Production of full-length, two-act version of the play “Leave (or, The Surface of the World)” by Urban Samurai Productions
#1 – Top Ten Theater List – Lavender Magazine – John Townsend: 2011
#5 – Top Ten Theater List – Twin Cities Daily Planet – Jay Gabler: 2011
Production of 90-minute, one-act version of the play “Leave (or, The Surface of the World)” by afterdark theatre company
Top Ten Theater List – Lavender Magazine – John Townsend: 2008
Previous version of the play “Leave” under the title “The Surface of the World”
Publication – Audition Arsenal series – Smith and Kraus Publishers, Inc.: 2005
Publication of three monologues in the “Audition Arsenal” series of monologue collections (smithandkraus.com); these were all part of “Audition Arsenal – 101 Monologues by Type, 2 Minutes and Under: Men in their 20s”
Nicholas: “I can’t be unselfish where you’re concerned. I need you with me.”
Nicholas: “I need you near me in the dark. So I can feel safe again.”
Seth: “Except for loving you, being a Marine’s the only thing I ever got right. It’s the only thing that even comes close.”
(though the characters and their relationship survived into future drafts of the story, these speeches are from a version of the play that no longer exists)
Previous full-length, two-act version of the play “Leave” under the title “The Surface of the World”
Minnesota State Arts Board – Theater Arts Fellowship ($8,000): to mount a developmental workshop for “The Surface of the World,” culminating in public performances: 1999
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