{"id":313,"date":"2018-04-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/mccarthy\/?p=313"},"modified":"2020-05-03T16:06:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T20:06:31","slug":"ptmcplaywriting-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/mccarthy\/ptmcplaywriting-com\/","title":{"rendered":"ptmcplaywriting.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-313\" class=\"single post-313 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-ptmcplaywriting\">\n<div class=\"post-header\">\n<p class=\"post-categories\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-inner\">\n<div class=\"post-content\" id=\"lasso--content\">\n<p><strong>I began transitioning from on <span class=\"intexthighlight\" style=\"line-height: 28.9px\" id=\"aeZzp\">stage<\/span> work to playwriting in earnest with contemporary adaptations of Shakespeare\u2019s plays.&nbsp; Currently, I am&nbsp; adapting MIDSUMMER NIGHT\u2019s DREAM to Washington D.C. present day with Mr. Puck and Mz. Bette Bottom, both Congressional staffers, taking over the proceedings. This <span style=\"color:#ff0000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newplayexchange.org\/plays\/195580\/midnights-dream\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MIDNIGHT\u2019s DREAM<\/a><\/span> was developed in a Fellowship Writing Residency at Vermont Studio Center in March 2018 specifically for Shakespeare\u2019s New Contemporaries Playwriting Initiative at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, VA. My other adaptations include The LEARS: Fools of Fortune; 12th NIGHTed; SLIPPERY: A Wintry Tale; TEMPEST,&nbsp; VARIED LIVES\u2026a&nbsp; 1930\u2019s MERRY WIVES of WINDSOR for 6 men, and AARON\u2019s REVENGER\u2019s TRAGEDY.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recently completed\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#ff0000\">AARON\u2019s REVENGER\u2019s TRAGEDY<\/span>, a mash up of Shakespeare\u2019s Titus Andronicus, Penny Dreadful \u201cThe String of Pearls\u201d a.k.a. Sweeney Todd, and Middleton\u2019s The Revenger\u2019s Tragedy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/ptmcptmc9442\/titusandronicus-%2Bsweeneytodd%2B-revengerstragedy-aar\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/ptmcptmc9442\/titusandronicus-%2Bsweeneytodd%2B-revengerstragedy-aar\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\">In planning stages are\u2026 <\/span><br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000\">SHAMING of the SHREWD<\/span>,&nbsp; Kate\u2019s POV on Taming of the Shrew;&nbsp; I am ashamed that men can be so&nbsp; simple\u2026 <br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#dd3333\">PANDER&#8230;ing&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<br \/>\nShakespeare conjures TROILUS &amp; CRESSIDA&#8217;s Pandarus to do a<br \/>\nmakeover on HENRY VI&#8217;s Joan of Arc. Many other characters join in the<br \/>\nfray as the Bard tries to finally get Joan right.<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/ptmcptmc9442\/pandering\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/ptmcptmc9442\/pandering\/<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000\">MORTAL COIL,<\/span>&nbsp;A Minnesota Hamlet&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000\">MERCHANT of <u><span class=\"intexthighlight\" style=\"line-height: 28.9px\" id=\"ludWh\">VENICE BEACH<\/span> , <\/u><\/span><u>a California merchant<\/u><\/strong><strong style=\"font-family: inherit\">&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And I have been to both Minnesota and Venice Beach.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Non-Shakespeare ideas rattling around now are.:.&nbsp;<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><strong>If I Should Die Before I\u2019m Woke;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><strong>Breier Patch: A Milwaukee Fantasia and <span style=\"color:#ff0000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newplayexchange.org\/plays\/294091\/reeking-indiscretion-madame-xs-allerton\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reeking of Indiscretion: Madame X\u2019s Allerton<\/a><\/span> [already completed during my Dec 2018 Residency at <a href=\"https:\/\/vermontstudiocenter.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vermont Studio Center<\/a>, see Plays &amp; Musicals Tab] \u2026. See the YOUtube promo here\u2026<br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SOPC6CHH7vQ&amp;feature=share&amp;fbclid=IwAR1fS4A1epAKT2PuIsiqZbkWCDAS4WadqeifpZMoXlcJcH6KtYUe8uwfz0w\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SOPC6CHH7vQ&amp;feature=share&amp;fbclid=IwAR1fS4A1epAKT2PuIsiqZbkWCDAS4WadqeifpZMoXlcJcH6KtYUe8uwfz0w<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><strong>To go to my ptmcplaywriting site, click here,\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ptmcplaywriting.com\/default.html\">https:\/\/www.ptmcplaywriting.com\/default.html<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>        [aesop_image force_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; lightbox=&#8221;off&#8221; captionposition=&#8221;left&#8221; captionsrc=&#8221;custom&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; imgwidth=&#8221;800px&#8221; img=&#8221;https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/mccarthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2019\/04\/MadXal-biz-card-4219.jpg&#8221; panorama=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n        <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-author\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"avatar\" href=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/mccarthy\/author\/mccarthy\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"avatar\" href=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/mccarthy\/author\/mccarthy\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"avatar\" href=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/mccarthy\/author\/mccarthy\/\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/avatar\/user-49-96.png\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/mccarthy\/author\/mccarthy\/\">Patrick McCarthy<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Patrick Thomas McCarthy ptmc, actor, director, playwright, former high school English teacher, AEA, SAG\/AFTRA, Dramatists Guild, DO40 Dancers Over 40, plays Scrooge in CHRISTMAS CAROL whenever &amp; on whichever continent he is allowed.  His frequent work on stage, film &amp; TV  complements his award winning playwriting. 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