“Khess” at the Gone in 60 Seconds Festival, UK
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Uncategorized, Video on January 18, 2012
I played one of the Klansman in the Larry Shue comedy “The Foreigner” at Mill Mountain Theatre in Roanoke, Va. (a non-speaking role.)
That led to this one-minute piece, “Khess,” which played at the Gone in 60 Seconds Festival in the UK in June 2009.
“This Town Ain’t Big Enough For the Both Of Us” at Lakeshore Players, Minnesota
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Uncategorized on January 18, 2012
An ordinary western. Or not.
What starts out as a comic western gunfight scene turns into . . . well, two gunslingers trying to match each other on how to make the town bigger. One pushes residential development, the other commercial development.
That’s “This Town Ain’t Big Enough For the Both Of Us,” which was produced by the Lakeshore Players in White Bear Lake, Minnesota as part of the group’s annual festival of 10-minute players. (Mine weighs in at about six or so.)
This was produced June 4-7, 2009.
Here are some more production photos, and a cast photo: Read the rest of this entry »
Meeting Miss Roanoke Valley
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Personal, Uncategorized on January 18, 2012
The hard life of a playwright.
Yes, being a playwright is hard work. But sometimes you get to meet celebrities — such as Miss Roanoke Valley.
Here I am with Lindsay Morris at a Salem Red Sox game in summer 2009.
Actually, this has nothing to do with me being a playwright. I just happened to be at the game. So did she.
Video: “My Kid Could Paint That”
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Uncategorized, Video on January 18, 2012
Here’s the short film that Salem, Va. filmmaker Hank Ebert made out of my script “My Kid Could Paint That.”
We showed this at a festival at the Grandin Theatre in Roanoke, Va. in spring 2009.
You can see stills from the film here.
Photos from the “My Kid Could Paint That” video
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Uncategorized on January 18, 2012
Cate Leonard (art dealer) and Mike Allen (art buyer) eye some "artwork," which looks suspiciously like it was once a dog. (Or a cat. But we had a dog prop.)
I collaborated with Salem,Va. filmmaker Hank Ebert to make a short video out of my script “My Kid Could Paint That.”
You can find the video here. These are some stills from that film, which played in a festival at the Grandin Theatre in Roanoke, Va. in spring 2009: Read the rest of this entry »
“Kids Say the Damnedest Things”
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in No Shame Theatre, Uncategorized, Video on January 18, 2012
A staged reading of a short Christmas scene — “Kids Say the Damnedest Things” — at No Shame Theatre, Roanoke, Va., in November 2008.
That’s Mike Allen as the devil and Keith Yancey as the kid.
Backstage at “Spitfire Grill,” Mill Mountain Theatre
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Other, Uncategorized on January 18, 2012
That’s me with Natalie Newman, a very talented actress who had the lead role of Percy Sutton in the Mill Mountain Theatre production of “Spitfire Grill” in October 2008.
This is just clowning around for the camera.
I believe Ann Karner — who played Effie — took the photo.
The role of The Visitor in “Spitfire Grill” at Mill Mountain Theatre, October 2008
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Other, Uncategorized on January 18, 2012
Natalie Newman and Dwayne Yancey as the sun comes up. Photo by Ayme Gierchak
I have never counted myself an actor.
So I was shocked when, in the fall of 2008, the artistic director at Mill Mountain Theatre in Roanoke, Va. called me to ask if I’d play a non-speaking part in the upcoming production of “Spitfire Grill.”
Sure, I’d be honored.
What I didn’t realize was this was a BIG non-speaking part — that of “The Visitor,” the long-lost son of the grill’s owner who went AWOL during Vietnam and has been living in the woods ever since.
There were actions to learn! Heck, I even had to learn to enter on a musical cue.
“God and the Devil Debate the Issues”
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in No Shame Theatre, Uncategorized, Video on January 18, 2012
The night of the first Obama-McCain debate in 2008, I had this staged reading of “God and the Devil Debate the Issues” at No Shame Theatre, Roanoke, Va.
That’s Kenley Smith as God and Mike Allen as the devil.
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