PLAYS & MUSICALS
by Patrick Thomas McCarthy ptmc
BOSTON
APOLLO
(C) 2022 3M 1W
John Singer Sargent's "Thomas McKeller" disappeared for nearly 100 years.
Witness to Thomas McKeller "Boston's Apollo", John Singer Sargent, Isabella Stewart Gardner & Anton Wilhelm Kamp reappearing in this new image immersive play by ptmc.
https://vimeo.com/673388233
https://patrickmcc2449.wixsite.com/ptmcplaywriting
https://www.pinterest.com/ptmcptmc9442/boston-apollo-formerly-hidden/
https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1719128/boston-apollo-previously-hidden
MASQUE: a musical revel of Unsuspected Consequence (C) 2023 6W 7M
Book & Lyrics by Patrick Thomas McCarthy ... ptmc
Music & Orchestrations & Select Lyrics by Jerico DeAngelo
FIRST VIEW:
Sunday January 26th, 2025 - Music stand read/sing in NYC location TBA ... Casting Sept 2024
When a devastating viral plague shuts down civilization, Prosper Prince gathers those closest to him and retreats to a remote bunker. Fully supplied and staffed, the plan is to ride out the storm in a series of cabaret entertainments. It is Halloween. Now ... sing for your supper.
Spun from Edgar Allen Poe's The MASQUE of the RED DEATH.
MASQUE Vimeo Promo = https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/436280237
MEASURE 4 Measured (C) 2025 4M 4W
Characters
President Vincent – questioning, flawed, leader of men
Commander Angelo – puritanical, wannabe, compromiser of men & women
Claudio – in Service to the state, history of being abused
Juliet – pregnant by Claudio, but with a promise of marriage from him
Isabella – aspiring nun, sister to Claudio, has had it with the world of men
Mariana & Sister Adorata – attempting to settle a pre-nup agreement with Angelo/ nun taken by the vow of silence
Inspector Lucho Luch – detective
MzKitty C’Overdone - aging madame
*** TV news broadcasters on tape
*** Influencers on audio or video tape
Setting and Time
A near future dystopian noir where Puritanism has once again taken hold and the Handmaiden’s Tale is not so far from the truth.
PANDER...ing (C) 2020 5W 6M
What if Shakespeare felt "maker's remorse" in presenting HENRY VI's Joan of Arc, & TROILUS & CRESSIDA's Pandarus, & enlists the patronage of Queen Elizabeth to assist him in giving both Pandarus & Joan d’Arc makeovers? Perhaps change history in the process? Achilles, Patroclus, Mistress Overdone, Anne Hathaway, Mrs. Aphra Behn, Edward DeVere and even a Gallant Stool join in the fray. And what’s that underlying thrum regarding authorship?
https://www.pinterest.com/ptmcptmc9442/pandering/
Aaron's Revenger's Tragedy (C) 2019 8M & 3 W
Readings -
May 19, 2019 Theatre Lab, NYC, NY
March 2020 - COTE Tales, Manhattan Plaza Ellington Room, NYC
REEKING of INDISCRETION: Madame X's Allerton (C) 2019 2M & 1W
Readings - November/December 2018 - Vermont Studio Center, VT
Dec 27, 2018 - Waukesha Civic Theatre, WIS
Dec 30, 2018 - EastPoint Commons, Milwaukee, WIS
March 31, 2019 - Theatre Lab, NYC, NY
July 13, 2019 - Grounded Goodwife, Woodbury, CT
July 16, 2019 - ALL OUT ARTS Fresh Fruit Festival, The Wild Project NYC
Sept 24, 2019 - Pop Up Preview of Excerpts - CHAIN STUDIO Theatre, NYC
Performances
Oct 7-21, 2019 - FringeBYOV NYC - 10 performances - CHAIN STUDIO Theatre, NYC
MIDNIGHT's DREAM (C) 2018 7M 5W
Readings - March 2018 - Vermont Studio Center
May 2018 - Actors Fund Auspices Space
January 2020 - Theatre Lab West, Milwaukee, WIS
TEMPEST (C) 2018 4M & 2W
Readings - March 2018 - Vermont Studio Center
Sept 23, 2018 - Manhattan Plaza Ellington Room, NYC, NY
CUSTODY (C) 2017 3M & 1W
AEA Showcase ALL OUT ARTS Fresh Fruit Festival July 2017
Developmental Readings - Jan thru March 2017
TAI - The Actors Institute, NYC, NY
Original Reading - Chicago Dramatists Workshop - Oct. 1983
Thank You Russ Tutterow
Staged & Directed by Eric Simonson with Layne Beamer & Lydia Rawlings
The ASK: https://vimeo.com/216911097
VARIED LIVES (C) 2016 6M
Readings - March 2015 - BGSQD Bookstore - LGBTQ Center
Oct 2015 - TAI - The Actor's Institute, NYC, NY
SLIPPERY: A Wintry Tale (C) 2015 6M 3W
Reading - December 2014 - BGSQD Bookstore - LGBTQ Center, NYC, NY
12th NIGHTed (C) 2014 5M 3W
AEA Showcase ALL OUT ARTS Fresh Fruit Festival July 2016
THE LEARS: Fools of Fortune (C) 2013 5M & 2W
AEA Showcase ALL OUT ARTS Fresh Fruit Festival July 2015
Awards: Outstanding Lead Performance - David Palmer Brown as Lear
Outstanding Production Design - Katherine Hammond
sExtOrtiOn (C) 2012 7M & 2W [6 boys, 2 girls, 1 adult]
Non-Equity Showcase ALL OUT ARTS Fresh Fruit Festival July 2013
Awards:
Outstanding Distinction in Playwrighting
Outstanding Acting Ensemble
sExtOrtiOn Vimeo Promo: https://vimeo.com/424585741
PRIDE RIVER CROSSING: A Spoon River for a New Century
(C) 2011 3M & 3W
AEA Showcase ALL OUT ARTS Fresh Fruit Festival July 2012
Awards: Outstanding Distinction in Playwriting & Outstanding Acting Ensemble
CONFESSIONS (C) 1996 4M & 3W
Reading - February 2014 - TAI - The Actors Institute
https://www.pinterest.com/ptmcptmc9442/confessions/
DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE ME (C) 1992 2M 2W
published by Chicago Plays
Musical: Book & Lyrics by Patrick Thomas McCarthy
Music & Lyrics by Eric Lane Barnes
Commissioned by The March of Dimes & HealthWorks Theatre
IN PASSING (C) 1M
Produced for the Center for Death & Dying - Loyola University
Staged & Directed by Eric Simonson
BRUCE THE BLUE CHRISTMAS SPRUCE (C) 1991 2M & 2W
Produced at the Goldenrod Showboat, St Louis, MO 1992
Produced at the Chicago Public Library 1993
In Development
MASQUE 8W 8M - a musical of unsuspected circumstances from Edgar Allen Poe
MASQUE promo: vimeo.com/436280237
SHREWD 7M & 4W Taming of the... told from Kate's POV
Breier Patch 10M & 4W - testing the limits of power, a Milwaukee fantasia
Mortal Coil 7M & 3W - a Minnesota Hamlet
Merchant of Venice Beach 6M & 4W - a California Merchant
Bi Di Guy 3M & 2W - an interview with a dual hander
MY DINNERS with ANDRES 3M & 2W - more than one
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