“Great the Cheese!” at Gone in 60 Seconds Festival, New York
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Uncategorized, Video on January 18, 2012
Sometimes life imitates art. Sometimes art imitates life. This is a more or less true account of an incident that happened at home when my wife asked me to hand her the cheese grater.
She wasn’t amused. Fortunately, the audience at the Gone in 60 Seconds Festival of one-minute scripts at Brooklyn College in New York was.
Here’s “Great the Cheese!” in June 2008.
“Boys Have Cooties” at the Gone in 60 Seconds Festival, New York
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Uncategorized, Video on January 18, 2012
“Boys Have Cooties” at the Gone in 60 Seconds Festival of one-minute plays at Brooklyn College in New York in June 2008.
There’s a female version called “Girls Have Cooties.”
Boston Red Sox World Series trophy in Salem
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Personal, Uncategorized on January 18, 2012
Keith Yancey and Dwayne Yancey with Boston Red Sox World Series trophy.
When the Boston Red Sox took over the minor league baseball team in Salem, Va. in 2009 — turning it from the Salem Avalanche into the Salem Red Sox — the team sent down one of its World Series trophies as a star attraction.
That’s me and my son, Keith, on the official viewing day.
Baseball is a recurring theme in a lot of my work.
“My Girlfriend’s Stupid Talking Parrot” at Verona HS, Missouri
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Uncategorized on January 17, 2012
The cast of "My Girlfriend's Stupid Talking Parrot"
“My Girlfriend’s Stupid Talking Parrot” is a one-act published by Eldridge Plays and Musicals.
This photo gallery is from its second production, at Verona High School in Verona, Missouri in October 2007.
Photo gallery from “My Girlfriend’s Stupid Talking Parrot” at Verona HS, Missouri
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Uncategorized on January 17, 2012
My Girlfriend’s Stupid Talking Parrot, a set on Flickr.
Acting in Mike Allen’s “Template for a Fairy Tale”
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in No Shame Theatre, Other, Uncategorized on January 17, 2012
Science fiction writer Mike Allen asked me to play a small part in his piece “Template for a Fairy Tale” at No Shame Theatre on June 8, 2007.
“Hamlet on Spring Break” at North Forsyth HS, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Uncategorized, Video on January 17, 2012
Here’s a brief excerpt from my one-act “Hamlet on Spring Break,” performed at North Forsyth High School in Winston-Salem, N.C. in May 2007.
The script is published by Playscripts and is one of my most frequently-performed works.
“The Corporate Tribe and the Invention of Fire” at City Circle, Iowa
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Uncategorized on January 17, 2012
I’ve written several short pieces spoofing the corporate world by setting them in the caveman era. One of them is “The Corporate Tribe and the Invention of Fire,” which was performed February 2007 by the City Circle Acting Company in Coralville, Iowa.
“Putting the Fair in the Tooth Fairy” at North Park Vaudeville, San Diego
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in Photos, Uncategorized on January 16, 2012
“Putting the Fair in the Tooth Fairy” is a five-minute scene that began life at No Shame Theate and has since been produced elsewhere, including this October 2006 festival at North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shop in San Diego.
The basic plot: A boy decides the tooth fairy isn’t being fair, so waits for her with a baseball bat. Turns out the tooth fairy isn’t a her. Comedy ensues.
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