Interview on Playwrights Spotlight Podcast

 

I had a chance to sit down and talk shop with James Elden on his Playwrights Spotlight Podcast. I rambled on about playwriting and solo performance. Very much with a listen. It is on all the podcast platforms, or you can watch it on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/m1U8hBL9S50?si=Yura-dGP4bUwXw6e

I will also embed it below.

Spanish language version of I BROUGHT HOME A CHUPACABRA now available

The Spanish version of my monologue play I Brought Home a Chupacabra is now out as a Kindle ebook on Amazon. Big grateful shout-out to fellow solo performer and all-around fantastic human Frida Espinosa Muller of Cara Mia Theatre for the translation assist.

Here's a link to the play on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D71RC7YY

The English-version is, of course, still available on Amazon. Thanks to Lauren Moore for originating the piece back in 2014 (that's who is here on the cover) and Ruth Engel-McEntire for directing.

Here's the blurb for my Spanish-speaking friends:

Una mujer trae casa el legendario Chupacabras de antaño

En este extraño e hilarante monólogo, una joven encuentra una bestia semimítica durante una caminata y la lleva casa. Durante los próximos días se verá obligada descubrir por qué conecta mejor con los animales que con las personas.

Esta es la versión en españ encantador monólogo de Brad McEntire.

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New Website for Playwriting Endeavors

 Trying to up my playwriting game (as far as career stuff). made an official website.

See it at:

BradMcEntirePlays

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I'm Teaching a Ten-Minute Play Workshop

 

 Writing the Ten-Minute Play...with Brad McEntire

Two Saturdays Jan 28th and Feb 4th
from 1- 4 pm
at 1106 Lupo Drive

1106 Lupo Dr
Dallas, TX 75207

MAP HERE

The Ten-Minute Play is a short burst of theatrical expressiveness. As theatres seek to either expand revenue streams or grow audiences or broaden their base of artistic contributors - especially as things get back up and moving after the last several years - 10-Minute play festivals have become more and more prevalent. In this fun introductory workshop, we'll explore the structure, characters and the "punch" of these short one-acts. Filled with tips, tricks, considerations... plus, we'll do a little writing to boot. 

This workshop is open to experienced playwrights, newcomers or simply the waywardly curious.

 

Brad McEntire works as a playwright, director and solo performer. His plays over the last twenty years have been produced and developed at venues and festivals around North America. He is the Artistic Director of Audacity Theatre Lab based in Dallas, Texas.


Class Fee - $150
Class size is limited to 8

Call 214-630-7722 after the first of the year or email lisahtx@gmail.com

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DAYLAN HILLIS IN SPACE at the 22nd Annual FIT

I am not a superfan of "digitalizing" theatre. I realize a lot of theatres have embraced recording and streaming, or even live-streaming, theatre events since the Covid-19 pandemic shut down venues starting back in March.

Some colleagues in Oklahoma who mounted a "digital fringe" this year in order to keep their event going, contactd me and asked my thoughts on things. I wrote back:

"As a maker of theatre, I acknowledge it is, technically, not theatre any longer. It is a new thing. Not cinema, really, either. The hybrid newness of it I find appealing. The silver lining of the times we are in is that we can step back and question the old ways. If there ever was a time to do a few virtual/digital shows and get away with it, it is now in the hot mess we call 2020.

As a viewer of theatre, I'd sooner poke flaming Doritos in my eyes than watch a damn Zoom play reading. Shows I might have seen in normal times (is that a phrase any longer... "normal times?"), I have no inclination to see as a recording or a live stream. I'd sooner wait everything out and see that production when I can eventually sit in a real audience again."

It is the novelty of the moment, however, that lead me to round up a few friends and create a show for the 22nd Annual Festival of Independent Theatres. The FIT went "virtual" this year. When producer, David Meglino, approached me to participate, I offered to custom-build a show for the constraints of the moment. The result is a very entertaining piece called DAYLAN HILLIS IN SPACE. Here are the details...

Jeff Swearingen in Audacity Theatre Lab's
DAYLAN HILLIS IN SPACE [credit: Audacity Theatre Lab]

DAYLAN HILLIS IN SPACE

By Brad McEntire and Jeff Hernandez
Featuring Jeff Swearingen
Directed by Brad McEntire

Security guard Daylan Hillis feels underappreciated in his job at a top secret government facility. One night his otherwise boring shift is interrupted by an encounter with strange intruders and a chance to show what he is really capable of.

Audacity Theatre Lab is thrilled to offer this digital "theatre" piece
as part of the 22nd Annual Festival of Independent Theatres.

Available for streaming October 8-31, 2020
Two Show Block Tickets - $12
Festival Pass for all Shows - $30
For tickets or more information visit: ​festivalofindependenttheatres.org/

​Running time: 38 minutes
NOTE: This production contains some strong language (PG-13-ish)

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