Background
John Krizanc was born on August 1, 1956, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He is a son of Rene and Margaret Krizanc.
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The play draws the audience into a labyrinthine story which reflects complicity in civic responsibility. Lempicka declines to use her voice, despite the power given it through her cultural preeminence. She sells her art to the highest bidder without comment. In Tamara, the barrier between spectator and actor has been dissolved; the spaces intermingle, and spectators become actors on many stages. Tamara is a postmodern theatre performed in a large house with ten actors performing simultaneous scenes in several different rooms; at other times there is simultaneous action in eleven rooms. The spectator can accompany the character of their choice and experience the story they choose, knowing that with the simultaneous performances they cannot experience the whole play. Thus the members of the audience make a series of choices and depending upon these choices, each spectator creates and develops an individual viewing of it.
https://www.amazon.com/Tamara-Play-John-Krizanc/dp/0773751955/?tag=2022091-20
1981
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Prague describes the state of the art world in communist Czechoslovakia. The main character, the art director of the Bread and Dreams Theatre Company, uses a production called “Magnificat” to disguise an attack on the regime and denounce the oppressive government forces. The actors have to work around the state censorship, with the opportunism of their fellow actors, and the misdirected ambitions of the company director who could jeopardize the company’s existence.
https://www.amazon.ca/Prague-John-Krizanc/dp/0887544495
1984
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The story begins when a family’s father dies of a heart attack and the estate is left to the two daughters and mother, who begin squabbling over what to do with the land. One daughter, Jill Ashe, having fond memories of her home, wishes to keep the land. Her sister, Hillary, and mother, Clare, want to sell the land for development. Another character, a stockbroker named Boise, wants to get his mitts on the land as well.
https://www.amazon.com/Half-John-Krizanc/dp/0887845010/?tag=2022091-20
1989
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In the midst of negotiations with the United States Secretary of State, the Prime Minister of Canada dies in a canoeing accident. His son Tom McLaughlin (Paul Gross) returns from overseas to deliver the eulogy at his father's state funeral. The attention it receives propels him into politics and he ultimately becomes Prime Minister. The investigation into his father's death, however, reveals that it was no accident and raises the possibility of assassination. McLaughlin accepts the U.S. President's plan to develop the Great Recycling and Northern Development Canal to help the United States with their water shortage. Sgt. Leah Collins (Leslie Hope) and Member of Parliament Marc Lavigne (Guy Nadon) slowly piece together evidence of a conspiracy that threatens Canada's existence.
https://www.amazon.com/H2O-Callum-Keith-Rennie/dp/B00092ZSYM/?tag=2022091-20
2004
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John Krizanc was born on August 1, 1956, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He is a son of Rene and Margaret Krizanc.
It is unknown, where John Krizanc received his education.
John Krizanc established his reputation with his production Tamara. Based on actual events, Tamara (1981) is a docu-drama describing the visit of Tamara de Lempicka, a Polish artist, to the mansion of Italian poet Gabriele D’Annunzio to paint his portrait. Continuing the political theme, Krizanc’s follow-up to Tamara is a backstage drama titled Prague (1984). Krizanc’s last published play, The Half of It, was performed in Toronto in 1989. His other plays include Crimes of Innocence (1976) and Uterine Knights (1979).
In 1993 Krizanc wrote Dieppe, a teleplay about the slaughter of Canadian, American, and British forces at Dieppe, France, in 1942. He has also written for television, including the television series Due South, the telefilm H2O, its sequel The Trojan Horse, and the series ZOS: Zone of Separation.
(The story begins when a family’s father dies of a heart a...)
1989(The play draws the audience into a labyrinthine story whi...)
1981(Prague describes the state of the art world in communist ...)
1984(A dramatization of the failed World War II raid which bec...)
1993(In the midst of negotiations with the United States Secre...)
2004