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June Allen

86A Lynn Rd, Bayview
june.all@xtra.co.nz
 June has a strong background of acting on stage, with several successful scripts to her credit - historicals and comedies - including the Norfolk Island Sound and Light Show.

MOONSHINE

Full length

Comedy with optional use of traditional Scottish songs.

3 F, 15 M – can be played by 2 F, 6 M actors.

80 min

Set in lower South Island – Duncan learns how to make Hokonui whisky from his grandfather – sets out with a team of friends to make a brew but encounters a heap of obstacles.

First performed in Gore, April 2006.

 AN ANGEL CALLS

1 Act.  2 F, 3 M.

45 mins.

Three people of retirement age - husband desperately keen to please; wife and her sister wish he wouldn't. A spunky angel appears to collect one of the three.  Angel is gorgeous, but awfully clumsy and confused.

First performed December 2003.

IRENE

One Act

Drama.

4 F, 5 M (plus 3 extras)

55 mins.

Adaptation of the book Beyond the Nightmare, published by Canterbury University Press. Autobiographical account of Irene Harris's conflict in an alcoholic relationship. Several scene changes - mostly effected by lighting.

First performed October 1997.

 SHEEP AHOY!

A comedy in one act.

Cast: 3 women of any age, plus walk on part for one man.

The three women, in sheep masks, are knitting and bemoaning the fact that sheep farming has given way in many areas of NZ to dairy. To capture the world’s imagination to the great benefits of wool they decide to knit a sail for the next America’s Cup challenge, with disastrous results.

"Sheep Ahoy!" won first prize in the PANZ 2008 Comedy Section. Judge Hilary Norris commented :’a very good satirical idea … the dialogue is clever and very funny … the play has good dramatic shape’.

First performed in May 2009, where it was awarded Best Comedy at Theatre Federation District Finals

THE PEAR TREE

A one act play, about 50 min playing time.

A mystical romance, with comedic touches.

Cast of 3 women and two men.

Two women are mid 40s plus, the third women and the two men are ideally early 20s.

The main male actor must play two roles.
The time is set in the present day.

Story:  a woman owning a guest house is haunted by the lover of her great-aunt.  His spirit visits the modern day woman whom he has confused with the love he had as a youth.This actor also plays the boyfriend of the modern woman's daughter.The modern young man feels strangely drawn to the guest house.

There are comedic touches added by the neighbour (female), and also the young man's best friend who is an incorrigible flirt.


First performed by Papakura Theatre, July 2008.
the Playwrights Association of New Zealand - PANZ