Television Documentaries and Dramas - Writer, Director, Producer

• 1993 CHASING THE CURE, one-hour docu-drama
• 1994 GARDENIAS AND WARLORDS, half-hour
• 1994 NEVER SAY DIE, half-hour documentary
• 1994 MY FATHER’S LEG ACY, half-hour documentary
• 1995 MG DREAMS, drama, Telefilm Kick Start Award, 17:50
• 1995 THE MAKING OF MG DREAMS, half-hour documentary
• 1995 MENOPAUSE: PASSAGE TO PARADISE, half-hour documentary, for Heartland Motion Pictures
• 1996 HORSEMEN OF THE PASTURES, one hour documentary
• 1996 THE COTTAGE IS A WOMAN’S PLACE, documentary, for Heartland Motion Pictures
• 1996 TOP BRASS, one-hour documentary
• 1997 TWIXT HEAVEN AND EARTH, one-hour documentary
• 1998 DOLL DOSPITAL, one hour docu/drama
• 1998 HOUSTON and the GREAT HORNED OWLS, one hour documentary
• 1999 THE HONEY CHILDREN. One hour docu-drama
• 2000 STORY ALBUM, one hour narrative literary film
• 2000 RAPTURE OF THE DEEP,CANADIAN POET, ANNE SZUMIGALSKI, one hour documentary
• 2001 PIONEER PRIEST, for A SCATTERING OF SEEDS, documentary for White Pine Pictures, Toronto
• 2001 STORY ALBUM poetry series pilot , half-hour
• 2001 TO THE HEAL TH OF US ALL!, one hour documentary
• 2002,’03,’04, ‘05 LIFE WITHOUT BORDERS (series), 52 half hours

Broadcasters

CBC, Discovery Channel, BRAVO!, WTN, Vision TV, Knowledge Network, ACCESS Alberta, CFCF 12, Montreal, SCN, BOOK TV

Dramatic Film Scripts

• 1995 MG DREAMS, TeleFilm Kick Start Award, short drama, 17:50
• 1995 MONA, A Christmas Story, half hour animation special
• 1998 THE MAX SHOW , children’s series, Heartland Motion Pictures

Published Works

• 2005 WASPS, The Grist Mill, Anthology published by the Valley Writers Guild, Ottawa, Ontario, Larry Turner Award
• 2005 THE CLOTHESLINE, radio play, WHERE IS HERE? Anthology
• 2005 RANT OF THE BEAUTIFUL ENTITLEMENT, SPRING Magazine
• 2003 ANGLICANS, SPRING Magazine
• 2001 THE SCROTUM, SPRING Magazine
• 2000, TILL DEATH DO US PART, 200% CRACKED WHEAT humour anthology
• 2000, DOGHOUSE NAMED DESIRE, Rhubarb Magazine
• 2000, TILL DEATH DO US PART, 200% CRACKED WHEAT, Coteau Books
• 1999, UNDER HER SKIN, collection of short stories, now in second printing, Thistledown Press
• 1997, ANGELUS, or BLESSED ARE THE UNINITIATED FOR THEY SHALL GO FISHING, Wilfred Laurier University Press anthology, VOICES and ECHOES
• 1995, THE FIG TREE, in Oberon press anthology, GOING HOME
• 1994, A WOMAN’S GUIDE TO PERSONAL HYGIENE, Prairie Fire magazine’s erotic literature competion winner; published 1994, Prairie Fire Magazine
• 1992, HIS BOWELS, short story, in the humour anthology, 200% CRACKED WHEAT, also 1991, Grain Magazine, Fall issue
• 1991, THE FIG TREE, chapbook, published by Hag Papaers, an imprint of Underwhich Editions, Saskatoon/Toronto
• 1991, PALUMELLO (also titled LULLABY), published in three anthologies, OUT OF PLACE, Coteau Books, HOME AND HOMELAND, Rubicon publishers, Toronto, and MULTICULTURALISM, McGraw-Hill Ryerson.Selected for the curriculum in the Ontario high school curriculum
• 1991, ZINI and ZABA : TOGETHER AGAIN, in the radio play anthology, STUDIO ONE, Coteau Books
• 1989, Songs and poems in JUMBO GUMBO, a children’s anthology published by Coteau Books
• 1988, NeWest Review, 1885, briarpatch Magazine,feature articles on wife battering in rural areas

Stage Productions

• For Children:
  • 9 MUSICAL COMEDIES, 1987-1996, Regina and district elementary school system, K-8, including:
    • FRANCIS THE PIG, A Hero For Our Time
    • COLUMBUS, COME HOME
    • THE THREE LITTLE PIGS MEET THE BIG BAD WOLF
    • FELIX’S REALLY BIG TRIP
    • AN AFTERNOON WITH AUNT CLARA
• For Adults:
  • EATING BEETS DURING MENOPAUSE, Globe Theatre On The Line, February, 2002
  • THE CLOTHESLINE, One-woman show, performances in 2002: Saskatoon Women’s Festival, Cathedral Arts Festival, Moosejaw Festival of Words, Saskatoon Fringe Festival; 2003 Roca Jack’s, Fort Qu’Appelle; 2005 Saskatchewan Inter-Tribal Council Nurses Conference; 2005 Festival of Words, Moosejaw; 2005 Regina Fringe Festival
  • UNDER HER SKIN, One-woman show, performances in 2000: Saskatoon Women’s Festival, Cathedral Arts Festival, Saskatoon Fringe Festival
  • Renamed GRACE BEFORE MEALS, 2005 Festival of Words, Moosejaw; 2005 Regina fringe Festival
  • A CELEBRATION OF THE MESS, one woman show, 1992 Saskatoon Fringe Festival, 1999 Saskatoon Women’s Festival. Canada Council support

CBC Radio

• Plays:
  • THE CLOTHESLINE, 2004
  • THE FIG TREE, 1995
  • THE AMATEUR HOUR, 1992
  • CULTURAL CONNECTION, 1992
  • ZINI AND ZABA, TOGETHER AGAIN, 1988
• Short Stories:
  • 2001 and 2002 Gallery pieces (5)
  • 1994, 1995 CUSTOMS, broadcast on Between the Covers, and Morningside
  • 1990, 1992, 1994, LULLABY, broadcast twice on CBC’s Morningside, and twice on Between the Covers
  • 1989, LUNCH WITH THREE NUNS, CBC Saskatchewan
  • 1988, SHARING THE STABLE, CBC Saskatchewan
  • 1988, RAMBLIN’ ROSE, CBC Saskatchewan
• Comedy Skits:
  • CBC commentary, SASKATCHEWAN, SPACE FOR RENT, 2004
  • CBC commentary, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA’S ELBA, 2003
  • CBC radio fairy tales, Feb , 2002
  • CBC LOVE poem competition, March, 2002

Numerous skits, monologues, songs, and commentaries aired on CBC national and provincial broadcasts, including Sunday Morning, Gabereau, and holiday specials.

Performer

• Original material for children and adults since 1980, music, puppets, stories.
• One woman shows at Fringe Festivals and other festivals and venues.