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William E. Spear
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- Clinton, NJ
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Monday evening, 30 November, Off the Pipes was uploaded to the NaPlWriMo site (http://www.naplwrimo.org/sites/default/files/Off-the-Pipes_0.pdf). The main character is Franks Curts, a quarteback for the American football team, the Rivermen, in the...
The Bunbury Banter Theatre Company was born from a desire to make theatre accessible to all, but particularly those who are not aware of its power, entertainment and diverse nature!
Off the Pipes is currently at 80 pages and counting. This is our entry in National Playwriting Month. From the perspective of commiting time and energy to create a first draft, the time has been well spent and definitely worth the effort.
Now, if...
CLINTON, NJ USA — Hunterdon Radio Theatre will present Lit Between the Ears - The Plays of William E. Spear, for North County Library’s Teen Café on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m.
The cast of HRT will present four original one-act plays, written and...
David - Thank you for your support. Any news to share from your side? Best, Bill # 30 #
Good luck with it!
Our entry in the 2009 National Playwriting Month (NaPlWriMo) is Off the Pipes, an audio drama. Summary follows:
Off the Pipes is about Frank Curts, a quarterback in the Industrial Football League (IFL). Curts is an accomplished quarterback but ha...
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- What I do... (Actor, director, designer, teacher etc?)
- Entertain through radio plays. I write mostly 10-30 minute pieces which stand alone but are increasingly parts of larger series.
I also direct and produce, and if there's a role that no one else wants, I act.
In a larger sense, I present a fuller range of radio drama options to audiences, performers, and producers than they might realize the form offers.
- My Quick CV
- Currently in production to release "Mayonnaise in My Cake and Other Delights" on October 1, 2009. Mayonnaise is an anthology of radio plays with a few short stories tossed in for fun. My first book, an anthology of radio plays titled "Chekhov, O. Henry, Spear and Tarkington On the Air" was published in 2006.
I also publish and produce Lit Between the Ears (the link is listed below)
- The first thing that inspired me in theatre...
- Listening to the intros of 1930s - 1950s style radio drama. The ability to move from comedy to drama to suspense to serials and back again with just a few seconds of voices, music, and sound effects grabbed my attention and never let go.
- My favourite theatre something is...
- Norman Corwin's "On a Note of Triumph"
- The thing that annoys me about our industry...
- Not enough broadcast opportunities for live performance. Netcasting is compensating to an extent, but to tell an audience they can hear it live at 8:30 on Thursday is desirable.
- My website
- http://Lit.TwoPlusPlus.com
- Another website I'd like to plug
- http://www.scribd.com/Two%20Plus%20Plus%20Productions%20LLC
William E. Spear's Blog
Done! Off the Pipes, an audio drama, is finished at 114 pages
Monday evening, 30 November, Off the Pipes was uploaded to the NaPlWriMo site (http://www.naplwrimo.org/sites/default/files/Off-the-Pipes_0.pdf). The main character is Franks Curts, a quarterback for the American football team, the Rivermen, in the Industrial Football League. Curts had been bothering me to write his story for four years.
The NaPlWriMo seemed a fine opportunity to get the broad parameters of Curts' st… Continue
The NaPlWriMo seemed a fine opportunity to get the broad parameters of Curts' st… Continue
Posted on December 1, 2009 at 6:30pm —
Off the Pipes - NaPlWriMo update
Off the Pipes is currently at 80 pages and counting. This is our entry in National Playwriting Month. From the perspective of commiting time and energy to create a first draft, the time has been well spent and definitely worth the effort.
Now, if I could just find the ending and move onto the next projects!
Best,
William
# 30 #
Now, if I could just find the ending and move onto the next projects!
Best,
William
# 30 #
Posted on November 28, 2009 at 1:04am —
Hunterdon Radio Theater performing at Clinton library Teen Cafe
CLINTON, NJ USA — Hunterdon Radio Theatre will present Lit Between the Ears - The Plays of William E. Spear, for North County Library’s Teen Café on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m.
The cast of HRT will present four original one-act plays, written and directed by Spear, the theatre founder.
Hunterdon Radio Theatre has been working with the teen group at the library for several years, helping them to develop an appreciation for radio theatre by giving them opportunities to participate in the writing… Continue
The cast of HRT will present four original one-act plays, written and directed by Spear, the theatre founder.
Hunterdon Radio Theatre has been working with the teen group at the library for several years, helping them to develop an appreciation for radio theatre by giving them opportunities to participate in the writing… Continue
Posted on November 4, 2009 at 1:30am —
Off the Pipes
Our entry in the 2009 National Playwriting Month (NaPlWriMo) is Off the Pipes, an audio drama. Summary follows:
Off the Pipes is about Frank Curts, a quarterback in the Industrial Football League (IFL). Curts is an accomplished quarterback but has never won the league championship. The closest he got was early in his career but a last second field goal bounced off the goal posts – the pipes, as they are called – and was missed because the kicker was high from smoking crack. Curts will remember… Continue
Off the Pipes is about Frank Curts, a quarterback in the Industrial Football League (IFL). Curts is an accomplished quarterback but has never won the league championship. The closest he got was early in his career but a last second field goal bounced off the goal posts – the pipes, as they are called – and was missed because the kicker was high from smoking crack. Curts will remember… Continue
Posted on October 31, 2009 at 1:40pm — 2 Comments
Sounds of Greatness: Johnny Parks calls Desperate Times’ stretch drive in the 1984 Gardenia Derby May 18, 2009
In 1984, veteran sports announcer Johnny Parks was on-hand for the Gardenia Derby. Run annually on the second to last Monday in May in Roberts County, that year’s race featured three big, strong horses that were the class of the field – Marvelous Son, Beautiful Flowers, and All Aboard. All three had outstanding records and each was capable of capturing the first place Champion’s Wreath.
Another seven horses were entered with varying chances to win. But the eleventh horse was a scrawny affair wi… Continue
Another seven horses were entered with varying chances to win. But the eleventh horse was a scrawny affair wi… Continue
Posted on May 19, 2009 at 5:00pm —
Comment Wall (7 comments)
- At 8:59pm on October 31, 2009,
Diana Walker said…
- Hi William
Thanks for the comments, Off The Pipes sounds like a great radio play hope it does well.
Look forward to hearing about future projects.
Diana
- At 10:09am on May 12, 2009,
Circus Maniacs School of Circus said… - Hi William,
In answer to your question, we are based in Bristol, UK but we do travel to set up / further develop projects in other countries.
Depends on if you have something for us to set up or support.
Last September I was invited back to China to help Taiyuan Acrobatic Troupe, re training programme development and to help initiate more westernised ideas to be integrated into there performances to make their shows more ‘sellable’ to Western audiences. I took with me 2 members of our teaching staff and it was a very positive and productive experience for all.
We may be going to Kenya next - we've just received an invite to set up a social/professional project there!
Let me know your thoughts...
Best Wishes
Jackie
- At 1:56pm on April 16, 2009,
Romany said… - Hello
Thank you for the comment on my Hamlet... They were both done in one take, and the production is a little dodgy but one tries! I will check out some of your stuff later and get back to you, no time Just now. Thanx for getting in touch. Rx
- At 1:31am on April 13, 2009,
Jon Nicholls said… - Dear William - thanks very much for getting in touch. Always good to hear from other lovers of radio drama! best wishes, Jon
- At 4:15pm on April 6, 2009,
Zoe Thomas said… - Apparently there is much to be said for flattery when writing to producers, directors etc. Knowledge and flattery....
- At 11:25am on March 31, 2009,
Zoe Thomas said…
- Thank you for the invitation,
I am definitely very interested in radio performance, and am trying trying TRYING to break into it at the moment!
Zoe
- At 6:14pm on March 30, 2009,
Payam Hosseinian said… - Thanks for the add mate!
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