Review: My entry in Overnight Sensations called “the best”
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Productions, Reviews, Uncategorized on July 14, 2018
The big finish. Photo by Dan Smith
OVERNIGHT SENSATIONS, the annual 24-hour play project sponsored by Mill Mountain Theatre and the Hollins University Playwrights’ Lab, isn’t a competition but my entry this year got a nice review from local journalist Dan Smith:
Here’s what Dan had to say about my piece in his review on the night’s performance:
“There were many notable moments and accomplishments, not the least of which was Dwayne Yancey’s fall-down funny “The Denmark County Barbershop Quartet Presents …,” wherein an oddball quartet gets by singing about disasters. This is, I think, the first musical I’ve seen in the 11 Overnight Sensations and the crew (Reilly Lincavicks, Michael Mansfield, Erica Musyt, J.P. Powell, Chris Shepard and Ally Thomas) carried if off beautifully. I thought it was the best of all the plays last night.”
MORE FROM OVERNIGHT SENSATIONS 2018:
* Photos and videos from THE DENMARK COUNTY BARBERSHOP QUARTET PRESENTS . . .
* More photos by other photographers
* Lots more photos here.
More photos from Overnight Sensations 2018
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on July 14, 2018
Here are some more photos — from other photographers — from Overnight Sensations 2018 and, in particular, my piece THE DENMARK COUNTY BARBERSHOP QUARTET PRESENTS . . . .
The Denmark County Barbershop Quartet. Photo by Dan Smith.
Reilly Lincavicks with the skull of Yorick. Photo by Todd Ristau.
Michael Mansfield directs the quartet. Photo by Dan Smith.
The big finish. Photo by Dan Smith.
More photos below:
Photos and videos from “The Denmark County Barbershop Quartet Presents . . .”
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Video on July 14, 2018
My 7th 24-hour play festival with Mill Mountain Theatre and the Hollins University Playwrights’ Lab resulted in THE DENMARK COUNTY BARBERSHOP QUARTET PRESENTS . . . in which a ragtag barbershop quartet presents Hamlet to the tune of “In the Good Old Summertime.”
From left: Ally Thomas, J.P. Powell, Reilly Lincavicks, Bob Moss, me (kneeling), Erica Muyst, Chris Shepard and Michael Mansfield.
Below is rehearsal video from a short song about the Hindenburg, followed by the big finish about Hamlet.
MORE FROM OVERNIGHT SENSATIONS 2018:
* Lots more photos here.
Rehearsal for Overnight Sensations 2018
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on July 14, 2018
So, here’s how rehearsal for this year’s 24-hour play project at Mill Mountain Theatre played out.
Saturday, 8 a.m. The writers and directors meet in the green room at Mill Mountain Theatre. My director, Bob Moss, is at right.
With six shows, rehearsal space is at a premium. Our group gathered in the Harrison Museum of African-American History. From left: Michael Mansfield, director Bob Moss, Chris Shepard, J.P. Powell, Ally Thomas, Erica Muyst and Reilly Lincavicks.
More photos below . . . and a lot more here. Read the rest of this entry »
My 7th 24-hour play festival
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on July 14, 2018
For the 7th time, I was a writer in OVERNIGHT SENSATIONS, the annual 24-hour play project sponsored by Mill Mountain Theatre and the Hollins University Playwrights’ Lab. I’ve been invited a few other times but had schedule conflicts.
Here are some photos to show how the process unfolds.
First, the gear. I always wear the jester’s hat. This year, I added two hats I picked up on my April trip to Australia.
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“Just Another Day At The Office” wins a prize
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Reviews, Uncategorized on July 14, 2018
An unexpected award.
An unexpected surprise arrived in the mail recently: My one-act play JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE won top honors at an April festival of staged readings in Middleburg, Virginia sponsored by Shakespeare In The Burg.
Here’s video of the actual reading.
Praise for “The Face on Mars” in London
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Productions, Reviews on July 11, 2018
In May, Horatio Theatre in London, UK produced my short play THE FACE ON MARS as part of a three-day festival of short science fiction plays. Here’s a note from the producer:
“Courtney Larkin tackled the bottomless depths of Dwayne Yancey’s imaginative and sharp script, and made it into a clean, dry, and twisted piece of wonderful stagecraft. It was uncomfortably funny, and it perfectly mirrored many of the things we hate about the world around us. The twist, unexpected as it was, was sold to perfection by Lindsey Huebner and Martin Lomas. After watching them, I really want to know more about that martian civilisation, that society that disappeared millions of years before we even existed.”
The script was previously produced in Connecticut. No photos from London but do have some from Connecticut.
