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''Automatic Pilot'' a play in two acts by Canadian playwright Erika Ritter. Synopsis: A stand-up comic discovers that unhappiness is the source of her creative and comic powers. An expose of modern relationships. Winner, 1980 Chalmers Canadian Play Award. First produced in 1980 by the New Theatre at the Adelaide Court Theatre, Toronto. Male Cast:  
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''[[Automatic Pilot]]'' is a play in two acts by Canadian playwright Erika Ritter (born 1948) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erika_Ritter].
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Synopsis: A stand-up comic discovers that unhappiness is the source of her creative and comic powers. An expose of modern relationships. Winner, 1980 Chalmers Canadian Play Award. First produced in 1980 by the New Theatre at the Adelaide Court Theatre, Toronto. Male Cast:  
 
3, Female Cast: 1. (http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/play/automatic-pilot).
 
3, Female Cast: 1. (http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/play/automatic-pilot).
  
Performed in the [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter Studio]] (a S.R.O. production) in 1982, directed by [[Jacqui Singer]], starring [[Maralin Vanrenen]], [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Derek Lyndon]], [[Peter Krummeck]]. (Source: Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987'').
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1982: Performed in the [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter Studio]] (a S.R.O. production) in 1982, directed by [[Jacqui Singer]], starring [[Maralin Vanrenen]], [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Derek Lyndon]], [[Peter Krummeck]].  
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== Sources ==
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[[ESAT Bibliography Bar-Bas|Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne]] 1988.
  
  
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Latest revision as of 14:39, 2 June 2018

Automatic Pilot is a play in two acts by Canadian playwright Erika Ritter (born 1948) [1].

Synopsis: A stand-up comic discovers that unhappiness is the source of her creative and comic powers. An expose of modern relationships. Winner, 1980 Chalmers Canadian Play Award. First produced in 1980 by the New Theatre at the Adelaide Court Theatre, Toronto. Male Cast: 3, Female Cast: 1. (http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/play/automatic-pilot).

Performance history in South Africa

1982: Performed in the Baxter Studio (a S.R.O. production) in 1982, directed by Jacqui Singer, starring Maralin Vanrenen, Fred Abrahamse, Derek Lyndon, Peter Krummeck.

Sources

Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne 1988.


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