On Friday, March 1, 10 a.m., on the back patio of La Nueva Posada Hotel in Ajijic, Kristine Moily and Tim Tillman will perform a ten-minute play written by Mark Boyer called “Four Suits in the Closet,” one of a trilogy of plays with a central female character.
The performance will be presented for 70 active members of the Writers Group. It is also open to anyone who would like to attend and learn more about the ten-minute play form. There is no charge.
Boyer will also be a presenter at the Lake Chapala Writers Conference from March 6-8, talking on how to write a ten-minute play. In addition, he is forming a Playwright Group for Lake Chapala and also working with writers to present for a readers’ theater cafe that is supported by Bravo! Theatre Artistic Director Jayme Littlejohn, actress and singer Amaranta Santos and restauranteur and events promoter Ray Domenech.
Boyer will be working with various venues in the Lake Chapala area in an effort to open opportunities for playwrights, and extend opportunities for them to have their work produced in theaters outside this region.
To begin with, the Playwright Group will focus on the writing of ten-minute plays. Selected plays will be presented as readers’ theater cafe at Domenech Restaurant and other local venues.
Those who like edgy and nourishing theater will likely enjoy “Four Suits in the Closet.” After the March 1 presentation, others in the Writers Group will share their work during the meeting which runs until noon..
Kristine Moily and Tim Tillman (Above & Bellow) appear in a ten-minute play written by Mark Boyer (Bottom) on March 1.
Various local possibilities are being considered for production of Mark Boyer’s complete trilogy of ten-minute plays that also includes “Goodbye Forever” and “Secrets.” In this trilogy, the audience pre-determines the sequence of the three plays, which shapes how the they perceive the central female character. Boyer refers to his trilogy as “fun on the dark side!”
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Boyer is the M.F.A. Director at Yale University’s School of Drama, theater instructor at University of Illinois, Actors Lab Arizona, Scottsdale Community College, Central-Hower Magnet Performing Arts School; theater consultant for Ohio Department of Education; Artistic Director for Chrysalis Repertory Theatre Company (sponsored by University of Illinois where half of productions were company-created plays); playwright of 11 plays produced by university, children’s and professional theaters; Play script reader of original plays for university and professional theaters; coach for playwrights; actor and director of 100+ plays, which frequently involved collaborations with playwrights.