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Another review for ‘The Debate At Bosworth Field’
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Productions, Reviews on August 24, 2019
My 10-minute play THE DEBATE AT BOSWORTH FIELD just got a very nice review on the New Play Exchange:
“I had the pleasure of seeing this play performed three times at a recent festival in Manchester England where my play was also being produced. This hilarious, absurdist play had the English audience laughing non-stop. I love these kind of plays that take literary characters out of context. We see Richard the III with new eyes while enjoying the familiarity of his history. Mr. Yancey skillfully builds the comedy to the perfect final line.”
— Arianna Rose
‘Waiting on the 10:15’ in Lansing, Michigan
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on August 20, 2019
Quinn Thomas Kelly and Ny’kieria Blocker. Not sure which one is Melissa and which one is Paige. All photos courtesy of Jeff Croff.
The undertaker arrives to supervise.
Eight times in the past 12 years, I’ve been a writer in the Overnight Sensations 24-hour play festival in Roanoke that Hollins University and Mill Mountain Theatre produce each summer. A few weeks ago, I saw where Ixion Ensemble in Lansing, Michigan was holding a 24-hour play festival and were looking for writers. I emailed to apply, citing my Overnight Sensations experience. They said thanks, but we’re already full. OK, no problem, moving on. Then last week they emailed me to say, oh, someone got sick and had to drop out, still available? I was. So over the weekend I took part in my first 24-hour play festival remotely.
About 10:30 Friday night I was emailed the prompts:
-Genre: Western
-Use at least one of these names: Chad, Melissa or Paige
-Words to use: Art, cheesemaking, urban and beat
Dialogue: “You can’t make me…” Or “It is if the cheese is talking”
Only real guidelines: ten minutes and you only have three actors.
By Saturday morning I had written and emailed in WAITING ON THE 10:15. I was under the impression all the teams were two women and one man, so I wrote it with two female gunfighters. Turns out my cast — randomly assigned — was two men and one woman so I’m guessing one of the guys played “Melissa.”
WAITING ON THE 10:15
Two female gunfighters appear to be ready to square off against one another in the streets of an old western town. They’re waiting on the undertaker to pronounce when it’s high noon – timed to the arrival of the 10:15 train, which is always late. We eventually learn, though, they were not gunfighters at all, but makers of cheese. Their batch of Swiss cheese hasn’t come out well, so they’re about to shoot holes in it. Cast: Three – two women, one man.
* Produced by Ixion Ensemble, Lansing, Michigan, Aug. 18, 2019, as part of a 24-hour play festival.
‘The Debate at Bosworth Field’ in Manchester, Great Britain
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on August 20, 2019
Courtesy of Andy Pilkington
My 10-minute play THE DEBATE AT BOSWORTH FIELD was included in the Fight Like a Girl! festival in Manchester, Great Britain — a fund-raiser to fight cancer. Don’t have any photos from my piece but here’s the curtain call with all the casts. Pretty sure that’s producer Andy Pilkington in the yellow.
THE DEBATE AT BOSWORTH FIELD
Imagine if Richard III and Henry Tudor had met in a campaign-style debate instead. This time, Richard wins. Cast: 8 – 5 male, 2 female, 1 non-gender.
*Produced by Fight Like A Girl Festival, Manchester, Great Britain, Aug. 15-17, 2019.
Courtesy of Andy Pilkington
Photos from ‘The Beautiful Ogre and Other Fairy Tales’ in Ohio
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions on August 7, 2019
My 10-minute play THE BEAUTIFUL OGRE AND OTHER FAIRY TALES was produced Aug. 2-3 in Akron, Ohio by KenMore Kreative. This marked the 14th production of that script. Here are photos, courtesy of Yulia Gray.
The knight but the damsel is not in distress.
The ogre is beautiful.
More photos below.
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‘Exchange of Gifts’ will tour Virginia in December 2019
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on July 19, 2019
From left: Kiaya Hoagland as Tilly, Lyndsey Hanks as Svetlana, Olivia Hunter as Veronica. Photo by Hank Ebert.
I’ve put together a touring production of my Christmas play EXCHANGE OF TOUR that will play at nine different venues in western Virginia in December 2019. Kerry Plank, a veteran of Roanoke Valley theatre, will direct the show. The cast consists of Kaiya Hoagland, Lyndsey Hanks, Olivia Hunter.
Here are the show dates and times:
Friday, Dec. 6: Roanoke, Theatre 3, 7 p.m. SOLD OUT
Saturday, Dec. 7: Galax, Rex Theatre, 7 p.m. (Tix available here.)
Sunday, Dec. 8: Blacksburg, Beliveau Estate Winery, 3 p.m. (Tix available here).
Friday, Dec. 13: Critz, Reynolds Homestead, 7:30 p.m. (Call 276-694-7181 x 27 for reservations; no online sales).
Saturday, Dec. 14: Monterey, Highland Center, 7 p.m. (Tix available at the door only)
Sunday, Dec. 15: Clifton Forge, The Masonic Theatre, 2 p.m. (Tix available here)
Friday, Dec. 20: Bedford, Bower Center for the Arts, 6:30 p.m. (Tix available here.)
Saturday, Dec. 21: Axton, Mountain Valley Brewing, 2 p.m. (Call 276-833-2171.)
Sunday, Dec. 22: Lynchburg, Riverviews Artspace, 3 p.m. (Tix available here.)
For tickets, see each venue.
Here’s what the show is about:
EXCHANGE OF GIFTS
A sweet Christmas story with a message. Three foreign students studying at colleges in the United States find themselves snowbound at an airport for Christmas. One is from Australia, one is from Canada, one is from Russia. Adventure ensues — involving broken chairs, computer hacking, and a health scare. By the time it’s over, each one has learned something about themselves that changes the direction of their lives. Cast: Three women of college age.
* Staged reading by Attic Productions, Fincastle, Virginia, November 2017.
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Video: ‘A Couch for Luxury and Damned Incest’
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Productions, Uncategorized on July 12, 2019
Here’s video of my 10-minute play in Overnight Sensations 2019, a 24-hour play festival sponsored by Hollins University’s Playwright’s Lab and Mill Mountain Theatre. An earlier post detailed how the event works. Thanks to director Amile Wilson for the video (and the great direction!).
Cast:
Drifer: Gianni Palmarini
Bed: Bailee Adams
Chair: Nancy Lawrence
Couch: Kelly Anglim
Desk: Gene Marrano
Table: Walter Dodd
MY PREVIOUS OVERNIGHT SENSATIONS: Read the rest of this entry »
Overnight Sensations 2019: The making of a 24-hour play
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Productions, Uncategorized on July 12, 2019
For the eighth time in 12 years, I was one of the writers in Overnight Sensations, a 24-hour play festival organized by the Hollins University Playwright’s Lab and Mill Mountain Theatre. I drew dream play in a furniture factory with a specific line of dialogue from Shakespeare. What I came up with: A drifter seeks overnight accommodations in an abandoned furniture factory. He blows some notes on a saxophone, which makes pieces of furniture come to life — and they want to perform Hamlet. Conveniently, Hamlet mentions a bed, a table, a couch, a desk and a table, so everyone has a part in A COUCH FOR LUXURY AND DAMNED INCEST. Here’s how it all went down:
1. Friday night. We gather at Mill Mountain Theatre, with Todd Ristau presiding.
2. The six writers draw their director from a hat. After that, the writers and director alternate in drawing a cast, a genre, a setting and a theme — which this year came in the form of a line from Shakespeare that we had to use as dialogue.
Where I’ve been produced: 48 states, 7 provinces, 18 countries
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Productions, Uncategorized on July 10, 2019
Here’s the list of states where I’ve been produced (this also includes productions that are scheduled).
The current count: 48 states, 7 Canadian provinces and 18 countries.
The states I’m missing: Hawaii and New Hampshire.
The provinces I’m missing:New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Quebec.
Current through Dec. 31, 2024
AMERICAN STATES: 48
Alabama 4 one-acts
Alaska 1 ten-minute
Arizona 5 one-acts
Arkansas 1 one-act
California 8 one-acts plus 5 ten-minute plus 3 short play
Colorado 2 one-act plus 2 ten-minute plus 4 full-lengths
Connecticut 2 one-acts plus 3 ten-minute
Delaware 3 10-minute
District of Columbia: 1 one-act plus 2 full-length
Florida 19 one-acts plus 5 ten-minute plus 4 shorts plus 1 full-length
Georgia 8 one-acts plus 1 full-length
Hawaii 0
Idaho 1 one-act
Illinois 13 one-acts plus 3 ten-minute plus 2 full-length
Indiana 3 one-acts plus 1 ten-minute
Iowa 3 one-acts
Kansas 5 one-acts
Kentucky 6 one-acts plus 1 full-length (counting virtual production that originated here) and 1 ful-length staged reading
Louisiana 5 one-acts plus 3 ten-minute
Maine 5 one-acts, 1 10-minute
Maryland 9 one-acts plus 7 ten-minute plus 1 full-length reading
Massachusetts 8 one-acts plus 5 ten-minute
Michigan 7 one-acts plus 4 ten-minute plus 2 full-length
Minnesota 11 one-acts plus 4 ten-minute plus 1 full-length plus 1 one-minute plus 1 full-length reading
Mississippi 2 one-act
Missouri 6 one-acts plus 1 short play
Montana 4 one-acts plus 1 full-length
Nebraska 15 one-acts plus 2 one-acts
Nevada 3 one-acts
New Hampshire 0
New Jersey 6 one-acts plus 1 full-length plus 2 ten-minute plus 3 short plays plus 1 full-length
New Mexico 3 one-acts
New York 4 one-acts plus 9 ten-minute plus 2 short play plus multiple one-minutes (lost count)
North Carolina 12 one-acts plus 4 ten-minute plus 1 full-length
North Dakota 8 one-acts plus 2 ten-minute
Ohio 14 one-acts plus 8 ten-minute plus 2 full-length
Oklahoma 8 one-acts plus 1 10-minute
Oregon 4 one-acts plus 1 full-length
Pennsylvania 8 one-acts plus 4 ten-minutes plus 1 one-minute plus 1 full-length
Rhode Island 1 one-act
South Carolina 7 one-acts
South Dakota 6 one-acts
Tennessee 7 one-acts
Texas 22 one-acts plus 6 ten-minute plus 2 one-minute
Utah 2 one-acts plus 2 full-length (this includes a classroom reading)
Vermont 1 one-act
Virginia 42 one-acts plus 16 ten-minute plus 10 full-lengths
Washington 12 one-acts plus 9 ten-minute
West Virginia 5 one-acts plus 3 ten-minute
Wisconsin 10 one-acts plus 1 full-length
Wyoming 1 one-act plus 1 full-length
CANADIAN PROVINCES: 7 provinces
Alberta 1 one-act
British Columbia 2 one-act
Manitoba 2 one-acts
New Brunswick 0
Newfoundland and Labrador 1
Nova Scotia 1 one-act
Ontario 5 one-act plus 2 ten-minute (and many shorter) plus 1 full-length reading
Prince Edward Island 0
Quebec 0
Saskatchewan 5 one-acts
COUNTRIES WHERE I’VE BEEN PRODUCED: 17
Australia 2 one-acts plus 2 10-minute plus 1 full-length
Cameroon
Canada
Germany
Great Britain — multiple short pieces plus 2 full-lengths
Hong Kong/China
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Mexico
New Zealand
The Philippines
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
United States
Photos from ‘The Contact Lens’ in Pennsylvania
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on June 18, 2019
Photos from shorts on Long Island
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on May 30, 2019
The Ghost Lamp
Four of my short scripts were produced in April by the Babylon Arts Council, Lindenhurst, New York: DEEP INTO OCTOBER, FIREBALLER, THE GHOST LAMP and THE UNIFORM. Three of those deal with baseball so I’m not sure from the photos which ones are which but this is definitely THE GHOST LAMP.
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