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Video: ‘Shakespeare’s Lost Christmas Play’ in Minnesota
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Productions, Uncategorized, Video on January 15, 2022
Pine Island High School in Pine Island, Minnesota produced SHAKESPEARE’S LOST CHRISTMAS PLAY in December 2021. Here it is:
List of 2022 productions
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Productions on January 2, 2022
- Jan. 7: THE ONE-WORD MACBETH: Lansing High School, Lansing, Kansas.
- Feb TBA: THE SKY IS FALLING (ten-minute play, performed as part of forensic competition), Pender Public Schools, Pender, Nebraska.
- Feb. TBA: THE CONTACT LENS (ten-minute play, performed as part of forensic competition), Pender Public Schools, Pender, Nebraska.
- March 25, 26, 27: THE SECRET LIFE OF PHONES (ten-minute play), Ghostlight Theatre, Brentwood, California.
- March 30: THE BEAUTIFUL OGRE AND OTHER FAIRY TALES (ten-minute play), Summit Academy, Xenia, Ohio
- Early 2022: THE OTHER SIDE OF OZ (full-length), staged reading by Chesterfield Children’s Theatre, Richmond, Virginia
- April 1: HIT THE BOOKS (one-act), Green Valley High School, Henderson, Nevada.
- April 22: REVENGE OF THE FAIRY QUEEN (full-length) staged reading by group of actors in Northern Virginia.
- April 24: NO TWO SNOWFLAKES (ten-minute play), staged reading in Voices of the Earth Festival, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota.
- May: THE CONTACT LENS (ten-minute play), North Hunterdon High School, Annandale, New Jersey.
- May: MODERN MISS MUFFETT (five-minute play), North Hunterdon High School, Annandale, New Jersey.
- May: THROW THE LITTLE ONES BACK (five-minute play), North Hunterdon High School, Annandale, New Jersey.
- June 10 or 17: THE PICTURE WINDOW (ten-minute play), Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, Monticello, New York.
- July 7-8: FREE POPCORN (one-minute play), Gone in 60 Seconds Festival, Houston, Texas.
- July-August: NO TWO SNOWFLAKES (ten-minute play), The Secret Theatre, New York, New York.
- Sept. 13: MAC AND BETH (one-act), Garland High School Theatre, Garland, Texas.
- Oct. 15: CODE 40 VERONA (one-act), Oconto Falls High School, Oconto Falls, Wisconsin.
- Nov. 3: MAC AND BETH (one-act), Gackle-Streeter Public School, Gackle, North Dakota.
- Nov. 18-19: THE CONTACT LENS (ten-minute play), Dixon Middle School, Eaton, Ohio
- Nov. 29: THE FRUITCAKE (one-act), Providence Day School, Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Dec. 8-10: CHRISTMAS MUSIC (one-minute play), Linden Grove Theatre, Dallas, Texas.
- Dec. 16: THE GHOST LAMP (one-minute plays), Modern Classics Theatre Company of Long Island, New York
- Dec. 16: THE CHRISTMAS SPIDER (one-act), Rappahannock Middle School, Rappahannock County, Virginia
- Dec. 19-20: THE GIRL WHO MADE EMUS BELIEVE THEY COULD FLY ON CHRISTMAS (one-act), Cox Mill High School, Concord, North Carolina.
- December: THE CHRISTMAS GOAT (five-minute play), Open Door Playhouse, Los Angeles, California
- December: LET THERE BE LIGHTS! (one-act), Chance 2 Dance, Maitland, Florida
- December: SANTA CLAUSTROPHOBIA (one-act), Kat Studios, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- December: SHAKESPEARE’S LOST CHRISTMAS PLAY (long one-act), Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Buffalo, New York
Video: ‘Shakespeare’s Lost Christmas Play’ from four different continents
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Productions, Video on December 31, 2021
The New Jersey-based Zenith Players did an online reading of SHAKESPEARE’S LOST CHRISTMAS PLAY, with actors from four different continents — the United States in North America, The Netherlands in Europe, Colombia in South America and Australia in, well, Australia.
The cast:
Steve Anderson as ERASMUS
Caitlin Jurewicz as ANN
Andrea Atwood as THOMASINA
Patrick Brockway as BARTHOLOMEW
Tatanya Löwed-Spence as SUSAN
Tricia Pisarra as EMMA
Claire Bochenek/Mira Singer as TOBY
Emily Brennan as OLIVIA
Joshua Boyer as ROGER
Emily De Rango as JOAN THE STAGE MANAGER
Shakira Searle as HORTENSE THE DIRECTOR
‘Let There Be Lights!’ and ‘Santa in the Off-Season’ in San Jose
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions on December 19, 2021
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. library in San Jose, California has its own theatre program for kids. On December 17, the library produced, virtually, two of my short scripts — the five-minute SANTA IN THE OFF-SEASON and the one-act LET THERE BE LIGHTS!
Here are some photos and the program:
‘Shakespeare’s Lost Christmas Play’ in Birmingham, UK
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Reviews, Uncategorized on December 12, 2021
Infinite Arts in Birgmingham, England, UK produced my play SHAKESPEARE’S LOST CHRISTMAS PLAY in December, and also sent along some fan mail!
Staged reading of ‘The Girl Who Made Emus Believe They Could Fly at Christmas’
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on December 6, 2021
The Valley Playhouse in Harrisonburg did a staged reading of my one-act THE GIRL WHO MADE EMUS BELIEVE THEY COULD FLY AT CHRISTMAS on December 5, 2021, as part of the city’s Winterfest festival.
Poster of ‘Shakespeare’s Lost Christmas Play’ in the UK
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Productions on December 5, 2021
My Christmas play SHAKESPEARE’S LOST CHRISTMAS PLAY is getting lots of productions this holiday season. Here’s the poster for one production in Otley, Great Britain.
Photos from ‘Macbeth, the Sanitized Version’ in Toronto
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on November 29, 2021
Early in the pandemic I wrote a 10-minute play called MACBETH, THE SANITIZED VERSION. In November 2021, it had a virtual production from the University of Toronto Scarborough. I especially liked the use of kitchen tools as as sword.
Photo from ‘Delicacies’ in Hamilton, Ontario
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Productions on November 1, 2021
Emerson Arts in Hamilton, Ontario produced three short pieces of mine as part of their spooky October festival. Here’s a photo from one of them — ‘Delicacies.’ Don’t ask what she’s eating. That’s the punch line.
‘The Picture Window’ produced in Connecticut
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Productions on October 24, 2021
Here’s the promotional image for THE PICTURE WINDOW, a 10-minute play of mine that will be produced in November by The Orange Players in Orange, Connecticut.
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