Scale Plus Points

A web site for husband/father/writer/sometimes artist James C. Ferguson

Tag: Theatre

  • News & Productions, 2019

    2019 is looking to be a good year. Here’s what we have lined up so far …

    April 7, 2019 at 6:30 PM – WORKSHOP – King Arthur In Contemporary Connecticut at The Hatbox Theatre in Concord, NH. Produced by The New World Theatre as part of Putting It Together, a Sunday evening series of workshop productions. CLICK HERE FOR ADDL. INFO. & TICKETS

    April 25 – 27 at 8 PM & April 28th at 3 PM, 2019 – PRODUCTION – For Whom the Yell Tolls at The Sauk Theatre as part of Sauk Shorts in Jonesville, MI. CLICK HERE FOR ADDL. INFO. & TICKETS

    May 15, 2019 – PRODUCTION – For Whom the Yell Tolls – TIME (TBD) at the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street in Boston, MA. CLICK HERE FOR ADDL. INFO.

    June 7 – 8 at 7:30 PM and June 9th at 2 PM, 2019 – PRODUCTION – On Hold presented as part of The Slice of Life new works festival produced by Theatre One Productions at The Alley Theatre 133 Center St. Middleboro, MA. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS AND ADDL. INFO.

    2019 – Don’t Be A Scrooge – WINNER, 3rd place, The 27th Annual Nantucket Short Play Festival and Competition Nantucket, MA. Festival details: TBD.

    2019 – PRODUCTION – Don’t Be A Scrooge – The Write Hour Podcast. Availability and addl. info: TBD.

    November 9th at 10 AM, 2019 – READING – The Trophy Wife at The Actors Studio of Newburyport in Newburyport, MA. ADDl. INFO. TBD.

  • For Whom the Yell Tolls from Funhouse IV

    If you want to see a video of my ten-minute play For Whom the Yell Tolls from Funhouse 4 which was produced in the winter of 2018 at Theatre off Jackson in Seattle, directed by Chris Quilici and Maureen Armstrong with Zoe Schwartz as Pepper, Kwesi Phillips as Joss and Alex Garramone as Felicity, here it is —

  • News & Productions: January, 2018 (Happy New Year!)


    JANUARY

    Happy New Year!  Despite the cold, 2018 is off to an exciting start!  First up, my full-length play THE TROPHY WIFE gets a reading as part of the Granite State Playwrights Workshop (Produced by Working Title Productions) in Concord, NH on January 5 – 7.  Tickets can be purchased here.

    I am also honored to have two plays included in this year’s Boston one-minute play festival.  Come see RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS & A NIGHT OUT as part of SERIES B in The 7th Annual Boston One Minute Play Festival on 1/8 & 1/9.  Gets tickets for this super fun show may be purchased here.

    Lastly, my short play DRIVE BUY will be included in TRACK B of The ACME New Works Winter Festival XVII on 1/13, 1/19 and 1/21 in Maynard, MA.  Information on how to get tickets to that show may be found through the ACME Theatre’s web site here.

  • News & Productions: January – June, 2016

    FEBRUARY

    My short film ORI & ADDISON (based on my short play) will screen at The 41st Boston Science Fiction & Film Festival, to be held at The Somerville Theatre in Boston. The Festival runs 2/5 – 2/15. ORI & ADDISON screens as part of SIBYL’S EYE (shorts) on Tuesday Feb 9th @ 5:30 PM.  Tickets are only $ 12:50 and can be purchased HERE.    

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    My new ten minute play entitled CLASS REUNION will be presented by Urban Stages in NYC as part of The President Plays on Sunday, Feb 21, 2016 at 3 and 5 PM.  (I will be at the 3 PM performance so come on out and say “Hello” if you can.)

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    The Emerson Theater Collaborative & The Mark Twain House & Museum present two readings of my full length comedy (presented as a live radio play) KING ARTHUR IN CONTEMPORARY CONNECTICUT at The Mark Twain House & Museum, the home where Twain worked on his version of the classic Arthurian legend, on Saturday, April 9th at 7 PM and Sunday, April 10th at 4 PM, and in Mystic, CT at the United Methodist Church on Saturday, April 16th at 7 PM and Sunday, April 17th at 4 PM.  All tickets: $10  (For tickets for The Mark Twain House & Museum performances:  (860) 247-0998 or visit www.marktwainhouse.org.  For tickets for the Mystic performances:  www.emersontheatercollaborative.org.)

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    After winning 1st place in their new works competition (Another one of my plays, Snowbound, won 3rd place, so they tell me), my full length play HISTORY 101 be performed at The Las Vegas Little Theatre in the LVLT Black Box Theatre April 22-May 8, 2016 and you can purchase tickets HERE.  

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    My award-winning short play THE CHAIR will be included in the Emerging Arts Festival, produced by The Laugh/Riot Performing Arts Company in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, beginning April 21st.

    I’m beyond thrilled to announce that my award-winning short play ORI & ADDISON is an official selection in The Independent Film Festival of Boston, one of my favorite film festivals (They introduced me to The Troll Hunter so, clearly, they have excellent taste).  Ori & Addison will screen with the shorts D (Delta: Narrative) group on Saturday, April 30 6:45pm at the Somerville Theatre – Screen 4 & Sunday, May 1  2:45pm at the Somerville Theatre – Screen 3.    

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    My ten minute play DRIVE BUY will be included as part of 6 Playwrights In Search of a Stage at The Roxbury Repertory Theater at The Roxbury Community College in MA April 29th – 30th, 7 PM.  All shows are FREE.  

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    JUNE

    My ten minute play ALEXANDER THE GREAT will be presented by The Actors Theatre Playhouse in West Chesterfield, NH (in southwest NH near the VT border and Brattleboro VT) as part of their new works festival.  (Dates and times to be announced – Watch this space.)

    ALEXANDER THE GREAT will also be presented by The Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre in Los Angeles, June 11 through July 17 – Saturdays at 2 PM and Sundays at 7 PM – in their new upstairs black box space at The Lonny Chapman Theatre (10900 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91606).  (Dates changed to July – Update soon.)

    Finally, my short play DRIVE BUY will be presented at part of The Gallery Players 2016 Black Box New Play Festival, presented by The Gallery Players in Brooklyn, NY.  (DRIVE BUY will be produced in the 3rd weekend of the Festival, which runs June 16 – 19.)   

  • Listen to my play THE FIRST SECOND CHRISTMAS recorded LIVE at The Backwell Playhouse in the UK

    Listen to my play THE FIRST SECOND CHRISTMAS recorded LIVE at The Backwell Playhouse in the UK which you can listen to as a podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Soundcloud and YouTube.

    CAST:
    Mary: Jane Hutchinson
    Joseph: John Jones
    The Wise Men: Ian Ramsey (Balthasar), Julie Houghton (Gaspar) and Duncan Tuck (Melchior).

    Directed and produced by Jon Coupe
    Live sound effects by Mary Gould, Jenny Schaefer and Fiona Milton.

    Happy holidays, and enjoy!

  • My new comedy King Arthur In Contemporary Connecticut gets a limited engagement of four performances at the end of October 2015 in NYC and will be presented as a live radio play.

    Well, this is exciting …

    After successful readings with the Vagabond Theatre Group in Massachusetts and Turn To Flesh Productions in New York City, my full-length comedy entitled King Arthur In Contemporary Connecticut is going to be produced for a limited, exclusive run in NYC at the end of October for four performances (10/29 & 10/30 at 7 PM and 10/31 & 11/1 at 2 PM) at The Bridge Theatre @ Shetler Studios (244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor New York, NY 10019.)

    Produced in association with Dreamcatcher Entertainment’s Fulfill Your Dream program and directed by Patrick Marran, King Arthur In Contemporary Connecticut will be staged as a live audio drama (think: It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, The Thrilling Adventure Hour or The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy Radio Show Live), using both pre-recorded sound effects and music as well as performing some sounds effects live in stage.

    You can listen to a teaser trailer HERE.

    Our wonderful cast includes Parker Madison [Arthur], Katie Weber [Gwen and other voices], Jack McKaene [Mordred and other voices], Jack McCahill [Lancelot and other voices], Art Brown [Merlin and other voices], and Lisa Flanagan [Tamora and other voices]

    Tickets are on sale now and you can get them HERE.

    For the 2 PM show on Halloween (10/31) ONLY, come in costume and you can get a discounted ticket for only $ 10.00.  Come in some sort of Arthurian-themed costume and you can get a discounted ticket for only $ 5.00.

    King Arthur In Contemporary Connecticut also now his its own Facebook page.  If that’s your thing, you can like us HERE.

    Inspired (loosely) by Mark Twain’s classic novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, King Arthur In Contemporary Connecticut reverses Twain’s original premise, following the exploits of King Arthur after he is unexpectedly transported to a small town in twentieth century Connecticut, where the once and future king struggles to adjust to his new future even as his past refuses to stay in the past.

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  • Come to a staged reading of my play SNOWBOUND in Mystic, CT 4/11 & 4/12

    SNOWBOUND
    A staged reading of the full-length play by James C. Ferguson
    Presented by The Emerson Theater Collaborative
    Directed by Theresa Broach
    With Mary Couto, Patrick Dicesare and Ben Donnel

    WHEN:
    April 11th, 2015 @ 7 PM
    April 12th, 2015 @ 4 PM

    WHERE:
    First United Methodist Church
    23 Willow St, Mystic, Connecticut 06355

    HOW MUCH?
    $ 10.00

    TICKETS:
    CLICK HERE

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  • King Arthur in Contemporary Connecticut

    On December 6th, 2014, Turn To Flesh Productions will present a staged reading of my new full-length play KING ARTHUR IN CONTEMPORARY CONNECTICUT which they are staging as a live radio show.
    Here are the details —

    Date & Time:
    December 6, 2014
    8 PM

    Location:
    The TAI Group
    150 West 30th Street 
    14th Floor
    New York, NY 10001

    Reservations:

    We have seating for about 50 audience members and encourage reservations before.  Reservations can be made at — turntoflesh (at) gmail (dot) com.

    Performance is FREE with a $10 suggested donation ($10 gets you a complimentary glass of wine!)

    Please Note:

    Due to limited seating, reserve your seats early!
    Directed by: Patrick Marran
    Cast: Duncan Pflaster, Matt Gordon, Stan Buturla, Maria Peyramure, Caileigh Scott, Parker Madison, Shara Ashley Zeiger, Matthew Breiner and Alan Kistler.
    SFX: Kevin Feustel

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  • Aquaman!

    In June, my ten-minute play Aquaman about – uh – Aquaman was produced by The Red Brick Road Theatre Co. in Los Angeles as part of Shorts 2 (w/ with Hannah Kaplan as Wonder Woman and Colin Contreary as Batman, directed by Valerie Vasilas.)

    I wish I could have been there because it looks like they had a blast.

    Here’s a picture of Jarrett Lennon Kaufman as a disgruntled, well – You can guess, can’t you?

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    Aquaman has always been one of my favorite characters and I always thought he got kind of a raw deal, publicity-wise.  They sure could have used him during that Sharknado, don’t you think?

     

  • March Readings and Productions

    What a lovely gift the theatre world is going me for my birthday — A production of a new ten-minute play and a reading of a new full-length play.  If you live in Massachusetts and would like to attend either event, here is the relevant information.  Maybe we’ll see you there?

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    King Arthur in Contemporary Connecticut

    a full-length play by James C Ferguson

    Thursday, March 14, 7:00 PM

    Trident Booksellers & Cafe  338 Newbury Street  Boston, MA

    Please join the Vagabond Theatre Group for a reading of local playwright James C Ferguson’s KING ARTHUR IN CONTEMPORARY CONNECTICUT!

    In the middle of a battle with the evil Mordrid, King Arthur is suddenly and magically transported to the twentieth century, where he’s faced with continuing his quest for the Holy Grail. In this comedy/satire inspired by Mark Twain’s famous work A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, the Has-been King Arthur meets up with the wizard Merlin (who of course–being a wizard–is immortal ) and the ghosts of friends long past to settle scores and forge a new future.

    As with all TWBW readings, admission is FREE, though we do suggest a donation of $2 to help us continue to hold events like this and bring fresh, new voices to Boston audiences.

    So, arrive early, grab a drink and a bite to eat in Trident’s cafe, and support small theatre!

    RSVP on Facebook and invite your friends!

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    “News”, a ten-minute play by James C. Ferguson, will be part of Theatre One‘s Slice of Life Festival of New Ten Minute Plays March 22, 23 and 24 at The Alley Theatre 133 Center St Middleboro, MA.