-Tom Robbins,
Skinny Legs and All
NEWS!
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9/2/08
WE WON!
Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants won three MITF awards!
Outstanding Overall Production of a New Comedy Play (previously unpublished script)
Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants produced by Cross-Eyed Bear Productions; Written and Directed by Duncan Pflaster; Costume Design by David Withrow; Lighting Design by Kevin B. Ploth; Original Music Composition by Adam Rabin; Fight Choreography by Chris C. Cariker; Performed by Eric C. Bailey, Christopher C. Cariker, Patricia Comstock, Jon Crefeld, Keith Patrick Dunn, Carols Rafael Fernandez. Paula Galloway, Clara Barton Green, Jason Alan Griffen, Kelly Nichols, Luke Strandquist and Jess Cassidy White.
Outstanding Playwriting for a New Script Play OR Book of a Musical (Readings excluded)
Duncan Pflaster for Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants (tie with Monica Bauer for The Higher Education of Khalid Amir)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
Carlos Rafael Fernandez for the role of Prince Trevor in Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants (tie with Eric Percival as Johnny in Bubby's Shadow)
6/25/08
Duncan is now selling his
Postcard Design Services!
OLDS!
8/25/08
Duncan is taking part in Small Pond Entertainment's second Producer's Sprint! 2 weeks to put up a play!
Girls, Boys, and Toby Belch
An evening of three one-act plays by award-winning playwright Duncan Pflaster (Author of Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants, nominated for nine MITF awards!).
"The Fugly Train" (two girls discuss the philosophy of beauty while riding the subway),
"First to Fall Asleep" (Frat boy antics get out of hand when a freshman falls asleep at a party), and
"Hold Thy Peace, thou Knave" (Actors backstage at a production of "12th Night" get more than they expect when their understudy Toby Belch starts going a little haywire).
The Bridge Theater at Shetler Studios
244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor
Only $15!
Only two nights- the 30th and 31st!
Only 40 seats in the house
8/20/08
The
Midtown International Theater Festival has just announced its 2008 awards, and my play
Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants has been nominated for 9 awards!!!
Outstanding Overall Production of a New Comedy Play (previously unpublished script)
Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants produced by Cross-Eyed Bear Productions; Written and Directed by Duncan Pflaster; Costume Design by David Withrow; Lighting Design by Kevin B. Ploth; Original Music Composition by Adam Rabin; Fight Choreography by Chris C. Cariker; Performed by Eric C. Bailey, Christopher C. Cariker, Patricia Comstock, Jon Crefeld, Keith Patrick Dunn, Carols Rafael Fernandez. Paula Galloway, Clara Barton Green, Jason Alan Griffen, Kelly Nichols, Luke Strandquist and Jess Cassidy White.
Outstanding Playwriting for a New Script Play OR Book of a Musical (Readings excluded)
Duncan Pflaster for Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants
Outstanding Costume Design
David Withrow for Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play
Carlos Rafael Fernandez for the role of Prince Trevor in Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play
Kelly Nichols for the roles of Bluebella/Thalia/Sarah in Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Keith Patrick Dunn for the role of King Soignee/Morty Fugit in Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Paula Galloway for the role of Lynetta in Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants
Outstanding Ensemble in a Play or Full Evening of One-Acts (Cast of 3 or more)
Eric C. Bailey, Christopher C. Cariker, Patricia Comstock, Jon Crefeld, Keith Patrick Dunn, Carols Rafael Fernandez. Paula Galloway, Clara Barton Green, Jason Alan Griffen, Kelly Nichols, Luke Strandquist and Jess Cassidy White for Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants
Outstanding Program
Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants: Duncan Pflaster/United Stages
So excited. So honored. So pleased. The award ceremony is Friday, September 5th! Keep your fingers crossed for us!
8/03/08
The
MITF performances of
Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants are over. We had a great time, but all things must end. Check out our
Prince Trevor Reviews and our
publicity photos and video and remember the good times!
7/21/08
Our first
Prince Trevor Review is up!
7/02/08
Interview with Duncan on United Stages today!
7/01/08
Our
Prince Trevor Publicity Video is posted!!!
6/23/08
We have
Prince Trevor Publicity Photos!!!
Thanks to wonderful photographer
Jason Specland!
6/10/08
Our Benefit was a great success! Thanks to all who attended!
5/23/08
We are now fiscally sponsored by
Fractured Atlas! If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to Cross-Eyed Bear Productions, you can do it online
here. Every little bit helps!
If you're planning to donate more than $1000 at a time (which would be awesome), you need a special letter. E-mail me at the link above.
Cross-Eyed Bear Productions is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions in behalf of Cross-Eyed Bear Productions may be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
5/12/08
Right now the first three performances of
Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants are available at http://www.ticketcentral.com for advance sale.
You can get a $3 discount (from $18 to $15) by using code
ADVA- that advance sale is on until May 30th.
If we don't sell a certain number of tickets by the 30th, some of our later performances may be cancelled, so if you know when you plan to come, and you can buy tickets now, please do so!!!
4/03/08
Duncan's award-winning play
Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants has just been accepted into this year's
Midtown International Theatre Festival! The show will have a production in July (dates TBA).
This will be Duncan's second time in the festival, having done
The Wastes of Time in 2006.
3/12/08
Duncan will be playing Sheriff Boone Doggleberry in a staged reading of
Much Ado, a new modern adaptation of
Much Ado About Nothing:
The Collective Objective presents:
MUCH ADO
by Kyle Baxter and Jon Crefeld
Featuring:
Elizabeth Allerton, Sarah Barry, Jon Crefeld, Lindsay Davis, John Felidi, Kerry Fitzgibbons Anthony Gargano, Roi King, Austin Mitchell, Duncan Pflaster, Bill Schineller, Marina Vrahnos Billy Weimer, and Jess White
A Staged Reading at the Bridge Theatre
Shetler Studios, 244 W. 54th, 12th floor
8pm Tuesday March 25, '08
www.collob.com/ado.htm
Join us for the reading and refreshments afterwards.
2/12/08
Duncan's one-act play
The Fugly Train will premiere at Roland Ramos' "Act One" art party on February 23rd. It will star my frequent collaborators and wonderful performers
Alexandra Finger &
Clara Barton Green.
My friend Richard Kirkwood will also be premiering a new piece, and spoken word artists
Melissa Surach and
St. Peter will also be performing.
Plus, visual art! Work by Chris Kamppmier, Hyphen-one, and
Natalia Kadish will be shown.
11/12/07
Duncan was the featured guest artist on an episode of
Midnight Ukulele Disco last week! You can see the full half-hour episode
here, or there are discrete song clips on the website.
7/18/07
Katherine and Friends will be hosting an industry staged reading of Duncan's
Midsummer sequel
The Thyme of the Season on Monday, September 17th, 2007. Ticket Reservations can be made
here.
7/11/07
Duncan will be appearing as Sir Andrew Aguecheek in
12th Night, presented by
Holla Holla Productions! It'll be at
Hudson River Park�s Clinton Cove, right on the Hudson River on Saturdays and Sundays from August 4th through August 19th at 1pm and 5pm. The production stars
Clara Barton Green as Viola and is directed by
Ben Beckley.
5/18/07
The new review from Hi!Drama has been posted on the
Admit Impediments page! The TV interview went well.
5/11/07
A review for
Admit Impediments is up! Thanks to HX Magazine!
We'll also be reviewed by Hi!Drama on TV next week! (With a possible
appearance/interview with me!)
Tune in Friday, May 18th 7:30-8:00PM on Time Warner CH.57 or RCN Ch.85 or
http://www.mnn.org
5/9/07
D'oh! The E-mail link on this site was down until yesterday, so if you've tried to contact Duncan recently through this website, he probably didn't get it. All is fixed, now, though.
5/7/07
Admit Impediments Podcast!
There is an interview with
Duncan about
Admit Impediments up on
MikeyPod! Click
here for a direct link!
5/5/2007 (cinco de mayo)
Our first week of shows were awesome, but we need more audience! Please come buy tickets!
Also, last night some of the cast of
Admit Impediments went out to
The Duplex for "Mostly Sondheim", and did some numbers for the people. New photos on the Impediments site!
4/16/2007
Tickets are now available for Duncan's new Musical
Admit Impediments! Opening April 30th!
2/22/2006
Janus Theater Company will be doing a reading of Duncan's play
The Thyme of the Season at the end of March, for possible production this Summer! Wooo!
Duncan will also be appearing as The Baron de Charlus and in the ensemble in
Art House Productions' version of
Camino Real by Tennessee Williams. A cast of 24! Puppets! Multimedia stuff! Crazy cool!
Opens March 2nd in Jersey City. Check the link for details or to buy tickets.
10/23/2006
Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants won
Best Play Long Form (Playwriting award 45 minutes or longer) at the Spotlight On Awards last night! Two years in a row!
Thanks to the brilliant 13-person cast who put a reading together in just 3 rehearsals, and to Spotlight On for taking chances on my scripts.
9/19/2006
Last year's staged reading of
Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants has been nominated for Three
Spotlight On Awards for off-off-Broadway Excellence!!!
- Best Reading or Evening of Readings - Prince Trevor Amongst the
Elephants
- Best Performance in a Reading - Jess Cassidy White as Toby the Stable
Boy
- Best Play Long Form (Playwriting award 45 minutes or longer) - Duncan
Pflaster
Many of my talented friends and colleagues have also been nominated.
8/23/2006
Duncan is a semi-finalist in an online TV Pilot-Pitching contest, hosted by the New York Television Festival!
The idea is a Star Trek sitcom called �Leave it to Sulu�, which will take place in the Star Trek universe, but have sitcom themes and conventions. It�ll be like Cheers, 300 years in the future!
Go watch the video of me attempting to pitch in 1 minute at the website, and if you like what you see, vote!
The link to the contest is:
http://tv.msn.com/nytvf/contest/pitch
It's listed under �Duncan: Leave it to Sulu�.
Actually watching my pitch is not necessary to vote, but it would be nice if you watched them all.
In order to see the video, you should be running Internet Explorer, and using a PC- macs do not work, unless you�re running something called �boot camp�.
Voting runs today (Wednesday the 23rd) through Friday the 25th.
12 a.m. - 12 a.m. PST (3 a.m. - 3 a.m. EST). Please vote as soon as possible!
The finalists will pitch to a celebrity panel of executives at the 2006 NYTF, and then the winner will get an $8,000 network TV pilot production deal. This is very exciting, so please vote!
8/18/2006
Duncan will be making a rare acting appearance, playing Bottom in Holla Holla's production of
A Midsummer Night's Dream, for free in Central Park - August 19, 20, 26, and 27, at 1pm and 5pm every day! Come bring a chair, bring a picnic, see some fun Shakespeare!
See the awesome postcard (with map)
here!
(Duncan also designed the postcard)
8/10/2006
The Wastes of Time had a great run as part of the Midtown International Theater Festival! We sold out our last two shows!
In other news, Duncan will soon be appearing as Bottom in Holla Holla's production of
A Midsummer Night's Dream in Central Park! Free outdoor theater! E-mail Duncan for more info!
8/2/2006
The Wastes of Time has been going swimmingly! Two Great reviews have been posted!
4/21/2006
Duncan's new play
The Wastes of Time will be in the
Midtown International Theater Festival this August! Currently we're in pre-production excitement.
11/04/2005
Thanks to everyone who made it out to the staged Reading of
Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants! It went very well, thanks to the super-talented cast! Hopefully there will be a full production sometime next year!
9/27/2005
Coming soon, a staged Reading of Duncan's new Big Epic Shakespearean Fairy Tale Play for Adults,
Prince Trevor Amongst the Elephants!
9/24/2005
Eternity: Time Without End won
4 Spotlight On Awards!
Best Actress (Clara Barton Green)
Best Supporting Actor (Jason Specland)
Best Featured Performer (Joe Fanelli)
Best Written Original Play (Playwright�s Award) � long form (Duncan Pflaster)
We're all just tickled pink.
8/15/2005
Eternity: Time Without End has just been nominated for
12
Spotlight On Awards!
Best Production
Best Written Original Play (Playwright�s Award) � long form (over 45 minutes)
Best Ensemble � Full length or larger work (5 or more in cast)
Best Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Actor (Ari Benjamin)
Best Actress (Clara Barton Green)
Best Supporting Actor (Jason Specland and
Brendan Burke)
Best Supporting Actress (Alexandra Finger and
Jena Tesse Fox)
Best Featured Performer (Joe Fanelli)
Woo hoo!
More information about the upcoming (next month) awards ceremony and other nominees can be found at the Spotlight On Website - http://www.spotlighton.org
Duncan's three-girl one-act play "Patrick and Lisa's Wedding" was recently part of
"12 Angriest Women" July 22nd-24th, 2005.
Our full-length production
Eternity: Time Without End was a phenomenal success! Thanks to everyone who came to see it! Go to the page for photos and reviews!
Our Show
Sleeping in Tomorrow was nominated for a
2004 Spotlight On Award!
