Doreen M. Bleich


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Doreen M. Bleich is presently president of the Nipawin Centennial Players and a supporter of the performing arts in Nipawin and area. She has written several plays.

Selected plays
Dead Man Talking
Maybe Next Year

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Dead Man Talking
by Doreen M. Bleich

Genre: Comedy
Number of Acts: One act
Total actors required: 5 women, 3 men

Synopsis:
Recently deceased, Marvin, must come to terms with his life and learn a few lessons before he moves on. He is aided by an 'almost' angel as he watches his family and friends cope with his death.

Production History:
The Nipawin Centennial Players produced this play as two very successful dinner theatre performances in November 2006 in Nipawin.

 

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Maybe Next Year
by Doreen M. Bleich

Genre: Historical
Number of Acts: Two acts
Total actors required: 5 women, 5-8 men

Synopsis:
Theresa Griep, an immigrant widow, struggles to create a better life for her family on a Saskatchewan homestead in the early 1900's. Follow their trials and triumphs over a span of better than a year.

Production History:
We incorporated the music of the era, using a live orchestra to play between scenes, at the beginning and the end during the productions in Nipawin and Tisdale.

 

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