David Geary (born 1963) is a playwright from New Zealand. He also
writes for television.Born in Feilding and educated at Palmerston
North BHS and Victoria University, he began a law degree before
turning to Arts. Geary studied acting at Toi Whakaari New Zealand
Drama School in Wellington. He graduated in 1987. After completing the
creative writing paper at Victoria, and while enrolled at the Te Kura
Toi Whakaari/The New Zealand Drama School, he submitted ‘Kandy
Cigarettes’ to the 1988 New Zealand Playwrights’ Workshop, under
the pseudonym of Kurt Davidson. Parts of this script then became a
series of revue sketches entitled ‘Gothic But Staunch’ and ‘Dry,
White and Friendly’.His first full-length play was ‘Pack of
Girls’ (Downstage, 1991), a comedy in which a rugby widow forms a
women’s rugby team. This was followed by 'Lovelock’s Dream Run',
first seen at the Australia and New Zealand Playwrights’ Conference
in Canberra in 1990, opening at The Watershed (Auckland Theatre
Company) in 1993 and published by Victoria University Press in 1993.
The play is studied at schools and New Zealand universities. In 1991,
he co-wrote and co-directed the television documentary The Smell of
Money. His short story collection, 'A Man of the People' was published
in 2003.[1] He has worked as a scriptwriter and storyliner for
television including Shortland Street, Mercy Peak, Jackson's Wharf and
Hard Out,[2] and has been seen as an actor in series such as 'Shark in
the Park'.His next full-length play was ‘The Learner’s Stand’
(Circa, 1995), about the experiences of a student who joins a rather
atypical shearing gang for the summer. ‘The King of Stains’, a
short play about a drycleaner with a fish fetish, followed (Bats,
1996). With Mick Rose and Tim Spite, he co-authored ‘Backstage with
the Quigleys’ (Bats, 1992) and ‘The Rabbiter’s Daughter’
(Bats, 1994), two one-act plays which satirise, respectively, the
theatrical and the literary worlds. He also collaborated with Theatre
at Large to create ‘Manawa Taua/Savage Hearts’ (Watershed, 1994)
and with a group of actors to create ‘Ruapehu’, one half of a
double bill with Fiona Samuel’s ‘Untitled’; these two plays
appeared under the title ‘One Flesh’ at Downstage, 1996.
writes for television.Born in Feilding and educated at Palmerston
North BHS and Victoria University, he began a law degree before
turning to Arts. Geary studied acting at Toi Whakaari New Zealand
Drama School in Wellington. He graduated in 1987. After completing the
creative writing paper at Victoria, and while enrolled at the Te Kura
Toi Whakaari/The New Zealand Drama School, he submitted ‘Kandy
Cigarettes’ to the 1988 New Zealand Playwrights’ Workshop, under
the pseudonym of Kurt Davidson. Parts of this script then became a
series of revue sketches entitled ‘Gothic But Staunch’ and ‘Dry,
White and Friendly’.His first full-length play was ‘Pack of
Girls’ (Downstage, 1991), a comedy in which a rugby widow forms a
women’s rugby team. This was followed by 'Lovelock’s Dream Run',
first seen at the Australia and New Zealand Playwrights’ Conference
in Canberra in 1990, opening at The Watershed (Auckland Theatre
Company) in 1993 and published by Victoria University Press in 1993.
The play is studied at schools and New Zealand universities. In 1991,
he co-wrote and co-directed the television documentary The Smell of
Money. His short story collection, 'A Man of the People' was published
in 2003.[1] He has worked as a scriptwriter and storyliner for
television including Shortland Street, Mercy Peak, Jackson's Wharf and
Hard Out,[2] and has been seen as an actor in series such as 'Shark in
the Park'.His next full-length play was ‘The Learner’s Stand’
(Circa, 1995), about the experiences of a student who joins a rather
atypical shearing gang for the summer. ‘The King of Stains’, a
short play about a drycleaner with a fish fetish, followed (Bats,
1996). With Mick Rose and Tim Spite, he co-authored ‘Backstage with
the Quigleys’ (Bats, 1992) and ‘The Rabbiter’s Daughter’
(Bats, 1994), two one-act plays which satirise, respectively, the
theatrical and the literary worlds. He also collaborated with Theatre
at Large to create ‘Manawa Taua/Savage Hearts’ (Watershed, 1994)
and with a group of actors to create ‘Ruapehu’, one half of a
double bill with Fiona Samuel’s ‘Untitled’; these two plays
appeared under the title ‘One Flesh’ at Downstage, 1996.
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