Category: Plays
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My Old Life (But Not For Love)
THE SET-UP Eleanor and Ephram, sister and brother, are both getting married on the same day. And they’re each getting married to a man. With protesters, policemen and a TV news crew outside the church, inside the couples are split over what their day and their ceremony should mean, to themselves or anyone else. Patrick,…
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But Not For Love
(a wedding comedy/drama in one-act) Eleanor and Ephram, sister and brother, are both getting married on the same day. And they’re each getting married to a man. With protesters, policemen and a TV news crew outside the church, inside the couples are split over what their day and their ceremony should mean, to themselves or…
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Studpuppy – Awards & Honors
Commission – Allegheny College: 2001 The theater department at Allegheny College (Meadville, PA) commissioned the script for the world premiere production of “Studpuppy” to be written for the specific talents of five actors the director wished to work with, and to address the environment for queer students on a small conservative college campus. Publication –…
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Leave (or, The Surface of the World) – Awards & Honors
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…
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Leave (or, The Surface of the World) Production History – Urban Samurai Productions
Urban Samurai Productions: February 2011 Production Minneapolis, MN The world premiere of this new full-length version of “Leave (or, The Surface of the World)” was presented by Urban Samurai Productions to start Season 2011. Performances were February 11 to 26, 2011 at the Sabes Jewish Community Center in Minneapolis, MN. The director was Matt Greseth…
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Leave (or, The Surface of the World) Production History – Great Plains Theatre Conference
Great Plains Theatre Conference: May 2010 Play Reading Omaha, NE The 90-minute, one-act version of “Leave” was part of the Playlab reading series at the Great Plains Theatre Conference 2010 in Omaha, Nebraska, on Monday, May 31, 2010. Great Plains Theatre Conference staff Dr. Jo Ann C. McDowell, President Emerita Kevin Lawler, Creative Director Scott…
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Leave (or, The Surface of the World) Production History – afterdark theatre company
afterdark theatre company: September 2008 Production Morris, MN and Minneapolis, MN The world premiere of a 90-minute, one-act version of “Leave” (which served as the foundation for the current two-act, full-length version) was presented by the afterdark theatre company as its inaugural production. The first performances took place at the University of Minnesota, Morris campus,…
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Leave (or, The Surface of the World) Production History – Bedlam Theatre
Bedlam Theatre: June 2004 Production Minneapolis, MN An excerpt of “Leave” was produced as part of Bedlam Theatre’s Third Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival, in Minneapolis, MN, June 9-13, 2004. The script was directed by William T. Leaf. The cast was as follows: NICHOLAS DRAPER: Bob Kundrat SETH LUNDY: Nathan Tylutki (poster for Ten-Minute Play Festival,…
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Leave (or, The Surface of the World) Production History – Workshop funded by the Minnesota State Arts Board
The Playwrights’ Center: May 1999 Developmental Workshop Production Minneapolis, MN The finished draft of the previous version of “Leave,” under the title “The Surface of the World,” was the end product of a workshop production process funded by the author’s 1999 Fellowship grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board*. The production was directed by Gregg…
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Leave (or, The Surface of the World) Production History – Barnes & Noble Bookstore
Barnes & Noble Bookstore: June 1997 Play Reading Eagan, MN A second draft of the previous version of “Leave,” under the title “The Surface of the World,” was given a public reading at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Eagan, Minnesota, as part of their Gay Pride Month events on Friday, June 20, 1997. The…