2018
MISS PEDDY & GRACE Named Semi-Finalist
Posted December 2018
MISS PEDDY & GRACE, a play in one act by William Ivor Fowkes, is a SEMI-FINALIST for Stray Kats Theatre Company's 3rd Annual Still Crazy After All These Years festival of short plays pertaining to the lives of today's Senior Citizens. MISS PEDDY & GRACE was first produced at Gallery Players in Brooklyn in 2015 and subsequently produced at Pend Oreille Players, Newport, WA.
SYNOPSIS: Caroline Peddy--an experienced and dedicated caretaker of elderly loved ones--may soon be available for hire, but her current charge, octogenarian Grace Butler, sees her in a different light and has a different scenario in mind.
A Staged Reading of MONET
Posted November 2018
Turn to Flesh Productions is presenting a staged reading of MONET, a 10-minute play by William Ivor Fowkes, at its Cocktails & Classics event at 8PM, Saturday, November 10, 2018 at El Barrio Art Space, 215 East 99th Street, New York City.
SYNOPSIS: Visitors to the Musee Marmottan Monet in Paris get lost in their thoughts while contemplating a painting. Is this the end of art?
THE BRAZILIAN DILEMMA Film Premiere
Posted October 2018
THE BRAZILIAN DILEMMA, a short film written by William Ivor Fowkes and based on his 10-minute play of the same name, is an Official Selection of the 2018 Adirondack Film Festival and will screen at 5:15PM, Friday, October 19, 2018 and 5:45 PM, Saturday, October 20, 2018 in Glens Falls, NY. THE BRAZILIAN DILEMMA stars Robert Z. Grant and Karen Chamberlain. Directed by TS Naylor. Produced by Pulkit Datta.
Just Licensed: MUSEUM PIECE #2
Posted August 2018
BROOKLYN PUBLISHERS of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has licensed MUSEUM PIECE #2, a short play by William Ivor Fowkes. This play was first presented as a staged reading at Theatre Oxford, Oxford, MS, 2012. It was then published in Smith & Kraus Inc.'s volume, The Best 10-Minute Plays of 2013. It was produced by Pend Oreille Players, Newport, WA, in 2017.
This short play was ultimately expanded and incorporated as one of the sub-plots in MUSEUM LOVERS, a full-length play by William Ivor Fowkes, produced last fall by Harlequin Productions in Auburn, NY.
SYNOPSIS: Four American tourists at the Prado Museum in Madrid bicker about Velazquez's masterpiece, Las Meninas, until the figures in the painting have had enough and trade places with them.
Just Published: PRIVATE PROPERTY
Posted August 2018
Timed to coincide with its first production--at The Players' Ring in Portsmouth, NH--PRIVATE PROPERTY, a dark comedy by William Ivor Fowkes, has been published and is available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.com.
SYNOPSIS: How far would you go to hold onto the ones you love? Retired banker Samuel Becker has been living in the woods for 30 years with Gregory South, a retired interior decorator with a big libido and the temperament of a child. Gregory misses their life in the city, but Samuel has found ways to keep him happy. His strategy starts to unravel when a reporter comes snooping around in this darkly funny mystery play.
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Produced in New Hampshire
Posted August 2018
The Players' Ring in Portsmouth, NH is resenting the first production of PRIVATE PROPERTY, a full-length play by William Ivor Fowkes, in their Late Night Summer Series, August 17-26, 2018. This production is directed by Marina Altschiller. The cast includes Rick Watts - Gregory; Jay MacDougall - Samuel; Aimee Gigandet - Birdy;
Altschuler. The cast includes
GODIVA CHOCOLATE & A DIET COKE Presented at Gay Pride Plays
Posted June 2018
WHAT: GAY PRIDE PLAYS 2018, Village Playwrights--an evening of seven 10-minute play readings, including GODIVA CHOCOLATE & A DIET COKE written and directed by William Ivor Fowkes.
WHERE & WHEN: The LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th Street, New York City--Room 310. Wednesday, June 27, 2018.
CAST: Carol Mennie, Jesse N. Holmes & Ryan Bess Winnick.
SYNOPSIS: Truth and fear collide in a hospital waiting room.
A Reading of STACY'S COOKIES
Posted June 2018
WHAT: PIZZA & PLAYS--a reading of STACY'S COOKIES by William Ivor Fowkes+ other 10-minute plays at Lucky Jack's Bar & Lounge, 129 Orchard Street, on Manhattan's Lower East Side.
WHEN: 7:30PM, Monday June 18, 2018.
SYNOPSIS: As more women step forward to claim that Donald Trump assaulted them, a married couple watches with a critical eye.
HARASSMENT Named Semifinalist by Edge Fest
Posted May 2018
HARASSMENT, a 10-minute play by William Ivor Fowkes, was a semifinalist for Edge Fest 2018 at Birdhouse Theatre in Milledgeville, GA. This play was first written for and performed as a staged reading at Abingdon Theatre's Moral Dilemma Comedies Benefit Challenge in 2011. Since then it has gone on to full productions at Colonial Playhouse in Alden, PA (2013), Thespian Production in New York (2015), and Ocean County College's Comic Shorts in Toms River, NJ (2017). With the welcome emergence of the MeToo movement, this play will probably now fade into irrelevance, if not impertinence, since it is a comic look at employee sexual harassment training courses.
THE SESSION Given Honorable Mention
Posted May 2018
THE SESSION, a one-act play by William Ivor Fowkes, was given HONORABLE MENTION by the Old Opera House Theatre Company's New Voices Play Festival (Charles Town, WV). This was the first play by Fowkes ever produced--back in February 2005 at the Strawberry One-Act Play Festival in NYC. (Photo shows Maria Volker and Jerry Ferris from the 2005 production.) THE SESSION was expanded into a full-length play, COUPLE OF THE CENTURY, which was produced at the Downtown Urban Theater Festival at the Cherry Lane Theatre, June 2008, with Jerry Ferris reprising his role.
SYNOPSIS: A man finally tells his therapist what's really on his mind.
NOT HERE YET Presented at Atlanta Audio Fringe Festival
Posted May 2018
WHAT: The Radio Theatre Project of St. Petersburg, FL, which recorded and broadcast a radio version of NOT HERE YET, a one-act play by William Ivor Fowkes, presented their recording at the Atlanta Audio Fringe Festival, May 28-June 17, 2018.
SYNOPSIS: Two women fight for survival on the streets of midtown Manhattan.
A Reading of COFFEE BREAK at the Players Club
Posted April 2018
WHAT: TAKE TEN: AN EVENING OF 10-MINUTE PLAY READINGS BY THE DGPG WRITERS (Dramatists Guild Playwrights Group). Including work by Carol W. Berman, Beth Blatt, Sherry Bokser, Denise Chiarella, Sheila Felberbaum, Jane Flanagan, William Ivor Fowkes, Kate Gill, Susan Laubach, Tajlei Levis, Donald Loftus, & Roberta Pyzel. The evening's director is GRETCHEN CRYER.
WHERE: The Players Club, 16 Gramercy Park South (E. 20th St.), New York.
WHEN: 7:00PM, Wednesday May 23, 2018. (Doors open 6:30PM)
SYNOPSIS OF COFFEE BREAK by William Ivor Fowkes: A woman doesn't take it very well when her lover tries to break up with her over coffee.
A Reading of STAGE DIRECTIONS at
DrekFest 2018 in Chicago
Posted March 2018
STAGE DIRECTIONS, a short play by William Ivor Fowkes, is one of four plays to be presented at DrekFest 2018, Stage Left's Annual National Contest for the WORST Ten-Minute Play (i.e., intentionally awful plays that make you laugh).
WHERE: The CSz Theatre Chicago, 929 W. Belmont, Chicago, IL.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 3, 2018
SYNOPSIS: An actor confronts a script consisting solely of stage directions.
A Reading of
TABLE MANNERS IN LAKE FOREST
Posted March 2018
TABLE MANNERS IN LAKE FOREST, a 10-minute play by William Ivor Fowkes, was presented at PIZZA & PLAYS, an evening of cold readings of 10-minute plays at Lucky Jack's Bar & Lounge, 129 Orchard Street, on Manhattan's Lower East Side, 7:30PM, Monday April 16, 2018. Two other playwrights in my writers group at the Dramatists Guild--Beth Blatt and Donald Loftus--also had plays read that evening.
SYNOPSIS: A woman can't decide whether to share her latest news with a gossipy country club friend.
Monologues Published
Posted February 2018
Performer Stuff, a website for actors that publishes and sells audition materials, has made 11 monologues from 3 full-length plays by William Ivor Fowkes available. The plays include SUNSHINE QUEST (world premiere at the Fresh Fruit Festival 2014), PRIVATE PROPERTY (world premiere upcoming, August 2018, at The Players Ring, Portsmouth, NH, and ALL IN THE FACULTY (published by Dramatists Play Service).
A Podcast Production of COFFEE BREAK
Posted February 2018
Panglossian Productions of Williamsburg, VA released a podcast on February 5, 2018 (episode 21) that includes a cold reading of COFFEE BREAK, a 10-munute play by William Ivor Fowkes. COFFEE BREAK is an excerpt from the full-length comedy, THE FIDELITY CLAUSE.
SYNOPSIS: Linda doesn't take it very well when her lover tries to break up with her over coffee.
A Reading of THE HUDSON GUIDE TO TABLE MANNERS in Indiana.
Posted February 2018
The Faculty Drama Club in Bloomington, IN presented a reading of THE HUDSON GUIDE TO TABLE MANNERS, a full-length play by William Ivor Fowkes, on January 28, 2018.
SYNOPSIS: From Chicago to London, Santa Monica, Buenos Aires, and beyond, the friends and family of Michael Hudson--the owner of the Hudson Certified Vacuum Cleaner and Floor Care Company--have a habit of misbehaving in public. Their bad behavior even continues at his funeral, where family secrets are exposed, and the heir to the company is revealed.
A Podcast Production of COFFEE BREAK
Posted February 2018
Panglossian Productions of Williamsburg, VA released a podcast on February 5, 2018 (episode 21) that includes a cold reading of COFFEE BREAK, a 10-munute play by William Ivor Fowkes. COFFEE BREAK is an excerpt from the full-length comedy, THE FIDELITY CLAUSE.
SYNOPSIS: Linda doesn't take it very well when her lover tries to break up with her over coffee.
A Reading of THE HUDSON GUIDE TO TABLE MANNERS in Indiana.
Posted February 2018
The Faculty Drama Club in Bloomington, IN presented a reading of THE HUDSON GUIDE TO TABLE MANNERS, a full-length play by William Ivor Fowkes, on January 28, 2018.
SYNOPSIS: From Chicago to London, Santa Monica, Buenos Aires, and beyond, the friends and family of Michael Hudson--the owner of the Hudson Certified Vacuum Cleaner and Floor Care Company--have a habit of misbehaving in public. Their bad behavior even continues at his funeral, where family secrets are exposed, and the heir to the company is revealed.
2017
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS WINS A PRIZE Published in The Paragon Journal (October Issue)
Posted November 2017
Updated October 2024
UPDATE: The Paragon Journal is out of business. This online issue is no longer available.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS WINS A PRIZE, a one-act play by William Ivor Fowkes, was published in the October issue of The Paragon Journal.
SYNOPSIS: When Tennessee Williams is awarded an important literary prize, he shows up at the reception late, inebriated, and accompanied by a male hooker.
NOT HERE YET Presented and Recorded in Florida
Posted November 2017
NOT HERE YET, a one-act play by William Ivor Fowkes, was presented in a live recording by the Radio Theatre Project of St. Petersburg, FL on November 27, 2017 at the Studio @ 620 in St. Petersburg, FL. It was then posted as a podcast on their Sound Cloud site. NOT HERE YET was first produced by Love Creek Productions at the Producers' Club in New York City in September 2012. The Radio Theatre Project presented another one-act by William Ivor Fowkes, THE NEXT MOVE, in January 2017.
SYNOPSIS: Two women fight for survival on the streets of midtown Manhattan.
A Bonus Performance of
MUSEUM LOVERS at the 2017 Theater Association of New York State (TANYS) Festival
Posted November 2017
After its run in Auburn, NY (October 26-November 4), the Harlequin Productions’ production of MUSEUM LOVERS, a full-length play by William Ivor Fowkes, was chosen to kick off the 2017 Festival of the Theater Association of New York State (TANYS), 7PM, Friday, November 17, 2017, Irene A. Bisgrove Theatre, Cayuga Community College, Auburn, NY.
Monologue Named Semi-Finalist
Posted October 2017
"Telling the Boys," a monologue cut from MARRIAGES OF INCONVENIENCE, a full-length play by William Ivor Fowkes, has been named semi-finalist by EXPOSITION REVIEW's Flash 405.
A Production of MUSEUM LOVERS Presented in Upstate New York This Fall
Posted September 2017
MUSEUM LOVERS, a full-length play by William Ivor Fowkes, was produced by Harlequin Productions at Cayuga Community College in Auburn, NY October 24-November 6, 2017. MUSEUM LOVERS was previously a finalist in Khaos Company Theatre's 2017 Dionysia New Play Competition in Indianapolis, IN, where an excerpt was produced in May 2017.
The genesis of MUSEUM LOVERS was a one-act play, MUSEUM PIECE, which was produced at the Downtown Urban Theater Festival at Theatre for a New City in New York in 2010, as well as at the New Works Festival at the North Canton Playhouse in Ohio in 2011, where a reviewer called it "the most riveting entry of the evening . . . a gem of clever drama interwoven with biting comedy."
One of the subplots of the play began life as a short play called MUSEUM PIECE #2, which was presented in a staged reading at Theatre Oxford in Oxford, MS in 2012 and subsequently published in Smith & Kraus's The Best 10-Minute Plays 2013. It was also produced at Pend Oreille Players in Newport, WA in July 2017 and has been published and licensed by Brooklyn Publishers of Cedar Rapids, IA.
Performance dates in Auburn, NY: Thursdays-Saturdays, October 24-26 and November 4-6, 2017.
SYNOPSIS: This "gallery of portraits" is an exploration and celebration of the joys and pitfalls of visiting art museums--proving that the visitors are sometimes more intriguing than the works on display.
A Review of SKYLINE: TALES OF MANHATTAN
Posted August 2017
SKYLINE: TALES OF MANHATTAN, a collection of 19 stories by William Ivor Fowkes, has received the following review:
“This fine, often poignant collection about lonely people seeking to make the right connection in a city filled with options is really about lonely people stymied and confused by all the choices that surround them. The stories successfully explore the internal fears and uncertainties of individuals struggling to discover a place (often it seems any place) where they belong . . .
“What is particularly original is the portrait of relationships, both straight and (mainly) gay, their complexity and how they evolve . . . How the characters evolve and come to terms with the circumstances of their lives is cleverly done. Most impressive is the one who reappears in several pieces who struggles with his latent feelings by denying them to himself until it becomes impossible . . . SCORE: 9 out of 10."
- BookLife Prize (from Publisher's Weekly)
THE FIDELITY CLAUSE to be Published Online
Posted August 2017
THE FIDELITY CLAUSE, a Comedy in Two Acts by William Ivor Fowkes, is being published online by The Eddy, an online repository of plays. In December 2017, THE FIDELITY CLAUSE will be sent out to all of the site's subscribers. The genesis of THE FIDELITY CLAUSE was THE BRAZILIAN DILEMMA, a 10-minute play produced twice and published by The Collective NY. A film version of THE BRAZILIAN DILEMMA, produced by Collective NY Films, will be released in 2018.
SYNOPSIS: Owen Griffith, a famous playwright whose career is on the decline, has a rude awakening that forces him to question his assumptions about fidelity and infidelity.
HARASSMENT Shortlisted for 2017 Writing Competition at Pint-Sized Plays, Fishguard, UK.
Posted August 2017.
Pint-Sized Plays of Fishguard, UK shortlisted HARASSMENT, a 10-Minute Play by William Ivor Fowkes, for their 2017 Writing Competition. Harassment was written for the Moral Dilemma Comedies Benefit Challenge at Abingdon Theatre, NYC, where it was presented in a staged reading in October 2011. It was produced at Colonial Playhouse, Alden, PA in 2013; at Thespian Production, NYC, in 2015; and at Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ in 2016.
Synopsis: Sexual harassment is no laughing matter for corporations who are charged with training their employees on the perils of this sensitive issue. Or is it?
Trailer for THE BRAZILIAN DILEMMA Released.
Posted July 2017.
Collective NY Films just released the trailer for THE BRAZILIAN DILEMMA, a 10-minute film written by William Ivor Fowkes, produced by Collective NY Films--starring Robert Z. Grant and Karen Chamberlain; producer Pulkit Datta; directed by Tim Naylor.
A Production of TABLE MANNERS IN SANTA MONICA in Indiana.
Posted July 2017.
The 4th Street Theater in Chesterton, IN is presenting TABLE MANNERS IN SANTA MONICA, a 10-minute play by William Ivor Fowkes, in their 4th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival. Performances will run from August 25, 2017 to September 3, 2017. This is one of 3 plays from out-of-state writers; all others are by local writers. This play was first produced at Artistic New Directions' Eclectic Evening of Shorts in NYC, 2011. It was also broadcast on the radio is San Francisco, 2016, and published in Clockhouse Review, the literary journal of Goddard College, October 2013.
SYNOPSIS: A couple who meet through a dating site struggle through their first date.
A Reading of
PRIVATE PROPERTY to be Presented in New Hampshire.
Posted June 2017.
The Players Ring of Portsmouth, NH is presenting a reading of PRIVATE PROPERTY, a full-length play by William Ivor Fowkes, on Monday, July 24, 2017.
Next year, The Players Ring will be presenting a full production of PRIVATE PROPERTY in their Late Night Summer Series.
SYNOPSIS: A retired gay couple living for decades in the woods of northeastern Pennsylvania have amassed a curious collection of houses, each decorated in a different style. But when an inquisitive reporter comes snooping around, more than just their privacy is threatened.
THE NEXT MOVE to be Produced in Houston
Posted May 2017.
Theatre Southwest in Houston, TX is producing THE NEXT MOVE, a One-Act Play by William Ivor Fowkes, in its 20th Annual Festival of Originals (FOO), July 21-August 5, 2017.
SYNOPSIS: An elderly couple bickers their way through a Sunday afternoon, uncovering some disturbing things in the process.
MUSEUM PIECE #2 to be Produced in Washington State
Posted May 2017.
Pend Oreille Players in Newport, WA is producing MUSEUM PIECE #2, a 10-Minute Play by William Ivor Fowkes, in its One Act Play Festival this July. (Dates TBA). MUSEUM PIECE #2 was published in Smith & Kraus's BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS 2013. An expanded version appears in MUSEUM LOVERS, a full-length play by William Ivor Fowkes.
SYNOPSIS: Four American tourists at the Prado Museum in Madrid argue about their reactions to Velazquez's masterpiece, Las Meninas, until a supernatural event derails their visit.
PRIVATE PROPERTY to be Produced in New Hampshire August 2018
Posted May 2017.
The Players Ring is producing PRIVATE PROPERTY, a full-length play by William Ivor Fowkes, in their Late Night Summer Series, August 17-26, 2018 (i.e., next year), Portsmouth, NH.
SYNOPSIS: A retired gay couple living for decades in the woods of northeastern Pennsylvania have amassed a curious collection of houses, each decorated in a different style. But when an inquisitive reporter comes snooping around, more than just their privacy is threatened.
AN ACCIDENT IN THE PARK Presented at the William Inge Theater Festival
Posted May 2017.
AN ACCIDENT IN THE PARK, a one-act play by William Ivor Fowkes, was presented in a reading at the William Inge Theater Festival Playlabs in Independence, KS. The festival ran from April 19 to 22, 2017. Highlights included a tribute to Beth Henley (pictured below), master classes (including one taught by playwright Alice Tuan), a tree planting to honor Edward Albee, classes, and workshops.
Independence, KS, was the home of William Inge (Picnic; Come Back, Little Sheba; Bus Stop; The Dark at the Top of the Stairs; Splendor in the Grass). His boyhood home is under renovation (pictured below). Now in its 36th year, the Festival celebrates his legacy.
AN ACCIDENT IN THE PARK was first presented--in a full production--at the Black Box Festival at Gallery Players, Brooklyn, June 2016. It was then presented in a reading at Pittsburgh New Works Festival's PNWF Original Play Readings in Carnegie, PA, March 2017.
Fowkes Meets with Students at Sacred Heart University's "Literary Spring"
Posted April 2017.
William Ivor Fowkes met with students at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT on March 30 to talk about life as a playwright. The event was part of the College of Arts & Sciences' Literary Spring and took place in the Ryan Matura Library. Fowkes was invited by Prof. Jonas Zdanys (pictured with Fowkes in photo), the head of the school's Creative Writing Program. In addition to talking about the state of playwriting today and answering questions, he read his short plays, TABLE MANNERS IN SANTA MONICA and TARUSH THE CONQUEROR, and excerpts from his full-length play, SUNSHINE QUEST.
The campus newspaper ran an article about the event, which included the following student reaction: "'I liked the man's personality a lot because he was very amicable, outgoing, and enjoyable to listen to . . . ,' said junior Hunter Hatlee."
TABLE MANNERS IN CHICAGOLAND Named Winner and Scheduled for Staged Reading in Vermont
Posted April 2017.
TABLE MANNERS IN CHICAGOLAND, a one-act play by William Ivor Fowkes and an extended excerpt from his full-length play, THE HUDSON GUIDE TO TABLE MANNERS, has been named a WINNER in the Nor'Eastern Play Writing Contest at Vermont Actors' Repertory Theatre, Rutland, VT. It will be presented in a staged reading at the Brick Box, Paramount Theatre, in Rutland, VT on May 19 & 20 at 7:30 PM. (This play was previously produced at CAST Players in Beaumont, CA, June 2012, where it won the Audience Favorite Award and Third Prize in their National One Act Playwriting Competition.)
SYNOPSIS: Although Michael Hudson seems to have it all--a successful business, a loving wife, and two adult children--he also keeps a second family on the side. When his double life is exposed at his funeral, it triggers a range of reactions.
An Excerpt from MUSEUM LOVERS
Produced in Indianapolis
Posted March 2017
Khaos Company Theatre, Indianapolis, IN, presented a short excerpt from MUSEUM LOVERS, a Full-length Play by William Ivor Fowkes, at the 2017 Dionysia New Play Competition in May. DATES: 7PM, May 19, 20, 26 and 27th, 2017. LOCATION: Khaos Company Theatre, 1775 N. Sherman Dr., Suite A, Indianapolis, IN 46218
SYNOPSIS: A wide variety of odd characters react to works of art in museums around the world. In this short excerpt, two women cruise for men at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
AN ACCIDENT IN THE PARK Accepted into William Inge Theater Festival
Updated February 2018
The New Play Lab of the 36th Annual William Inge Theater Festival in Independence, KS (William Inge's hometown) presented a reading of AN ACCIDENT IN THE PARK, a one-act play by William Ivor Fowkes in April 2017. This play was first presented--in a full production--at the Black Box Festival at Gallery Players, Brooklyn, June 2017. It was then presented in a reading at Pittsburgh New Works Festival's PNWF Original Play Readings in Carnegie, PA, March 2017.
SYNOPSIS: At the Dakota on Central Park West, Marjorie Mumford frets over preparations for her husband's 72nd birthday party, but what's really worrying her is the absence of the birthday boy.
TABLE MANNERS IN GRAMERCY PARK Published
Posted March 2017
As announced last April, TABLE MANNERS IN GRAMERCY PARK, a short play by William Ivor Fowkes, has now been published in Smith & Kraus's volume of 105 FIVE-MINUTE PLAYS FOR STUDY AND PERFORMANCE.
SYNOPSIS: A romantic meal. A great NYC restaurant. Will that be enough to convince her not to drop him?
A REMARKABLE MAN Produced in Brooklyn
Updated February 2018
The Gallery Players in Brooklyn, NY presented A REMARKABLE MAN, a one-act play by William Ivor Fowkes, as part of their annual Black Box One Act Festival, June 8-11, 2017. This play is an excerpt from THE HUDSON GUIDE TO TABLE MANNERS, a full-length play by William Ivor Fowkes.
SYNOPSIS: At the funeral of the owner of the Hudson Certified Vacuum Cleaner and Floor Care Company, family secrets are exposed, and the heir to the company is revealed.
MUSEUM LOVERS Presented in Reading
Posted February 2017
MUSEUM LOVERS, a full-length comedy by William Ivor Fowkes, was presented in a reading at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, Manhasset, NY, February 18, 2017.
SYNOPSIS: An odd assortment of characters pass through some of the world's great art museums and prove that the visitors are sometimes more intriguing than the works on display.
MANHATTANIA! Named Finalist
Posted February 2017
MANHATTANIA!, a full-length play by William Ivor Fowkes, has been named a FINALIST in Mountain Playhouse's Playwriting Contest, Jennerstown, PA. This play was presented in a reading at Sundog Theatre on Staten Island, NY in 2015. MANHATTANIA! is a compilation of four one-act plays.
SYNOPSIS: Four tales of ordinary New Yorkers making unexpected connections: A man muddles through therapy in THE SESSION. Two women fight for survival on the street in NOT HERE YET. A recluse finally seeks company in THE DAKOTA. Three visitors spend an upsetting afternoon at MOMA in MUSEUM PIECE.
TABLE MANNERS IN CHICAGOLAND Named Finalist
Posted February 2017
After moving to the second tier in January, TABLE MANNERS IN CHICAGOLAND, a one-act play by William Ivor Fowkes and an extended excerpt from his full-length play, THE HUDSON GUIDE TO TABLE MANNERS, has been named FINALIST in the Nor'Eastern Play Writing Contest at Vermont Actors' Repertory Theatre, Rutland, VT. (This play was previously produced at CAST Players in Beaumont, CA, June 2012, where it won the Audience Favorite Award and Third Prize in their National One Act Playwriting Competition.)
SYNOPSIS: Although Michael Hudson seems to have it all--a successful business, a loving wife, and two adult children--he also keeps a second family on the side. When his double life is exposed at his funeral, it triggers a range of reactions.
MUSEUM PIECE #2 to Be Published and Licensed
Posted February 2017
MUSEUM PIECE #2, a 10-Minute play by William Ivor Fowkes is scheduled to be published and licensed later this year by Brooklyn Publishers of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was first presented at the 2012 National 10-Minute Play Contest, Theatre Oxford, Oxford, MS, where it was named 3rd runner-up. It was published in The Best 10-Minute Plays 2013, Smith & Kraus Inc. It has been expanded and incorporated into MUSEUM LOVERS, a full-length play by William Ivor Fowkes.
SYNOPSIS: Four tourists at the Prado Museum in Madrid bicker about their reactions to Velazquez's masterpiece, Las Meninas, until a supernatural event derails their visit.
A Reading of AN ACCIDENT IN THE PARK
Updated February 2018
As part of its PNWF Original Play Readings, Pittsburgh New Works Festival presented a reading of AN ACCIDENT IN THE PARK, a 30-minute play by William Ivor Fowkes, at the 3rd Street Gallery, Carnegie, PA, Monday, March 6,2017.
AN ACCIDENT IN THE PARK was first presented--in a full production--at the Black Box Festival at Gallery Players, Brooklyn, June 2016.
SYNOPSIS: At the Dakota on Manhattan's Central Park West, Marjorie Mumford argues with her daughter while preparing for her husband's 72nd birthday party, but what's really worrying her is the absence of the birthday boy.
Another Recording & Radio Broadcast of THE NEXT MOVE
Posted January 2017
Radio Theatre Project of St. Petersburg, FL, presented a live radio broadcast of THE NEXT MOVE, a one-act play by William Ivor Fowkes, at The Studio@620 in downtown St. Petersburg, January 23, 2017. A recording of the play is NOW AVAILABLE. LISTEN HERE
Meanwhile, THE NEXT MOVE was also recorded for radio by Petaluma Radio Playersin Petaluma, CA in July and will be broadcast soon.
SYNOPSIS: An elderly couple bickers their way through a Sunday afternoon, uncovering some disturbing things in the process.
STACY'S COOKIES Named Semi-Finalist
Posted January 2017.
STACY'S COOKIES, a 10-minute play by William Ivor Fowkes, was named a semi-finalist in NYCPlaywrights' Women in the Age of Trump.
SYNOPSIS: As more and more women step forward to claim that Donald Trump assaulted them, a married couple watches with a critical eye.