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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 »
“The Queen of Her Own Prom” at Gone in 60 Seconds Festival, UK
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Uncategorized, Video on January 19, 2012
“The Queen of Her Own Prom,” performed at the Gone in 60 Seconds Festival — the U.K. edition, in June 2010.
“Someone Out There As Lonely As Me” at Gone in 60 Seconds Festival, UK
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Uncategorized, Video on January 19, 2012
“Someone Out There as Lonely As Me” at the Gone in 60 Seconds Festival in the U.K. in June 2010.
“Fireballer” at Gone in 60 Seconds Festival, New York
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Uncategorized, Video on January 19, 2012
Here’s another one of my baseball shorts performed at the Gone in 60 Seconds Festival at Brooklyn College, New York. This one was in June 2010.
The piece is “Fireballer,” which came to me one weekend when I was pitching (not very well) to my son.
“The Genie In The Lamp”
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in No Shame Theatre, Uncategorized on January 19, 2012
This was the poster for The Best of No Shame Theatre in April 2010 in Roanoke. That’s Ben R. Williams and “Jax” performing my five-minute piece “The Genie in the Lamp” in November 2009.
The Best of No Shame Theatre, October 2009
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in No Shame Theatre, Uncategorized on January 18, 2012
That’s me at The Best of No Shame Theatre in October 2009 at Studio Roanoke.
I was running the light board.
Alas, the colorful scarf blew away in windy snowstorm. I never could find it.
“The Tragic and Gruesome Death of Captain Alexander Fairweather, African Explorer”
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in No Shame Theatre, Uncategorized on January 18, 2012
Mike Allen as Captain Alexander Fairweather
A dark five-minute piece about why lies are dangerous. The men in a 19th century British expedition into the African jungle stage a mutiny against their captain, and hit upon an ingenious way to keep their stories straight. They have him squeezed to death by a boa constrictor. That way they can say none of them lifted a hand against him.
“The Tragic and Gruesome Death of Captain Alexander Fairweather, African Explorer” was performed at No Shame Theatre in Roanoke, Va. on September 18, 2009.
The idea behind this led to my full-length script, “Fairweather Friends,” which has since been published by Eldridge Plays and Musicals.
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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