"(Gives the audience) a story to tell, a night they won't forget, and an enormous appreciation of the incredible talent that crafted this rare piece of theatre." - Brian Paterson, Laura Murray PR on Debts
Mack primarily writes plays, short stories, and poems.
He also keeps a semiregular blog at Medium. He wrote a piece about being an Apprentice Director at Bard on the Beach as well as a piece on the closing of the Playhouse Theatre that some people liked. As well as a series of in depth accounting on the food he ate and the people he spent time with, as well as his favourite films, books, and plays of the year. There's some blogs from being on a TYA tour and some poems and some other things.
He also keeps a semiregular blog at Medium. He wrote a piece about being an Apprentice Director at Bard on the Beach as well as a piece on the closing of the Playhouse Theatre that some people liked. As well as a series of in depth accounting on the food he ate and the people he spent time with, as well as his favourite films, books, and plays of the year. There's some blogs from being on a TYA tour and some poems and some other things.
Body of Work:
All texts below are available upon request
PlaysSix Fine Lines
Three Stories Up A Vancouver Transit Cop finds her undercover detective husband murdered in their home. Can his latest informant help her find the murderer? Two actors portray every character and every character is a suspect! The Ballad of the Burning Lady (15) A ghost story set in Kamloops in the early 1900's. John Cain is about to be hanged for setting his wife on fire and strangling her lover. Commissioned for Western Canada Theatre's High-Wire Festival. Local Violence Five friends play in a band. When gigs get scarce, some leave for greener pastures. Shake the Sheets A present tense memoir. Debts Five teens crash a wedding held at the house of the Devil. Produced by Itsazoo Productions 20111 & 2012. The Poe Toaster A TYA show for teens. Bill, the new kid in town, hatches an elaborate scheme to reignite the interest of the world famous Poe Toaster. The Diving Board A triptych set during the 2010 Olympics, exploring culture, work, and open space. Small Change Follow a coin as it passes from hand to hand. Can the recipients ever really change? Finalist for Touchstone/PTC's Flying Start 2014. Dead Celebrities Two best friends leave Canada on a road trip across the USA. Produced on the Fringe Circuit, Toronto, Ottawa, Victoria. Five Red Balloons A mental asylum stages a play examining what would happen if the world discovered there was only five years before armageddon. Produced by Itsazoo Productions at Havana Theatre, 2008. Please Pick Up (20 mins) A Lynchian journey through the answering machine speaker. A slow, tense ghost story for a post modern generation. Visitors (20 mins) Cowritten by Peter Carlone. Something from space just crash landed on Earth. The countries top minds assemble to determine what happens next. Produced at the 2011 Neanderthal Festival's Walking Fish. Day Dreaming (10) Busting through the layers of a man's thoughts as he sits on the bus. Produced at the 2013 Pull Festival. Peter Bogdanovich (10) Monologue. Zamir explores the similarities and difference between himself and the Independent Hollywood Director. Produced at the 2012 Pull Festival. Eco Heroes (10) Written and Produced for Kelowna Parks Board. Super heroes teach children how to reduce, reuse, and recycle. |
Short Stories
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Poems
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ScreenplaysThe Crying of Dusty McCain
A quasi sequel to the play Dead Celebrities. A paranoid farcical look at the american insurance system tucked inside a romantic love letter to Hollywood endings. Memory A surrealist short about memory and reflection. |
