| Produced: Conversations in a Café In a small cafe in a very large city, nine individuals cross paths in various stages of the eternal search for love, companionship or at least acceptance. A two-act play, Conversations in a Cafe was first written during the summer of 2006. The world premiere opened October 8, 2010 at historic Cupid's Park Theater (1896), atop Korner's Folly, Kernersville, N.C. All About Faith This play, chiefly finished in June 2008, had a public stage reading of the script held on January 28, 2011 at Theatre Alliance in Winston-Salem. |
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Writing - Bill Cissna
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| A young woman in a Tennessee prison seems to speak almost entirely in Biblical phrases. A prison psychologist wants to know why, and why young Faith is in prison. This play has four scenes, and runs about 90 minutes with no intermission. At The Shrine This script was one of six plays in the first The Top :10 short plays festival at the Franklin Park Arts Center, Purcellville, VA (August 5-7, 2011). Over three performances, audiences voted for their favorites. Shrine won Best Overall Production for the director and cast; one of two Best Actor awards for Janis Roscoe, who played Grandma; and 2nd Place/Honorable Mention for Script. Communication Gap This short script was performed as one of ten short plays at the Evening of Short Plays #24 (Greensboro Playwrights Forum), February 10-13, 2011, in the Drama Center Theatre, Greensboro Cultural Center, Davie St., downtown Greensboro, N.C. Memory Lapse Memory Lapse, a very-short script in the psychological suspense category and adapted from my earlier short story, was performed as part of Stage Fright 2: An Evening of Horror Plays, at Drama Center in Greensboro (October 28-31, 2010). Moving towards production: The Good Life A young couple is living a life of good and plenty: a high-rise apartment with the right address, regular escapes from New York City to the most exotic destinations, great meals and top-notch clothing. The only question is: how are they affording it? The final draft of the play has been submitted to several locations for consideration. Reunions Five men and five women meet in the aftermath of their 10-year high school reunion -- and again after their 20th. A "den reading" of this full-length script was held in mid-April, 2011; currently undergoing revisions in preparation for a contest submission. Rehearsals A small community theatre with a limited budget is working on a production of Oscar Wilde's comedy of manners, An Ideal Husband. Things don't go well. This full-length comedy has reached the finished draft stage and will be reviewed with a "den reading" in mid-January, 2012. Patent Another script in progress, Patent will likely be a one-act play. The story is set in 1858 Iowa and deals with two brothers creating and selling a patent medicine. 10-Minute Plays: The Past Comes Back ..., etc. I have written a fair number of 10-minute scripts since 2006, which are in various stages of submission or consideration. Other scripts include The Past Comes Back ..., Livin' on Mountain Time, Celebration and Progress. See my blog Playing with Plays! |