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Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun © Copyright 2003 Norm Foster
First appearance in this format: August 2004
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Foster, Norm, 1949-
Kiss the moon, kiss the sun / Norm Foster.
A play.
ISBN 978-0-88754-687-7
I. Title.
PS8561.O7745K58 2004 C812’.54 C2004-903857-5
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Norm Foster was born in Newmarket, Ontario in 1949. He attended West Hill Collegiate High School in Toronto. He studied Radio and Television Arts at Centennial College in Toronto, and at Confederation College in Thunder Bay. Norm wrote two plays for Malcolm Black, then Artistic Director of Theatre New Brunswick. Those two plays, Sinners and The Melville Boys were enormously successful for Theatre New Brunswick. The Melville Boys has made Foster one of Canada’s most produced playwrights. The Affections of May, Sinners and The Melville Boys have been translated into French.
Kiss the Moon, Kiss the Sun was first produced at Theatre Orangeville, Orangeville, On. September 19-October 7, 2001.
ROBERT Castle |
Avery Saltzman |
CLAIRE Castle |
Lorraine Foreman |
HOLLY Fitch |
Melissa Good |
SIMON Garvey |
Jan Filips |
DOCTOR Andrews |
Scott Bruyea |
Directed by David Nairn
Stage manager Laura-Lynn Reid
Set design by Allan Wilbee
Lighting design by Simon Day
Costume design by Katherine A. Lofquist
ROBERT Castle: Robert is 35 years old but because of an accident when he was a child, he has the mind of a seven or eight year old. He lives with his mother.
CLAIRE Castle: Claire is in her sixties or seventies and is battling cancer and heart disease while caring for her son Robert.
HOLLY Fitch: Holly is not the most responsible person in the world. She has a teaching degree but can’t find a teaching job. She is in her mid to late twenties.
SIMON Garvey: Simon is around forty. He is an English professor who is going through a divorce. He is dating Holly.
DOCTOR Andrews: Claire’s doctor.