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“Curiosity Killed the Cat” at Attic Productions, Fincastle, Va.
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Uncategorized on January 19, 2012
Spoiler alert: Yes, Curiosity really did kill the cat.
Attic Productions, the community theatre in Botetourt County, Virginia, presents an annual youth show. In March 2011, it consisted of two one-acts, one of which was my detective comedy (and play on words) “Curiosity Killed the Cat.”
Of note: Our congressman, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Roanoke County, heard about my work and came to see the show, along with his wife, Maryellen.
Here are some rehearsal photos from the show. You can find more here and here. Read the rest of this entry »
“The Rules Are The Rules Are The Rules” in England
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Uncategorized on January 19, 2012
The passenger remains out of it for almost all of the show. Flight attendants struggle to move him to first class.
I once met a flight attendant who told me about some of the more unusual airline rules. One of them is that if a passenger dies en route, the flight attendants are required to keep trying to revive the victim until the plane lands — even if it’s clear the passenger is dead. The reason is to avoid liability and be able to say “we did all we could.”
That led to my one-act comedy “The Rules Are The Rules Are The Rules,” in which a passenger appears to die during a trans-oceanic flight. Key word: Appears. He’s really just passed out, much to the surprise of the flight attendants involved.
The Castle Players near Poole, England produced this in February 2011. They also sent me a video, and it was quite a hoot. These photos give an idea of the hilarity: Read the rest of this entry »
“Red Moon Rising In The East” at The Playground, Duluth, Minn.
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Uncategorized on January 19, 2012
Chris Nollet as Sergei Korolev, the mastermind of the Soviet space program. He liked to work late and eat at his desk.
Here are photos from the production of my one-man show “Red Moon Rising in the East” at The Playground in Duluth, Minnesota in November 2010.
You’ll notice more than one person in some of them. Why? Because there’s some audience interaction.
Here’s a nice review of the show. More photos below, with the entire gallery here: Read the rest of this entry »
Poster for “My Summer as a Mermaid” at Studio Roanoke
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Uncategorized on January 19, 2012
I had four short pieces done at Studio Roanoke on August 22, 2010 as part of its Guerrilla Playhouse program.
The headline piece was “My Summer as a Mermaid,” which had been previously produced in Massachusetts and Chicago.
Other pieces were:
* “Captain Funhouse and His Rollicking, Frolicking Adventures Gang”
* “Love Match”
* “What I Learned in Paraguay”
Here’s the poster for the show.
The musical guest, Chris Shepard, also performed a song that he and I co-wrote: “Unemployed Gods,” the theme song of an as-yet-unproduced script by the same name.
Poster for “Red Moon Rising in the East” in Duluth, Minnesota
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Uncategorized on January 19, 2012
Here’s part of the poster that The Playground used to promote “Red Moon Rising in the East” for its November 2010 run in Duluth, Minnesota.
This is my one-man show about Sergei Korolev, the mastermind of the Soviet space program.
“A Vampire Soap Opera” at Mill Mountain Theatre, Roanoke, Va.
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Uncategorized on January 19, 2012
Chad Runyon as a werewolf and Gina Laguzza as a vampire in "A Vampire Soap Opera"
In a previous post, I described the writing process for the 24-hour play project at Mill Mountain Theatre in July 2010. Here are photos from my show, “A Vampire Soap Opera: The Old and the Restless.”
A soap opera about vampires, complete with laundry detergent commercials. A teen-age vampire runs away to Las Vegas; her governess finds her – but so does a vampire hunter. What will happen next? Tune in next time!
It’s a ten-minute script.
Another photo: Read the rest of this entry »
The 24-hour play project at Mill Mountain Theatre, Roanoke, Va.
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Uncategorized on January 19, 2012
I always wear my jester's cap when I take part in the 24-hour play project. Here I am writing away in the Hollins University library.
In July 2010, I was invited — for the second time — to be one of the writers in the 24-hour play project at Mill Mountain Theatre.
We gathered on a Friday night. The writers drew a director from the hat. The directors drew a cast. Then we drew theme, setting and genre.
I drew “soap opera,” “cocktail lounge” and “slow but steady wins the race.”
Then the writer writes overnight, the director rehearses the cast the next day and the night we hit the stage with a series of 10-minute scripts.
My result: “A Vampire Soap Opera: The Old and the Restless.”
Here are some of the photos of the event. Read the rest of this entry »
Photo gallery from “Red Moon Rising in the East” at 40th Street Stage
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Uncategorized on January 18, 2012
Red Moon Rising in the East, a set on Flickr.
Here is a slide show from from “Red Moon Rising in the East” at 40th Street Stage in Norfolk, Va in summer 2009 .Bill Armstrong portrayed Sergei Korolev in my one-man show about the Soviet space program.
Poster for “Red Moon Rising in the East” at Studio Roanoke
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Uncategorized on January 18, 2012
Here’s the poster that was used to promote “Red Moon Rising in the East” — first at 40th Street Stage in Norfolk, then this edited version for its special run at Studio Roanoke — in summer 2009.
The playwright at 40th Street Stage
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Uncategorized on January 18, 2012
Here I am at 40th Street Stage in Norfolk, Va., in summer 2009 for “Red Moon Rising in the East,” my one-man show about the Soviet space program.
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