The Wallace Theater is pleased to present it’s next new work development workshop as part of it’s Page to Stage Program! The Wallace will be workshopping TRACKS by John Patrick Bray (Semifinalist, O'Neill National Playwrights Conference; Semifinalist, Ashland New Play Festival.)
This workshop will be directed by Sarah Mayhew and Alan Winner and supervised by Anna Hogan, Artistic Director of the Wallace Theater. Playwright John Patrick Bray will be in attendance for the full week of workshopping and the public presentation.
The Public Presentation will take place at 6:00 PM at the LHUCA Firehouse Theater in Lubbock, TX. The suggested audience for this event is 18 and older.
General Admission - $10
Synopsis
Siblings Jennie and Simian have a problem. Their favorite spot by the Hudson River is about to be closed off by AmTrain, which is planning a bullet train from NYC to Albany closing off access to the water for residents east of the Hudson. Lucky for them, Dapper Dan, the straight-edged kid in their group, will do anything for Jennie – anything. As they plan, anthropomorphic manifestations appear around them – the Headless Horseman who must now wear an old IBM computer monitor on his shoulders; Johnny Appleseed, who fills a candy machine near the tracks with Apple Jim Jims; the Voice of The Boy That Died; etc.; - however, these manifestations remain unseen until tragedy strikes, as the misfits attempt to disrupt an oncoming train by any means necessary.
Tracks reminds us that we all become myth to those who look through the windows of a speeding passenger train as they imagine what life must be like under a Catskill moon.
About the Playwright
JOHN PATRICK BRAY: John P. Bray's plays include Friendly’s Fire (World Premiere: Barter Theatre; NYC: Rising Sun Performance Company directed by Anna Hogan; published by Next Stage Press), Tracks (Semifinalist, O'Neill National Playwrights Conference; Semifinalist, Ashland New Play Festival), HOUND (Planet Connections Theatre Festivity), Goodnight Lovin’ Trail (produced in rep. with Rising Sun Performance Co. NYC 2004-2014, published by Original Works Publishing), and the short Green Sound (adapted into an audio drama by Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga; also translated into Italian and performed in Milan). He has been a Winner at the Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights, a Semifinalist for the Princess Grace Foundation Award, and a Finalist for the Kernodle Playwriting Award. His screenplays include the co-written Liner Notes (Woodstock Film Festival, feature length), Barflies (Horror Realm Con, short), and the forthcoming Escapism (post-production). He has edited anthologies for Applause Theatre and Cinema Books, including The Best American Short Plays 2018-2019 and the forthcoming Stage It and Stream It: Plays for Virtual Theater. He has an MFA in Playwriting from The Actors Studio Drama School at The New School and a PhD in Theatre from LSU. John teaches at the University of Georgia. www.johnpatrickbray.com
The Public Presentation will take place at 6:00 PM at the LHUCA Firehouse Theater in Lubbock, TX. The suggested audience for this event is 18 and older.
General Admission - $10
About Page to Stage:
Welcome to the Wallace’s play reading program, “Page to Stage.” This program was created to offer exposure to a selection of underproduced published and new works, to create an opportunity for Wallace collaborators to gather together, and to learn what sort of productions Wallace collaborators are interested in. This program is managed by The Wallace’s Artistic Director Anna Hogan and by guest artists Kensly Peck, Randal Ramirez, and Alan Winner.
The goal of this program is The Wallace to host a new work development workshop with one to two guest playwrights this year. These playwrights will receive director and actor support for up to 4 days. Playwrights and their director will lead a group of actors through exercises that will help them shape their script - including improv exercises, devised staging, fully staged segments of the play, Q&A sessions, and more. The workshop will culminate in a public, script-in-hand reading of the play or presentation of a staged segment of the play. These workshops are for playwrights to develop their script so it can go on to the next phase of production, including a full staging or publication.
