Blood and Water
Jeff Dolecek and Justin Estes
BLOOD AND WATER by Andy Mayo
World Premiere at Aux Dog Theatre Nob Hill,
Producing Artistic Director Victoria J. Liberatori
Directed by Victoria J. Liberatori
Sam . . . . . . . . . . . . JEFF DOLECEK
Steffi . . . . . . . . . . . TRISTANA GONZALEZ
Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . JUSTIN ESTES
Officer . . . . . . . . . . GEORGE RYAN
Designers/Crew
Tim Wilkins . . . . . . . . . . . .Stage Manager
Casey Mraz . . . . . . . . . . . . Sound Designer
Rhonda Backinoff . . . . . . .Costume Designer
Victoria J. Liberatori . . . . Set Designer
Dan K. Tabeling . . . . . . . Set Construction
Paul Meeker . . . . . . . . . . . Set Construction
Susan Roden . . . . . . . . . . . Set Painter
Adrian Doerfler . . . . . . . . Set & Props Principal Crew
Russell Maynor . . . . . . . . Graphic Designer/Photographer
Peter St. Cyr . . . . . . . . . . . Video Designer
April Hunter . . . . . . . . . . Costume Assistant
Catherine Towne . . . . . . Props Assistant
Kim Clarke-Sailo . . . . . . . Production Assistant
10-Minute Plays
My 10-minute play What Mom Said received a staged reading at the Fusion Short Works Festival on June 16 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, directed by Becca Holmes with Amelia Ampuero as June and Jen Grigg* as Natalie.
My 10-minute play A Valuable Commodity received a staged reading at Santa Fe Playhouse, January 27-29 as part of the theatre’s New Play Reading Series. Directed by Antonio Miniño. Cast: Sam: Kent Kirkpatrick, Louisa: Vanessa Rios y Valle, Martin: Carlos Andrés Vásquez. Stage Directions: Hannah Machado
My 10-minute play, The Connection, selected by Equity Library Theater of New York for its 2022 Virtual Play Festival.
Lyndon Agonistes
“We are pleased to support this play! It was a Finalist for the 2020 New Works Festival at Kitchen Dog Theater in Dallas, Texas.” - Kitchen Dog Theater
Cast of 5: 1 white woman, 3 women any ethnicity, 1 white man.
No American President had a greater impact on social justice than Lyndon B. Johnson, yet he is remembered, if remembered at all, as the mastermind of the Vietnam War debacle.
His domestic policies are particularly relevant today; for example, changes in immigration rules that he signed into law are now being reversed by the Trump administration. His leadership in civil rights laid the groundwork for LGBTQ rights, which the Trump administratin is working to reverse.
His life is a case study in questions of justice, morality, human freedom and human sacrifice. He was a deeply flawed, genuinely tragic man who is unknown to many American citizens.
Lyndon Agonistes examines how the feelings, dreams, and desires of a U.S. President affect the policies he implements, especially when that man is a narcissist and a bully. That examination – why LBJ sent 36,000 Americans to their deaths in Vietnam – is conducted by the three Furies: Infinity, Jealousy, and Destruction. This is a story told in real time and dream time, mixing history, myth and public policy relevant to today’s political environment.
The play had a first reading at Chicago Dramatists’ First Draft series with Richard Henzel* reading the part of Lyndon and moderated by Will Dunne, author of The Dramatic Writer’s Companion and other books.
Cast of four: 1 woman, 3 men. Contact Andy Mayo for script.
A One-Man Show
Wish Upon a Star
Unauthorized, intimate reflections with Walt Disney
Vernon Poitras as Walt Disney in my play Wish Upon A Star, The Cell Theatre, 2017 and Adobe Theater, 2018 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
