As his life becomes entangled with the legacy of a picturesque local wealthy family, will Wyatt be able to choose the life he has always wanted? Will he be able to color pink his otherwise black and white existence? Flickering across his fuzzy RCA Victor television set comes the possibility of a different existence. Wyatt Frost is a young black man who has been forced to make hard choices to survive. “The Black Boy in Pink” is a bold new work by a young provocative playwright set in his hometown of Cincinnati. Jacob York’s writing credits include “Homers” (World Premiere - Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Roswell, GA), “Initiative” (Semi-finalist, Playfest at Orlando Shakespeare Festival), “Adultery for Beginners” (Semi-finalist, Humanitas New Voices Program), lead writer for “Middle School The Musical” and ”The Real Tweenagers of Atlanta” (World Premiere - Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA), and head writer for “The Know Better Effect.” In addition to writing, Jacob is known as an actor on stage (“Shakespeare in Love” at Nashville Repertory Theatre “Women in Jeopardy!” at Merrimack Repertory Theatre “Macbeth” at Atlanta Shakespeare Company), on screen (“Turn: Washington’s Spies” on AMC “Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell” on Adult Swim), and as an audiobook narrator (“To Kill A Kingdom” by Alexandra Christo Certain, “Dark Things” by M.J. And what unexpected demons can lie within. A play about friends and the lengths you'll go for them, “Initiative” examines stories and why we tell them. Dave has a particularly aggressive form of cancer and the only way he'll experience all the memories he counted on having is through his friends creating them around him at the gaming table. Playing a pen and paper role-playing game may not be your idea of a good time but, for Dave and his friends, it's a lifeline. He is also the writer/director of the independent feature film “West of Her” (2018), and an editor for the film journal Bright Wall/Dark Room. His play “Hot Dog Christmas” was commissioned as part of The Boston Project, the new works initiative at SpeakEasy Stage Company, and his short works have been published in the Stage It! “10-Minute” play anthology, and the journal Furious Gazelle. ![]() ![]() Dean agrees to mentor Dennis, but as they co-star in two films across the spring and summer of 1955, both find themselves struggling to understand what it means to be a great actor, and a good man, before they lose their chance to be either.Įthan Warren’s first play, “Why Are You Nowhere?,” received the Playwright’s Award for Staged Reading at the 2016 Midtown International Theatre Festival, as well as the Inkslinger Award from Southeastern Louisiana University, where it had its premiere production in Feb. New to Hollywood, a naive young actor named Dennis is cast in the new James Dean film, and though he's at first unimpressed with his idiosyncratic co-star, he's soon seduced by Dean's mysterious talent. Performances will take place April 4-14, 2019 at the NKU Fine Arts Center. As an added bonus, “The Black Boy in Pink” written by NKU BFA Playwriting major, Isaiah Reaves, will receive a lightly-staged production in the studio theatre. 11, 2019– Northern Kentucky University’s School of the Arts Theatre and Dance Program has selected three plays that will receive their world-premiere productions this April in the 19th Biennial Year-End Series (Y.E.S.) Festival. “Fast Young Beautiful” by Ethan Warren and “Initiative” by Jacob York were selected as the winning playwrights of over 300 script submissions.
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