Andrew Mayo

Andrew Mayo

Andy Mayo spent 40 years working in corporate America. His theatrical education has been through Chicago Dramatists, and as a project director at a regional theatre. Before selling out to corporate capitalism to support his family, he was a newspaper reporter at two metro dailies. His one-man show Wish Upon A Star, intimate reflections of Walt Disney, has been produced at regional theatres. At Chicago...
Andy Mayo spent 40 years working in corporate America. His theatrical education has been through Chicago Dramatists, and as a project director at a regional theatre. Before selling out to corporate capitalism to support his family, he was a newspaper reporter at two metro dailies. His one-man show Wish Upon A Star, intimate reflections of Walt Disney, has been produced at regional theatres. At Chicago Dramatists, two finished plays have had readings: Lyndon Agonistes, with Will Dunne moderating, and Blood and Water, with MT Cozzola moderating. A public reading of Blood and Water was held by Nomads Art Collective at Esquina Chicago. Blood and Water was also a finalist in the American Association of Community Theatres NewPlayFest 2020. Two plays under development – Secret Formula and The Dream House – also received readings at Chicago Dramatists. He self-produced Confess and Conspire at the off-off-Broadway Manhattan Repertory Theatre.

My website is http://extramayo.us

Plays

  • Blood and Water by Andrew Mayo
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller
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    Keyword: brothers, water + 5 more
    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: brothers, water, revenge, forgiveness, public use, privatization, Southwest
    A fashion editor working in the world of appearances sets out to discover why her husband, a partner in a private equity firm, has kept everything about his upbringing and his brother Sam a secret with a Christmastime visit to Sam’s ranch in New Mexico. She learns the ugly truth about the past and an ugly reality about how both men profit by depriving others.
  • Lyndon Agonistes by Andrew Mayo
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 4 more
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    Keyword: LBJ, Lyndon Johnson + 5 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama, fantasy, political, tragedy
    Keyword: LBJ, Lyndon Johnson, Furies, American history, Politics, Lady Bird Bird Johnson, 1968
    Lyndon, in failing health, thinks he’s finished reviewing the manuscript of his autobiography of his White House years when the three Furies appear with some editorial advice: Tell the truth for once and keep narcissism and lies from infecting the Presidency for years to come. They force him to relive his life-long struggles between pride and purpose and to admit, before his own death, why 36,0000 American had to die in Vietnam.
  • Secret Formula by Andrew Mayo
    Cast: 
    6–7
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: euthanasia, belief + 3 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: euthanasia, belief, dying, death, street living
    An assisted living facility chaplain secretly administering euthanasia to end suffering finds an unlikely source for living.
  • Wish Upon a Star by Andrew Mayo
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama
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    Keyword: Walt Disney, Disney + 1 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama
    Keyword: Walt Disney, Disney, Mickey Mouse
    A one-man show of Walt Disney's apocryphal film made a short time before his death.

    Produced Dec. 3 - 11 at The Cell Theatre, Albuquerque, NM by Enchanted Rose Inn & Theatre.