DONALD LEWIS, PLAYWRIGHT
|
|
|
|
|
DONALD LEWIS, PLAYWRIGHT
|
|
|
STAGE PLAYS
FULL COURT PRESS (full-length drama)
In a downtown Chicago hotel on the day of the NBA Draft, eight guys take on race, basketball and what it means to be a man, mirroring the nation’s volatile racial politics.
"Powerful and provocative...Lewis writes in a muscular, blue-collar style, full of colorful character riffs but with a strong sense of structure and conflict" - Daily Variety
QUIET LIGHT (full-length drama)
Haunted by the memory of the 1968 Democratic Convention, an ex-cop finds the woman who had clashed with him in the streets, now a Chicago architect and confidential lesbian, and seeks to destroy her.
"A taut psychological thriller...intensely engages the audience" - North Coast Journal
FIRE WATER (full-length comedic drama)
Economically dispossessed and on its way off the map, the central Illinois town of Ft. Alabaster discovers that the answer to its uncertain future lies with the spirits of its Native American past.
HIGH AND INSIDE (full-length comedic drama)
A former Major League pitcher, estranged from his family and the game, is forced to reconcile the sum of his life when his 17-year-old daughter comes to visit on summer vacation.
(written with former Chicago Cubs/White Sox pitcher Steve Trout)
ALEXANDER AND THE UNITED SNAKES OF AMERICA (one-act comedy/youth)
In a boxcar, a homeless boy and his dad confront a group of snakes on their way to the United Snakes of America Convention, the two groups forced to challenge their fears and misconceptions.
"Learning about diversity was never so much fun...shear enchantment, certain to delight and charm audiences of all ages" - Bloomington Voice
MELISSA TUNES IN (one-act comedy/youth)
A self-centered 12-year-old girl learns a life lesson when she's transported and trapped in a sitcom world starring herself.
"A very inventive, delightful play...the theatricality of the piece is very clever" - Bonderman Workshop
GOOD GIRL (one-act monodrama/10-15 minutes)
A doll searches for answers when her owner doesn't return, exposing dark, disturbing secrets a doll shouldn't have to know.
"Riveting...smartly crafted and deftly performed" - Beverly Hills Outlook
JUNKMAN (one-act monodrama/10-15 minutes)
While exploring an alley and collecting treasures, a junkman is forced to confront the demons of his trade.
"A stunning theatre piece...the play is brief and deceptively simple, but it manages to encompass a good deal of truth and profundity" - Pittsburgh New Works Festival
POLITICAL SCIENCE 101 (one-act pantomime/10-15 minutes)
A man loses his job, spouse and dignity, becoming a pawn in a struggle between political forces.
|
|
|
|
ACTIVITY
ONSTAGE
GOOD GIRL
Productions
City Playhouse (Los Angeles, CA)
Bailiwick Repertory (Chicago, IL)
SUNY Festival of Ten (Brockport, NY)
Gardner Stages (Los Angeles, CA)
Bloomington Playwrights Project (Bloomington, IN)
Heartlande Theatre Company (Detroit, MI)
Mackay Festival of Arts (Mackay, Australia)
CrossCurrents (Kansas City, MO)
Kanawha Players (Charleston, WV)
ALEXANDER AND THE UNITED SNAKES OF AMERICA
Productions
Encore Theatre (Lima, OH)
Lincoln Community Playhouse (Lincoln, NE)
Bloomington Playwrights Project (Bloomington, IN)
Reading
Carmel Performing Arts Festival (Carmel, CA)
QUIET LIGHT
Production
PIP World Premiere Theatre (Eureka, CA)
Workshop
Asylum Theatre Company (Las Vegas, NV)
FIRE WATER
Workshops
Asylum Theatre Company (Las Vegas, NV)
Villagers Theatre (Somerset, NJ)
Reading
Stage Left Theatre (Chicago, IL)
THIRD WORLD
Productions
Uprising Theatre (Long Beach, CA)
Cassandra Gaylor Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)
FULL COURT PRESS
Production
West Coast Ensemble (Los Angeles, CA)
HIGH AND INSIDE
Reading
Chicago Dramatists (Chicago, IL)
WISE FOOLS
Reading
West Coast Ensemble (Los Angeles, CA)
____________
AWARDS
MELISSA TUNES IN
Winner, Marilyn Hall Award
Finalist, Festival of New Plays/JET
Finalist, Writer's Digest Writing Competition
GOOD GIRL
Winner, City Playhouse Annual Short Play Festival
Semifinalist, Five and Dime Playwriting Contest
Semifinalist, Dogwood National One-Act Play
Competition
THIRD WORLD
Winner, Uprising Theatre Annual Play Competition
FULL COURT PRESS
Finalist, Festival of Emerging American
Theatre Competition
Best Actor Nomination (Christopher B. Duncan), NAACP Theatre Awards
QUIET LIGHT
Finalist, South Carolina Playwrights Festival
Finalist, Writer's Digest Writing Competition
FIRE WATER
Finalist, New Voices in the Heartland Festival
Finalist, Writer's Digest Writing Competition
JUNKMAN
Finalist, Pittsburgh New Works Festival
____________
PUBLICATIONS
MELISSA TUNES IN
Brooklyn Publishers
ALEXANDER AND THE UNITED SNAKES OF AMERICA
Encore Performance Publishing
____________
OTHER
THIRD WORLD
Screen Rights
Robert H. Townsend, producer (Los Angeles, CA)
WISE FOOLS
Screen Rights
Robert H. Townsend, producer (Los Angeles, CA)
FULL COURT PRESS
Screen Option
Desert Eagle Productions (Los Angeles, CA)
|
|
|
|
AFFILIATIONS/CONTACT
CHICAGO DRAMATISTS
Resident Playwright
DRAMATISTS GUILD OF AMERICA
Member
COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO
Alumnus, BA Film/Video
____________
DLewis@alumni.colum.edu
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
page created with 1-2-3 Publish
|
|
