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DWolfman
Celebrity Joined: 7/07/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 134 |
Posted: 5/24/07 at 10:37am |
Am considering starting a theatre company myself, am in the groundwork stage. One reason I want to do it is to explore the great majority of wonderful works that don't usually get done.
Instead of presenting the same stuff that everyone else does, I hope to find the playable (and hopefully profitable) gems that others have passed over while looking for the "safe stuff."
Let me introduce you to a Canadian playwright who is beginning to make headway into the US: NORM FOSTER.
A couple of scripts that are my favorites:
"The Love List" - On his fiftieth birthday, a man is given the present (courtesy of a local gypsy) of a ten-item list to describe the "perfect woman." Hilarity ensues when she then shows up at his door embodying the list he created. When he finds out those qualities are not really what he wanted, changes to the list create changes to the lady with "Twilight Zone" results. Now available through Samuel French.
"The Foursome" - 15 years after graduation, four buddies get together in 18 holes (and scenes) of golf during which old secrets, new passions, rivalries and embarassments abound. Last I checked this is through Playwrights Canada Press.
A couple of others you may think about doing down the road are his "Outlaw", "The Melville Boys", and "Dear Santa."
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Stageman
Player Joined: 4/27/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 5/25/07 at 2:48pm |
Good luck Wolfman - I like your ideas, and these plays sound interesting; but if you're just starting out, I'm thinking you may need to do known entities to get your audience. Neil Simon always seems to bring them in!
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ahadon
Walk-On Joined: 5/10/07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 6/03/07 at 8:30am |
Thanks for all of the suggestions all!!! I actually found a group that is just starting out here and can get involved again! The first show is going to be Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon. I think its a good choice myself, but we are in a VERY conservative area of the south......(Thats what concerns me)
But I want to tell you, if you are in the west tennessee area and up for an audition, feel free to contact me direct at athomewithdon@gmail.com for info of what time things will take place this week... we would love to have ya there!
Thanks again all!
Don
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