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Stephen D. Hyers is the director and founder of the Greensboro Playwrights' Forum, one of the strongest playwright service organization in the Southeast. He also reviews all the new plays and musicals submitted to the Livestock Players and the Greensboro Children's Theatre. All three are programs of City Arts Drama.
He was awarded Playwright-In-Residence at High Point University (High Point, NC) for the Spring of 1999. High Point University premiered a workshop production of his play, HENRY ADAMS AND HENRY SCOTT HAD A FIGHT.
His play KINGS & KNIGHTS was part of Asheville (NC) Community Theatre's outreach program, The Autumn Players, and received 6 performances in the Asheville area.
KINGS & KNIGHTS and his play COMPANIONS will be workshopped at Guilford Technical Community College (Jamestown, NC) in the fall of 2000.
He currently has five plays available for production. For a copy of the complete script please send e-mail to Sdhyers@aol.com.
Companions
by Stephen D. Hyers
10 Minute Play, 1 male, 1 female, simple set.
The play opens with John sitting at a park bench on a Saturday morning when Lydia, a stranger, arrives carrying an empty dog leash. The play explores relationships, loneliness and companionship. (This play utilizes the same set as Kings & Knights.)
This play has been produced by Carson-Newman College, Spare Parts Theatre Company, and the Greensboro Playwrights' Forum. It has also been part of the Carolina Playwrights Festival sponsored by the Carolina Playwrights Center.
Kings & Knights
by Stephen D. Hyers
10 Minute Play, 2 males, simple set.
The scene is a father and son playing chess. The father struggles to understand the son's pending divorce while revealing his marriage was not all that he believed it to be. (This play utilizes the same set as Companions.)
This play has been produced by the High Point Theatre and has been part of the Carolina Playwrights Festival sponsored by the Carolina Playwrights Center.
Next production is scheduled for April 8, 2000 by the Autumn Players, the senior acting company of the Asheville Community Theatre, NC.
High Point University Theatre
Henry Adams and Henry Scott
Had A Fight
by Stephen D. Hyers
Full-length Comedy/Drama, 4 males, 2 females,
unit interior set.
Set in Colonial America, two young men with differing opinions of King George have begun to shift their thoughts to Sally, a young barmaid with a mysterious past. The play explores the problems created by rumors, hearsay and half-knowledge.
This play was produced by High Point University, February 1999.