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Chelsea Woolley

Playwriting (2017)

These Peaceable Kingdoms [2017] - 90 Minutes, 6 actors (3F-3M)
Dramaturgy by Ann-Marie MacDonald. Directed by Andrea Donaldson. Synopsis : Puritan butcher, Robert Goodman, has firm command of his righteous and God-fearing family. A mad wife, a violent brother, and a past of carnal temptations, however, threaten the pillars of his kingdom.
The Mountain [2017] - TYA, 45 Minutes, 2 actors (1F-1M)
Dramaturgy by Dean Fleming and Sarah Elkashef. Synopsis : Aya is a refugee and needs a dollar twenty-five. Or a bus pass. Or a really good map to the airport. Nicholas would rather she stop speaking with him. Immediately. A play for young people about the magic within peace, hate, and compassion.
The Exhibition of Extraordinary Oddities and Living Freaks [2016] - 90 Minutes, 3 actors (2F-1M/F)
Dramaturgy by Erin Shields. Synopsis : During a small town’s annual Pumpkin and Squash Fest, a freak show performer is accused of murdering the mayor’s son. Incorporating buffoon, clown, and circus, The Exhibition explores the risks in revealing your freak and what is at stake, what festers within, if it is never allowed to show.
Miss Peacock Plain [2016] - 20 Minutes, 6 actors (2F-1M-3M/F)
Dramaturgy by Jonathan Garfinkel. Directed by Tanya Rintoul. Synopsis : A prideful peacock, a chorus of sinful animals, and a young man named Bunsen whose mother, the universe, is trapped within a melon.
The Only Good Boy [2015] - 60 Minutes, 2 actors (1F-1M)
Dramaturgy by Brian Drader and Trevor Rueger. Directed by Kyle Shulte. Synopsis : After fifteen years apart, Jacob and Monica are meeting for dinner. They will have a great time. They’re wonderful. They’re fine. The Only Good Boy explores how we bury our most dangerous secrets. Jacob and Monica are terrified.
And the Weather is Perfect Too [2015] - 80 Minutes, 4 actors (2F-2M)
Dramaturgy by Nick Carpenter. Synopsis : In the Utopian community of Omelas, every child at thirteen must pass the Rite of Capability, but this ritual does not come without moral sacrifice. Adapted from the short story, ''The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas'', by Usula K. Le Guin.
OTHER PLAYS
A Song for the Water Women [2014] - 60 Minutes, 1 actor (1F)
Synopsis : Sixteen year old Linh lives on a floating village in Cambodia. In a community that relies upon the collective obedience of its women, Linh must find her song and fight for the right to sing it.
Goose [2014] - 90 Minutes, 3 actors (2F-1M)
Synopsis : After the death of their mother, estranged siblings Lydia and Anthony meet to decide on who should be the primary caregiver for Sarah, nicknamed Goose, their intellectually disabled sister.
1000 Names [2012] - Two Acts, 120 Minutes, 5 actors (3F-2M)
Dramaturgy by Nicholas Hanson. Directed by Hannah Rud. Synopsis : In the 1940s, a Jewish widow and a German housewife enjoy the luxury of the same Polish home one month apart. When they discover that there is a human price to pay for this sanctuary, the lives of the women tangle irrevocably.
Under the direction of Brian Drader
Dramaturgy : Nick Carpenter, Brian Drader, Dean Fleming, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Erin Shields Writing Workshops : Jonathan Garfinkel, Iris Turcott New Words Director : Andrea Donaldson Play Factory Director : Erin Shields Playlabs : Brian Drader Writing for Television : Bobby Theodore Writing for Video Games : Jill Murray, Tanya Short Theatre for Young Audiences : Dean Patrick Fleming, Sarah Elkashef 15 Minute Play Project : Jonathan Garfinkel, Tanya Rintoul Musical Theatre Workshop : Doug Price Poetics : Brian Drader Arcade Workshop : 2boys.TV The Business of Playwriting : Brian Drader Adaptation : Nick Carpenter Canadian Plays and Playwrights : Erin Shields European Plays and Playwrights : Jonathan Garfinkel Writing for the Digital Age : Ivana Shein Alternative Narrative : Sarah Elkashef Immersive Multi-Medial Workshop : Amy Chartrand, Moment Factory Theatre History : Susan Williams Altered Truths : Maureen Labonté Text Analysis : Alisa Palmer Great Ideas : Michael Mackenzie Neutral Mask : David Latham Jeu : Adam Lazarus Movement : Rebecca Harper, Zach Fraser Core Ballet : Andrew Giday Stage Combat : John Stead, Anita Nittoly 20th Century Dance : Jocelyn Coutu Guest Seminars & Resident Playwrights : Nicolas Billon, Robert Chafe, Anna Chatterton, Beverley Cooper, Beth Graham, Waawaate Fobister, Joseph Jomo Pierre, Daniel Karasik, Colleen Murphy, Hanna Moscovitch, Anusree Roy, Ivana Shein, Jordan Tannahill Other : Banff Playwrights Colony, The Kennedy Center MFA Playwrights' Workshop
2017Artist Educator Training, Young People's Theatre, Toronto, ON
2017Writing for Musical Theatre, Doug Price, National Theatre School of Canada, Montreal, QC
2016Writing for Television, Bobby Theodore, National Theatre School of Canada, Montreal, QC
2014Playwright Master Class, Ron Chambers, University of Lethbridge, AB
2017-18The Mountain - Production by Geordie Productions, 2Play School Tour, QC/ON/Maritimes
2017Walking the Space - Head Writer, Podcast, Produced by Yousef Kadoura, Montreal, QC
2016The Exhibition of Extraordinary Oddities and Living Freaks - Reading by Major Matt Mason, IGNITE! Festival, Calgary, AB
2016The Only Good Boy - Production by Theatre BSMT, Calgary, AB
2015The Only Good Boy - Reading by Exploration Series, Wells, BC
2015That's Just Mean - YouTube Content Creation, Filming, Directing, Editing. Featured by Huffington Post
2013Oliver! - Director, Ernest Manning High School, Calgary, AB
2012Cookies for the King - Playwright and Perfomer, TYA Tour, Lethbridge, AB
20121000 Names - Production by TheatreXtra (In Association with the University of Lethbridge), Lethbridge, AB
2010Be My Manly - Production at Calgary Drama Festival, Calgary, AB
2018Red Door Shelter, Young Playwright's Unit Facilitator, Toronto, ON
2017-18Write from the Hip, Nightwood Theatre, Toronto, ON
2017-18New Creation Unit, Theatre Direct, Toronto, ON
2017/18Resident Artist Educator, Young People's Theatre, Toronto, ON
2015/16Assistant to the Head of Wardrobe, Calgary Stampede Grandstand Show, Calgary, AB
THESE PEACEABLE KINGDOMS: Playwright Guild of Canada RBC Emerging Playwright Award - Shortlisted (2017)
THE EXHIBITION OF EXTRAORDINARY ODDITIES AND LIVING FREAKS: Wildfire National Playwriting Competition - 2nd Place (2016)
THE ONLY GOOD BOY: BSMT Dwellers Playwriting Competiton – 1st Place (2016)
GOOSE: University of Lethbridge Striking Prose and Play Right Prize - 2nd Place (2014)
1000 NAMES: Playwright Guild of Canada Post-Secondary Playwriting Competition – Shortlisted (2013), Toronto Fringe New Play Contest - 2nd Place (2013), Alberta Playwriting Competition, Discovery Category – Honourable Mention (2012), University of Lethbridge Striking Prose and Play Right Prize - 2nd Place (2012)
Bachelor of Education. Bachelor of Arts in History. Teaching and Collaborating with Children and Teens. Directing. Performing.