J.W. Marshall

J.W. Marshall

J.W. Marshall's play, Vicinity/Memoryall, co-written with Christine Deavel, was produced at 18th & Union in Seattle, July, 2019. The script for Vicinity/Memoryall received an Artist Trust GAP Grant and was published by Entre Rios Books. In 2020 a portion of his play, Capital, was included in the New Play Lab at Freehold Theatre Lab/Studio and scenes from his play, Comedy, were included in Rain City...
J.W. Marshall's play, Vicinity/Memoryall, co-written with Christine Deavel, was produced at 18th & Union in Seattle, July, 2019. The script for Vicinity/Memoryall received an Artist Trust GAP Grant and was published by Entre Rios Books. In 2020 a portion of his play, Capital, was included in the New Play Lab at Freehold Theatre Lab/Studio and scenes from his play, Comedy, were included in Rain City Projects' "No Pants Required" reading series. He has an MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers Workshop and an MA in Rehabilitation Counseling from Seattle University. His poetry collection, Meaning a Cloud, won the Field Poetry Prize and was published by Oberlin College Press. Blue Mouth, a poetry chapbook, was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. He co-founded and operated Open Books, a poetry-only bookstore in Seattle, from 1995 to 2016.

Plays

  • A Catcher (ten minute play) by J.W. Marshall
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: single parenthood, dating
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: single parenthood, dating
    Ten-year-old Mitchell's single mother, Debra, expects to go out on a date, leaving Mitchell staying with her sister. Mitchell has other plans and Mr. Tandell, the date, seems open to them.
  • Lovely Sky (ten minute play) by J.W. Marshall
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: low-key, conversation between strangers + 2 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: low-key, conversation between strangers, Wheelchair User, Seattle
    An elderly couple strike up a conversation with an out-going, exuberant man in a wheelchair on a city bus in Seattle.
  • Vicinity/Memoryall by J.W. Marshall
    Cast: 
    4–7
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: Urban Change, Police Shooting of Native Man + 4 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, political
    Keyword: Urban Change, Police Shooting of Native Man, Mourning, quest, Memorials, Aging Gay Male Relationship
    In violence-filled human history, who and how do we memorialize—or forget? Co-written by Christine Deavel and J.W. Marshall, “Vicinity/Memoryall” follows Del and Lee, two close friends and former lovers, as they search for a public memorial in their rapidly changing city, their circuitous journey drawing them into unexpected places, conversations, and acts. Threaded through their narrative are appearances by...
    In violence-filled human history, who and how do we memorialize—or forget? Co-written by Christine Deavel and J.W. Marshall, “Vicinity/Memoryall” follows Del and Lee, two close friends and former lovers, as they search for a public memorial in their rapidly changing city, their circuitous journey drawing them into unexpected places, conversations, and acts. Threaded through their narrative are appearances by Clare, a “docent at the edges,” whose strange and haunting monologues offer a bridge between the audience and the story.