See Bob Run & Wild Abandon
- Publisher
- Playwrights Canada Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2013
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780887549977
- Publish Date
- Feb 2013
- List Price
- $16.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780887549991
- Publish Date
- Feb 2013
- List Price
- $12.99
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Description
Bob is on the road. Bob is on the run. But from what, or whom, is she running? Follow Bob as she hops from car to car telling her story to unsuspecting drivers as she tries to put her life in the rear-view mirror. Will she make it to her destination? And what will she find when she gets there? Find out in the critically adored See Bob Run.
In Wild Abandon we are introduced to Steve, a man alone in the world. Steve is acerbic, opinionated, and desperate to figure himself out. As he recounts his life story, we follow Steve out the door of his strict Catholic home, through diners and bars and parks as we hear the tales that made the man. Wild Abandon is a story about running away, and about how to find your way home again.
About the author
Daniel MacIvor was born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He is the author and director of numerous award-winning theatre productions including See Bob Run, Wild Abandon, 2-2-Tango, This Is A Play, The Soldier Dreams, You Are Here, How It Works, A Beautiful View, Communion, and Bingo! From 1987 to 2007 with Sherrie Johnson he ran da da kamera, a respected international touring company that brought his work to Australia, the UK and extensively throughout the US and Canada. With long time collaborator Daniel Brooks, he created the solo performances House, Here Lies Henry, Monster, Cul-de-sac and This Is What Happens Next. Daniel won a GLAAD Award and a Village Voice Obie Award in 2002 for his play In On It, which was presented at PS 122 in New York. In 2006, Daniel received the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama for his collection of plays I Still Love You. In 2008, he was awarded the prestigious Siminovitch Prize in Theatre.
Editorial Reviews
"…a one-man show without valleys. It's a wonderful piece—honest, imaginative, profound, moving, and very funny." —Carole Corbeil
"…wonderfully charged, like watching Beckett done by Lenny Bruce on a jag." —The Globe and Mail
"...the ironic name stands in sharp contrast to this perceptive and thoroughly engrossing one-woman show." —Toronto Star
"…this is the rare one-person show which fully justifies the form." —The Edmonton Sun
"…the ironic name stands in sharp contrast to this perceptive and thoroughly engrossing one-woman show."—The Toronto Star
."...a one-man show without valleys. It's a wonderful piece—honest, imaginative, profound, moving and very funny." —Carole Corbeil