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Rehearsal photos from “On the Thirteenth Day of Christmas”
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on October 26, 2015
First Avenue Playhouse in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey is producing my full-length script ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS in December. Here are photos from the table read — plus the poster.
The show runs December 4-19; specific dates and times here.
This is the second production of the script; the first was in Oregon in 2013. Here’s a photo from that production, which the director called “a true gem.”
UPDATED: Even more rehearsal photos here.
Happy smiling faces. Mostly. I’ll trust that’s a pose.
ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS
A wild, action-packed Christmas farce. A young woman suddenly finds herself receiving the gifts from the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” apparently from an unknown suitor. The play begins on the thirteenth day as she copes with the chaos outside her apartment, as neighbors demand she do something about the noisy birds and pipers and drummers. The woman hatches a plan to shoot the birds and organize the people into an impromptu Christmas parade. Chaos ensues. Cast: 13 — 7f, 3m, 3 non-gender.
More photos below: Read the rest of this entry »
One final show for “One Word Macbeth” coming up in Australia
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on October 8, 2015
The show poster.
My script THE ONE-WORD MACBETH has had a fantastic run in Australia, winning awards for the Pop Culture Theatre in various one-act competitions in the state of Victoria. You can read about those here.
Now there’s just one more show to go, on October 17, in the theatre’s home base in Melbourne. Here’s the poster.
Dates set for “On the Thirteenth Day of Christmas” in New Jersey
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Productions, Uncategorized on October 8, 2015
First Avenue Playhouse in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey is producing my full-length script ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS in December.
That’s old news. Here’s the new news — the production dates.
Friday, December 4 — 8:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted
Saturday, December 5
Thursday, December 10
Friday, December 11
Saturday, December 12
Sunday, December 13 — 2:30 p.m
Friday, December 18
Saturday, December 19
This will be the second production of that script; the first was at Santiam High School in Mill City, Oregon in December 2013. You can find a photo from that show here. That director called the show “a true gem.”
ON THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS
A wild, action-packed Christmas farce. A young woman suddenly finds herself receiving the gifts from the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” apparently from an unknown suitor. The play begins on the thirteenth day as she copes with the chaos outside her apartment, as neighbors demand she do something about the noisy birds and pipers and drummers. The woman hatches a plan to shoot the birds and organize the people into an impromptu Christmas parade. Chaos ensues. Cast: 13 — 7f, 3m, 3 non-gender.
Photos: “Three Trees Talking” in Kitchener, Ontario
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on September 29, 2015
Sam Liam Bentley, John Dibben and Arlene Thomas
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My short script THREE TREES TALKING was produced in the Asphalt Jungle Shorts walking-tour festival in Kitchener, Ontario in September 2015.
It was one of two scripts I had in the festival; THE WEAKEST FINGER was the other.
THREE TREES TALKING
Three trees contemplate the question: If they were human, what kind of human would be they? Cast: Three, non-gender. Running time: One minute.
You can find more about the festival, my previous productions there, and the group’s awesome publicity photos here.
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Photos: “The Weakest Finger” in Kitchener, Ontario
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on September 29, 2015
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My short script THE WEAKEST FINGER was produced in this year’s Asphalt Jungle Shorts walking-tour festival in Kitchener, Ontario in September 2015.
THE WEAKEST FINGER
An adulterous couple meet, and the man points out to the woman that the weakest finger is the ring finger – all seductively, of course. Cast: Two — 1 male, 1 female. Running time: Five minutes.
You can find more about the festival, my previous productions there, and the group’s awesome publicity photos here.
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Video from my two pieces in this year’s Gi60 Festival in New York
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Productions, Uncategorized, Video on September 28, 2015
In June, I had two short pieces in the annual Gone in 60 Seconds Festival of one-minute plays in New York. It’s actually an international festival; I also had two pieces in the British leg of the festival in May. I’m still waiting on the video from that show, but the video from the New York festival has now been posted.
Here is: THERE ARE NO CELLPHONES IN SHAKESPEARE and AN UNEXPECTED CHEESE PARTY:
So far in 2015: Read the rest of this entry »
Photos: “The Fruitcake” in Orrsville, Ohio
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on September 21, 2015
A scene from THE FRUITCAKE.
My most frequently-produced script is THE FRUITCAKE, a Christmas one-one published through Brooklyn Publishers. It’s been produced 42 times so far and yet . . . I’ve never seen it. Nor have I been able to find photos from a production — until now.
The folks at Orrsville Community Theatre in Orrsville, Ohio — who were the 42nd production, in December 2014 — kindly provided these photos.
You can find the whole set here.
THE FRUITCAKE
An extended and quite dysfunctional family gathers for a Christmas season tradition — Aunt Hazel’s historically inedible fruitcake. But before she can bring it out, some of the relatives steal the thing and make a bet on whether they can destroy it. Chaos ensues. Characters include a goth-punk teen, a science nerd, a tough-talking ex-Peace Corps worker, a nearsighted aunt, and so forth. Cast: Nine — 2 male, 4 female, 3 non-gender.
If you’re curious, here’s the entire production history — so far! Read the rest of this entry »
“Death by Poinsettia” to be produced in Hollywood
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Productions, Uncategorized on September 18, 2015
Got word today that my short Christmas one-act DEATH BY POINSETTIA will be produced in Hollywood by Studio C Artists this November and December.
It’s one of three one-acts in the theatre’s holiday show.
Performance dates are:
Friday, November 13th
Saturday, November 14th
Friday, November 20th
Saturday, November 21st
Friday, December 4th
Saturday, December 5th
Friday, December 11th
Saturday, December 12th
I seem to recall that Studio C’s call for submissions was looking for short holiday scripts that were cool, hip and could be done by 20-somethings. Mine fits!
DEATH BY POINSETTIA
A lonely woman tries to kill herself at Christmas by eating a poinsettia, convinced the plant is poisonous. It’s not, though. A male co-worker shows up and a touching scene ensues. Cast: Two – one male, one female.
“Softball Is Life” will have staged reading in New York in October
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Productions, Uncategorized on September 18, 2015
My full-length script SOFTBALL IS LIFE will have a staged reading in New York on October 22 by Sundog Theatre.
The particulars:
DATE: Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015
TIME: 8 p.m.
LOCATION: Gallerie St. George, 11 Phelps Place, Staten Island
The reading had been scheduled for back in March but got delayed when Sundog had to find a new location for its readings.
Here are photos and more from the previous staged reading of the script, in January 2014 at Showtimers in Roanoke.
SOFTBALL IS LIFE
A sports play for women that isn’t really about sports. A former high school softball star sits in prison, estranged from her 14-year-old daughter, who has inherited the woman’s talent for pitching but doesn’t realize it. While the mom tries to contact her daughter, the girl spends her time trying to avoid a dangerous situation in the home where she’s living. Cast: Eight — Four females (one to play a teenage girl), three males, one non-gender.
Video: “The Black Market of Memories” in Chicago
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Productions, Uncategorized, Video on September 16, 2015
Otherworld Theatre in Chicago produced my script THE BLACK MARKET OF MEMORIES as part of the Paragon festival of science fiction plays on August 22. Here’s the video.
It was one of two of my scripts in the show; the other was THE SANDSTORM.
THE BLACK MARKET OF MEMORIES
A young woman wakes up in a strange place — and discovers she’s had her memories stolen. Now that doctors have devised a way to transplant memories, there’s a lively market for memories — and a black market of stolen ones. The woman shares a recovery room with another woman, who specializes in “customizing” memories — doing things for rich donors that they’d never do themselves, but would like to remember doing. A dark, serious piece, which is carried primarily by the two women; the other characters appear only intermittently. Cast: Five — one male, two female, two non-gender. Running time: Twenty five minutes.
* Produced by End Times Productions, New York, N.Y., July 2011.
* Produced by Otherworld Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, August 2015.
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