| Craig Abernethy Playwright |
| Preview This site introduces Craig's plays and includes dialogue selections, reviews, his bio, and useful links. |
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| "State of the Art" a comedy in two acts read review of recent production at San Diego.com "delightfully clever" "dazzling" "side splitting" 3 characters in a writer's mind spontaneously create a play, then present their efforts to a powerful Voice (producer) hoping "to get done what we do... next level-wise..." |
| "A View Unassisted" "what she's after is more precious than gold" "What do I have to do...?" |
| "Absolutes" "wit is dry and deft" an apolitical comedy for a "corporate couple" |
| "The Sort of Happy Ending to The Sad Tale of Mr. Ali Ali, Or: The Lighter Side of Outsourcing Torture" "Black humor, political rhetoric... the life blood of this pungent romp" "sublimely ridiculous... deliciously malicious" |
| Craig's Bio Recent productions include: "State of the Art" - The Green Room at Twiggs - San Diego, CA "Do/Don't Do" - Co-Op Theatre East's 'Questionable Content' - NYC "Lovely" - "Swell!" - "He's Not 'Him'" New Perspectives 2009: A Festival of Theatre Artists San Diego, CA "That's What I Love About Art" - Summer Play 2009 A Festival of New Works The Changing Scene - Theatre Northwest, Bremerton, WA "PeaceKeeper" Stone Soup Theatre's 2009 Original Short Play Festival - Seattle,WA "Absolutes" Co-op Theatre East's 'Questionable Content' Festival - NYC "State of the Art" Fritz Theatre's 'Best of the Blitz' (named "Outstanding Playwright")-SD,CA and Intentional Theatre-Waterford,CT "That Day" 'The Seven'-Fusion Theatre Co Albuquerque,NMand New Perspectives-SD,CA "A View Unassisted" EndTimes Productions 'Vignettes for the Apocalypse 2'-NYC and New Works Play Festival-Royal Oak,MI "Mr Ali Ali" Noor Middle-Eastern Play Festival, Wings Theatre-NYC (see article in 'Curtain Rising Magazine') and Subversive Theater Collective-Buffalo,NY and a staged reading at the Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice - USD readings of "That Day" at Theatre Limina-Minneapolis,MN and OSU's New Works Lab The Fritz Blitz of New California Playwrights first produced "A View Unassisted" and "Absolutes" Craig is member of the Dramatists Guild of America, studied Dramatic Art at the University of California, Berkeley, and worked backstage at the New York Shakespeare Festival, San Francisco Opera, and Los Angeles Civic Light Opera. |
| Advisory This site and its contents are copyrighted. No use or reproduction is permitted without written permission from Craig Abernethy (who encourages inquiries about his work, and can be reached by clicking here). |
| Links ...that may prove useful to playwrights, theatre fans, and other interested visitors. |
| Five new, short plays: "That Day" "rawly honest... demonstrates that art can render reality 'too real'" an abstract drama of losses... "Do / Don't Do" at the intersection of "security" and abuse "Lovely" that "you" thing... "Probation!" what price "benefits?" "He's Not 'Him'" sort of "caring" for dad |
| "That's What I Love About Art" "who comes to a museum late on a Thursday afternoon...?" a one-act comedy of art, love, and second chances |