Aviva Ravel
Playwright and Director
6950 Cote St. Luc Road, #312Montreal, Quebec
H4V 2Z9
(514)487-9927
(412) 831-9538
http://www.avivaravel.com
Member of Playwrights Guild of Canada and Montreal Playwrights Workshop
Born in Montreal, Aviva holds a PhD in Canadian drama. She has written some 25 plays on Jewish themes for young and adult audiences. Her plays toured schools, organizations, and theatres across Canada, and have been performed in the U.S.A. Italy, Ireland...Awards include Canada Council grants, Association for Canadian Theatre Research and Playwrights Guild of Canada awards, I.Y.Segal award for Education in Drama, Women Write for Theatre and Quebec Drama Festival Awards.
(Pictured: Shared Feder Credit: Remi Bernard)
Plays for Young People:
Legends Of King Solomon
Ten legends about the fabulous King Solomon are dramatized for the stage.
Miriam's Well
Dramatizes the vital role Miriam played in the story of the Exodus.
One Potato, Two Potato
Describes the life of spunky children growing up in the 'thirties in a North American city.
The Sholom Aleichem Show
Eight tales by the master of comedy are dramatized for the stage.
The Magic Computer (a Purim play)
A magic computer brings two Martian children to ancient Persia where the story of Purim is enacted.
A Peretz Carnival
Twelve poignant stories by I.L. Peretz, set in E. Europe are dramatized for the stage.
Plays for Adult Audiences:
Dance Like a Butterfly
Vengeance
Whatever Makes You Happy
My Rumanian Cousin
Gently Down The Stream
Encounter
Mendel Fish