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Photos from “Death by Poinsettia” in Hollywood
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on December 21, 2017
This is also a big year for my Christmas one-act DEATH BY POINSETTIA, which was one of three shows of mine that were at the Actors Workout Studio in Hollywood in early December 2017. Kara Duffus shares these photos.
The theatre.
The audience gets ready.
I both opened and closed the show!
MORE ABOUT DEATH BY POINSETTIA:
* Show poster in Hollywood, 2017
* Show poster for staged reading in Roanoke
* “Death By Poinsettia” wins awards in Maryland
* Photos from “Death by Poinsettia” in Maryland
* Photos from “Death by Poinsettia” at Studio C in Hollywood, 2015.
* After-party photos from Hollywood, 2015.
* Rehearsal photos from Hollywood, 2015.
More photos from “Svetlana’s First Christmas Away From Home” in Texas
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on December 21, 2017
This has been a big year for SVETLANA’S FIRST CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME, a large-cast one-act that has had productions in both West Virginia and Texas. Louis Antonelli of The Clarksville Times shares these photos from the Texas production by Red River Revue.
Svetlana with the spider.
The whole cast.
More photos from The Clarksville Times here.
I also have these backstage photos from the Red River Revue production.
Here are photos from the West Virginia show.
And here’s a photo from the premiere in Ohio in 2016.
Photos from “Svetlana’s First Christmas Away From Home” in West Virginia
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on December 9, 2017
My one-act SVETLANA’S FIRST CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME is off to a roaring start. It was first produced last year by Victorian Players in Youngtown, Ohio and this year is being produced twice, by Lewis County Community Theatre in Weston, West Virginia and Red River Revue in Clarksville, Texas. Here are photos from West Virginia. Of note: The Svetlana in the script is a Ukrainian exchange student. By chance, Lewis County had an actual Ukrainian exchange student to play the titular role.
Svetlana hugs the spider.
Another look at the awesome spider.
Lots of kids, lots of costumes.
Like I said, lots of kids, lots of costumes.
Another hugging shot.
The full cast.
More photos from the Lewis County Community Theatre show here.
MORE ON SVETLANA
* Victorian Players, Youngtown, Ohio, December 2016
* Poster and backstage photos from Red River Review, Clarksville, Texas, December 2017.
Poster and set photo from shows in Hollywood
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on December 9, 2017
The show poster.
Actors Workout Studio in North Hollywood, California is producing six Christmas one-acts, three of which are mine: THE ANGEL TREE, THE CHRISTMAS GOAT and DEATH BY POINSETTIA. My cousin, Itai Levin, attended on Dec. 8 and said there was a full-house and the shows were excellently cast.
The set of DEATH BY POINSETTIA. Photo by Itai Levin.
Photos from “Svetlana’s First Christmas Away From Home” in Texas
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on December 9, 2017
Red River Revue in Clarksville, Texas is producing the one-act SVETLANA’S FIRST CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME. Here’s the poster, and some backstage photos — with production photos to come.
The poster and cast.
Not sure which characters these are but they sure seem happy.
Awesome beard.
Ready for the pageant.
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Photos from “Let There Be Lights!” in Texas
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on December 9, 2017
Liberty High School in Liberty, Texas produced my Christmas one-act LET THERE BE LIGHTS! in December 2017.
LET THERE BE LIGHTS!
Two neighbors plot to see who can put on the biggest display of Christmas lights, with comical, and catastrophic, results. Cast: Eight — two adult males, two adult females, two teen-age males, two teen-age females. Running time: 30 minutes.
Let There Be Lights!
Yes, the lights are so bright they need sunglasses.
Director Joseph Roberts share more photos here.
Seton Hall University did a script-in-hand production of this script in 2015; photos here.
Poster for “Death By Poinsettia” in Virginia
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on December 1, 2017
Poster courtesy of Todd Ristau
My Christmas one-act DEATH BY POINSETTIA is on a roll. It’s now been produced three times, with both a production in Hollywood, California and a staged reading in Roanoke, Virginia in December — to bring the total to five.
Here’s the poster for the Roanoke reading, which will be directed by Lauren Ellis and will star Michael Mansfield and Amanda Mansfield.
Photos from “Death by Poinsettia” in Maryland
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on August 22, 2017
Silver Spring Stage in Silver Spring, Maryland (Washington suburbs) produced my one-act DEATH BY POINSETTIA August 18-20. Here are some photos.
A lonely woman tries to commit suicide at Christmas by eating a poinsettia, and broadcasting it via webcam.
She invited all her co-workers to a party, knowing they wouldn’t show up. But the nerdiest one did. He also knows something she doesn’t: Poinsettias aren’t really poisonous.
He also brought mistletoe. Love happens, reluctantly.
Theatre is that-a-way.
This was the third production of the script.
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.
* Produced at Studio C, Hollywood, California, December 2015.
* Produced by Artists Exchange, Cranston, Rhode Island, August 2016.
* Produced by Silver Spring Stage, Silver Spring, Maryland, August 2017.
Photos from “Joy To Other Worlds” in Utah
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on December 23, 2016
EskDale High School in Millard County, Utah produced by one-act JOY TO OTHER WORLDS in early December 2016. Director Lois Farber shares these amazing photos. You can find them all here.
Man tries to create the biggest display of Christmas lights in the neighborhood. It’s, um, very bright.
How bright? Well, the aliens out in deep space take notice of the unusual light coming from an otherwise obscure planet. Naturally, they decide to investigate.
By investigate, we mean land on planet Earth. Is that not the most awesome alien landing ship ever?
By investigate, we mean the aliens come armed.
Naturally, things go very wrong. She mistakes this alien for a contest judge and offers some fruitcake. You know all about fruitcake.
The aliens try to figure out what fruitcake is and how dangerous it might be.
Curtain call.
Photo from “Svetlana’s First Christmas Away From Home”
Posted by Dwayne Yancey in News, Photos, Productions, Uncategorized on December 7, 2016
The cast of SVETLANA’S FIRST CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME.
Back in the summer, I was corresponding with a direction at Victorian Players in Youngstown, Ohio. He was looking for a Christmas script, with some very specific needs. He needed a cast of about 20, with mostly kids. I didn’t have anything like that, so I told him if he gave me a few weeks, I’d write one. So I did. The result was SVETLANA’S FIRST CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME. Here’s a photo from its premiere.
It looks like it’s going to be popular because it’s already been booked at a theatre in Texas for next Christmas.
SVETLANA’S FIRST CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME
A last-minute substitute attempts to preside over a Christmas pageant, which has devolved into chaos – unruly kids, a pushy parent, a church busybody, a kitchen on fire. And then there’s the foreign exchange student, who’s supposed to be the angel, who is in the restroom in tears because it’s her first Christmas away from home. Then something unexpected happens. Cast: 21 – 6 adults (four female, one male, one non-gender), 7 teenagers (five female, two male), 8 early teens or pre-teens (one female, seven non-gender.)
* Produced by Victorian Players, Youngstown, Ohio, December 2016.
* Scheduled to be produced by Red River Revue, Clarksville, Texas, December 2017.
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