- Sean Behrens
(TV) Writer ~ Playwright ~ Filmmaker
Developing my play "The Wage Gap" at The Actors Studio
I can be kinda a dork when to coms to things. When I read Eugene Ionesco's memoir "Past Present Present Past" I felt I understood his point-of-view on life and stuff. Eugene's biggest play was "Rhinoceros" but that is basically the political world we are living in today, ha; so I wasn't as inspired as I could have been.
But, if you talk Ionesco everyone mentions "The Bald Soprano" or "The Lesson," those are cool, but I think best absurdist takes are with "The Chairs" and "Jack, or The Submission." So, reading all his plays and reading his memoir I can understand how he may think. And with this context I can apply my own absurdist interpretation of current society. I re-furbished and old play of mind and re-worked it into "The Wage Gap."
For me, sometimes people misunderstand the social phenomenon known as the wage gap. It seems that both groups are talking past each other, which compelled me to dramatize the situation.
Here are my plays.
Some I also directed.
Turn To Me
A part of Strange Bird Productions Love Shorts Festival. Cast 1w, 1m.
An "Are we Dating or Not?" Love Story. A One-Act Play which I also directed.
What's Your Opinion on Spontaneous Human Combustion?
This play was a part of FringeNYC 2013. Cast, 4w. An Absurd Comedy about Trying and Failing to Find a Job. A Full-Length Play.
Morse Code
This play was featured at the Dance New Amsterdam Theater, as part of the Actors Studio Drama School Rep Season 2013. Cast 1w, 1m.
A Hipster Love Story. Full-Length Play.
The Mud of the Past
Commissioned by Coffee Black Productions. Cast 1w, 1m.
A One-Act Play.
Pumpkin
Goat
Milk
Commissioned by Coffee Black Productions. Cast 2w.
A One-Act Play.
Photgraphy
This one-act won best one-act play 2011, at least so says Fifty7 Productions, the people who produced it. Cast 2m.
I was inspired by Sarah Kane so I wanted to do a violent play. This play is about a husband finds out his wife is having an affair with a man from her mysterious past. The play begins with the husband having kidnapped his wife's lover, who wakes up chained to a radiator in a dark room. The husband says he only wants to asks his wife's lover some questions about his wife, and so a cat-and-mouse game begins.
The Evil Day
This is a full-length play that won a reading with the Glass Bandits Theater Company. Cast 4m, 3w.
Written at the Edward Albee Foundation.
A New Color
This is a one-act play that was produced by Bowie State University as part of their Page-to-Stage Festival. Cast 2m, 2w.
The Spade's Ten
This one-act play was produced by E-Star Productions at the (TADA!) Theater. 3m, 2w.
We're
All
Gonna
Die!
Full-Length Play. Won a production at the Alleyway Theatre for their Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition. 2m, 2w.
Carpet of Leaves
Full-Length Play. Produced at The Humanities Theater. 2m, 2w.
Celebrity
A play I help devise with the acting students at the conservatory of theatre arts & film at suny purchase college.
"Last Phone Call" Short Film
Everyone has a before-and-after moment.
"Sorry Jeff"
Short Film
Two friend having a conversation about politics
In case you want to get to know me more here is a true story I recently performed at the Magnet Theater.
Just click above to watch.
I thought it was be a fun idea to take an edgier approach to Aesop's Fables. I experimented with recording my own voice and using a voice program. I put in sound effects to enhance the storytelling experience. It was fun putting everything together. Please click on which ever story you want to hear; they are all less than 2 minutes.
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That Was Me
I wanted to show how a product can change a consumer.
1 minute, 14 seconds
Beer with Focus
I wanted to make a character oriented promo.
47 seconds
Luigi Deserves Respect
I wanted to make a cross-promotion between properities.
1 minute, 26 seconds.
Working from Home
This is a promo that was relevant at the time.
36 seconds.
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