Candace Perry
PLAYWRIGHT ... changing the world, one play at a time
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Facing the Future: Climate Change Theater
Join us! Please click the link:
Facing the Future: Climate Change Theater
Friday, February 12, 2021
When it rains, it pours!
So excited to have not one, but TWO shows going online this weekend!
The Winter Showcase, a product of Eventide Arts Playwrights, ETC and
the Provincetown Theater's Playwrights' Lab 24 Hour Plays!
All of the plays are free, but if you're able to make a donation to the sponsoring theaters, it would be most appreciated.
My play, "Grist for the Mill," will be shown with two other plays by terrific playwrights on Saturday, February 13 at 4 pm, followed by a live discussion. Huge thanks to the very talented Sallie Tighe, Mary Chris Kenney and Ken Chisholm for bringing this new work to life.
On Sunday and Monday, six other new plays will be shown, also 4 pm. As Playwright-in-Residence for Playwrights, ETC, I'll be joining all the playwrights in discussions each day. Please join us!
For more information, and to register, go to Winter Showcase 2021
And, later on February 13 at 7 pm and again February 14 at 2 pm:
Plays were written in 24 hours, rehearsed over a few hours and then recorded.
My play, "Kinfolk," was directed by David Drake, Artistic Director of the Provincetown Theater and director extraordinaire, featuring the fabulous Sallie Tighe, Sylvia Peck and David Wallace.
Streaming on provincetowntheater.org
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Sailor Beware presents:
My COVID Year
Twelve Months a Pandemic
Twelve original monologues on the personal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in America in the year 2020.
Streaming at what.org starting February 5, 2021
JANUARY 2020
Written by Fermin Rojas, Performed by Freddy Biddle
FEBRUARY 2020
Written by Sam Platizky, Performed by Joe MacDougall*
MARCH 2020
Written by Glyn Dowden, Performed by Cindy Harrington
APRIL 2020
Written by Linda Fiorella, Performed by Jody O’Neil*
MAY 2020
Written by Nathan Butera, Performed by Mark Meehan
JUNE 2020
Written by Seth Reuben Jacobson, Performed by Joey Lachimia
JULY 2020
Written by Candace Perry, Performed by Jane Macdonald*
AUGUST 2020
Written by Joanne Callum Powers, Performed by Geoffrey Newton
SEPTEMBER 2020
Written by Steven Bruce Myerson, Performed by Janet Geist Moore
OCTOBER 2020
Written by Sylvia Peck, Performed by Lynda Sturner*
NOVEMBER 2020
Written by Dian Hamilton, Performed by John Shuman*
DECEMBER 2020
Written by Karen Scalia, Performed by Linda Monchik
* Appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association
Thursday, December 31, 2020
2020: The Year of Living Virtually
Huge THANKS to the organizations, theaters, directors and actors
who joined with me to make some of my plays possible online in 2020!
Heartland Theater Company, Normal, Illinois for bringing back some of their favorite ten minute plays from over the years, including my short play, A SUPER REUNION, about a feminist superhero. Watch online here: A SUPER REUNION
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Jane MacDonald as Melania Trump |
Sailor Beware, a wonderful Cape-based company presented S'ELECTION, a collection of monologues which imagined the day after the 2020 election. Monologues were presented in partnership with Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater on the WHAT stage. My monologue, "Who Cares," was beautifully delivered by Jane MacDonald playing Melania Trump. Watch it here: WHO CARES
The Sandwich Arts Alliance had a terrific and challenging idea to present a play, via Zoom, dealing with racism. The play was followed by a panel discussion that looked at issues of race and white privilege. The play they presented was my short play, "Made in Heaven," about prejudice and the afterlife. Directed by Janet Moore with Karen Santos and Linda Monchik. Watch it here: MADE IN HEAVEN
Eventide Arts recognized during the year that live theater wouldn't be possible, so they started Virtual Theater! We kicked off the online productions with two of my short plays, "The Tour" and "Fragrant Phantom." "The Tour" tells of two sisters, played wonderfully by Jon Kemp and Mary Chris Kenney, who discover that a tour of a plantation isn't what they expected. In "Fragrant Phantom," Dennis Cunningham and Cynthia Harrington bring Tennessee Williams and Zelda Fitzgeral to life in the afterlife to debate the "gone good days." Watch both plays here: THE TOUR & FRAGRANT PHANTOM
Sunday, October 18, 2020
Racial Reckoning in the Time of Covid
"Made in Heaven" returns as a Zoom production!
The Sandwich Arts Alliance wanted to respond to the current racial reckoning with a play that might help raise questions and awareness around racism and white privilege. Many thanks to everyone involved for taking on this project, which will include my play, "Made in Heaven," followed by a panel discussion of the issues with members of the community. While “Made in Heaven” has been performed a
number of times before, including in Dublin, this would be a first, performing
it in Zoom live during COVID-19. The show was recorded, along with a conversation about race, on October 23. You can still view it by going to:
https://www.sandwichartsalliance.org/made-in-heaven-online-play.html
Monday, October 5, 2020
Theaters closed? Let's Zoom!
In these challenging times of racial reckoning and the coronavirus pandemic, along with the upcoming election, we’re concerned and taking action. But sometimes we all need a break, so I hope you’ll join me this Saturday, virtually, for an online production of two of my favorite short plays I’ve written, “The Tour” and “Fragrant Phantom,” for Eventide Theatre Company’s Virtual Playhouse launch.
In “The Tour,” Mary Chris Kenney and Jon Kemp play two sisters whose visit to a Southern plantation turns out to be full of surprises and lessons learned. Reprising their stage roles as Zelda Fitzgerald and Tennessee Williams in “Fragrant Phantom,” Cynthia Harrington and Dennis Cunningham take on writing, feminism, the Jazz Age, and after-life.
Virtual
Playhouse takes place live, on line, on Saturday, October 10, from 4:00 to 5:00
pm, with “The Tour” and “Fragrant Phantom.” A talkback with the creative team
will take place following the virtual performances which will be aired on
Eventide’s Facebook page, as well as recorded for future viewing. A
Facebook account is not required for viewing, just go to:
https://www.eventidearts.org/rewatch-etc-virtual-playhouse-featuring-candace-perry/
Thanks to these fabulous actors for learning how to bring the stage to you safely!
Mary Chris Kenney in "The Tour" |
Jon Kemp in "The Tour" |
Dennis Cunningham in "Fragrant Phantom" |
Cynthia Harrington in "Fragrant Phantom" |