Here is some video of a few recent Walls rehearsals. Hope it makes you want to see more.
November 30, 2008
November 22, 2008
Another Play Written by Kevin Six Has its Reading at Scripteasers
My suite of plays, Love, Unrequited, in Three Galleries was read last night (Friday, Nov. 21, 2008) at The Scripteasers. Two of the plays won (first place and honorable mention) in their recent Script Tease of New Plays so I walked out of there $150 richer.
Here I am with Kymri and Miriam. Kymri is a longtime Scripteasers member and advocate of new plays, playwrights and Kevin Six.
Kymri played Alice in the second play, Afternoon: (Asian Gallery). Miriam played Devon in the third play, Evening (European Gallery).
Both were great. In fact, everyone who read was fun, dedicated and gave great comments to me after the plays were read.
Thanks Scripteasers!
Here's Jack G. White with Kymri. Jack made a point to come and read Arthur in the third play. He was fantastic! His depth of emotion, crispness of delivery and mental acuity were excellent. And to think: he picked up the play and read it once before performing. He's a great man, a great actor and a great friend. And, perfect for the role. I hope we can get this produced!
Here I am discussing how the evening will go with Scripteasers president John Greene. John played Andre in the first play, Morning (American Masters). This play was the one that won first place, the second play won an honorable mention. I heard from an unnamed source that my first place entry had more votes than any other and that it lead the next place finisher by the most points in Scripteaser history. Since they've been around for 60 years, that feels real good.
The plays caused quite a stir. Coming in at just under thirty minutes, the three plays were discussed for about two hours. This was a good process.
Here, (l-r) Miriam, Mike Brizkowski (who read Tony), moderator Mary Boersma and Jack G. discuss the third play. Each play takes place at a separate gallery in the San Diego Museum of Art. Each one has a separate feel and they get less and less real as the day progresses. They all have to do with love that can't quite get expressed -- or is not expressed properly. In the first play, a widowed arts patron and a museum security guard can't quite tell each other how they feel. In the second, a pair of typical couples discuss much but say nothing in a frustrating and sad dance of love lost. The men take on traditional wife roles, emotionally, as the women act standoffish about love. In the third play, a divine messenger finally sorts out the love that's missing in the relationship between a young couple -- in counterpoint to that of an older one.
After the reading, some of us went to a cool place. Lucha Libre Gourmet Tacos. Check out their website: www.tacosmackwown.com. A very cool place in which Mexican wrestling films, kitchy wrestling paraphernalia and great food mingle to give you a tack smack-down. Try it!
November 21, 2008
From Kevin Six
I got involved in a theatre collaborative. It's with a number of people I have been working with lately anyway, so... I'm now a founding member of the Lotus Theatre Collective. We're just a bunch of theatre artists doing theatre. Here's our website. Here's our first play. Come and love it! Tickets are only $10.
Please consider bookmarking that website (and the blog and all the other websites you ever see here!) as it really helps our Organic Marketing efforts. I coined that phrase and just you wait and see everyone use it. Organic Marketing is just like Viral Marketing only it doesn't make you sick. It's a way to drive up your database (and that is increasingly an email database), drive traffic to your website ans the old axiom of butts in seats.
Walls has two performances only, December 13 (8pm) and Dec, 14 (7pm) so see it fast.
The next play on the horizon for me is Love Negotiated and, yes there's a website (www.lovenegotiated.com) and, yes I want you to bookmark it, post it and get all your friends to visit it. There's also a blog attached to it and all that Organic Marketing stuff too. The play, written by Yours Truly, opens on February 14 and if you don't know what day that is, you need a date! It's a love story yo! Auditions are December 13 (yes, the day Walls opens) for those males who are looking for parts. All the women were retained.
So I'll be busy and if you want to see me you'll have to buy a ticket!
Love and Kisses
Kevin
November 18, 2008
Fw: Scripteasers: next reading is this Fri., Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m.
| Hello friends. Attached is the announcement of the reading of my suite of plays called Love, Unrequited in Three Galleries. I hope you can come to see/hear the script read. If you act, you might just get a chance to perform in the reading. Hope to see you this Friday! --- On Tue, 11/18/08, TheScripteasers@ msn.com <TheScripteasers@msn.com> wrote: From: TheScripteasers@ msn.com <TheScripteasers@msn.com> |
November 8, 2008
Love Negotiated Auditions
Auditions for Love Negotiated are from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 13, 2008 at Swedenborg Hall. Map. We're auditioning four male roles (see entry below for details).
October 28, 2008
Auditions
Well, it seems like we're auditioning for the men's roles. When we did the reading last November, it was with seven of my friends. Four women, three men and me in the roles.
Director DJ Sullivan and I discussed the full production and thought we'd have a better show if we opened up the male roles to other actors. This was a tough decision as I was one of the male actors but I really want to work on the production from somewhere other than on stage.
So! We're having auditions on December 13th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. We're looking for four roles...
A contracts attorney, was married to Veronica and now to Ann, ends up with Kate 30s-50s. His is the role of a two-time looser who tries a third time with another two-time loser, Kate. Has a great role and gets to feel a lot of emotions. I will play this role in the film (haha).
These actors can be any ethnicity as long as they are good! Know someone? Have them e-mail six.kevin@yahoo.com. They can research the roles here and/or ask me for a script.
Thanks!
Kevin Six
Writer/Producer
Director DJ Sullivan and I discussed the full production and thought we'd have a better show if we opened up the male roles to other actors. This was a tough decision as I was one of the male actors but I really want to work on the production from somewhere other than on stage.
So! We're having auditions on December 13th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. We're looking for four roles...
Richard
Lead, successful divorce lawyer who fears love, lives with Veronica 30s-40s. Richard is basically myself; fraid of love because he was never taught how to do it. He has a lot of great lines and gets to come full circle in both acts. He very nearly carries the show but has help.
Mark
A police officer who writes love songs, engaged to Maria but ends up with Luke, 20s-30s.
Luke
A fairly well known, good-looking actor, lives with Kate, ends up with Mark 20s-40s.
Mark and Luke are the engenues in the play. The true lovers whereas everyone else is trying and failing. They live lies long enough and decide to go for true love over the false stuff. These are small but powerful, pivotal roles. They should good looking and manly.
A contracts attorney, was married to Veronica and now to Ann, ends up with Kate 30s-50s. His is the role of a two-time looser who tries a third time with another two-time loser, Kate. Has a great role and gets to feel a lot of emotions. I will play this role in the film (haha).
These actors can be any ethnicity as long as they are good! Know someone? Have them e-mail six.kevin@yahoo.com. They can research the roles here and/or ask me for a script.
Thanks!
Kevin Six
Writer/Producer
October 19, 2008
Love Negotiated's History by Kevin Six
Love Negotiated began life as The L Word but of course that is the name of a popular TV show.
2005: The L Word is written in two October days (I have been re-writing ever since). It began as a post-modern Noises Off with the idea of showing the activities in the dressing and green rooms on a screen over the proscenium and having the technician's headset conversations broadcast on speakers in the house. That lasted exactly five minutes as I decided I needed to write a play first.
2006: The L Word is submitted to the Bay Area Playwright's Festival and the Hinton Battle Theatre Laboratory's Diverse Voices Playwriting Contest. HBTL wrote back in May, "This year we received three times as many entries as last year and were very impressed with the overall quality of the works. Your play stood out as one of the best entries and has been chosen as a finalist for this year's competition." One for two!
The L Word had it's New York reading on June 19th, with a New York casting director, great actors (including Warren Kelly as Richard ) and my great San Diego friend Kymri Wilt. I went for the reading and surfed New Jersey for the first time. See the Flier. See a photo.
The winner of the competition was announced at the New York premiere of Idlewild, which was choreographed by Hinton Battle, on August 21st. I met lots of stars, including Andree 3000, had a great time but didn't win. Boo Hoo.
2007: The L Word becomes Love Negotiated.
Love Negotiated is copywrighted on February 5, 2007.
Aspire Playwrights does a staged reading of Love Negotiated on November 19th. The play, directed by Patricia Elmore Costa, has a great response and plans begin to produce it in San Diego. Here's a slideshow featuring photos of the performance and the party after.
Several submissions meet with nothing but in the meantime, I write other plays and have one published.
2008: Swedenborg Hall announces Kevin Six as Playwright in Residence, read the Press Release here, which means that Love Negotiated will be produced in 2009.
Check out the Love Negotiated Website.
2005: The L Word is written in two October days (I have been re-writing ever since). It began as a post-modern Noises Off with the idea of showing the activities in the dressing and green rooms on a screen over the proscenium and having the technician's headset conversations broadcast on speakers in the house. That lasted exactly five minutes as I decided I needed to write a play first.
2006: The L Word is submitted to the Bay Area Playwright's Festival and the Hinton Battle Theatre Laboratory's Diverse Voices Playwriting Contest. HBTL wrote back in May, "This year we received three times as many entries as last year and were very impressed with the overall quality of the works. Your play stood out as one of the best entries and has been chosen as a finalist for this year's competition." One for two!
The L Word had it's New York reading on June 19th, with a New York casting director, great actors (including Warren Kelly as Richard ) and my great San Diego friend Kymri Wilt. I went for the reading and surfed New Jersey for the first time. See the Flier. See a photo.
The winner of the competition was announced at the New York premiere of Idlewild, which was choreographed by Hinton Battle, on August 21st. I met lots of stars, including Andree 3000, had a great time but didn't win. Boo Hoo.
2007: The L Word becomes Love Negotiated.
Love Negotiated is copywrighted on February 5, 2007.
Aspire Playwrights does a staged reading of Love Negotiated on November 19th. The play, directed by Patricia Elmore Costa, has a great response and plans begin to produce it in San Diego. Here's a slideshow featuring photos of the performance and the party after.
Several submissions meet with nothing but in the meantime, I write other plays and have one published.
2008: Swedenborg Hall announces Kevin Six as Playwright in Residence, read the Press Release here, which means that Love Negotiated will be produced in 2009.
Check out the Love Negotiated Website.
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