{"id":72,"date":"2015-11-21T00:19:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T08:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brandonwicke.com\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2017-07-27T00:40:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T07:40:52","slug":"plays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brandonwicke.com\/index.php\/plays\/","title":{"rendered":"Plays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wicke started writing plays at the age of 16, with a flurry of theatrical collaboration and productivity while attending Stratford Central Secondary School. He has been consistently producing new work in the decade-plus since.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>His Works Include:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brandonwicke.com\/index.php\/plays\/gift-horse\/\">Gift Horse<\/a> <em>(2017)<\/em><br \/>\nAt the Stroke of Insight [<em>for young actors<\/em>, with Kevin Ray] (2017)<br \/>\nUpstage Rite (2015)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/brandonwicke.com\/index.php\/plays\/rock-paper-scissors\/\">Rock, Paper, Scissors<\/a> <em>(2014)<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/brandonwicke.com\/index.php\/plays\/tarrare\/\">Tarrare<\/a> <em>(2013)<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/brandonwicke.com\/index.php\/plays\/third-person\/\">Third Person<\/a> <em>(2012)<\/em><br \/>\nSincerely, Sam <em>(2011)<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/brandonwicke.com\/index.php\/plays\/zombie\/\">Zombie<\/a> <em>(2010)<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/brandonwicke.com\/index.php\/plays\/blackouts\/\">Blackouts<\/a> <em>(2008)<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/brandonwicke.com\/index.php\/plays\/119-2\/\">&lt;&lt;NOIR&gt;&gt;<\/a> [with Jamie Klassen] <em>(2006)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wicke started writing plays at the age of 16, with a flurry of theatrical collaboration and productivity while attending Stratford Central Secondary School. He has been consistently producing new work in the decade-plus since. His Works Include: Gift Horse (2017) At the Stroke of Insight [for young actors, with Kevin Ray] (2017) Upstage Rite (2015) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6YnH1-1a","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":80,"url":"https:\/\/brandonwicke.com\/index.php\/plays\/rock-paper-scissors\/","url_meta":{"origin":72,"position":0},"title":"\"Rock, Paper, Scissors\"","date":"November 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Two people locked in an endless battle of wits, words, and fingers, Rock, Paper, Scissors shows what occurs when a game of chance seems determined to defy its players. After thousands of tie-games, the unwitting contestants are forced to reckon with the possibility that their game may have nothing to\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/brandonwicke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Rock-Paper-Scissors-BareFiction-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":114,"url":"https:\/\/brandonwicke.com\/index.php\/plays\/blackouts\/","url_meta":{"origin":72,"position":1},"title":"\"Blackouts\"","date":"November 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Two characters struggle against the all-encompassing powers of a malevolent author. First performed at Mainline Theatre in Montreal, by Brandon Wicke, Jamie Klassen, and Megan Holt,\u00a0Blackouts\u00a0has since gone on to be produced by\u00a0Cro Magnon Theatre\u00a0in London, UK, and by\u00a0Orphaned Egret Theatre\u00a0in Toronto, both in the summer of 2015. \u00a0 \u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11,"url":"https:\/\/brandonwicke.com\/index.php\/bio\/","url_meta":{"origin":72,"position":2},"title":"Biography","date":"August 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Brandon Wicke is a Canadian Playwright and Theatre-Maker, currently residing in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. 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Or, at least,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/brandonwicke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/fringe-flyer-small-232x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":75,"url":"https:\/\/brandonwicke.com\/index.php\/plays\/gift-horse\/","url_meta":{"origin":72,"position":4},"title":"\"Gift Horse\" (in progress)","date":"November 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"When a disgraced professor and his fiance return to the young man's childhood home in rural southwestern Ontario, they find that not all is as it should be. While the family's youngest son pores over books on obscure physics in pursuit of the \"perfect, inter-planar body-check\", the arrival of a\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"Gift Horse square","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brandonwicke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Gift-Horse-square-1024x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":83,"url":"https:\/\/brandonwicke.com\/index.php\/plays\/tarrare\/","url_meta":{"origin":72,"position":5},"title":"\"Tarrare\"","date":"November 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Tarrare, or 'The Consumption' tells the astonishing true tale of a young soldier maligned by fate and condemned to a life of ravenous hunger. 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