Bar Mitzvah Boy: Joey Brant needs to have a bar mitzvah immediately. Like, next Tuesday. Except he’s not thirteen, the usual age for the Jewish milestone. He’s in his sixties. A task he thinks he could quickly cross off his to-do list becomes a deep immersion into the faith he no longer follows when he meets Rabbi Michael Levitz-Sharon.

“A gentle, bittersweet comedy.” ― Darren Barefoot, The Georgia Straight

“Leiren-Young is a Shaw with a peculiarly Jewish piquancy, tantalisingly sweet-and-sour, like my Bubbeh’s celebrated Brisket. Such complex cookery takes deft hands to bring to table.” ―Lincoln Kaye, Vancouver Observer

Two characters - Playwrights Canada Press Amazon

Shylock: Shylock is an award-winning play about a Jewish actor who finds himself condemned by his own community for his portrayal of Shakespeare’s notorious Jew
"Not an ounce of fat on this play. Pure gold." (CBC Radio)

“Mark Leiren-Young’s play is very strong and an important contribution to the vexed and vexing question of the alleged anti-Semitism of The Merchant of Venice.” (Patrick Stewart, actor)

Solo play: Amazon

Articles of Faith: Articles of Faith is a play designed to promote understanding of the controversial subject of the blessing of same-sex unions. The play is based on a series of interviews conducted by the author in a Pacific Northwest community where the issue of formal condoning and blessing of same-sex unions divided and eventually split an Anglican parish

Cast: 4 characters (doubling) or lots of actors... Anvil Press Amazon

Yorick! To laugh or not to laugh? The question isn't whether Shakespeare was real, it's was Shakespeare funny... The ghost of Hamlet's famous Fool has risen to reveal he was actually Shakespeare's gag writer and - as he shares his story - he performs the funniest scenes in the Bard's repertoire. This is an actor's chance to play Falstaff, the Porter, Jaques, Kate, Petruchio, all The Mechanicals from Midsummer and more. Produced at the Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Victoria Fringe Festivals.

Genre: Comedy/Acts: 1/Run time: 60 minutes Playwrights Guild of Canada

Male roles: 1

Mark’s other work available through the Playwrights Guild of Canada.

For performance rights please contact Michael Petrasek/Kensington Literary.