Steve LAPLANTE

Steve Laplante graduated from the acting program at he National Theatre School of Canada in 1996. Since then he has performed in the plays Littoral, Rêves, Willy Protagoras enfermé dans les toilettes, and Les mains d'Edwige au moment de sa naissance, all by Wajdi Mouawad. He has also appeared in La nostalgie du paradis by François Archambault, The Beauty Queen of Leenane produced in French at the Théâtre de la Manufacture, and Unity 1918, by Kevin Kerr. Steve Laplante has also written six plays, two of which are published by Dramaturges Éditeurs.– 2009-01-19

 
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Titles in alphabetical order
Down the Main Drag
 
Down the Main Drag More about the publication
  English translation by Crystal Béliveau. Published by Playwrights Guild of Canada, 2004.
  Original title: Le long de la Principale (Dramaturges Éditeurs, 2006).
This translation was presented in a staged reading by CEAD, in collaboration with the National Arts Centre, as part of the “On the Verge” Festival, Ottawa, May 28, 2002.
First production
  Alberta Theatre Projects at PlayRites Festival, February 12, 2004
Running time
  1 hour 30
Cast
  4 W, 5 M (4W5M)
Synopsis
  Can death curb the inevitable boredom of small-town life, if only for a day? Maybe so for the town gossip and the local entrepreneur, but not for a son, who is stunned by his father's death and craves something more than flower arrangements and funeral sandwiches.
Excerpt
  « THE-FAMILY : Today in AnyTown, the day starts off with a drama. / OLD FART : Dramas in AnyTown always take place early in the morning. Pretty darn unlikely for a catastrophe to happen at three in the afternoon. / PAL : And when a drama happens on the Main Drag, I'm not the type to get involved; as far as I'm concerned, mornings are for sleeping. »

 
PLAYS AVAILABLE AT CEAD (Some notes in French may appear below)
  Le long de la Principale [1999-2001] (Dramaturges Éditeurs, 2006)
Entre-deux [1998-2000]
 
PLAYS NOT YET TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH (Running time: 1 hour and more. Written and produced in French since 2000. Some notes in French may appear below)
  Entre-deux [1998-2000]
First production in French: Compagnie du Théatrium (Drummondville), été 1998
Running time: 2 hours
Cast: 3 W 4 M
Louis is somewhat unlucky in love; so is Anne. They meet by coincidence at their best friend Marie’s place. It could be the starting point of a love story. Between the first feelings, the clumsiness and the hesitations of two bruised hearts, a connection slowly grows. A humorous autopsy of the beginnings of a love affair, rendered by finely formulated observations.