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Mirror Game
Mirror Game
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Author: Dennis Foon Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press Format: Softcover # of Pages: 63 Pub. Date: 2003 ISBN-10: 0887546544 ISBN-13: 9780887546549 Cast Size: 2 female, 2 male
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About the Play:
Mirror Game is a full-length drama by Dennis Foon.
This play focuses on children and teenagers involved in damaging
relationships – both at home and with friends – in which they are
emotionally, mentally, and physically bullied.
Mirror Game takes a penetrating look at the lives of four
teenagers who are involved in abusive relationships. The play
examines the cyclical nature of physical and psychological abuse and
is a witness to the impact of destructive relationships on
self-esteem. When abusive behaviour surfaces in the lives of four
friends, the teenagers are forced to examine how learned behaviour
can be mirrored by victims and home situations. This is a powerful
and moving play that speaks honestly and intelligently to teens.
Mirror Game was first produced in 1989 by Green Thumb
Theatre at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (The Cultch) and in
1991 by Young People's Theatre in Toronto.
Cast: 2 female, 2 male
What people say:
"…a formidable statement on
family and the long-term effects it has." — Toronto
Sun
"…conscientious, honest,
responsible and entertaining." — Vancouver Province
"Mirror Game is
fun, but not frivolous; it is up to date without making embarrassing
efforts to be trendy; and it deals with an astounding number of
serious issues – from verbal, physical, and sexual harassment to
parental neglect and alcoholism – but does so naturally,
entertainingly, and without oppressive earnestness. Mirror
Game is an extraordinary play." — University
of Toronto Quarterly
About the Playwright:
Dennis Foon was born in Detroit, Michigan but has lived the
majority of his life in Vancouver, B.C. He has degrees from the
Universities of Michigan and British Columbia. Founding Artistic
Director of Green Thumb Theatre, Foon has written more than 20
award-winning plays produced in Canada and internationally for adults
and young people. Upon leaving Green Thumb in 1988, he began writing
screenplays and novels, which now occupy most of his time.
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