Beyond The Pale

by Nolan, Yvette

• ISBN13: 9780887547201
• ISBN10: 0887547206
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-15
• Publisher: Playwrights Canada Pr

Summary

A collection of monologues and scenes from such plays as: "Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God by Djanet Sears; "Whylah Falls by George Elliott Clarke; "Tiger of Malaya by Hiro Kanagawa; "Rice Boy by Sunil Kuruvilla; "Bhopal by Rahul Varma; "The Yoko Ono Project by Jean Yoon; "The Plum Tree by Mitch Miyagawa; "Burning Vision by Marie Clements; "alterNatives by Drew Hayden Taylor; and "Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout by Tomson Highway.

Table of Contents

Beyond the Pale: An Introduction
Yvette Nolan	iii
About the Editor	v
Excerpts:
Drew Hayden Taylor
The Buz'Gem Blues	1	(2)
Sunil Kuruvilla
Rice Boy	3	(2)
Terrie A. Hamazaki
Furasato	5	(2)
Tasha Faye Evans
She Stands Still	7	(2)
Joy Russell
Hogan's Alley	9	(3)
Walter Borden
Tightrope Time	12	(7)
Lisa Codrington
Cast Iron	19	(4)
Penny Gummerson
Wawatay	23	(7)
M.J. Kang
dreams of blonde and blue	30	(5)
Nina Aquino/Nadine Villasin
Miss Orient(ed)	35	(3)
Trey Anthony
'da Kink in my hair	38	(4)
Darrell Dennis
Tales of an Urban Indian	42	(4)
naila belvett/d'bi.young
yagayah	46	(2)
Primrose Madayag Knazan
Shades of Brown	48	(9)
Terry Ivins
Time Stands Still	57	(4)
Joseph Pierre
Beatdown aka Life	61	(5)
Marie-Leofeli Romero Barlizo
The Prophecies of a Prince of Barotac	66	(7)
Diane Roberts
Bone Bred	73	(6)
Floyd Favel
The House of Sonya	79	(6)
Laura Cranmer/Sandy Scofield
DP's Colonial Cabaret	85	(5)
Rahul Varma
Bhopal	90	(10)
George Elliott Clarke
Whylah Falls	100	(3)
Marty Chan
The Forbidden Phoenix	103	(6)
Jean Yoon
The Yoko Ono Project	109	(5)
Mitch Miyagawa
The Plum Tree	114	(5)
Hiro Kanagawa
Tiger of Malaya	119	(6)
Turtle Gals Performance Ensemble
The Scrubbing Project	125	(4)
Marie Clements
The Burning Vision	129	(3)
Djanet Sears
The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God	132	(5)
Tomson Highway
Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout	137	(2)
Drew Hayden Taylor
alterNatives	139	(2)
Author Index	141	(1)
Title Index	142

Excerpts

“As I ponder this second collection, I am gratified to see how far we have come in a mere ten years. Many of the plays represented here have been produced by mainstream companies, on major Canadian stages…. The very best theatre surprises, shakes us from our expectations, and we leave the theatre changed in some way. These writers take us ‘beyond the safe limits of decent everyday society,’ beyond the pale.”