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PLAYS
The Dakota
A play in Two Scenes by William Fowkes
Best Short Play Award - Downtown Urban Theater Festival 2005
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Description: Two worlds collide when a 71-year-old resident of New York's most fabled apartment building entertains his first visitor in years.
Characters:
Earl Mumford: A 71-year-old retired architect who lives at the Dakota on Central Park West in New York City. Distinguished and charming.
Mark: An accountant from Stamford, Connecticut who works in midtown Manhattan. In his early 40s. Cocky and mistrustful.
Setting: An apartment at The Dakota. If a full set were possible, it would include the living room and part of a foyer, the fine molding and details typical of apartments at the Dakota, lots of furniture, several filled bookcases, a desk with a computer on top and a wall of photos. It would also be a bit of a mess, with books and magazines lying in arbitrary piles, bric-a-brac spilling over the shelves allotted to them and flowers long past their prime in vases scattered around the room.
For a bare set, two armchairs and a table with a framed photo on top would suffice.
The Time: One summer, late 1990s--an afternoon and an evening one week later.
Performance History:
(1) Downtown Urban Theatre Festival 2005.
The Dakota won a Best Short Play Award at the Downtown Urban Theater Festival 2005 at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City, June 2005, where it made its world premiere with the following cast, in order of appearance:
Earl Mumford--Richard Seff
Mark--Jeff Talbott
The play was directed by Wendy Peace, assistant directed by Chuck Wagner, and featured the song, "Quite Like You," by Jack Woodbridge.
(2) Ensemble Studio Theatre. http://www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org/est.html
The Dakota was presented at Octoberfest 2005 at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, October 21-22, 2005, with the following cast, in order of appearance:
Earl Mumford--Richard Seff
Mark--Jeff Talbott
The play was directed by Wendy Peace, assistant directed by Chuck Wagner, and featured the song, "Quite Like You," by Jack Woodbridge.
For more details about the EST production, go to: http://williamfowkes.com/15.html
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