Full-Length Play
Manhattānia!
(pronounced "Man-hat-TANE-ee-a")
A Comedy by William Ivor Fowkes
Tales of ordinary New Yorkers making unexpected connections.
An evening of four one-act plays: A man muddles through therapy in THE SESSION. Two women fight for survival on the street in NOT HERE YET. A recluse finally seeks company in THE DAKOTA. Three visitors spend an upsetting afternoon at the Museum of Modern Art in MUSEUM PIECE.
LENGTH: 100 minutes
CAST: 2M, 2F (10 characters)
PRODUCTION HISTORY
READING: a reading was presented by Sundog Theatre, Staten Island, NY, 8PM Thursday, October 15, 2015, at Gallerie St. George, 11 Phelps Place, Staten Island, NY.
HONOR: named a FINALIST in the Mountain Playhouse 2016 Playwriting Contest, Jennerstown, PA.
AN EVENING OF FOUR ONE-ACT PLAYS:
When a patient finally tells his Upper West Side therapist what’s really on his mind, she doesn’t take it very well.
PRODUCTION HISTORY:
2005: PRODUCTION, the Strawberry One-Act Festival, Bernie West Theatre, New York City.
2005: AWARD: Selected as one of 6 finalists out of 40 plays at the Strawberry One-Act Festival, New York City.
2007: PUBLICATION, The Distillery.
2008: HONOR: Nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
2018: HONOR: Honorable Mention, 18th Annual New Voices Play Festival, Old Opera House Theatre Company, Charles Town, WV.
THE SESSION was expanded into a full-length play, COUPLE OF THE CENTURY by William Ivor Fowkes (click here)..
Two women fight for survival on the streets of Midtown Manhattan.
PRODUCTION HISTORY:
2012: PRODUCTION, The Changing of the Season: Autumn One-Acts, Brief Acts Company, a division of Love Creek Productions, New York City.
2013: HONOR: Honorable Mention, 13th Annual New Voices Play Festival, Old Opera House Theatre Company, Charles Town, WV.
2015: HONOR: Finalist, The Warner International Playwrights Festival, Torrington, CT.
2017: RECORDING & PODCAST, Radio Theatre Project, St. Petersburg, FL.
2018: AUDIO BROADCAST, Atlanta Audio Fringe Festival, presented by Radio Theatre Project, St. Petersburg, FL.
2019: RECORDING & PODCAST, Petaluma Radio Players, Petaluma, CA.
2019: HONOR: Finalist, Eden Prairie Players, Collection of One Acts.
2020: PUBLICATION, online journal, Fleas on the Dog.
Two worlds collide when an elderly resident of New York's most fabled apartment building entertains his first visitor in years.
PRODUCTION HISTORY:
2005: PRODUCTION, Downtown Urban Theater Festival, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City.
2005: PRODUCTION, Octoberfest, Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC.
2005: AWARD: Best Short Play, Downtown Urban Theater Festival, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City.
THE DAKOTA was expanded into a full-length play, AT THE DAKOTA by William Ivor Fowkes (click here).
Three visitors offer conflicting accounts of a disruptive incident at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
PRODUCTION HISTORY:
2010: PRODUCTION, Downtown Urban Theater Festival, Theatre for a New City, New York City.
2011: PRODUCTION, New Works Festival, North Canton Playhouse, North Canton, OH.
MUSEUM PIECE was expanded into a full-length play, MUSEUM LOVERS by William Ivor Fowkes (click here).