| 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 Upcoming productions: "Probation" - 'Summerplay 2010' The Changing Scene, Bremerton,WA "Do/Don't Do" - 'Northpark Playwright's Festival' San Diego,CA Recent productions include: "What Can We...?" - Alive Theatre's "Poppin' Play Festival" - Long Beach,CA "Do/Don't Do" - 'Subversive Shorts' - Buffalo,NY Co-Op Theatre East's 'Questionable Content' Festival - NYC "Probation" - 'Short Lived/LA' - Piano Fight Productions, Los Angeles "State of the Art" - The Green Room at Twiggs - San Diego,CA "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 Intentional Theatre - Waterford,CT Sixth at Penn Theatre - SD,CA "That Day" 'The Seven'-Fusion Theatre Co - Albuquerque,NM 'New Perspectives' Festival - 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 (click here to see article in 'Curtain Rising Magazine') Subversive Theater Collective - Buffalo,NY 'Cruz the East' Festival - Santa Cruz,CA staged reading at the Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San Diego 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" an abstract drama of losses... "rawly honest... demonstrates that art can render reality 'too real'" "Do / Don't Do" at the intersection of "security" and abuse "questions...free will... as three everyday pedestrians are confronted with orders from an unseen voice" "Lovely" that "one little thing" 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 |
| and the very short "What Can We...?" a 5 minute sketch "'What Can We...?' is a fast-paced recital of the limitless things the actors... can do in the space of five minutes... (enacted each night of the Festival, with a different director and, presumably, a different emphasis)... drink, love, fight, duel or perform a ballet. A great way to begin the evening, it comes across as “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” on Red Bull." James Scarborough, w...The Gazettes.com, 8/25/10 click here to read the script |