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Joseph Frost holds an MFA in Script and Screenwriting from Regent University. He is an actor and director, was a performing member and artistic director of the SlapHappy! Improvisational Comedy Troupe, was the coordinator of Crowded House Theatre Group, and was a member of the PortFolio Awards review committee for Hampton Roads, Virginia. Joseph is currently the Chair of Theatre at Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi, where he resides with his wife, Shannon, and their children, Nina and Darby. He is a member of Christians in Theatre Arts (CITA) and the Dramatists Guild of America. Joseph is a Board Member of the Fondren Theatre Workshop (Jackson, Miss.) and is the founding artistic director of the floodlight theatre company. |
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The Attic Scripts Catalogue: The Plays of Joseph Frost Compact Plays The Great Play - 2 characters find themselves on stage, and try to discover what they need to do to make the play they are in into a "Great Play." 2 actors (non-gender specific), 45 minutes. * winner of the 2000 Regent University One Act Competition ** nominated for PortFolio Award - Best Writing of a new play 2001 DisEase - A woman suffering from a mysterious deadly illness and the stranger in her room. 1 woman, 1 man. Approx 20 minutes. The Sitting - a painter attempts to educate a young, naive client in both art and life. 1 man, 1 woman. Approx 30 minutes. Braids - A drama about the bonds of mothers and daughters dealing with loss, abandonment, identity, and responsibility. 3 women. Approx 40 minutes. The Attic - A newly married couple decides what is to be kept in their new attic together and what must be cast aside. 1 woman, 1 man. Approx 20 minutes. * Act 1 of The Memory Trilogy. Anya - A woman discovers the remembrance of a young man whom she lost in a war. The keepsake reveals new aspects to her relationship with her husband. 1 woman, 2 men. Approx 35 minutes. * Act 2 of The Memory Trilogy rememberfall - A pair of siblings attempt to jog the memory of a friend of the family with photos and stories of their history. 1 woman, 2 men. Approx 30 minutes. * Act 3 of The Memory Trilogy Urns - A short pantomime play. 1 man. Approx 10 minutes. A Burden - A man relates to the one source of comfort in his life, his easy chair. A short monologue play. 1 man. Approx 10 minutes. The Silent - A performance piece for solo performer. 1 actor. Approx 10 minutes. Stage Plays Oz - A young playwright, a disinterested mentor, an actress with family issues, and a desperate actor all explore their relationship to art and each other. 3 men, 1 woman, approximately 2 hours. Winter Branch - A workaholic father tries to rekindle his troubled family's relationship with an emergency Christmas vacation to the family's abandoned cabin. But the son with a savior complex has other intentions. 2 men, 2 women. Approx 2 hours. The Memory Trilogy - 3 independent plays, (The Attic, Anya, and rememberfall) collected by themes of memory and poetic style. Plays can be run individually as well. From 2 men, 1 woman up to 5 men, 3 women. Approximately 1 hour 45 minutes total. **This play was developed with Threads New Works, NYC, Spring 2005. van Gogh (or The Elusive Field) - The story of Vincent the artist. His dynamic story as the quintessential starving artist tells only part of the truth - that he is also the quintessential Christian artist. (play is in process) 2 men, 1 woman. Approx 2 hours. Anathema - A family's dynamic is challenged by the arrival of a young woman. (play is in process) 2 men, 2 women. Approx 2 hours. Adaptations A Midsummer Night's Dream - an adaptation of Shakespeare's classic comedy for 5 actors. Produced by Screaming Idiots Productions, 2000, and Red Clay Theatre, 2005. 3 men, 2 women. Approx 2 hours. Ecclesiastes - an adaptation of the Biblical text. To be produced at Belhaven College, September 2008. Ensemble cast. Approx 90 minutes. For More Information... other plays and screenplays are currently in process. for more information on these and other plays in the Attic Scripts catalogue, contact atticscripts@hotmail.com |
ATTIC SCRIPTS Attic Scripts is a script service of the plays of Joseph Frost. In the future, this service will be made available to other playwrights who are associated with the floodlight theatre company and the Crowded House Theatre Group. These plays are works that attempt to engage the ineffable and the spiritual, relating them to the human condition. Contact: atticscripts@hotmail.com |
Schedule of Upcoming Production Activity May 2008 - Braids at the floodlight theatre company, ms. July 2008 - staged reading of Anathema at Fondren Theatre Workshop, MS. Summer 2008 - Untitled Frost short play Recent Production Activity April 2008 - Braids at Geneva College, PA. May 2007 - The Silent directed by Joseph Frost and Leah Englund, Belhaven College, Jackson, MS. September 2006 - The Memory Trilogy directed by Sarah Senff, Belhaven College, Jackson, MS. February 8-11 2006 - Malone College Playwright's Festival featuring the works of Joseph Frost, Canton, OH. Works featured: The Attic, The Bargain, A Burden, Braids, The Great Play, Sainthood, The Sittng, and Things I Do. June 2005 - production of A Midsummer Night's Dream adaptation, Red Clay Theatre, Cleveland, TN. April 2005 - staged reading of The Memory Trilogy, Threads New Works, NYC. April 12, 2005 - student production of The Great Play, Belhaven College, Jackson, MS. April 6-9 2005 - World Premiere of Braids, Belhaven College, Jackson, MS. November 2004 - reader's theatre production of The Attic, Jericho Productions, TN. October 2004 - staged reading of Oz, Art Within, Atlanta, GA. July 2004 - Staged reading of The Attic and The Great Play, Fondren Theatre Workshop, Jackson, MS. June 2004 - Reading of The Memory Trilogy, the floodlight theatre company, Chesapeake, VA. |
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Production Stills These are stills from the productions of the plays of the Attic Scripts catalogue. |