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Stanley Keyes is an American
Stanley Keyes began his
"The Corner Theatre as a Cultural Oasis: Or will Yosemite Sam Find Happiness In The Vast Sahara Desert?"
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playwright
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Readin ...
, screenwriter
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, and actor
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.
Career
Stanley Keyes began his theatre
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career in Baltimore
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performing various roles at Theatre Hopkins in the early 1970s. It did not take long for him to become associated with Corner Theatre ETC
Corner Theatre E.T.C. (Corner Theatre) was an experimental theater located in Baltimore, Maryland, existing from 1968 to 1987 as a nonprofit cultural organization.
The theater provided resources for new playwrights, designers, directors, actors ...
, an experimental theatre
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also located in Baltimore, where he continued acting as well as trying his hand at directing and, ultimately, writing plays. In 1975, his first play ''The Exorcism'' was performed as part of an evening of one-acts. This was followed up with a full-length play entitled ''Oil Rich in Mosby,'' which was noted for the richness of its dialogue. During this time, Keyes continued as both an actor and director, appearing in such works as ''Tiger Skin'' and ''Margeurite,'' and staging the highly idiosyncratic ''Gangsters,'' by Tom Thorton, first at Towson University
Towson University (TU or Towson) is a public university in Towson, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1866 as Maryland's first training school for teachers, Towson University is a part of the University System of Maryland. Since its foundin ...
's theatre department and then at Corner Theatre.
In 1983, Keyes appeared at New York's Theatre Off Park in an off-Broadway production of ''The Water Hen'' by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, under the direction of Brad Mays
Brad Mays (born May 30, 1955) is an independent filmmaker and stage director, living and working in Los Angeles, California.
Background and education
Mays was raised in the Edinburg section of West Windsor Township, New Jersey, attending the ...
. Shortly thereafter, he went to work on a screenplay with the working title of ''The Return of Grayson Porterhouse.''In 1987, the finished script went into production with the new title ''Stage Fright
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'', again with Mays directing. The independent feature film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival
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in 1989.
In March 2000, Stanley Keyes' play ''Dragon Slayers'' was presented in Hollywood
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, California
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, where it ran for six weeks.
Related Articles & Misc.
*Theatre World, Vol. #40 (1983–1984) *"American Independents in Berlin" - The Edge ''Berlin's Largest English Language Newspaper,'' Issue 8, February 16-March 1Notes and references
External links
*Online Reproduction of Steve Yeager's article (w/ links to photographs) about Corner Theatr"The Corner Theatre as a Cultural Oasis: Or will Yosemite Sam Find Happiness In The Vast Sahara Desert?"
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