Boy’s Own Jedi Handbook series have played for audiences throughout Canada. In 2002, his play Mary’s Wedding premiered at Alberta Theatre Projects’ annual playRites Festival and was the winner of the 2000 Alberta Playwriting Competition, the 2002 Betty Mitchell Award for Best New Play and the 2003 Alberta Book Award for Drama. Mary’s Wedding continues to be produced in English and French throughout Canada, the US and the UK. His film writing credits include the screenplays for the feature films Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning and The Dark. Stephen has a BFA in Drama from the University of Calgary and a black lab named Agnes.
In alphabetical order by title:
The Boy's Own Jedi Handbook (part I of the Jedi Triology)
The Girls Strike Back (part II of the Jedi Trilogy)
The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion
The Return of the Jedi Handbook (part III of the Jedi Triology)
Copies of A Farewell to Kings or Mary's Wedding can be obtained through Playwrights Canada Press. For copies of other plays, please contact Charlie Northcote at the Core Group or visit www.stephenmassicotte.com.
To inquire about performance rights for these plays please contact Charlie Northcote at the Core Group or visit www.stephenmassicotte.com.
by Stephen Massicotte
Style: Drama/Comedy
Number of acts: Two acts
Length: 70 mins
Total actors required: 4
Men: 4
Women: 0
Synopsis:
Teen head bangers Hudey, Perkins, Anj and Mouse cruise the streets of Thunder Bay in a Chevy Malibu searching for the party of parties. On this night of nights, there’s lots to celebrate; Mouse’s 16th birthday, the impending loss of his virginity and the return of Anj, who’s just recently buried his father. An ode to small town Canadian youth, beer, RUSH and driving around all over the goddam place looking for somewhere to enjoy them.
Production History:
First performed as a co-production by Ground Zero Theatre and Burning Night Sky Productions at Calgary’s Ready Room in 2000.
Notes:
A Farewell to Kings is available through the Playwrights Guild of Canada.
Runner Up in the 2000 Alberta Playwriting Competition.
The Boy's Own Jedi Handbook (Part I of the Jedi Triology)
by Stephen Massicotte
Style: Comedy
Number of acts: One act
Length: 55 mins
Total actors required: 3
Men: 2
Women: 1
Synopsis:
The year 1977 proves to be a momentous one in a young boy’s life; not only is he cast as Charlie Brown in the school play, it’s the year the movie STAR WARS takes hold of his imagination. With his best friend James at his side like some sort of eight year-old Han Solo, “the kid” sets about learning the ways of the Jedi like his hero Luke Skywalker. But will the Force be enough to defeat the power of their teacher Ms. Karpowich and her dreaded school play Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown?
Production History:
A cult hit. The play first premiered at the University of Calgary in 1997 and went on to tour the Fringe festival circuit, where it played to sold-out and held over houses in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Victoria and Vancouver. In 1999, Ground Zero Theatre produced it along side the next installment of the series, The Girls Strike Back. In 2002, it was co-produced by Ground Zero Theatre and the University of Calgary Department of Drama as part one of the “Jedi Trilogy”. The following year, Boy’s Own Jedi Handbook and The Girls Strike Back were produced by Alberta Theatre Projects.
by Stephen Massicotte
Style: Drama
Number of acts: One act
Length: 90 mins
Total actors required: 6
Men: 5
Women: 1
Synopsis:
The year is 1944. The place is the “Paradise Ghetto” of the Nazi Final Solution – Terezin - a concentration camp for Jewish artists and intellectuals. Viktor Ullman, a once promising composer, is approached by Petr Kien, a young poet, and asked to compose an opera to his libretto. Viktor’s dilemma; does composing the opera contribute to the Nazi propaganda machine or is it subtle act of resistance? A play about the nature of art and survival while waiting for the trains that only go to the “east”. Based on the true story of the creation of the opera Der Kaiser Von Atlantis.
Production History:
The Emperor of Atlantis was co-produced by Workshop West and Edmonton Opera in 2005.
Notes:
Winner of Alberta Theatre Projects 24 Hour Playwriting Competition, 2000.
The Girls Strike Back (part II of the Jedi Trilogy)
by Stephen Massicotte
Style: Comedy
Number of acts: One act
Length: 45 mins
Total number of actors: 4
Men: 2
Women: 2
Synopsis:
The further adventures of “The kid” and his best friend James. It’s 1981 and our heroes anxiously anticipate the second installment in their beloved STAR WARS saga… The Empire Strikes Back. It seems with age nothing can stand against the boy’s friendship and imaginations, nothing it seems, until a pair of pretty girls comes along. Can the power of the Force survive a date to the roller rink with two of the fairer sex?
Production History:
The Girls Strike Back was first staged by Ground Zero Theatre in 1999, along side The Boy’s Own Jedi Handbook. In 2002, it was co-produced by Ground Zero Theatre and the University of Calgary Department of Drama as part of the “Jedi Trilogy”. The following year, The Boy’s Own Jedi Handbook and The Girls Strike Back were produced by Alberta Theatre Projects.
by Stephen Massicotte
Style: Drama
Number of acts: Two acts, no intermission
Length: 80 mins
Total actors required: 2
Men: 1
Women: 1
Synopsis:
Kepler and Hailey are exact opposites. Hailey is an optimistic young bride to be. Kepler is a nihilistic young assh*le. Kepler and Hailey hate each other. Kepler and Hailey are house sitters. The first one to leave loses. Will looking after the Boss’s high-rise apartment be the end of everything or give them just enough spark to survive the beginning? And will they ever find the remote to the big man’s wide screen TV?
Production History:
Looking After Eden was first produced by Ground Zero Theatre in 2001.
by Stephen Massicotte
Style: Drama
Number of acts: One act
Length: 90 mins
Total actors required: 2
Men: 1
Women: 1
Synopsis:
A young bride to be dreams one last night of love and war. Hiding from a summer thunderstorm Mary is charmed by the sweet vulnerability of the young farm boy Charlie Edwards. With the help of the open beauty of the prairies and the passion of late night horse back rides, Mary’s English reserve and Charlie’s shyness give way to full fledged love. But the year is 1914, the world is about to fall under the dark clouds of the Great War and the strength of their bond is about to be tested. A love letter to the power of memory, hope and innocent dreams.
Production History:
First produced by Alberta Theatre Projects at PanCanadian playRites, Calgary, 2002.
Notes:
In 2000, Mary’s Wedding was the winner of the Alberta Playwriting Competition. After its 2002 premier, the play received a Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding New Play and went on to be published Playwrights Canada Press. In 2003, Mary’s Wedding captured the Alberta Book Award for Drama.
The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion
by Stephen Massicotte
Style: Drama
Number of acts: One act
Length: 90 mins
Total actors required: 5
Men: 4
Women: 1
Synopsis:
The Great War is over and Robert Graves and Lawrence of Arabia retire to the sleepy town of Oxford to continue their scholarly endeavours. But now they’ve survived the war the two soldier/poets can neither sleep, write or share with anyone their pain. As an act of rebellion against books and shell shock the two resolve to return to the frivolous days of undergraduate rebellion before the events of 1914 - 1918. As their little movement gains momentum Lawrence’s nemesis, Lord Curzon, sees in their humorous protests the seeds of deeper sedition and aims to undo the Rebellion before it has possible tragic ramifications. Poets and heroes of the Great War and the formation of the kingdom that would become present-day war torn Iraq.
Production History:
The Oxford Roof Climber’s Rebellion will premiere in the fall of 2006 as a co-production between Ottawa’s Great Canadian Theatre Company and Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre.
by Stephen Massicotte
Style: Dark Comedy
Number of acts: 2
Length: 90 mins
Total actors required: 5
Men: 3
Women: 2
Synopsis:
When a nasty videotape goes missing from the XXX inventory Tim the Porn Clerk becomes obsessed with tracking it down, at all costs. Mike, a prudish realtor, was a little nervous opening his rental account just recently. Was it the jitters of a thief or the anxiety of a desperate husband spicing things up for his sexy wife? Can Tim’s girlfriend show Tim his obsession with the missing porn tape isn’t healthy? And can Mike’s wife break down her husband’s barrier with a purple strap on? A black comedy of dangerous triple X hang-ups and the porno wisdoms of Kurt the Regular.
Production History:
Pervert was first produced by Ground Zero Theatre in 2004. In 2005, the play was produced by Toronto’s Crow’s Theatre as Pervert (The Dirty/Beautiful).
Notes:
Pervert won the Betty Mitchell Award for outstanding new play in 2004.
The Return of the Jedi Handbook (part III of the Jedi Triology)
by Stephen Massicotte
Style: Dark Comedy
Number of acts: One act
Length: 45 mins
Total actors required: 5
Men: 3
Women: 2
Synopsis:
The final installment in the Boy’s Own Jedi Handbook saga. 1983 finds our heroes awaiting the arrival of The Return of the Jedi, the film that will answer all their questions; is Darth Vader really Luke’s father and will it be Han or Luke that ends up with Princess Leia? But now with the STAR WARS trilogy coming to a close and the announcement that James and his family are moving away will the Force see “the kid” through this darkest of all childhood challenges, the end of a friendship?
Production History:
In 2002, The Return of the Jedi Handbook was co-produced by Ground Zero Theatre and the University of Calgary Department of Drama as part of the “Jedi Trilogy”.