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with Joanna Hempel

 

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Contact:
Joanna Hempel
9518 4615
0433 896 420
joanna@atticstudio.com

 

 

 

Writing

Published Plays

 

Gabriella Rhymes with Fella — One Act Plays Series 3
Rigby Heinemann, Melbourne 1987 (reprinted 1988,1992)

Cinderina and the Corridors of Power
Longman Cheshire, Melbourne 1987

The Iceberg Factory
Longman Cheshire, Melbourne 1987

No Big Deal
Rigby Heinemann, Melbourne 1989 (reprinted 1991)

Gifts — One Act Plays Series 5
Rigby Heinemann, Melbourne 1990 (reprinted 1992)

What's Right for Me
Currency Press, Sydney 1992

Cinderina and the Corridors of Power (second publishing)
The Dramatic Publishing Company, Woodstock USA 1996

 

Gabriella Rhymes with Fella is a tragi-comedy about an Italian girl's first day at an Australian high school - a subtle and amusing challenge to everybody's notion about who and what is a migrant. 'A little classic' - recommended for higher levels of English and Drama
Cast: 10f, 4m running time: 40 mins order through:
Attic Studio
A political, thoroughly modern, allegory and a take on the well known fairytale, Cinderina & the Corridors of Power is ' studded with absurd occurrences and delightful characters, with all the freshness of the Commedia and the structure of a panto, a clever piece from beginning to end.' -LOWDOWN
Cast: 10f, 7m, 1boy, 1girl, 5 children running time: 1hr, 40mins order through:
Dramatic Publishing USA
The Iceberg Factory is a chilling comedy about bullying which goes unexamined, until Beatrice climbs the wall of the school chapel. 'A compelling drama' - recommended for peer support and to combat school conformity and bullying.
Cast: 12f, 4m running time: 1h order through:
Attic Studio
When her boyfriend says it's No Big Deal and decides to leave school to become a rock star, Jackie has to make some choices of her own about Year 11, and about her future - with consequences that are painful but unusually rewarding.
Cast: 9f, 6m
some doubling
running time: 1hr, 30 mins order through:
Attic Studio
Erica's mother, Anne, announces that she is planning a divorce and assures Erica that nothing needs to change - the same friends, the same school and her business. But everything starts to change when Erica, with a friend, begins to examine what is right for her. What's Right for Me is a tragi-comic drama about the way divorce can impact on teenagers and their relationship with a father. 'Another gem'
Cast: 5f or 4f, 1m running time: 1hr order through:
Currency Press
Not satisfied, wanting more. Man, then his Wife, come to life only to begin creating chaos that is familiar to us all, and which requires Gifts to cope - a modern, very comic, miracle play in dance & verse.
Cast: 9f, 7m
some doubling
running time: 35mins order through:
Attic Studio