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Photos (and video!) from Synergy Ensemble Theater on Long Island
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on July 30, 2015
Synergy Ensemble Theater on Long Island performed two of my one-minute scripts on July 18 as part of an event to show off the group’s talent to the community. Synergy performed two of my baseball pieces — DEEP INTO OCTOBER and FIREBALLER.
A man working in his backyard envisions himself playing . . . DEEP INTO OCTOBER.
FIREBALLER deals with the curious relationship between God, dinosaurs . . . and a fast ball.
You can find more about Synergy, as well as links to previous productions of DEEP INTO OCTOBER, here.
Fan mail from an actress in New York
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Reviews, Uncategorized on July 30, 2015
For the first time, I’ve gotten fan mail! From an actress! In New York! I had several short pieces done in a festival there last month and today I got this note from one of them: “After seeing THE COW’S FAULT in the 2014 [festival], I HOPED to get cast in one of your plays and was THRILLED to be play Practical Mouse in AN UNEXPECTED CHEESE PARTY.”
She was referring to one of my entries in this year’s Gone in 60 Seconds Festival of one-minute plays; you can find a photo here.
My fan mail!
Photo from “An Unexpected Cheese Party” in New York
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on June 29, 2015
From left: Catleen Kelly, Katherine Harte DeCoux, Julie Orkis, not sure, and, as the dead mouse, Anastasia Bell.
Here’s a photo from AN UNEXPECTED CHEESE PARTY, which was produced June 11-13 in New York as part of the Gone in 60 Seconds Festival of one-minute plays.
This involves, as you can see, a dead mouse.
I had two scripts in the New York festival, plus three in the related youth festival, and two more in the British version of the festival. You can read about all those here.
Photo courtesy of Rose Bonczek.
Photos from short film “Kiss My Ashes Goodbye”
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Uncategorized, Video on April 7, 2015
Once again, filmmaker Hank Ebert and I have collaborated on a short film for the Bike Shorts film festival which is pretty much what you think it is — short films about bicycles. I’ll post the video once the festival happens on May 1, but here are some shots from the shoot:
Hank Ebert.
Chris Shepard (foreground) as manager of Acme Bike Messengers and Blair Peyton as his incompetent employee.
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Photo from “The Monkey at the Wedding” in Massachusetts
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on March 12, 2015
The cast of The Monkey At the Wedding. From right to left,
Top row: Father of Bride, Groom, Best man, Minister, Granny, Monkey, Mother of bride.
Bottom row: Pluto, Mother of groom, Zoe, Maid of Honor, Fatima, and the Bride.
Here is the cast photo from the first day of rehearsal for my one-act THE MONKEY AT THE WEDDING, which will be produced in May at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Acton, Massachusetts.
This will be the world premiere.
Now, for an interesting story. I wrote the script several years ago, inspired by a local news story about a man who was trying to find a monkey to be ringbearer at his wedding. Don’t think he ever found one, though.
The director in Acton contacted me out of the blue — thanks, search engine! — and asked for some possible scripts. Eventually, she settled on this one.
Except, after auditions she had a problem. The show had a cast of 12 but she had 13 kids audition and she didn’t have the heart to turn one away. We bounced about some ideas, about splitting some characters in two but eventually settled on just writing in a 13th character. So I did.
I might mention that this “task mistress” of a director is a 9th grader. Bravo!
THE MONKEY AT THE WEDDING
A wedding goes afoul when the ringbearer — a monkey — swallows the ring. Chaos, and comedy, ensues. Features a motorcycle gang, and someone in a monkey suit. Cast: 12 or 13 — 5 male, 5 or 6 female, 2 non-gender. Running time: 30 minutes.
So far in 2015:
* Jan. 3: Staged reading of MISS COW PIE BINGO, Showtimers, Roanoke, Virginia.
* Feb. 6: Production of MACBETH GOES HOLLYWOOD, Gull Lake High School, Richland, Michigan
* Feb. 13: Staged reading of 39 HOURS IN THE SOVIET CITY OF ROSES, Poetic Theater Productions, New York, N.Y.
* Feb. 13: Staged reading of three short pieces: CHERRY POP TARTS, MY CRIMSON LOVE and LUST, at Garfield Center for the Arts, Chestertown, Maryland.
Upcoming:
* March 25-27: Production of HAMLET GOES HOLLYWOOD, High Meadows School, Roswell, Georgia.
* May 1: THE MONKEY AT THE WEDDING, Acton-Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Acton, Massachusetts.
Photos from staged reading of “Miss Cow Pie Bingo”
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions on January 7, 2015
Emma Sala, as Meredith, gets everyone’s attention. Well, except maybe her father, who’s passed out drunk (Zeke, played by Tim Kennard).
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I held a staged reading of my new play, MISS COW PIE BINGO, on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Showtimers in Roanoke, Virginia. It’s a Southern comedy.
The basic plot: A Texas mother desperately wants one of her daughters to win a beauty pageant. Problem is, neither of them have any interest. One just wants to shoot guns. The other is a video gamer. That doesn’t stop the mother from hiring a pageant consultant anyway, who turns out to be a fraud. Comedy ensues. There’s also a robot.
The reading was directed by Melora Kordos.
The cast:
Rhonda, the mom: Heather Sexton
Meredith, the oldest daughter: Emma Sala
Thomasina, aka, Zelda, the youngest daughter: Gwyneth Strope
Zeke, the father: Tim Kennard
Libby, the crazy grandmother: Nancy Lawrence
Debbie, the pageant consultant: Kelly Anglim
Horace, the newspaper editor: Patrick Kennerly
The coffee machine that’s been turned into a robot: Jason Patrick Palmer
Stage directions were read by Luke Clark.
Here are some photos from the event (or you can see the full set here.) Also, some audience feedback is at the very bottom.
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Photos from “Demoting Pluto” in New Mexico
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on January 6, 2015
My one-act DEMOTING PLUTO was produced in November at the Explora Science Center and Children’s Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico as part of a festival of short plays about science.
A fast-paced commentary on modern-day attack ads in politics, and the public’s lack of scientific knowledge. A political consultant and an astronomy professor team up to wage a media campaign aimed at reclassifying Pluto from a planet to something less than a planet. A comedy, with a sharp point. Includes
audience participation, and two alternate endings, depending on the outcome.
Cast: Six — 4 males, 2 females. Running time: 30 minutes.
Kristina Caffrey and Victoria Sullivan as newscasters reviewing election returns. Check out the fancy fake knobs on the TV.
JJ Suffron, who played the political consultant, and Neil Fauloconbridge who portrayed Prof. Thompson.
Almost the entire cast.
Victoria Sullivan, Ninette S. Mordaunt, Kris Montoya, and Kristina Caffrey.
Photos from “The Angel Tree” at Showtimers
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions on December 10, 2014
My Christmas one-act THE ANGEL TREE was produced at Showtimers in Roanoke, Virginia December 5-7 as part of their holiday show. Here are some photos.
Lindsey Talbott as a somewhat sassy angel.
The angel, played by Lindsey Talbott, appears — transformed from the angel on top the tree to an live angel. The tree suffers in the process.
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Photos from “Can I?” in Ontario festival
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on September 29, 2014
My short script CAN I? was produced recently in the Asphalt Jungle Shorts Festival in Kitchener, Ontario. This is a site-specific walking-tour festival, where patrons buy a ticket and then are escorted as a group around downtown Kitchener and, at various spots, live theatre breaks out.
CAN I? is set in a restaurant between a surly waitress and a sheepish customer. He asks “can I have . . .” a certain menu item, and the waitress lectures him on his grammar.
Arlene Thomas and John Fielding in CAN I?
Here’s the kick-butt poster for the show.
Here’s another kick-butt poster for the show.
Here’s the crowd at one point in the proceedings.
Arlene Thomas starts to let John Fielding have it.
Poor John Fielding. All his character wanted was something to eat. Instead he got a lecture on grammar.
Photos from “The Face on Mars” in Connecticut
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on August 18, 2014
Two Martians discuss a political scandal — and climate change.
Here is a photo from a production of my 10-minute script THE FACE ON MARS, which was staged August 16 in Suffield, Connecticut by the Suffield Players.
It was part of a festival of short plays. Below is the photo of the entire cast for the evening.
The whole cast.
Here’s the synopsis of my script:
THE FACE ON MARS
The supposed face on Mars? It was commissioned by a politician who knew the truth — that Mars was running out of water. But he told the public something else entirely. Cast: Two, non-gender.
Here’s the show poster.
And here’s a list of upcoming productions:
* September 6: THE SKY IS FALLING, ten-minute play, Piano Fight Productions, Lagunitas (Marin County), California.
* September 18, 19,20, 25, 26, 27: CAN I?, five-minute script in Asphalt Jungle Shorts XI, Kitchener, Ontario.
* September 22-24: SOMETIMES ELEPHANTS DIE STANDING UP, ten-minute play, Ghost Dog Productions, The Horse and Stables, London, UK.
* November 7, 8, 14, 15, 22, and 23: A MARTIAN WESTERN and DEMOTING PLUTO, one-acts, Short Science Play Showcase at the Explora Science Center and Children’s Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
And here’s a partial list of productions this year:
