Edward J. Walsh has worn a lot of hats during his writing career, but his favorite chapeau is that of the playwright. Laboring as a lone wolf or sometimes as a collaborator, he has seen a number of his efforts make it to the stage. In Northeast Ohio, his work has been produced at Dobama Theatre, Cuyahoga Community College-Western Campus Theatre, Berea Summer Theatre, Kent State University, John Carroll University, and Chagrin Valley Little Theatre-River Street Playhouse. In recent years two of Walsh’s plays were performed as part of The Colombi New Plays Festival at Ensemble Theatre. One of these, “One-on-One,” deals with the confrontation between two white kids and a lone African-American kid on a neighborhood basketball court. The play was later published, as was Walsh’s adaptation of...
Edward J. Walsh has worn a lot of hats during his writing career, but his favorite chapeau is that of the playwright. Laboring as a lone wolf or sometimes as a collaborator, he has seen a number of his efforts make it to the stage. In Northeast Ohio, his work has been produced at Dobama Theatre, Cuyahoga Community College-Western Campus Theatre, Berea Summer Theatre, Kent State University, John Carroll University, and Chagrin Valley Little Theatre-River Street Playhouse. In recent years two of Walsh’s plays were performed as part of The Colombi New Plays Festival at Ensemble Theatre. One of these, “One-on-One,” deals with the confrontation between two white kids and a lone African-American kid on a neighborhood basketball court. The play was later published, as was Walsh’s adaptation of “Frankenstein.”
Most recently, his adaptation of “The Red Badge of Courage” was published by Next Stage Press. And his is one-act play entitled “Stranded” was chosen as the first of a series of plays streamed nationally by Playwrights Local.
Now the only question is, “What will come out from under Walsh’s hat next?”