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Brad McEntire

BRAD MCENTIRE

  (1975 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Texas-based performer, educator, and director Brad McEntire turned to playwriting in the late-1990s. Besides a strong advocate for small, indie theatre (particularly solo performance) he serves as the founding Artistic Director of Dallas' Audacity Theatre Lab (formerly Audacity Productions). He also founded the Dallas Solo Fest, an annual fringe-like festival celebrating one-person theatrical performances from around the country. McEntire is also semi-well-known as the creator of the innovative solo improvisational format 'Dribble Funk.'

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         Angel In the Barn, An         Arsenic & Roses         Carter Stubbs Takes Flight         Chop         Cookies & Punch         Dinosaur and Robot Stop a Train         For the Love of An Anesthesiologist         How I Stopped Smoking         I Brought Home a Chupacabra         I Have Angered A Great God         Naked Holidays '09         Pens and Strings         Rapunzel: A Musical Shadow Puppet Tale         Robert's Eternal Goldfish         Roselita's Dead Man         Tall Tale Of Texas, A         Tamping Iron         Unicorns

Angel In the Barn, An

Synopsis:
the farmer and his wife have fallen on hard times. An angel has fallen through the roof of their barn

Notes:
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1st Produced:
the Green Zone, Dallas, Texas    2009

Organisations:
Audacity Theater Lab

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Puppet play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Arsenic & Roses

Synopsis:
Charles is having one of the worst nights of his life. To make matters worse he runs smack into a certain someone from his past. . . someone with quite a grudge! A darkly comic tale of a parakeet-murderer and the passive-aggressive woman who loves him.

Notes:
This one-act has been produced by Audacity Productions (Dallas, TX), Flower Mound Performing Arts theatre (Flower Mound, TX), And As part of DEER theatre's (Hong Kong) festival of short works CHEW ON THIS!

1st Produced:
Weckesser Studio Theatre, Santa Fe, NM    1996

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in Two Plays by Brad McEntire, CreateSpace, 2008   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Carter Stubbs Takes Flight

Synopsis:
Carter Stubbs has little faith in the possibility of his own happiness, you know, actually being a thing. His wife is unhappy. If his job could feel, it would also be unhappy. Suddenly besieged by a string of unfortunate occurrences he finds himself the owner of a rocket pack and is driven to escape. On a strange Pacific island Carter is offered a chance to come face to face with his faith in himself. And maybe, just maybe, he'll get a chance to chart a new direction for his future.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Green Space Studio Theatre, Denton TX    Apr 2013

Organisations:
Sundown Collaborative Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy / drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Chop

Synopsis:
An unambitious, unaccomplished man who has always avoided committment and is socially left behind in the world, is confronted by a strange tattooed woman with a severed finger. A play about finding one's place in the world. . . as unexpected as that place may be.

Notes:
Originally produced as part of the 2010 Out of the Loop Fringe Festival. This festival piece has gone on to play venues at the Phoenix Fringe Festival, the New Orleans Fringe, Houston Fringe, Portland Mini-Fringe, College of Santa Fe, San Antonio's Overtime Theatre, the 2012 New York International Fringe Festival, Seattle Fringe, the New Orleans SoloMania Fest and the Margo Jones Theatre in Dallas among other places.

1st Produced:
Water Tower Theatre, Addison TX    Mar 2010

Organisations:
Audacity Theatre Lab

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
60 minutes solo/ comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Cookies & Punch

Synopsis:
Two suburban housewives take a unique revenge on a cheating husband and plan the perfect crime. Hell hath no fury. . .

Notes:
This play has received staged readings from Square Peg theatre Collective (NYC), DFW Playwright's Alliance (Dallas, TX) And was produced by Texas Woman's University Department of theatre As part of their Short Play Series 2006.

1st Produced:
Mild Dementia Continuous-Play Variety Hour,Dallas, TX    2002

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Dinosaur and Robot Stop a Train

Synopsis:
A press conference is held. A dinosaur from the past and a robot from the future explain about their involvement with saving a little girl from a speeding train.

Notes:
Originally produced as part of the 2013 Festival of Independent Theatres

1st Produced:
Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas TX    Jun 2013

Organisations:
Audacity Theatre Lab

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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For the Love of An Anesthesiologist

Synopsis:
A man named Alfred is driven to commit an extremely unpleasant act by his devoted love for Claudia, an anesthesiologist. This act leads, in turn, to a life outside the law and on the run. He now comes to the end of his life. . .. Judgment Day. He must come to terms with his past lives and his past deeds, as he prepares to meet his Maker. He does this waiting at a tiki-inspired cocktail lounge somewhere on the edge of life and death. the embodiments of what he could have been and what he was converge.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
in Two Plays by Brad McEntire, CreateSpace, 2008   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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How I Stopped Smoking

Synopsis:
Evelyn has finally found a way to stop smoking. She's taken up ritualistic murder. . .

Notes:
This play was Also performed by Texas Woman's University's Department of theatre, March 2006, As part of the Short Play Series

1st Produced:
Dallas, TX    2003

Organisations:
Mild Dementia Continuous-Play Variety Hour/ Audacity Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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I Brought Home a Chupacabra

Synopsis:
A young woman finds a semi-mythical beast on a hike and brings it home. During the next few days she is forced to figure out why it is that she connects better with animals than people.

Notes:
Originally produced as part of the YOLO Solo Fest, Dallas TX.

1st Produced:
Margo Jones Theatre, Dallas TX    Jan 2014

Organisations:
Audacity Theatre Lab

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Solo / Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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I Have Angered A Great God

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    2010

Organisations:
Audacity Theater Lab

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Naked Holidays '09

Synopsis:
Originally conceived by the Sacred Fools theater Company of Los Angeles, Naked Holidays is a darkly comic Yuletide bacchanalia fit for Samson himself. George Larkin's opening is a boisterous reaction to some of the most popular holiday images; delving into the hilarious customs of our best loved winter holidays, and the pagan traditions celebrated nowadays as Christmas. Yet not even the Olympics delivers like this multicultural melange which climaxes in a scantily clad routine that looks a lot like Christmas. This year's medley showcases new works that explore deadly plots by Santa's eight angry reindeer against Rudolph and Rudnick (oh yes, Rudnick), a traditional Jewish nativity scene, a wholesome dad hiding a suspiciously jolly body bag, a belligerently randy hooker working the North Pole, and a bone-crunching table-smashing romp with everybody's favorite rotund holiday hero the ANNIHILATORRRR*8212;yes, all in one evening of theater.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
created by George Larkin, Stacey Lane, Brad McEntire, Steve Strangio, Benjamin Thornton, Oliver Thrun

1st Produced:
Ace of Clubs, 9 Great Jones Street, NY    02 Dec 2009

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Pens and Strings

Synopsis:
A writer's characters have minds of their own

Notes:
Written by Brad McEntire And Jeff Hernandez

1st Produced:
Hyde Park Theatre, Austin, Texas    2009

Organisations:
Audacity Theater Lab

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Parts:
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Rapunzel: A Musical Shadow Puppet Tale

Synopsis:
Like many stories of Germanic folklore from the Brothers Grimm, Rapunzel is a tale of happiness hard won. Rapunzel is adopted and brought up in loneliness by a wicked old Enchantress, then held captive in a high tower, she meets and is parted from her young prince, and must struggle to find her own place in the world before her troubles are overcome. the tale is valuable to children with the timeless message that faith and character will ultimately win out over hardship and true love will find its happy ending, not to mention a contemporary moral about parent-child relationships with will appeal to older folks alike. With a blend of great music, a witty story line and the magic of show puppetry, this is a show for all ages.

Notes:
This 45 minute piece was A collaboration between writer Brad McEntire And musicians Lee Holt And Stuart Grant.

1st Produced:
Hong Kong    2006

Organisations:
DEER Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
children's theatre/ puppetry Youth Audience

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Robert's Eternal Goldfish

Synopsis:
Robert J. Roberts has a huge problem with the world. In particular he dislikes people. All people. One day he becomes the unlikely custodian of a magical goldfish and Mr. Roberts' misanthropic view of the world is seriously challenged. Can a person be frustrated into being a better human being?

Notes:
Originally prouduced as part of the 2014 Out of the Loop Fringe Festival. Winner of "Best of Fest" Award.

1st Produced:
Water Tower Theatre, Addison TX    Mar 2014

Organisations:
Audacity Theatre Lab

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Solo / comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Roselita's Dead Man

Synopsis:
A lesbian death/love triangle with puppets

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Theatre In My Basement, Phoenix, Arizona    2008

Organisations:
Audacity Theater Lab

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Puppet play. - - Lesbian, full length

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Tall Tale Of Texas, A

Synopsis:
A TALL TALE OF TEXAS blends facts and myth, music, dance, puppetry and a host of larger-than-life characters to tell the story of Texas history.

Notes:
Originally commissioned by the Plano Children's theatre to meet the TEKS/TAKS of the Texas Public School System And toured to Area schools.

1st Produced:
Piano Children's theatre    2008

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Tamping Iron

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Originally performed As part of "One Day Only the 4th" with other short plays

1st Produced:
Plaza Theatre, Garland, Texas    27 Mar 2004

Organisations:
Rover Dramawerks

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Unicorns

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
This play is only one word long. UNICORNS has Also been produced by Alleyway theatre, Buffalo NY, As part of the Buffalo Quickies Short Play Festival, March 2004.

1st Produced:
Audacity Productions; Austin TX    2001

Organisations:
More Than Friends @ the Mind Over Money theatrical Festival

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
one page play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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