Alexander Poch Goldin

Alex Poch-Goldin is a Canadian playwright whose work has been produced
nationally and internationally. A graduate of The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center and the Dome Theatre in Montreal, he has developed work for The Canadian Stage Co., Tarragon Theatre, Factory Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Buddies in Bad Times, Winnipeg Jewish Theatre and Cahoots as well as Theater Gastpiele-Kempt in Germany.He has created opera/dance hybrids of Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth and Joris-Karl Huysman’s
Against Nature with the Coleman/Lemieux Dance Co.
His plays include: The Bad Luck Bank Robbers, The Right Road To Pontypool, The Great Shadow (4th Line theatre); Yahrzeit (Toronto Jewish Playwriting Award/German national tour); The Life of Jude, Jim and Shorty, Security, Louie’s Dilemma. His plays...

Alex Poch-Goldin is a Canadian playwright whose work has been produced
nationally and internationally. A graduate of The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center and the Dome Theatre in Montreal, he has developed work for The Canadian Stage Co., Tarragon Theatre, Factory Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Buddies in Bad Times, Winnipeg Jewish Theatre and Cahoots as well as Theater Gastpiele-Kempt in Germany.He has created opera/dance hybrids of Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth and Joris-Karl Huysman’s
Against Nature with the Coleman/Lemieux Dance Co.
His plays include: The Bad Luck Bank Robbers, The Right Road To Pontypool, The Great Shadow (4th Line theatre); Yahrzeit (Toronto Jewish Playwriting Award/German national tour); The Life of Jude, Jim and Shorty, Security, Louie’s Dilemma. His plays Cringeworthy and This Hotel were both nominated for Toronto Dora Awards for Outstanding New Plays. He has six plays published by Scirocco Press.

Alex’s original opera The Shadow was produced to critical acclaim
by Tapestry New Opera. He has developed projects for CBC Radio, Bravo! Television
and was a nominee for the prestigious Siminovitch Prize for playwriting
Alex is also an acclaimed actor and has worked extensively in theatres across the country
(Soulpepper/Canadian Stage/Tarragon) and in film and television.
His latest play Make Up was cited at the Eugene O’Neill Playwights’ Conference
for its profound impact on the festival jurors.

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Scripts

The Bad Luck Bank Robbers

by Alexander Poch Goldin

Cast Size
10—30
Genre
adventure,
comedy

A sprawling, hilarious tale of 4 French Canadian bank robbers who steal a quarter million dollars and get lost in the woods.
The play follows four Québécois thieves who staked out the bank for two years and got away with $250,000, at the time the largest single-day bank robbery in Ontario. Making their escape, they drove in the direction of the Canadian Shield. On the way, their getaway car was damaged, and...

A sprawling, hilarious tale of 4 French Canadian bank robbers who steal a quarter million dollars and get lost in the woods.
The play follows four Québécois thieves who staked out the bank for two years and got away with $250,000, at the time the largest single-day bank robbery in Ontario. Making their escape, they drove in the direction of the Canadian Shield. On the way, their getaway car was damaged, and unable to reach a second car, they got stuck in the woods for five days, pelted by rain and bitten by insects. Vigilantes and posses eventually found them and they were arrested. The Second act sees them on trial.

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Cringeworthy

by Alexander Poch Goldin

Cast Size
3
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

Greed, sex and corruption-it's all in a day's work.

London, England 1912. Cringeworthy is a tale of innocent people who are drawn into an unimaginable nightmare. Luigi and Angelina Tarantella, a young couple from Naples, owe Mr. Cringeworthy an awful of money and cannot pay it. By pressing them into service to work off their debt, Cringeworthy reveals the depths of his perversions and the lengths he will go to...

Greed, sex and corruption-it's all in a day's work.

London, England 1912. Cringeworthy is a tale of innocent people who are drawn into an unimaginable nightmare. Luigi and Angelina Tarantella, a young couple from Naples, owe Mr. Cringeworthy an awful of money and cannot pay it. By pressing them into service to work off their debt, Cringeworthy reveals the depths of his perversions and the lengths he will go to satisfy them. The tarantellas fall into a relentless cycle of crime and addiction as the bonds of marriage are replaced by a web of deceit.

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The Life of Jude

by Alexander Poch Goldin

Cast Size
10—25
Genre
drama,
fable/folktale

A fable of a boy trying to be God's favourite who sows disaster all around himself. A mythical and fabulous exploration of faith and failure with live music and songs.

A fable of a boy trying to be God's favourite who sows disaster all around himself. A mythical and fabulous exploration of faith and failure with live music and songs.

The Right Road To Pontypool

by Alexander Poch Goldin

Cast Size
10—40
Genre
comedy,
docudrama/historic

The story of the rise and fall of a Jewish resort in a Protestant town. A funny and moving tale of the tailors and seamstresses who turned Pontypool into a mini-Catskills in Ontario

The story of the rise and fall of a Jewish resort in a Protestant town. A funny and moving tale of the tailors and seamstresses who turned Pontypool into a mini-Catskills in Ontario

Jim and Shorty

by Alexander Poch Goldin

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy

Jim and Shorty are two down and out characters who have a chance meeting on a park bench that changes their lives forever. Over smokes and beers the two men try to secure their place in the world. It's the day of an election and the world could change!

Jim and Shorty are two down and out characters who have a chance meeting on a park bench that changes their lives forever. Over smokes and beers the two men try to secure their place in the world. It's the day of an election and the world could change!

The Trial of William Shakespeare

by Alexander Poch Goldin

Cast Size
10
Genre
drama,
period,
political

In 1947, a traveling, British Shakespeare troupe arrives to present a production of The Merchant of Venice in Tel Aviv, Palestine. The Theatre’s Artistic Director decides the play is antisemitic and won’t allow it to be produced, culminating in a sensational public trial to determine whether, The Merchant of Venice is antisemitic or not. A powerful journey through jewish identity, family, theatre, and democracy...

In 1947, a traveling, British Shakespeare troupe arrives to present a production of The Merchant of Venice in Tel Aviv, Palestine. The Theatre’s Artistic Director decides the play is antisemitic and won’t allow it to be produced, culminating in a sensational public trial to determine whether, The Merchant of Venice is antisemitic or not. A powerful journey through jewish identity, family, theatre, and democracy.

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Make Up

by Alexander Poch Goldin

Cast Size
5
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

When a marriage is rocked by a facebook affair, all the gloves come off. Mark meets up with an old flame and suddenly feels vital again, even as the world disintegrates around him.

When a marriage is rocked by a facebook affair, all the gloves come off. Mark meets up with an old flame and suddenly feels vital again, even as the world disintegrates around him.

This Hotel

by Alexander Poch Goldin

Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
fantasy

A surreal exploration of love and desire. Lester comes home to find his wife in the arms of another man. He then travels to THIS HOTEL, where takes a journey into his subconscious and encounters other love starved figures who reflect his desires and disappointments back to him. A shape shifting bellhop escorts him on a whirlwind tour of long corridors and provocative rooms inhabited by the tenants of Lester's...

A surreal exploration of love and desire. Lester comes home to find his wife in the arms of another man. He then travels to THIS HOTEL, where takes a journey into his subconscious and encounters other love starved figures who reflect his desires and disappointments back to him. A shape shifting bellhop escorts him on a whirlwind tour of long corridors and provocative rooms inhabited by the tenants of Lester's subconscious. With a cast of slinky and colourful characters, This Hotel is hilarious, clever and sexy- a moving journey to the centre of every man.

A hilarious and unexpected ride.

This Hotel is a brilliant evening: masterfully written, acted, directed and designed. -National Post

This Hotel is a hall of theatrical mirrors reflecting paranoia, intrigue, romance and just plain lust.
****-Globe and Mail

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