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It has been said of playwriting; it is
the most difficult genre of writing. Within the limitations of the stage
and live theatre, there are worlds of possibilities… Paddy Gillard-Bentley is the founding Artistic Director
of Flush Ink Productions, and a past president of The International Centre
for Women Playwrights. She’s had over 80 productions of her plays performed in England,
Ireland, Australia, USA and Canada. Titles include; Shaking the Dew
from the Lilies, Quantum Entanglement, Sanguine Sonata and A Rose Upon the Blood (toured Ireland
IN 2016 and was produced in Toronto, Waterloo and Kitchener. Her work has been published by Meriwether, Routledge
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What's Coming Up? ACCIDENTAL FISH KW - Little Theatre Performed by John Cormier |
Past Productions 1.
ACCIDENTAL
FISH - Flush Ink Productions – August 9 – 18th 2018 K-W
Little Theatre – With Jenn Weatheral,
John Cormier, Bo Bardos, John Dibben
& Bobby Robert. MORE INFORMATION HERE 2.
LACKING
EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY – Flush Ink Productions – June 2018 Part
of Asphalt Jungle Shorts XV 3.
HAROLD
& AMELIA - Flush Ink Productions – June 2018 Part
of Asphalt Jungle Shorts XV 4.
SHAKING
THE DEW FROM THE LILIES – Flush Ink Productions. August 16 -19th
KWLT. With Colleen Daley, Pam Patel, Sonja Malton, Kalene Ticknor & Katharine Mills. 5.
A
ROSE UPON THE BLOOD – Flush Ink Productions. Part of Irish Real Life Festival
– Kitchener. March 2017 – Registry Theatre. Directed by Paddy
Gillard-Bentley, performed by Sonja Malton,
Kathleen Sheehy, Sean Puckett, John Cormier and Brian Crozier. 6.
VENUS
SQUARE MARS - Flush Ink Productions – Asphalt Jungle Shorts XIII September
2016 7.
SOMALI
FIRE MAN - Flush Ink Productions – Asphalt Jungle Shorts XIII September 2016 8.
A
ROSE UPON THE BLOOD – Flush Ink Productions – Kitchener -Waterloo Little
Theatre – August 3rd – 6th 2016 – With Julia Krauss
(Grace Gifford Plunkett), Rosemary Doyle (Rosie O’Leary), Brian Otto (The
Sergeant), Brian Cozier (The Musician) and the heart-throb of Lebanon, Badih Abou Chakra (Joseph
Plunkett). Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley. READ ALL
ABOUT IT 9.
A
ROSE UPON THE BLOOD – Flush Ink Productions – Toronto – RED Sandcastle
Theatre – June 16th – 25th 2016 – With Julia Krauss
(Grace Gifford Plunkett), Rosemary Doyle (Rosie O’Leary), A. Frank Ruffio (The Sergeant), Jake Hiebert
and Aleksandr Russell (The Musician) and Conor Ling (Joseph Plunkett). Directed by Paddy
Gillard-Bentley. READ ALL
ABOUT IT 10. VENUS SQUARE
MARS - Part of GI60 –Brooklyn, NY – June 2016. 11. A ROSE UPON THE
BLOOD – Flush Ink Productions – Bere Island, Co. Cork, Ireland. The Bere
Island Heritage Centre. May 17th
2016. With Julia Krauss (Grace Gifford Plunkett), Rosemary Doyle (Rosie
O’Leary), John Walsh (The Sergeant), David and Barry (The Musicians) and Tim
Hanley (Joseph Plunkett). Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley. READ ALL ABOUT IT
& HERE TOO 12. A ROSE UPON THE
BLOOD – Flush Ink Productions – Cork City, Co. Cork, Ireland -Waterloo Little
Theatre – May 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th
2016 – With Julia Krauss (Grace Gifford Plunkett), Rosemary Doyle (Rosie
O’Leary), Paul Field (The Sergeant), Pat Mahoney (The Musician) and Shane Doonan (Joseph Plunkett). Directed by Paddy
Gillard-Bentley. READ ALL
ABOUT IT 13. A ROSE UPON THE
BLOOD – Flush Ink Productions – Virginia, Co. Cavan,
Ireland. Glackin’s Pub – May 8th 2016 –
With Julia Krauss (Grace Gifford Plunkett), Rosemary Doyle (Rosie O’Leary), Eamonn O’Shiel (The Sergeant),
Paddy Smith (The Musician) and Ben Dillon (Joseph Plunkett). Directed by
Paddy Gillard-Bentley. 14. A ROSE UPON THE
BLOOD – Flush Ink Productions – Bray, Co. Wicklow,
Ireland. The Harbour Bar – May 4th &
5th 2016 – With Julia Krauss (Grace Gifford Plunkett), Rosemary
Doyle (Rosie O’Leary), Eamonn O’Shiel
(The Sergeant), Shane McCormack (The Musician) and Ben Dillon (Joseph
Plunkett). Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley. 15. OSCILLATING CURRENT - Flush Ink Productions – Part of
Asphalt Jungle Shorts XII – Directed by Robin Bennett. Performed by Jessalyn Broadfoot, Abbi Longmire and Liz Dennis. 16. INTENSE CITY - Flush Ink Productions – Part of Asphalt
Jungle Shorts XII. Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley. Performed by Bruce
Wolff & Arlene Thomas. 17. ROSE-COLOURED SHOT GLASSES - Flush Ink Productions – Part
of Asphalt Jungle Shots XII – Directed by Tracey Kenyon. Performed by Deb
Huggins and Nike Abbott. 18. A ROSE UPON THE
BLOOD – Flush Ink Productions UnHinged Festival of Disturbing Theatre -
Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre – April 2nd – April 4th
2016 – With Julia Krauss (Grace Gifford Plunkett), Kathleen Sheehy (Rosie
O’Leary), Bruce Wolff (The Sergeant), Jack Cold (The Musician) and Zach
Parsons (Joseph Plunkett). Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley. READ
ABOUT IT (PAGE 27) 19. LIKE QUANTUM
ENTANGLEMENT - Flush Ink Productions – Part of Asphalt Jungle Shorts Xi –
September 2014 Directed by Robin Bennett. Performed by Julia Krauss and Zach
Parsons 20. WAY BEYOND THE
LOOKING GLASS – Flush Ink Productions – UnHinged Festival of Disturbing
Theatre, Kitchener, On. November 2013, With Bruce Wolff, Sasha Gruetzmacher, Jewels Krauss, Maddy
Kane, Katharine Mills and Abigail Slinger. Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley. 21. BINGO WINGS (Full-Length) – Theatre 53 – The Pas, MB –
November 2013 22. THE POINT OF SURRENDER – Asphalt Jungle Shorts X – Kitchener,
On. Sept. 2013 23. WELL BREAD - Asphalt Jungle Shorts X – Kitchener, On.
Sept. 2013 24. HOWARD & THE
SNAKE - Asphalt Jungle Shorts X – Kitchener, On. Sept. 2013 25. BINGO WINGS – (Full-Length) – Time Boom Productions - Gimli, MB, Aug 2013 26. STRINGER – Därk Horse Drämatists (200 Miles Off Broadway) – Deposit NY, June
2013 27. DAMN FINE – Asphalt
Jungle Shorts IX – Kitchener, On. June 2013 28. STRINGER - Asphalt
Jungle Shorts IX – Kitchener, On. June 2013 29. STRINGER – Därk Horse Drämatists (200
Miles Off Broadway) – Binghamton NY, June 2013 30. AND THEN SHE TASTED
CERULEAN BLUE – Flush Ink Productions – UnHinged Festival of Disturbing
Theatre. Performed by Arlene Thomas, Derrick Rabethe
and Caitlyn Derderian. Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley. 31. SHAKING THE DEW FROM
THE LILIES – Red Brick Road Theatre – Directed by Bryan Keith – Avery Shreiber Theatre – N. Hollywood CA. Sept./Oct. 2012 32. GIVE THESE MOMENTS
BACK TO ME – Asphalt Jungle Shorts VIII (Flush Ink Productions) May/June 2012 33. BINK & SISTER
ALLY HERD CATS – Asphalt Jungle Shorts VIII (Flush Ink Productions) May/June
2012 34. BINGO WINGS – ACTFest 2012 (May) Time Boom
Productions. Performed at the ACT (Association of Community Theatres) Fest in
Neepawa May 2012. — at ROXY
THEATRE NEEPAWA. 35. HAUNTING THE PENUMBRA
– UnHinged – Flush Ink Productions’ Festival of Dark Theatre. November 2011. 36. EXIT THE SOMALIAN
FIRE MAN – Rabid Marmot Productions – FAR FROM CRAZY – October 2011. 37. SANGUINE
SONATA – Asphalt Jungle Hot Pants – Part of IMPACT ’11. September 2011. 38. THE POINT OF
SURRENDER – Asphalt Jungle Shorts VII by Flush Ink Productions – Kitchener,
ON. Directed by Robin Bennett, performed by Nicholas Cumming &Katharine
Mills. SEE THIS ON YouTube 39. LIFE–THE EPILOGUE -
Asphalt Jungle Shorts VII by Flush Ink Productions – Kitchener, 40. ON. Directed by
Tracey Kenyon, performed by Jessica Singh, John Fielding & Roger
Sumner. 41. CHAOS OF THE MINDS - Asphalt Jungle Shorts VII by Flush Ink
Productions –Kitchener, ON. Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley, performed by Arlene Thomas,
Roger Sumner, Kate Gregg & Bruce Wolff.
SEE THIS
ON YouTube 42. SHAKING THE DEW
FROM THE LILIES – GREATER GRAND FORKS COMMUNITY
THEATRE at The Fire Hall Theatre, Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Directed by Kathleen Coudle King,
performed by Nikki Quam (Tami), Sara Anderson (Cynthia), Caitlin Lien (Aja) and Adonica Schultz-Aune (Nichole). BLOG ARTICLE ARTICLE ARTICLE
AWARDS 43. ENIGMAS –
Written by Virgil Burnett with Paddy Gillard-Bentley. Part of Asphalt Jungle
Shorts VI – June, 2010. PICTURES 44. MATT & JEFF
D O ROMEO & JULIET IN 3D WITH ZOMBIES – Part of Asphalt Jungle Shorts VI – June,
2010. Directed by Jenni Munday,
performed by Roger Sumner & Ian McKellar. PICTURES 45. LIFE – THE EPILOGUE
– Part of GI60 – directed by Rose Burnett Bonczek,
with Mike Pierre Louis, Vera Khodasevich and Mack Exilius. Brooklyn, NY – June 2010. SEE THIS ON YouTube
46. WELL BREAD &
LOAFING AROUND, Part of Spare Change Theatre’s ‘In a NY Minute’. 47. WHITE NOISE –
Part of UnHinged by Flush
Ink Productions, Kitchener.
September 2009, with
Andrew Frey & Arlene Thomas. 48. COAXING THE
KITTY - The Women’s Theatre Project – Girl Play – June 2009, WILTON MANORS –
FLORIDA. 49. MUCK – Asphalt
Jungle Shorts V – Flush Ink Productions.
Directed by Tracey Kenyon.
Performed by Emma Dines & Bruce Wolff. SEE THIS ON YouTube 50. MUCK – Part of
GI60 – directed by Rose Burnett Bonczek, Sabrina C.
Cataudella & Mack Exilius.
Brooklyn, Ny – June
2009. SEE THIS ON YouTUBE 51. QUANTUM
ENTANGLEMENT – UNHINGED – Kitchener’s Festival of Site-Specific Theatre, Sept
18 – 27, The ArtBar – Kitchener, On. 2008. 52. PEST ASIDE -
Summer Shorts 3 International Ten-Minute Play Festival, Wiliston,
ND, USA - June 2008. 53. OSCILLATING
CURRENT – GI60 – Leeds UK, June 2008 54. ROSE-COLOURED SHOT GLASSES – GI60 – Brooklyn
NY, June 2008 SEE THIS ON YouTube 55. RING TONE –
Asphalt Jungle Shorts IV, Downtown Kitchener, May 22 – 31, 2008. Presented by Flush Ink Productions. SEE THIS ON YouTube 56. MUGWORT’S BANE –
Part of The
Elmira Maple Syrup Festival, Elmira, On. April
5, 2008 – 4
performances. Directed by Tracey Kenyon. 57. HONEY MEET THE
BICKERSONS – ASPHALT JUNGLE LEDERHOSEN – Downtown Kitchener, October 12
&13 – Flush Ink Productions. MORE 58. WELL BREAD –
ASPHALT JUNGLE
LEDERHOSEN – Downtown Kitchener,
October 12 &13 – Flush Ink Productions.
SEE THIS
ON YouTube 59. HONEY MEET THE
BICKERSONS – ASPHALT JUNGLE SHORTS III – Downtown Kitchener, Sept 12, 13, 14,
15, 19, 20, 21, 22 2007 – Flush Ink
Productions. 60. WELL BREAD –
ASPHALT JUNGLE SHORTS III – Downtown Kitchener, Sept 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20,
21, 22 2007 – Flush Ink Productions
61. QUANTUM
ENTANGLEMENT - August 2007 - BLACK MAGIC WOMAN PRODUCTIONS - Hawthorne
Cultural Center, Philadelphia, PA PICTURES 62. ONCE RUPTURED –
GONE IN 60 SECONDS – June 8 & 9, 2007 – New Workshop Theatre at Brooklyn
College, Brooklyn, NY. Directed by Rose Burnett Bonczek SEE THIS ON YouTube 63. WELL BREAD -
GONE IN 60 SECONDS – June 8 & 9, 2007 – New Workshop Theatre at Brooklyn College,
Brooklyn, NY. Directed by Jonathan Hadley. SEE THIS ON YouTube 64. QUANTUM
ENTANGLEMENT – Part of NOW and FORNEVER – PRODUCED BY 8-0-8 PRODUCTIONS at November
23 - December 2, 2006 at Bird and Stone, Calgary, AB. Directed by Kim
Watkinson, Performed by Tim Nguyen and Anastasia St. Amand. REVIEW 65. ABOUT SURREAL
LIFE – Asphalt Jungle Shorts – various locations
downtown Kitchener. Sept 14 -21 2006. Flush Ink Productions. 66. HOWARD & THE
SNAKE - Asphalt Jungle
Shorts – various locations downtown Kitchener. Sept 14 -21 2006. Flush Ink Productions. 67. EXTERNAL MUSINGS
- In The Harvest Theatre of Toledo's One Page International Play Festival, part of Artomatic
419. Sept. 12 - 23, Toledo
Ohio, USA 68. HOWARD & THE
SNAKE - In The Harvest Theatre of Toledo's One Page International Play
Festival, part of Artomatic 419. Sept. 12 -
23, Toledo Ohio, USA 69. IN TENSE CITY -
In The Harvest Theatre of Toledo's One Page International Play Festival, part of Artomatic 419. Sept. 12 - 23, Toledo Ohio, USA 70. EXTERNAL MUSINGS
– Gone in 60 Seconds. June 16 - 18 at 8:00 pm, in the New Workshop
Theater at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY. Julia – Emily Zempel, Michael – Chris Ford. 71. CYNTHIA’S STORY
(Monologue) - JAVA THEATRE PRESENTS…FIVE VERY SHORT PLAYS at Tazza Caffe, Providence, RI,
USA. September 9 -11. Directed by Directed by Milton Coykendall. Summer Ryan Doyle
played the role of Cynthia. MORE HERE 72. IN TENSE CITY -
JAVA THEATRE PRESENTS…FIVE VERY SHORT PLAYS At Tazza
Caffe, Providence, RI, USA.
September 9 -11. Directed by Directed by Milton Coykendall.
With Scott Levine and Sarah Robinson. MORE
HERE 73. FRAILTY THY NAME
IS WOE – Gone in 60 Secs. Thursday, June 30, 2005
in the New Workshop Theater at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY. Hamlet’s Father’s Ghost –
Christopher Gilkey, Ophelia – Jenn
Perez. 74. SHAKING THE DEW
FROM THE LILIES – American Premier at The Playwright Theatre, Denver, CO.,
May 12th – June 18th, 2005. Directed
by Cynthia Davies, with the wonderful talents of Laura Norman, Kate Avallone,
Nina Grayson, MaryLee Herrmann and Tara Casanova. MORE HERE 75. ONE TENDER LIE
was part of Java Theatre’s 32 2-min plays, 8 actors, 2 locations, May 2005, at The Actor’s Workshop, Boston MA. 76. IN TENSE CITY was part of Java Theatre’s 32 2-min plays, 8 actors, 2
locations, May 2005, at The Actor’s
Workshop, Boston MA. 77. ONE TENDER LIE
was part of Java Theatre’s 32 2-min plays, 8 actors, 2 locations, April 2005 at Tazza Cafe Providence RI. 78. IN TENSE CITY was part of Java Theatre’s 32 2-min plays, 8 actors, 2
locations, April 2005 at Tazza Cafe Providence RI., MA. 79. COMIC STRIP was
part of “No Sweetheart Required”, An evening of
short plays about love…or the lack thereof. February 2005 at The
Village Players Theatre – Toronto, On. Canada. MORE
HERE 80. IN TENSE CITY was part of “PICKING
UP THE PIECES”, a series of thought provoking monologues and short plays
dealing with domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. January
2005, Grand Forks ND, USA. 81. ONE TENDER LIE
was produced at the Two Page Play Festival in Sacramento in July – Aug 2004
at the Geery Theatre. 82. SANGUINE SONATA
was part of Theatre & Company’s Record New Works Festival at the King
Street Theatre. It was directed by Gary Kirkham, with
Anthony Crea & Shelagh
Ranalli.
May 2003. MORE HERE 83. SHAKING THE DEW
FROM THE LILIES was produced in November of 2002 at the Registry Theatre in
Kitchener, Ont., directed by George Joyce, with Krista Sweeney, Sue Rose,
Rachel Molner, Shelagh Ranalli, Tracie Holmes, Darlene Spencer & Kristopher Bowman. MORE
HERE 84. WHITE NOISE was produced at
May Play Fest – 2000. Directed by
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Published Plays |
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FRAILTY THY NAME IS WOE ‘Young Women's Monologues from Contemporary Plays #2
edited by Gerald Lee Ratliff Meriwether Publishing 2008 ISBN:
978-1-56608-153-5 |
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AND THEN FULL CIRCLE (from The Delicate Art of Breathing) Mother/Daughter Monologues Volume 4: Urgent Maturity ICWP Press 2010 ISBN:
978-0-557-09310-6 |
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FRAILTY THY NAME IS WOE & WELL BREAD AND LOAFING AROUND One Minute Plays: A Practical Guide To Tiny Theatre By Steve Ansell & Rose Burnett Bonczek |
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Full-Length Plays SHAKING THE DEW FROM THE
LILIES © 2000 Paddy Gillard-Bentley 5/f 100 min. What happens when
five women are accidentally locked overnight in a mall bathroom? © 2012 Paddy
Gillard-Bentley 3/f 2/m – doubling
intentional With a cornucopia of
pharmaceuticals in her purse, Vanessa is living life – badly. © 2013 Paddy
Gillard-Bentley 4/f – 2/m
90 mins. (youngest is the
59 year old tart) When
reunited in the kingdom of God, which of his wives gets Manny for eternity? © 2006 Paddy Gillard-Bentley with Lindsay Stewart 2m/1f 90 min. A journey through a psychopath’s past lives. Some
bananas shouldn’t be peeled.
© 2005 Paddy
Gillard-Bentley Big cast. 10 min.
5f/5m doubling. A story of women and
war and Ireland in the early 20th century. Funny.
Sad. © 2004 Paddy Gillard-Bentley A family play set in Medieval
Ireland. Faeries and Druids and Magic…and heartbreak. EXTREME
UNCTION: The Sublime Comedy
© 1999 Paddy Gillard-Bentley 4/f – 6/m 200 min. The French Romantics meet
the English Romantics in purgatory managed by Mozart. © 2004 Paddy Gillard-Bentley Howard (God) & Lucifer (Snake) vie for the souls of
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Paddy is the Artistic Director
and founder of… …and the past President of The International Centre
for Women Playwrights. SOME RELATED THEATRE LINKS |
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STAGED READINGS
EQUAL LIBRIAM – She Speaks - Flush Ink Productions. March
2017. ACCIDENTAL FISH (a scene) – She Speaks - Flush Ink Productions – Mar. 2013 HAUNTING THE PENUMBRA – Part of UnHinged -
Flush Ink Productions, November 2010 at MT Space. Read by Paul
Stafford. MORE KAT’S MEOW – Part of SHE SPEAKS
– Woman’s Words, Women’s Work - Flush Ink Productions. Directed by Paddy
Gillard Bentley. Performed by Jennifer Cornish & Tracey
Kenyon. 2011. Kitchener, Ontario. SHAKING THE DEW FROM THE LILIES – October 15 – 17 2010 – Wakefield Quebec SANGUINE SONATA – North Carolina COAXING THE KITTY - The Women’s Theatre Project – Girl Play – June 2009, WILTON MANORS – FLORIDA SANGUINE SONATA – The Cork Arts Centre – Ireland. LIKE A TERRIBLE BEAUTY – final scene -
SHE SPEAKS – Readings of Women’s works. Flush Ink Productions –
City of Kitchener’s Council Chambers, March 2009. Read by Jennifer
Cornish & Kathleen Sheehy. SEE A BIT OF THIS ON YouTuBE COAXING THE KITTY – SHE SPEAKS – Readings of Women’s works. Flush Ink Productions
– City of Kitchener’s Council Chambers, March 6, 2008. Read by Tracey
Kenyon & Jennifer Cornish. SEE A BIT OF THIS ON YouTuBE OPAQUE (Act: I Scene: I) – SHE SPEAKS – A series of readings – March 8, Registry Theatre,
Kitchener, On. MORE HOWARD & THE SNAKE – Theatre & Company 2001. George Joyce, Daniel Fathers, Isabel
Cisterna, Lindsay Stewart THE DELICATE ART OF BREATHING – Theatre & Company, Feb, 2001 ANAMNESIS – Theatre & Company, March 2000 George Joyce &
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All material
is copyright by the authors...Paddy Gillard-Bentley, & Lindsay
Stewart...all rights reserved.
I would
like to acknowledge the contribution of The Canada
Council for the Arts for the travel
grant that helped get me to Denver CO. for the American
Premier of ‘Shaking the Dew from the Lilies’ |
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