Archive for May, 2016
Video: Three short pieces in New York festival
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Productions, Uncategorized, Video on May 17, 2016
Here’s some video I just discovered existed of my work in the 2014 edition of the Gone in 60 Seconds Festival in New York.
First, here’s IT’S THE COW’S FAULT:
Second, here’s THE CALL OF THE OPEN ROAD:
Here’s THREE TREES TALKING in the #nextgen youth version of the festival:
“The Beautiful Ogre and Other Fairy Tales” to be produced in Maryland
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Productions, Uncategorized on May 17, 2016
My 10-minute script THE BEAUTIFUL OGRE AND OTHER FAIRY TALES will be produced in August by Open Space Arts in Reisterstown, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore suburbs.
Production dates are August 5-7 and 12-14.
This will be the seventh production of that script:
THE BEAUTIFUL OGRE AND OTHER FAIRY TALES
A father reads his daughter a fairy tale as a bedtime story — which the characters begin to act out. The girl doesn’t like how the story is going — no strong female role models, for instance — so she changes it all around. This is the result. Cast: Five — three males, two females. Running time: Eight minutes.
* Produced by the Paw Paw Village Players, Paw Paw, Michigan, Feb. 15-16, 22-23, 2008.
* Produced by Youth Education on Stage Summer Shorts, Williston, North Dakota, June 24-26, 2008.
* Produced by Subversive Theatre, Buffalo, N.Y., various nights between May 2-17, 2009.
* Produced by Play’n’Well Players, Plainview, Michigan, last weekend of May 2009.
* Produced by Jeonju Players, Jeonju, South Korea, December 2014
* Produced as script-in-hand reading as radio play before a live audience, Hoosier Hometown Live, Mitchell, Indiana, Feb. 5, 2016.
So far in 2016:
Two short pieces to be produced in New York festival
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Productions, Uncategorized on May 16, 2016
Two of my short scripts will be produced in the Gone in 60 Seconds Festival of one-minute plays, which will be held June 9-11 at Brooklyn College in New York.
The scripts are the comedy THE BIGFOOT SIGHTING and the more somber A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
If you’re counting, and I am, that means already this year I’ve had (or soon will have) productions in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. I’ve been fortunate to have had scripts in this festival for several years running now.
Curiously, both of my scripts accepted this year deal with television news:
THE BIGFOOT SIGHTING
A TV reporter interviews a professor, who doubts the existence of Bigfoot, even though one is jumping around all over the stage. Cast: Three or more – one male, two or more non-gender.
A MOMENT OF SILENCE
A minister presides over a moment of silence following some tragedy. Except there is no silence, because of all the TV news crews talking. Cast: Four, all non-gender.
You can find the full list of scripts in this year’s festival here.
So far in 2016:
“Letters From The Mona Lisa” produced in Washington state
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on May 10, 2016
The Mona Lisa comes alive for the night security guard.
My ten-minute play LETTERS FROM THE MONA LISA was produced May 6-7 at Jewel Box Theatre in Poulsbo, Washington. Later I got this note from a patron who sought me out on Facebook:
“Hi there Dwayne. Just thought I’d let you know that i saw your Mona Lisa play at the Jewel Box over the weekend and really enjoyed it. Your piece and Gwen’s were stand-outs. Congratulations — I hope to see more of your work in the future!”
The Mona Lisa.
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