Dan McCormick

Dan McCormick

Dan McCormick - Playwright - Literary Bio/Resume

Dan is represented by Marta Praeger of The Robert A. Freedman Dramatic Agency NYC. He is a member of Actors Equity, SAG-AFTRA, ASCAP, The Recording Academy and The New Jersey Repertory Company. For more on Dan’s literary work, please contact Marta at mprfda@gmail.com.

Most recently, Dan’s play “Becoming Satchel Paige,” World-...
Dan McCormick - Playwright - Literary Bio/Resume

Dan is represented by Marta Praeger of The Robert A. Freedman Dramatic Agency NYC. He is a member of Actors Equity, SAG-AFTRA, ASCAP, The Recording Academy and The New Jersey Repertory Company. For more on Dan’s literary work, please contact Marta at mprfda@gmail.com.

Most recently, Dan’s play “Becoming Satchel Paige,” World-Premiered at Cape May Stage 2022 season in May. And in 2021, Dan had two excellent readings with Cape May Stage; "The Dangerous Words of Ben O’Shea," featuring Artistic Director Roy Steinberg and "And Baby Makes Three or Something." "The Dangerous Words of Ben O’Shea," will next be presented in its first live staged reading, with an audience, at Cape May Stage.

Dan’s radio play "Gravediggers" was presented in 2021, with Dan acting in the lead role of “Mac” and Cape May Stage Artistic Director-Roy Steinberg acting in the lead role of Charlie. It was broadcast on Off-Broadway’s Abingdon Theatre Company Radio and KUNM's Radio Theatre Hour (an NPR Affiliate). The play was also presented on Cape May Stage Virtual Reading series and Detroit Repertory Theatre’s 65th Season Virtual Homecoming.

Dan is also the acclaimed playwright of "The Violin," that received its World Premiere Off-Broadway run at 59E59 Theatre in NYC, featuring Tony Award Nominee Robert LuPone in the lead role of Gio. And "The Violin" is now in its second year, of its First International Production, at the UnGelt Theatre in Prague, where it is translated into the official language of Czech.

Dan’s play "Homeless and How We Got That Way" was produced for its Midwest Premiere by The Detroit Repertory Theatre, with both actors being nominated for Best Actor in the Oscar Wilde Awards. And The Roust Theatre Company received a $25,000 grant from The Arcus Foundation to produce the NYC Premiere of "Homeless and How We Got That Way." Dan’s play "The Morons" was also nominated for Best Production in The First Irish Festival of New Plays in NYC. And he was also a finalist in The Samuel French Festival with his one-act play "Accidental Encounter."

As a singer/songwriter, Dan’s most recent album "8-4-U" was released in 2020, along with several music videos, in which he co-directed and produced. And his albums "Edge of America Bound" and "Broadway Lights" both made the Grammy Awards Entry Ballot; and Broadway Lights is now a new rock musical, that was first presented at The Duplex Theatre NYC in March 2020.

As an actor, Dan has worked with numerous award winning actors and writers, including Danny Aiello, Andre’ De Shields, Robert Forster and Louis LaRusso. Dan is represented by Marta Praeger of The Robert A. Freedman Dramatic Agency and is a member of Actors Equity, SAG-AFTRA, ASCAP and The Recording Academy. Dan is also a graduate of Drexel University in Philadelphia, where he was recently one of the guest speakers. He is also the recipient of the 5-Star Alumni Award for his playwriting from Delaware County Community College, where he was also one of the guest speakers. For more on Dan and his work, including speaking and teaching possibilities, please contact Marta Praeger at: mprfda@gmail.com

Dan wrote the book, lyrics and the music for his new rock musical BROADWAY LIGHTS - Please visit the website for more details - https://broadwaylightsthem.wixsite.com/home

Dan's three-character play "Alligator" had staged readings at the Off-Broadway Theatre Urban Stages in NYC and the Theatre Artists Workshop in Norwalk, CT.

Dan also work-shopped his new three-character, all female cast play "I Don't Want To Talk Politics Right Now" at The Actors Studio Playwrights and Directors Workshop in NYC.

He also work-shopped his new four-character play "How To Save The Life of Jimmy McClintock" and it was selected for The Actors Studio Playwrights and Directors Festival.

Dan has written dozens of new works for the stage that have been produced, work-shopped and staged read throughout the country; and notably his award winning 9/11 play "On The Day and The Days That Followed" has been accepted into the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum’s Artists Registry and has been performed in University’s, High Schools and Middle Schools in New York, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Georgia; where Dan has also been invited to teach playwriting to students, faculty and parents alike. For photos and testimonials please visit the Registry www.national911memorial.org.

Dan was the Drama Coordinator for Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, New York. He has twice been the guest lecturer for the Ramapo College Theater Department in New Jersey. He has taught Playwriting and Advanced Acting at Robert F. Wagner Jr. Arts and Tech. High School in Queens, NY. And he’s taught theater at The Prince George, A National Landmark Equal Housing Community Center. He also holds a Business Degree from Drexel University in Philadelphia, an Associates degree from Delaware County Community College and is an alumnus of The Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting-West. He is also certified in Arts in Education from Marymount Manhattan College. Dan is a recipient of Delaware County Community College’s “Five Star Alumni Award” for his playwriting.

8-4-U - Spotify Link
https://open.spotify.com/album/3TqcR9NA1UpBUOMyHrlhPY?si=4J1t9VsQR_CcORBuS0kP-A

Spotify Link - https://open.spotify.com/user/31i6baceug65hn3ciqjlwrpticwi/playlist/3ZSoL1hNKlBvu4txOTS51X?si=3VtZs4JfQLWsjPWqqDoMjA

Plays

  • The Violin by Dan McCormick
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: classic drama, dramedy
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: classic drama, dramedy
    This one-set, three-character, two-act, comedic-drama tells the tale of Bobby, Terry and Gio/Giovanni; two hapless brothers and a world-weary tailor who quite unexpectedly find themselves in possession of a 1710 Stradivarius worth four million dollars.

    They are complex characters that are deeply rooted in the human experience, as they are men of immense humor, emotion, violence and compassion....
    This one-set, three-character, two-act, comedic-drama tells the tale of Bobby, Terry and Gio/Giovanni; two hapless brothers and a world-weary tailor who quite unexpectedly find themselves in possession of a 1710 Stradivarius worth four million dollars.

    They are complex characters that are deeply rooted in the human experience, as they are men of immense humor, emotion, violence and compassion. And when the opportunity to change their fate literally lands in their laps, they are finally forced to take a shot on dreams never realized because Lady Luck has finally smiled down upon them ... or has she ...

    History of the play:

    The Violin had its World Premiere Off-Broadway at 59e59 Theatre in NYC in 2017 and featured Tony Award Nominee Robert LuPone as Gio.

    The Violin is currently on an open-ended, sold out, International run at the Ungelt Theatre in Prague.

    The Violin was developed in part at The Actors Studio and has been mentored by both Oscar and Golden Globe Nominee Danny Aiello and Sopranos star Danny Grimaldi; both in the title role of Gio. It also had a successful staged reading at New Jersey Rep, as well as a private table reading for the Artistic Directors SuzAnne and Gabor Barabas.
  • Ya Gotta Believe! (Two Inspiring Baseball-Themed Plays) - Includes: “Becoming Satchel Paige” and “Under Contract" by Dan McCormick
    Cast: 
    1–2
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    Genre: biography, comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: baseball, African American characters
    Genre: biography, comedy, docudrama/historic, drama
    Keyword: baseball, African American characters
    BECOMING SATCHEL PAIGE - Synopsis:
    When the legendary pitcher Satchel Paige, speaks at a festive gala, to meet and greet his fans, he is unexpectedly drawn into much deeper memories of his life, when he sees a well-worn leather satchel on a bench. Reminding him where it all started, as a dirt-poor boy in Mobile, Alabama; nearly a lifetime gone by, yet an amazing journey to Becoming Satchel Paige. (One...
    BECOMING SATCHEL PAIGE - Synopsis:
    When the legendary pitcher Satchel Paige, speaks at a festive gala, to meet and greet his fans, he is unexpectedly drawn into much deeper memories of his life, when he sees a well-worn leather satchel on a bench. Reminding him where it all started, as a dirt-poor boy in Mobile, Alabama; nearly a lifetime gone by, yet an amazing journey to Becoming Satchel Paige. (One Man Show-Comedic Drama)

    UNDER CONTRACT - Synopsis
    When a middle aged "bat boy" tries to be put under contract in a coaching position, with a major league baseball team, the shocked owner of the team has a completely different idea, as to what position the bat boy should really be in. And that’s out of his office and into the street, before he realizes that this crazy bat boy, just may know a thing or two about winning a World Series! (Two Character-Comedy)
  • And Baby Makes Three or Something by Dan McCormick
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: gay, adoptive parents + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: gay, adoptive parents, Adaptable for a Radio Drama, African American culture and identity
    This four-character, comedic-drama tells the humorous, yet poignant story of Isaiah and Jeremy, a mixed-race gay married couple, who adopt a white baby from Jeremy's West Virginia childhood friend Tammy, and get much more than they bargained for, when Tammy comes for her first visit with Larry, her ex, not too far behind; all bringing to the playpen their toys of race, regrets, hopes and dreams for the...
    This four-character, comedic-drama tells the humorous, yet poignant story of Isaiah and Jeremy, a mixed-race gay married couple, who adopt a white baby from Jeremy's West Virginia childhood friend Tammy, and get much more than they bargained for, when Tammy comes for her first visit with Larry, her ex, not too far behind; all bringing to the playpen their toys of race, regrets, hopes and dreams for the innocent baby, who’s cries for help, desperately brings them together.
  • The Dangerous Words of Ben O’Shea by Dan McCormick
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: boomer-millennial conflict, Contemporary gay male life + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, political
    Keyword: boomer-millennial conflict, Contemporary gay male life, complex female lead, Adaptable for a Radio Drama
    When a playwright accepts an offer to do a residency at a small liberal arts college, he gets much more than he bargained for from one of its students; a fierce battle soon ensues within the black-box walls, where life and death of the written-word is at stake and the winner takes all … or do they …?
  • Broadway Lights by Dan McCormick
    Cast: 
    10–19
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    Genre: musical
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    Keyword: American Musicals
    Genre: musical
    Keyword: American Musicals
    Broadway Lights
    The New Rock Musical

    … When you leave your hometown to reach for your dreams … be bold and be brilliant …

    Book, Lyrics and Music by Dan McCormick
    Arrangements by Taylor Gray
    Directed by Paul Blankenship

    With cross-generational and multi-ethnic appeal, Broadway Lights tells the epic tale of Wyatt and Jeanie; an aspiring singer-...
    Broadway Lights
    The New Rock Musical

    … When you leave your hometown to reach for your dreams … be bold and be brilliant …

    Book, Lyrics and Music by Dan McCormick
    Arrangements by Taylor Gray
    Directed by Paul Blankenship

    With cross-generational and multi-ethnic appeal, Broadway Lights tells the epic tale of Wyatt and Jeanie; an aspiring singer-songwriter and his would-be artist girlfriend who leave their family, friends and their small Missouri town behind to reach their dreams in the 1990’s Big Apple. Yet as fate would have it, they find themselves homeless and hungry on the streets of Harlem with nothing but each other to hold on to.
    Speakeasies, lounges, supper clubs and dance halls is “Manny’s Place” all under one roof. And when its flashy gold tooth grinning proprietor, mounts a talent competition to bring in business, dreamers finally get a shot. But when talent turns to tragedy, there are winners and losers, there is life and there is death, but is there still love? For Wyatt and Jeanie there is only one way to find out ...
  • Homeless and How We Got That Way by Dan McCormick
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: homelessness, mental illness + 1 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: homelessness, mental illness, gay
    This taut two-hander forces Eloise and Sidney, addicted strangers, to come face to face with the demons of their pasts, as they seek safe haven in each others depths of despair-the only place where the possibility of building a new life can begin.
  • Alejandra by Dan McCormick
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: latina, excellent roles + 1 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: latina, excellent roles, excellent women roles
    “Alejandra" is a new three-actor play, about a young American woman (Katie) who goes on a mission to Guatemala to help girls who have been sex- trafficked. While there, Katie forms a powerful bond with a 12 y.o. victim, Alejandra, as she unexpectedly helps Alejandra to prepare to testify against the man who assaulted her. A fierce battle soon ensues within themselves, and with each other, as they...
    “Alejandra" is a new three-actor play, about a young American woman (Katie) who goes on a mission to Guatemala to help girls who have been sex- trafficked. While there, Katie forms a powerful bond with a 12 y.o. victim, Alejandra, as she unexpectedly helps Alejandra to prepare to testify against the man who assaulted her. A fierce battle soon ensues within themselves, and with each other, as they desperately try to unravel their secrets, lies and truths, in both their past and their present lives, where it’s often easier to escape to a world of make-believe, than it is to face reality.
  • "How To Save The Life of Jimmy McClintock" by Dan McCormick
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: American Family, Irish American family + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: American Family, Irish American family, funny
    "How To Save The Life of Jimmy McClintock" is a powerful new four character, one set, comedic drama about several members of a much larger Irish-American family struggling to find the life saving answer to a sibling's deadly illness. And through the entrapment of one fateful snowy evening, they discover that they really need to be saved from themselves, as their past and present lives collide...
    "How To Save The Life of Jimmy McClintock" is a powerful new four character, one set, comedic drama about several members of a much larger Irish-American family struggling to find the life saving answer to a sibling's deadly illness. And through the entrapment of one fateful snowy evening, they discover that they really need to be saved from themselves, as their past and present lives collide head on with anger, passion, tears, humor and above all of love. This play recently received a workshop at The Actors Studio Playwrights and Directors Workshop 2015/2016 and was selected for The Actors Studio PDW Festival.
  • The Magpie Tree by Dan McCormick
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: African-American family, inspirational + 1 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: African-American family, inspirational, black theater
    With the early eighties Atlantic City Casino boom as its backdrop, this one-set, six-
    character, two-act drama tells the story of the Conrad's; an African American family
    struggling to keep their dreams alive, while dealing with the murder of their gambling
    addicted Baptist minister father and a neighborhood that is indeed changing rapidly ... into one big hotel parking lot ... The...
    With the early eighties Atlantic City Casino boom as its backdrop, this one-set, six-
    character, two-act drama tells the story of the Conrad's; an African American family
    struggling to keep their dreams alive, while dealing with the murder of their gambling
    addicted Baptist minister father and a neighborhood that is indeed changing rapidly ... into one big hotel parking lot ... The Magpie Tree is a story of survival, of passion, of love ... of dreams that yearn to be fulfilled in the face of adversity. And are! This play is universal in every sense of the word. Families, regardless of race, color, creed or religion, are ripped apart by tragedy everyday. Lives are tested! Some buckle under, all come close, but the strongest survive and grow deeper because of the experience. Family’s stay together, because when push comes to shove, they're all they have. The Conrad's represent these ideals.
  • On The Day and The Days That Followed by Dan McCormick
    Cast: 
    7–50
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama
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    Keyword: 9/11
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama
    Keyword: 9/11
    When a distraught playwright, stands alone in a small black-box theatre in New York City, he struggles, and soon gives up, on finding the words to write about what happened on 9/11. Yet when a group of actors, desperately come looking to act out their emotions on stage, they challenge the playwright to dig deeper, and demand of himself, to write something about what happened On The Day and The Days That...
    When a distraught playwright, stands alone in a small black-box theatre in New York City, he struggles, and soon gives up, on finding the words to write about what happened on 9/11. Yet when a group of actors, desperately come looking to act out their emotions on stage, they challenge the playwright to dig deeper, and demand of himself, to write something about what happened On The Day and The Days That Followed ... and he does ...

    More thoughts from Dan McCormick

    I, like all Americans, in fact like the entire world, was forever changed by the events that took place on September 11th, 2001. As a playwright and actor, these events triggered an absolute emotional, physical and spiritual need to express something, anything, about what was happening around me at that time. The end result is this play.

    From a production point of view, it was written specifically to give a voice to the actor, on a subject that none of us would have ever thought possible. And it was intentionally written, where a limited number of actors could play multiple roles or if a producer was so inclined, he or she could expand the number of actors quite substantially, thus making the play something else entirely.

    In March, 2002; the six-month anniversary of the World Trade Center tragedy, "On the Day and The Days That Followed," was read to a full-house in Pace University's Schaeberle Theatre, with a multi-ethnic cast; just blocks away from where our lives were changed forever. It was truly a unique experience for all involved.
    We had guests from as far away as France, to others who came in from Florida and still others up the NJ turnpike from Philadelphia; and of course, most from the great city of New York. And with the overwhelming response we received from the staged reading, it made us realize the absolute universality of the subject matter. And furthermore, the absolute need for good theater to honor it ... always.

    "On the Day and The Days That Followed" has subsequently been performed and stage-read, in its original full-length and edited thirty-minute versions, by schools in Ohio, Nebraska, Georgia, Pennsylvania and New York.
    And it has also been honored, by its acceptance into the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum’s Artist’s Registry. Please click on the link, to see some photos from the Dublin Scioto High School’s, full-length production in Ohio:

    https://www.911memorial.org/profile/1696256

    Thoughts from Jim Tracy, Original Director of The Pace University reading

    Rarely do artists get to work on something that impacts the world's beliefs. What happened on 9/11 was a cataclysmic event. Dan and I had collaborated on this piece since that horrific day. We talked daily about what was going on around us. I knew he was doing volunteer work close to "Ground Zero" and urged him to let go of a play he was working on and be a witness, by writing about that which was surrounding us. He worked on four drafts, until we felt he had the words that actors could bring to life. They did, in a staged reading exactly six- months from the day; two blocks from "Ground Zero" at Pace University.

    Dan and I feel this piece has to be approached with an innocent eye. White is black, female is male, adult is child, Muslim is Catholic ... In other words, our family has to speak in a universal language. I feel Dan's vision for "On The Day and The Days That Followed" is to present a theatrical voice, for all people to hear, see and question why this happened. But more importantly, what we can all learn about each other so perhaps we can eventually have World Peace.
  • When River Phoenix Died by Dan McCormick
    Cast: 
    8
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: bar, Southern California + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, melodrama
    Keyword: bar, Southern California, River Phoenix, American Classic, classic drama
    The action of this two-act, full-length new drama takes place the day after the young actor River Phoenix died in Hollywood in 1993 from an accidental drug overdose and the beginning of when the Malibu, CA fires began to rage out of control for over a week. The setting is a small Santa Monica, CA beach bar called "Doc's Place" that is frequented by the rag-tag regulars and now some very...
    The action of this two-act, full-length new drama takes place the day after the young actor River Phoenix died in Hollywood in 1993 from an accidental drug overdose and the beginning of when the Malibu, CA fires began to rage out of control for over a week. The setting is a small Santa Monica, CA beach bar called "Doc's Place" that is frequented by the rag-tag regulars and now some very unexpected guests. They all must come to grips with the tragedies that are surrounding them, yet the most important is the tragedies of their own lives that are either at a dead end or at a crossroad. Each has its consequences.

  • The Morons by Dan McCormick
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, tragedy
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    Keyword: family, reality meets fantasy
    Genre: dark comedy, tragedy
    Keyword: family, reality meets fantasy
    The American Family is Crumbling Into The Abyss of the New Normal! How can they survive?! What is the answer?! Well become a Reality TV sensation on The Morons of course! Dan McCormick’s new dark comedy takes us on a wild roller coaster ride that is hysterically funny, incredibly insightful and terrifyingly poignant! So come laugh, think and enjoy a shockingly brilliant theatrical experience that you will never forget!
  • What Mommy Had by Dan McCormick
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: mental illness, Love with Mental Illness + 1 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: mental illness, Love with Mental Illness, excellent roles for actors
    This one set, four-character drama tells the heart-wrenching story of a family that is forced to confront the reality and deniability of what mommy had years before. Soon realizing their wounds are far from healed, when the middle-aged daughter Mary, is now on the same downward mental health spiral, but refuses to admit it. Yet, when Mary starts to hear voices from a deceased brother about the family fate,...
    This one set, four-character drama tells the heart-wrenching story of a family that is forced to confront the reality and deniability of what mommy had years before. Soon realizing their wounds are far from healed, when the middle-aged daughter Mary, is now on the same downward mental health spiral, but refuses to admit it. Yet, when Mary starts to hear voices from a deceased brother about the family fate, the explosive atmosphere becomes less about her sanity and more about the possibility of her spiritual gifts.
  • A Family On The March by Dan McCormick
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, political + 1 more
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    Keyword: African American culture and identity, African American discrimination + 5 more
    Genre: drama, political, tragedy
    Keyword: African American culture and identity, African American discrimination, mixed marriage, mixed race families, American political protest, protest, African American men
    As the police brutality protests rage throughout NYC, a bi-racial family with a black conservative cop father, a white liberal professor mother, a black-skin son and a white-skin son, must come to grips with their own prejudices, truths, fears, violence and secrets, within the walls of their once loving household ... or was it really ever …?
  • Gravediggers by Dan McCormick
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 5 more
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    Keyword: coronavirus, American political protest + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, horror, mystery/thriller, political, radio drama, tragedy
    Keyword: coronavirus, American political protest, conservatives vs liberals, also radio play
    “Gravediggers" is a new two-character, dark-comedic drama about two men, Charlie and Mac, working at a cemetery in the early days of the pandemic, who are now forced to dig deep into the new reality around them and within themselves; as their fears, their differences, their pasts and their futures become a battle between life and death.


    Gravediggers by Dan McCormick is presented by...
    “Gravediggers" is a new two-character, dark-comedic drama about two men, Charlie and Mac, working at a cemetery in the early days of the pandemic, who are now forced to dig deep into the new reality around them and within themselves; as their fears, their differences, their pasts and their futures become a battle between life and death.


    Gravediggers by Dan McCormick is presented by Cape May Stage and calls to mind the days when people gathered around their radios to hear storytelling at its best, yet it also explores an extremely relevant subject matter and is set during the uncertain global pandemic, that we can all relate to.

    Gravediggers is also a highly successful radio-play that World premiered on KUNM's Radio Theatre Hour and NYC premiered with Off-Broadway's Abingdon Theatre Company; both were presentations of Cape May Stage featuring Dan McCormick and Roy Steinberg.

  • I Don't Want To Talk Politics Right Now by Dan McCormick
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: funny, Black Politics + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, political, satire
    Keyword: funny, Black Politics, gay political, gay
    "I Don’t Want To Talk Politics Right Now” - Synopsis and Writing Motivation
    by
    Dan McCormick

    When Jackie and Stacy, a recently married Liberal Upper West Side lesbian couple, with serious unspoken marital issues, move back to Jackie's childhood mostly Republican neighborhood on Staten Island, they are "befriended" by their new and very Conservative African-...
    "I Don’t Want To Talk Politics Right Now” - Synopsis and Writing Motivation
    by
    Dan McCormick

    When Jackie and Stacy, a recently married Liberal Upper West Side lesbian couple, with serious unspoken marital issues, move back to Jackie's childhood mostly Republican neighborhood on Staten Island, they are "befriended" by their new and very Conservative African-American lesbian neighbor Latisha. Lines are drawn, battles are fought, but will love conquer all in this new three-character comedic-drama where nobody wants to talk politics right now, but darn it, they simply can't help themselves!

    Writing Motivation

    There are two main questions I wanted to explore in this play in both a dramatic and comedic way. The first is, can love survive in today's extremely partisan political environment, when long-lasting couples begin to view the world differently from one another.

    The second is, the question of the "gay gene" that was fiercely debated in the scientific community of having been discovered. And what that potentially could mean to the decision making process of gay couples when deciding to now have children of their own; when the wounds and the scars of being repressed in their own lives have yet to truly heal.
  • Alligator by Dan McCormick
    Cast: 
    3–8
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: dark comedy, absurd farce + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, farce, horror, political, tragedy
    Keyword: dark comedy, absurd farce, Politics
    A man accused of being an alligator, finds his entire life turned inside-out. He is met with fear, distrust and scorn at every turn. ALLIGATOR is a response to the “guilty until proven innocent” nature of our world today, told through a metaphor that Kafka would appreciate. (Three actors playing multiple roles with minimal set or can be performed with as many actors as a producer desires)

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    A man accused of being an alligator, finds his entire life turned inside-out. He is met with fear, distrust and scorn at every turn. ALLIGATOR is a response to the “guilty until proven innocent” nature of our world today, told through a metaphor that Kafka would appreciate. (Three actors playing multiple roles with minimal set or can be performed with as many actors as a producer desires)

    ALLIGATOR has had three highly successful staged readings; two at Theatre Artists Workshop in Norwalk, CT and one at the Off-Broadway theatre Urban Stages in NYC.