Second Avenue Players present:
My Monster vs Your Monster
By Mary R. Davidsaver
Friday, Oct. 4th at 11:00
AM
CASI, 1035 W. Kimberly Rd, Davenport,
IA
A little background for this play:
When I started working on my first novel, I knew
nothing of writing on a large scale, that being more than 600 words. Nowhere
near what was needed for a novel. I only knew it had to be a mystery.
Both things, delivering 70,000 coherent words and
crafting an understandable mystery, presented learning experiences for me.
When I moved to the Quad-Cities in 2011, I signed up
for Fall novel writing workshop with the Midwest Writing Center. It was a great
experience, well worth the time and expense.
Afterwards, I was encouraged to join a writers’ group
and tried out several local groups. (I’ve been with Writers’ Studio the
longest.)
Fast forward to late February 2012 and MWC’s annual Iron
Pen Contest, which is a 24-hr. writing challenge based on a prompt.
I went with the Fiction category and threw in
everything I’d learned up to that point about the workings of the mystery genre,
writers’ critique groups, plus a big dose of humor, and I won a first-place
medal. It became the basis for a one-act play for the readers theatre group
that makes its home at CASI.
Introducing our cast members for Friday's performance:
Mark Davidsaver
as Marvin (Marv), a horror writer and Zombiephile.
Myrna State
as Lois, a retired teacher hoping to write a memoir.
Larry D’Autremont
as Harold, the beleaguered group leader.
Cindy Irwin
as Beth, the newest member of the group.
Bev Dean as Sally, Beth’s
friend and fellow writer.
Katie Britcher
as a poet looking to expand her writing.
Jane Cranston
as Georgette, a romance writer looking for a little love in everything.
The play begins as everyone has returned from a break
…
Do
come and enjoy!
Did
I mention it’s FREE?!
