A Crisis by
Maryland, 2018. A family of "crisis actors" prepares for a possible performance at their local school.
Andrew Bryce
Andrew Bryce
Andrew is a playwright, AEA actor, director, and educator. He is currently an Adjunct Instructor in the Theatre Departments at Virginia Commonwealth University and John Tyler Community College. Andrew's short plays have been seen at Manhattan Repertory Theatre, the Metropolitan Playhouse, and The AlphaNYC Theater Company. www.andrewbryceactor.com
Plays
The White Eagle and The Snow Leopard by Andrew Bryce
·Cast:9–12Genre: adventure, experimental + 4 more·Keyword: New York City, contemporary New York City + 5 moreGenre: adventure, experimental, fable/folktale, fantasy, movement/physical, mystery/thrillerKeyword: New York City, contemporary New York City, 9/11, post-9/11, Japanese Noh Drama, ghost story, puppetsThe Ghost travels in and out of time to solve his murder in a post-9/11 NYC. Along the way he meets 2021 Brooklyn Patrick Bateman, The Spirit of NYC, A Policeman, and others. Eventually, he connects with Another Ghost and together they visit his sister. Snow falls, the play ends. Inspired by the killing of Henryk Siwiak."HAWKSHAW ALLEY" by Andrew Bryce
·Cast:2–12Genre: adventure, docudrama/historic + 4 more·Keyword: ensemble, physical + 7 moreGenre: adventure, docudrama/historic, horror, immersive, movement/physical, mystery/thrillerKeyword: ensemble, physical, Story Theatre, noir, murder mystery, serial killer, Virginia, music, actor-musiciansAn ensemble murder-mystery noir that tackles issues of race, masculinity, and boredom. Hawk and Shaw, a couple, spend their days obsessing over True Crime, whether its at their local bar or on their podcast. When they decide to solve the creepy but forgotten "Virginia Alley Man" case on their own they start to get in dangerously over their heads.
Possible/Impossible by Andrew Bryce
·Cast:1Genre: docudrama/historic·Keyword: pastor, immigration + 4 moreGenre: docudrama/historicKeyword: pastor, immigration, maritime, sermon, monologue, interview-basedThe Pastor at a Seafarer's House talks to an audience.A Puppet: or Daddy Loves by Andrew Bryce
·Cast:3Genre: dark comedy, experimental + 3 more·Keyword: absurd, absurdism + 4 moreGenre: dark comedy, experimental, farce, horror, satireKeyword: absurd, absurdism, meta, dark comedy, Toxic Masculinity, toxic relationshipsA couple on the rocks need money. We flashback to old rehearsals of a "great play" they used to perform. In an attempt to buy the play's rights they have dinner with their old ego-maniacal director. An absurd and sick series of games occurs...and there's a puppet, or maybe it's a puppy, or maybe it's a puppet?A Nothing Dream by Andrew Bryce
·Cast:2Genre: fable/folktale, horror·Keyword: youth, gun violence + 1 moreGenre: fable/folktale, horrorKeyword: youth, gun violence, ghostsTwo 12 year old boys enter an abandoned attic in the middle of winter.Elders (in progress) by Andrew Bryce
·Cast:8–12Genre: comedy, experimental + 5 more·Keyword: environmental, environmental crisis + 5 moreGenre: comedy, experimental, horror, movement/physical, political, satire, science fictionKeyword: environmental, environmental crisis, post-apocalyptic, post-apocalypse America, older characters, college age, great roles for young actorsIn a post-apocalyptic world two elder statesmen live in a structure. Elder 1 is burnt into their makeshift wheelchair, Elder 2 is his butler. Travelers come by and exchange goods for shelter. The only thing left to eat is plastic, and a singular dollar bill makes the rules. When a young girl, and then a Prophet arrive to stay at the structure...shit goes sideways.
No actor in any production of this...In a post-apocalyptic world two elder statesmen live in a structure. Elder 1 is burnt into their makeshift wheelchair, Elder 2 is his butler. Travelers come by and exchange goods for shelter. The only thing left to eat is plastic, and a singular dollar bill makes the rules. When a young girl, and then a Prophet arrive to stay at the structure...shit goes sideways.
No actor in any production of this play can be over the age of 25, why? Because our elders have doomed us.