KAZ GETTS pl

Short plays, one act plays, musicals, full-length plays  ... Kaz Getts has written just about everything including 2 novels, many short stories and also technical and advertising copy. (Well, a girl has to make a living!)

For information about any of the works here or in progress please email
Kaz at kg@business-sense.com.au or phone +61 2 9440 0013ays playwright journey high school

Musicals:

Coppertail Creek - an hilarious bush musical where city showgirls meet country boys looking for love in a haunted outback town. Described as “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers meets Mark Chagall” and praised for it’s “Damn fine script .. evocative of Muriel’s Wedding and Strictly Ballroom” (reviewer Brad Sykes 2RRR) this played to delighted audiences in October 2005 at Marian Street Theatre, Sydney.

10 - 15 minute plays:

Window Shopping - is a “what-if love story” and romantic comedy about 2 people who check each other out on the way home from work through their alter-ego’s. There are even musical moments in this delightful shorty. 2 Females, 2 males. Window Shopping was first performed at Short & Sweet 2005 and has since been performed by several high schools and was also performed by RAPA as part of Pull Up Your Shorts 2009.

Coppertail Creek

Hard Night - this gritty tale begins with humour and laughs as it explores the world of working girls. The end has such a dark twist you’ll never see it coming. Cast is 2 female and 1 male actor. Performed at Short & Sweet 2006, where it scored several placings from the panel of judges.

Like Cats & Dogs - performed at Short & Sweet 2009 and Pull Up Your Shorts 2009. Director Warren Bradey describes this play as “a clever take on what makes us human”. Through the eyes of a cat and a dog we can see that there are more similarities than differences in the way we engage with each other. This play was written in response to the Cronulla Race Riots that shocked most Australians. Cast is 1 female and 1 male actor.

Going Down - a blackly comic piece about the little pay backs we all dream of: a young man gets stuck in a lift (elevator) with his ex-girlfriend and a very full bladder. 1 female, 1 male.

Full-length Plays:

The Oily Rag Murder - inspired by a true story this is a comedy / murder mystery is about a struggling community theatre group staging a classic who-dunnit set in WW2. Fun and tongue-in-cheek all the way this play is to be performed in February 2010 by RAPA, directed by Gerry James.

Shades - is a play about journeys of the physical and of the soul, told through the stories of its 2 main characters, Carmen, a mature woman of 40, and Alex a 17-year-old youth. Carmen and Alex find their lives woven together as each comes to terms with who they are and what they might become. Romantic, touching and laugh-out-loud funny at times, Shades won the inaugural RAPA Playwright’s Award in 2004 and is to be produced this year. Several male and female roles.

The Gift - what do we owe our loved ones? Trent, who cares for his terminally ill mother is sent to a very new age day spa by his well-meaning sister. As the reluctant Trent begins to trust his therapist, Harmony, the demons begin to escape. The Gift is a romantic comedy with a razor sharp edge. Can be played as a two-hander - 1 male and 1 female actor.

Blue Skies - tells the story of how innocents, even in business, can be hijacked and taken advantage of quite mercilessly. Set in the commercialisation department of a major Australian university this play, based loosely on real events, tells a story you would not believe possible in this sophisticated environment. Several male and female roles.

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