Dwayne Yancey
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‘Death By Poinsettia’ in Chicago
Posted in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on December 22, 2020
Possibilities Theatre in Chicago produced my Christmas one-act DEATH BY POINSETTIA. It was directed by Rashaad Bond but, alas, I don’t have the names of the two wonderful performers. 
The old mistletoe trick.
The title card.
Audio: ‘This is Angel O’Lord reporting’ in California
Posted in News, Productions, Radio plays, Video on December 21, 2020
Unity of Marin, a church in Marin County, California near San Francisco, produced my short play THIS IS ANGEL O’LORD reporting, as a radio drama as part of the church’s annual holiday show on Dec. 19, 2020.
Photos: ‘Shakespeare’s Lost Christmas Play’ in Utah
Posted in Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on December 18, 2020
Here are some photos from the dress rehearsal for SHAKESPEARE’S LOST CHRISTMAS PLAY at Eskdale High School in Millard County, Utah. First, the back story: Director Lois Faber had produced two scripts of mine a few years ago. In September, she contacted me out of the blue to say she was looking for a Christmas play for her class to perform. She’d come up short. It need to fit a specific number of students, with a specific gender mix, a specific length, and needed to be performed socially distanced. Oh, and it would be nice if it would address the pandemic. So I wrote a script to fit those specifications — except I changed the setting from the COVID-19 pandemic to the plague in Shakespeare’s day.
The cast included some musically-talented students so I wrote in some musical interludes.
More wonderful photos below:
Video: ‘The Christmas Spiders’ in Ontario
Posted in Productions, Uncategorized, Video on December 15, 2020
Take Two Theatre in Timmons, Ontario held a reading of my one-act THE CHRISTMAS SPIDERS on Dec. 5, 2020:
List of 2021 productions
Posted in Productions, Uncategorized on December 15, 2020
- Jan. 3: THE ONE-WORD CHRISTMAS CAROL (one-act), Blank Conversations Theatre Company, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
- Jan. 21-24: THE WEIRD SISTERS GO ROGUE (one-act), LAB Theatre Project, Tampa, Florida.
- Feb. 13: THE UNOPENED VALENTINE (ten-minute), Sandy Spring Theatre Group, Sandy Spring, Maryland
- Feb. 18-19: ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS (full-length), Del Norte High School, Del Norte, Colorado
- Feb. 24: THE ONE-WORD MACBETH (one-act), E.J. King High School, Sasebo, Japan
- Feb. 25-28: THE SANDSTORM (ten-minute), Paris Junior College, Paris, Texas. (Originally scheduled for 2020 but postponed to 2021 due to pandemic)
- March 12: MISS MITCHELL’S COMET (full-length), Powerstories Theatre, Tampa, Florida
- March 12-14: THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE INTERNET (ten-minute play), PopUp Productions, Louisiana.
- March 12-14: THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS (ten-minute play), PopUp Productions, Louisiana.
- March 12-14: GOD AND THE DEVIL MEET FOR A BUSINESS LUNCH (ten-minute play), PopUp Productions, Louisiana.
- March 27: THE STANLEY CUP IS MISSING (ten-minute play), This Moment Productions, Chicago.
- April 9: VERONICA’S DOLLS (one-act), Hidden Valley High School, Roanoke, Virginia
- April 19: THE ONE-WORD MACBETH (one-act), Pike County High School, Clarksville, Missouri
- April 17-18: BLOOD RELATIVES (ten-minute play), Rainy Day Arts Collective, Seattle, Washington
- April 23: THE GROUNDSKEEPER (short play), Rough Magic Shakespeare Company, Daytona Beach, Florida
- April 23: LADY MACBETH’S LAMENT (short play), Rough Magic Shakespeare Company, Daytona Beach, Florida
- April 23: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (short play), Rough Magic Shakespeare Company, Daytona Beach, Florida
- April 23: THE SHIPWRECK (short play), Rough Magic Shakespeare Company, Daytona Beach, Florida
- April 25: THE ONE-WORD MACBETH (one-act), Davidson High School, Mobile, Alabama
- April 29-May 2: THE WEIRD SISTERS GO ROGUE (one-act), Paris Junior College, Paris, Texas
- May 1: THE ONE-WORD MACBETH (one-act), The Knaves Iambic, Fargo, North Dakota
- May 14-15: ENJOY THE SHOW (short play), North Hunterdon High School, Annandale, New Jersey
- May 14-15: THE WALK SIGN (ten-minute), North Hunterdon High School, Annandale, New Jersey
- May 15: THE SHOW MUST GO ON (full-length), reading, Showtimers, Roanoke, Virginia
- June 18-July 3: SAGUARO (five minutes), Cone Man Running festival, Houston, Texas. (Postponed from 2020)
- June 18-July 3: THE VIKING FUNERAL OF HAROLD OLAFSON, (five minutes), Cone Man Running festival, Houston, Texas. (Postponed from 2020)
- July 10: THE SECRET AGENT (10-minute play festival), Overnight Sensations, Roanoke, Virginia.
- July 10-11: SOMETIMES ELEPHANTS DIE STANDING UP (ten-minute), Chill Bucket Productions, Seattle / Westchester County, New York.
- July 24-25: DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN (ten-minute), Eastbound Theatre, Milford Arts Council, Milford, Connecticut
- July 31: A MIDWINTER’S DAY DREAM (one-act), Danniella DiClaudio Productions, Charloi, Pennsylvania
- Sept. 30-Oct. 2, Oct. 7-9: THE CALL OF THE OPEN ROAD (short play), Asphalt Jungle Shorts, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
- Oct. 25: HIT THE BOOKS (one-act) by Maddock Public School, Maddock, North Dakota.
- October 21-23, 28-30: I EAT MY OWN MOONS (short play), Emerson Arts, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
- October 21-23, 28-30: DELICACIES (short play), Emerson Arts, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
- October 21-23, 28-30: PHOTOGRAPHING FAIRIES (short play), Emerson Arts, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
- October 29: LIZARD GIRL MEETS HER ONLY FAN (ten-minute play), Rainy Day Arts Collective, Seattle, Washington.
- Nov. 4: BEHIND THE MUSES: THE WEIRD SISTERS STORY (one-act), Hidden Valley High School, Roanoke, Virginia.
- Nov. 6-20: THE PICTURE WINDOW (ten-minute), Orange Players, Orange, Connecticut.
- Nov. 11: THE FRUITCAKE (one-act), Guardian Angel Central Catholic School, West Point, Nebraska.
- Nov. 13: THE FRUITCAKE (one-act), Allen Consolidated School, Allen, Nebraska
- Nov. 19: THE FRUITCAKE (one-act), Batesville High School Drama Club, Batesville, Indiana.
- Nov. 26-28: MACBETH, THE SANITIZED VERSION (ten-minute), UTSC Drama Society, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Dec. 3-5, 10-11: A ZOMBIE CHRISTMAS (ten-minute), Quannapowitt Players, Reading, Massachusetts
- Dec. 5 and 12: JOSE AND MARIA (full-length), virtual, Sandy Spring Theatre Group, Sandy Spring, Maryland
- December 9-11: SHAKESPEARE’S LOST CHRISTMAS PLAY (full-length), Infinite Arts, Birmingham, UK
- December 11: THE GIRL WHO MADE EMUS BELIEVE THEY COULD FLY (one-act), The Valley Playhouse, Harrisonburg, Virginia
- December 11: SHAKESPEARE’S LOST CHRISTMAS PLAY (full-length), Players of the Bard, Youngsville, North Carolina.
- December 11-12: SHAKESPEARE’S LOST CHRISTMAS PLAY (full-length), Otley Players, Otley, Great Britain
- December 17: SANTA IN THE OFF-SEASON (five-minute), Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San Jose, California.
- December 17: LET THERE BE LIGHTS! (one-act), Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San Jose, California.
- December 18: SHAKESPEARE’S LOST CHRISTMAS PLAY (full-length), Zenith Players, Budd Lake, New Jersey
- December 22: SHAKESPEARE’S LOST CHRISTMAS PLAY (full-length), Pine Island High School, Pine Island, Minnesota
- December: Virtual production of SHAKESPEARE’S LOST CHRISTMAS PLAY (full-length), The Pandemic Players, a virtual group spanning Kentucky, Massachusetts and North Carolina.
- December: Virtual production of THE MERMAID WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS (one-act), The Pandemic Players, a virtual group spanning Kentucky, Massachusetts and North Carolina.
- December: Virtual production of JOY TO OTHER WORLDS (one-act), The Pandemic Players, a virtual group spanning Kentucky, Massachusetts and North Carolina.
- December: THE ONE-WORD CHRISTMAS CAROL (one-act), Yellow Door Theatre Project, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
- December: Classroom reading of ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS (full-length), Roy Junior High School, Weber, Utah
- December 25: THE CHRISTMAS GOAT (ten-minute play), Pocahontas County High School, performed on air on WVMR, Alleghany Mountain Radio, Dunmore, West Virginia.
- December 25: FATHER CHRISTMAS (ten-minute plays), Pocahontas County High School, performed on air on WVMR, Alleghany Mountain Radio, Dunmore, West Virginia.
TBA:
BOLIVIA! (short play), The Rose Theatre, Washington, D.C
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID:
JOY TO OTHER WORLDS (one-act), Redlands U3A Theatre Group, Brisbane, Australia
THE CHRISTMAS SPIDERS (one-act), We All Shine Productions, Toronto, Canada
Video: ‘Shakespeare’s Lost Christmas Play’
Posted in News, Uncategorized, Video on December 13, 2020
On December 12, 2020, I held a video reading of my new Christmas play SHAKESPEARE’S LOST CHRISTMAS PLAY. Here ’tis!
The back story: A teacher in Utah, who has previously produced some of my work, contacted me in September and asked if I would write a Christmas play for her class. It needed to fit her cast size, gender mix and time limits. Plus, it had to be done in a socially distanced fashion, plus she wanted it about trying to produce a show during the pandemic. I changed that to the plague in Shakespeare’s day.
The cast:
* Erasmus a peasant who has perpetually bad luck on stage: Mason Micesvki, Hamilton, Ontario
* Ann, a peasant who doesn’t much like Erasmus and wants to be a snowflake in the pageant: Ella Kennedy, Hamilton, Ontario
* Thomasina, another peasant who wants to be a snowflake in the pageant: Kaiya Hoagland, Bonsack, Virginia.
* Bartholomew, a peasant who isn’t very bright: Scott Cooper, Waterloo, Ontario
* Susan, a peasant who is always hungry: Emily Bolyea-Kyere, Hamilton, Ontario
* Emma, a peasant who is depressed, until she’s not: Giselle Magie, Hamilton, Ontario
* Toby, a peasant who is naïve: William Thomas, Hamilton, Ontario
* Olivia, a peasant given to conspiracy theories: Irene Kenney, Memphis, Tennessee
* Roger, a peasant just returned from London, practical: Stephen Baltz, Christiansburg, Virginia.
* Joan the stage manager, the practical type : Arlene Thomas, Kitchener, Ontario
* Hortense the director: Cheryl Carter, Lynchburg, Virginia.
* The royal herald, who delivers a message Heather Sexton, Salem, Virginia
* The Plague Doctor, who appears in the costume of a medieval plague Doctor , Aisha Mitchell, Radford, Virginia
* Stage directions: B.A. Ciccolella, Norfolk, Virginia
Video: ‘The One-Word Christmas Carol’ in Virginia
Posted in News, Productions, Uncategorized, Video on December 12, 2020
Attic Productions of Fincastle, Virginia has produced my one-act THE ONE-WORD CHRISTMAS CAROL as a video productions. If you like this, Attic asks that you make a donation through their website. Directed by Sally Miller. I have several scripts in this format — where each line is a single word.
THE ONE-WORD CHRISTMAS CAROL
The traditional Christmas Carol story, more or less, told with each actor speaking a line of just a single word. Cast: Can be done with as few as six, or expanded larger, if you desire.
Audio: ‘Aunt Millie’s Cat’ by Audio Amphitheater
Posted in News, Productions, Radio plays, Uncategorized on November 30, 2020
The Tennessee-based Audio Amphitheater has produced my one-act play AUNT MILLIE’S CAT as a podcast. It’s on both Apple and Spotify. Here it is on Spotify. Produced and directed by Bret Carson, starring Jenna Foster as Angie and Jose Garcia as the cat.
Video: ‘As Asian As Apple Pie’ in New York festival
Posted in News, Productions, Uncategorized, Video on November 30, 2020
My very short monologue AS ASIAN AS APPLE PIE was included in The Faces of America monologue festival by The Playground Experiment in New York on Nov. 21. Here’s the whole show:
Review of ‘A Dickens of a Christmas’
Posted in News, Reviews, Uncategorized on November 18, 2020
The New Zealand playwright Rex McGregor has left this lovely review on the New Play Exchange for my Christmas full-length A DICKENS OF A CHRISTMAS:
“A delightful script with likable characters, witty dialogue and a twist I didn’t see coming.”
A DICKENS OF A CHRISTMAS
Two orphan girls in Victorian London desperately want a proper Christmas dinner. At first, they conspire to sneak into a private club and pass themselves off as men. Their plans are frustrated by a retired military man, and two fellow orphans. That’s when they devise another plan that involves the mean old rich woman at the end of the street. Cast: Six – three male, three female.
Here’s a video of a virtual reading of the script in September 2020.
