2,000 Feet Away single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 2,000 Feet Away
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'In November of 2005 the Iowa State Legislature passed a bill making it a criminal offence for a registered sex offender to live within 2,000 feet of a school. Many towns in Iowa and nearby states have added to the list of prohibited places: day-care centres, parks, shopping malls, public swimming pools, bus stops and libraries. Due to the systematic eviction of sex offenders from their homes, 20% of known sex offenders in Iowa have now disappeared from the public record.

'In a brave and compelling story, writer Anthony Weigh asks us to examine how seemingly reasonable legislation can have awful consequences, as one small town deputy sheriff struggles to enforce the law and protect the innocent from the fear, revulsion, violence and rage surrounding child sex offenders.'

Source: Belvoir Street website, http://www.belvoir.com.au/
Sighted: 12/11/2007

Production Details

  • Produced by Belvoir Street Theatre at Belvoir Street Downstairs, 28 November - 22 December 2007. Season produced by Lee Lewis.

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Works about this Work

Welcome To the Heartland Jason Blake , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 11 November 2007; (p. 20)

— Review of 2,000 Feet Away Anthony Weigh , 2007 single work drama
Welcome To the Heartland Jason Blake , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 11 November 2007; (p. 20)

— Review of 2,000 Feet Away Anthony Weigh , 2007 single work drama

Awards

2008 nominated AWGIE Awards Stage Award
2007 shortlisted Sydney Theatre Awards Best Independent Production Shortlisted for the 2007 Frogbattleship/B Sharp production.
2006 shortlisted Patrick White Playwrights' Award
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