Archive for September, 2017
List of 2018 productions
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Productions, Uncategorized on September 26, 2017
Here’s what I’ve already got booked for 2018. So far, I’ve got shows in the United States, plus Australia, Canada and Great Britain.
* Jan. 21: THE FRUITCAKE (one-act), Upper Sandusky High School Drama Club, Upper Sandusky High, Ohio.
* Feb. 3: THE BIGFOOT SIGHTING (one-minute play), Fast and Furious Festival, Spokane Stage Left Theatre Spokane, Washington.
* March 14: THE BANANA MAN, CAT AND DOG, GRADUATION SPEECH TRANSLATED, JIMMY’S PLAN FOR WORLD DOMINATION (short plays), Play With Your Food, Mankato, Minnesota.
* March 20: Staged reading of THE CELLPHONES OF THE DEAD (short play) as part of “Playwrights Say Never Again To School Shootings,” Oregon Contemporary Theatre, Eugene, Oregon.
* March 21: Staged reading of THE CELLPHONES OF THE DEAD (short play) as part of “Playwrights Say Never Again To School Shootings,” Palace Theatre, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
* March 23: Staged reading of THE CELLPHONES OF THE DEAD (short play) as part of “Playwrights Say Never Again To School Shootings,” Luna Stage Company, West Orange, New Jersey.
* March 24: Staged reading of THE CELLPHONES OF THE DEAD (short play), part of 17 short plays related to school shootings. Organized by Nu Sass Productions, held at The Pinch, Washington, D.C.
* Spring TBA: Unknown number of short pieces, North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, New Jersey.
* April 5-7: THIS ROSES HAS THORNS (full-length), Bustco Theatre, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
* April 5-7: LUCY (one-act), by Ghost Light Productions, Elko, Nevada.
* April 8: Staged reading of JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE (one-act), Shakespeare in the Burg, Middleburg, Virginia.
* April 11: THE ONE-WORD MACBETH (one-act), Thomas University, Thomasville, Georgia.
* April 20: Staged reading of THE CELLPHONES OF THE DEAD (short play) as part of “Playwrights Say Never Again To School Shootings,” Roanoke, Virginia.
* April 27-29: THE COLLEGE SQUIRRELS, THE OCEANS OF MARS and BIG TIME COLLEGE CHEMISTRY (short plays), by North Hunterdon Theater Organization, Annandale, NJ.
* May 4-5: THE MONKEY AT THE WEDDING (one-act), Red River Revue, Clarksville, Texas
* May 10: Staged reading of THE CELLPHONES OF THE DEAD (short play) as part of “Playwrights Say Never Again To School Shootings,” Rich Heritage of Cedar Rapids Theatre Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
* May 17: DAMSEL NOT IN DISTRESS, THE BANANA MAN, THE COLLEGE SQUIRRELS, CAT AND DOG, THE RECRUITER, DOROTHY GETS A DOG, A VAMPIRE SOAP OPERA, THE ORPHANAGE AND THE BEAUTIFUL OGRE AND OTHER FAIRY TALES, Radcliffe Creek School, Chestertown, Maryland.
* May 23: THE FACE ON MARS (ten-minute), Horatio Theatre, London, UK.
* May 25-27: NURSERY CRIMES (one-act), Paris Community Theatre, Paris, Texas.
* May 28: CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT (one-act), by RuBarb Productions, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
* May 31: MERMING and THREE POSSUMS AT A BAR (one-minute plays), Gi60 Gone in 60 Seconds Festival, Leeds, UK.
* June 4: SOMETIMES ELEPHANTS DIE STANDING UP (ten-minute), Peeskill High School, Peeskill, New York.
* June 7: THE SANDSTORM (ten-minute), Centreville High School, Clifton, Virginia
* June 7-9: PICKING UP STARS (one-minute play), Gi60 Gone in 60 Seconds Festival, Brooklyn, New York.
* June 14-16, 21-23: A MERMAID WALKED INTO A BAR (short play) and THE CONTACT LENS (ten-minute play), Asphalt Jungle Shorts, Kitchener, Ontario.
* June 20-21: THE BEAUTIFUL OGRE AND OTHER FAIRY TALES (ten-minute) Youth Education on Stage, Williston, North Dakota.
* June 22-24, June 29-July 1, and July 6-8: THE MURDERESS AND HER ATTORNEY (short play), Short Attention Span Theatre, Chestertown, Maryland.
* July 7: THE DENMARK COUNTY BARBERSHOP QUARTET PRESENTS . . . (ten-minute play), Overnight Sensations 24-hour play project, Mill Mountain Theatre / Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia.
* July 19-22: THE BEAUTIFUL OGRE AND OTHER FAIRY TALES (ten-minute), Forge Theatre, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
* Aug. 2-3: LETTERS FROM THE MONA LISA (ten-minute play), Donna Scott Productions, Charlotte, North Carolina.
* Aug.24-25: STRANGE VEGETABLES (one-act), Red River Revue, Clarksville, Texas
* Sept. 14-16, 21-23: THE CELLPHONES OF THE DEAD (short play), produced as part of “Safety Off,” a program of short plays about school shootings, Phoenix Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
* Sept. 22: THE CELLPHONES OF THE DEAD (short play), produced as part of “Code Red Plays,” Steel City Playhouse, Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
* Oct. 7: PUTTING THE FAIR IN TOOTH FAIRY and THE COLLEGE SQUIRRELS (short play), Play With Your Food, Mankato, Minnesota.
* Oct. 12-Nov. 3: DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN (one-act), Broom Street Theater, Madison, Wisconsin.
* Oct. 18-21: JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE (one-act), Roial players, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
* Oct. 26-28: THE SANDSTORM (ten-minute play), Playwright’s Playground Festival, Spokane Stage Left Theatre, Spokane, Washington.
* Oct. 28: CURTAIN SPEECH, Bashir Productions, Et Cetera Theatre, London.
* Nov. 3: * May 31: MERMING and THREE POSSUMS AT A BAR (one-minute plays), re-run of selected pieces from Gi60 Gone in 60 Seconds Festival at Ilkley Literature Festival, Ilkley, Great Britain.
* Nov. 3: Staged reading of scene from THE ARMADILLO QUEEN (full-length), produced as part of series of public reading by Khaos Theatre Company / Emerging Artists Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana. (Audience vote will determine which script goes on to a full production in 2019).
* Nov. 3: THE FRUITCAKE (one-act), by Bynum Independent School District, Bynum, Texas.
* Nov. 8: THE FRUITCAKE (one-act), by KMHS Drama Club, Kettle Moraine High School, Wales, Wisconsin.
* Nov. 9-11: The first 15 pages of NOT ANOTHER EXQUISITE CORPSE?, a collaborative play by five different playwrights, uses the first 15 pages of my one-act THE CURIOUS CASE OF JOCKSTRAP MALONE, Page to Stage Theatre, Roanoke.
* Nov. 15-18: FISHING FOR MEN and THE GHOST LAMP (one-minute plays), Houston Community College, Houston, Texas.
* Nov. 16: THE KISSING CONSULTANT (one-act), Chatfield High School, Chatfield, Minnesota.
* Nov. 17: CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT (one-act), The American School of Yaounde, Yoaunde, Cameroon.
* Nov. 17: CHRISTMAS SPIDERS (one-act), Attic Productions, Fincastle, Virginia.
* Nov. 27: CURTAIN SPEECH, BOLIVIA!, and THE CELLPHONES OF THE DEAD (short plays), Bashir Productions, at Cockpit Theatre, London.
* Dec. 5: NURSERY CRIMES (one-act), Emerald Coast Middle School, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
* Dec. 7-9, 13-15: DEATH BY POINSETTIA (one-act), Tri-County Players, Cincinnati, Ohio.
* Dec. 8: Staged reading of NOBODY EVER ASKS ME (one-minute), No Shame Theatre, Charlottesville, Virginia.
* Dec. 9: MAC AND BETH (one-act), McMichael High School, Greensboro, North Carolina.
* Dec. 10: LETTERS FROM THE MONA LISA (ten-minute) and PEAKED IN HIGH SCHOOL (ten-minute), Adams State University, Alamosa, Colorado.
* December date unclear: THE GIRL WHO MADE EMUS BELIEVE THEY COULD FLY ON CHRISTMAS (one-act), edited version produced by a private tutor teaching English as a Second Language, Hong Kong, China.
* Dec. 14: CHRISTMAS SPIDERS (one-act), Varnum High School, Seminole, Oklahoma.
* Dec. 14-15, 20-22: ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS (full-length), Fountain Theater, Fountain, Colorado.
* Dec. 16: THE ANGEL TREE (one-act), SANTA KILLS THANKSGIVING (short) and THE YEAR DAD FINALLY LOST IT AT CHRISTMAS, A Danniella DiClaudio and Friends Production, Elizabeth, Pennsylvania.
* Dec. 18-19: JOY TO OTHER WORLDS (one-act), Liberty High School, Frisco, Texas.
* DEC. 19: LET THERE BE LIGHTS! (one-act), Otto-Eldred High School, Duke Center, Pennsylvania.
* Dec. 19: LET THERE BE LIGHTS! (one-act), St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Hickory, North Carolina.
* Dec. 21: LET THERE BE LIGHTS! (one-act), Pine Island High School, Pine Island, Minnesota.
* Date unknown: THE COLLEGE SQUIRRELS (five-minute) and BIG TIME CHEMISTRY (five minute), North Hunterdon High School, Annandale, New Jersey
* Dec. TBA: LET THERE BE LIGHTS! (one-act), Geo Prep Mid-City of Greater Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
List of 2017 productions
List of 2016 productions
List of 2015 productions
Photos from “A Chicken Walked Into A Bar” in Ohio
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on September 22, 2017
The West Grandview Fringe Festival in Columbus, Ohio produced two of my short pieces in August 2017: MORAL COMPASS and A CHICKEN WALKED INTO A BAR . . .
You can guess which one these photos are from.

