Behold Mr. H's Eclectic Collection of Dramatic Ephemera!
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S LAND OF THE DEAD
London 1599. Shakespeare’s Henry V opens the Globe Playhouse, but while the actors strut and fret, an excess of bile plagues the populace outside. A true and accurate account of the Elizabethan zombie plague!

HISTORY
August 2008: Walking Shadow, Minnesota Fringe, Minneapolis (dir. Amy Rummenie)

10-SPEED REVOLUTION
When their beloved bicycle is stolen, three young punks hammer through Minneapolis, smashing every bike lock in the city in this fast-paced comedy of destruction. But when the Bike Lock Industry arrives to protect their investment, the punks soon discover that their greatest threat isn't corporate greed or posers, but their own overwhelming idealism.
(3 Men, 1 Woman; 60 minutes, 40 min version available)

HISTORY
July-Aug 2008: Direct Current, Midtown Int'l Theatre Festival, New York (dir. Nathan Lemoine)
May 2008: Carleton College, ETB Stage, Northfield MN (dir. Ben Egerman)
November 2006: Young Mirror Rep, No Boundaries Festival, New York (dir. Alexander Burns)
May 2006: Altered Esthetics Gallery, Art-a-Whirl, Minneapolis (dir. John Heimbuch)
August 2005: Walking Shadow, Minnesota Fringe, Minneapolis (dir. Amy Rummenie)

THE LIVES OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS HIGHWAYMEN
In the summer of 1720 investment mania fills London, and thief-taker Jonathan Wild enlists the help of a destitute highwaymen to secure his criminal empire under the shadow of the Tyburn Gallows. But when the thief's crimes are published, six people are trapped by their ambitions and betrayals into a dangerous struggle to avoid the hangman's noose.
(5 Men, 1 Woman; 100 minutes)

HISTORY
September 2007: staged reading, Walking Shadow, Minneapolis (dir. Amy Rummenie)
August 2004: 60-min version, Walking Shadow, Minnesota Fringe (dir. Amy Rummenie)
OR THE WHITE WHALE
An highly physical and imaginative adaptation of Melville's Moby Dick, developed with british clown artist and director Jon Ferguson. Click to see footage of this production  
(10 Men; 100 minutes)

HISTORY
April 2007: Civic Stage & The Southern Theater, Minneapolis (dir. Jon Ferguson)
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT, VICTORIAN TALES OF CRIME & THE SUPERNATURAL
Co-written with Mark Steven Jensen, Steve Schroer, & Shanan Wexler
This penny dreadful series is a suspenseful romp through gaslit London, featuring many characters from history and fiction, including Queen Victoria, Inspector Bucket, Sir Robert Peel, Spring-Heeled Jack, Professor James Moriarty, Henry Gray, The Beetle, and Varney the Vampire.
(4 Men, 2 Women; each episode is about 65 minutes)
Episode 1 - The Dead Are Missing From Their Graves
Episode 2 - The Kiss that Brings the Sharp Teeth Near
Episode 3 - The Redness of the Drink that Is Not Wine
Episode 4 - A Moonless Night, a House in Flames
Episode 5 - Even Worms Will Not Feast on Such Foul Meat

HISTORY
August 2005 - February 2007: full series, Hardcover Theater, Minneapolis (various directors)


HELPLESS DOORKNOBS
Adapted from a scenario by Edward Gorey
A palatial manor on the cape. A family torn with strife over an inheritance. A jaded vixen dallies with her sister's husband. Jealous siblings seek their revenge. And a prescient butler narrates it all. Oh disillusionment and despair.
(3 Men, 3 Women; 55 minutes)

HISTORY
August 2001: Workshop, Dramatis Personae, Minnesota Fringe, Minneapolis (dir. Amy Rummenie)