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“Deep Into October” at Gone in 60 Seconds Festival, New York
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Uncategorized, Video on January 19, 2012
My one-minute script “Deep Into October” at the Gone in 60 Seconds Festival at Brooklyn College, New York in June 2011.
It’s about baseball, part of a series of baseball shorts I’ve done.
There are two versions — one with a boy, this one with a girl.
“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 »
“Bored and Cruising at 37,000 Feet” at Labyrinth Festival
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in No Shame Theatre, Uncategorized, Video on January 19, 2012
When my daughter was studying overseas, we used to make regular trips to Dulles airport to pick her up or deliver her. That led to several airplane-related pieces, including this one: “Bored and Cruising at 37,000 Feet.”
It was originally performed at No Shame Theatre in Roanoke. This video is from a special No Shame engagement at the Labyrinth Festival in Roanoke, Va. in March 2011.
“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 »
“The Happiest Place in America” in San Luis Obispo, California
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in No Shame Theatre, Uncategorized, Video on January 19, 2012
I read a newspaper story that said a survey found that the happiest place in America was San Luis Obispo, California.
Conveniently, there’s a No Shame Theatre there and they were kind enough to do this reading of my one-minute script on January 28, 2011.
Review: “Red Moon Rising in the East” at The Playground, Duluth
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Reviews, Uncategorized on January 19, 2012
Here’s a review of my one-man show “Red Moon Rising in The East,” which played at The Playground in Duluth, Minnesota in November 2010.
Oevre magazine in Duluth said:
Chris Nollet takes the stage in this tour-de-force one man show about Sergei Korolev, a virtual unknown in the West. But, we learn through Nollet’s masterful storytelling, that Korolev began the space race with the shot heard ’round the world: the development and launching of Sputnik.
There isn’t a moment to spare on stage in the retelling of Korolev’s precarious and deft handling of not only the Soviet Union’s space program, but also his manipulation of the Soviet power structure to get the money he needed to build his rockets. Through strategic uses of humor, some self-deprecating, which is a pleasing facet of Nollet’s acting talent, Yancey’s script takes life to educate theatre audiences about the strange bedfellows Korolev must entertain, flatter, cajole, and challenge to get what he wants: a rocket powerful enough to get to the Moon.
And also:
Odds are, if you’re not a self-avowed space geek like Chris Nollet, you may not have ever heard of this show. You can cross it off your “to-see” list of obscure stage shows now, because Red Moon Rising in the East is required course material in the space race and in a well-done one-man show.
I have photos from the Duluth production here.
“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 »
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