Give My Regards to Nowhere: A Director's Tale (The Dwayne Finnegan Series) - Softcover

Engling, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0977661075 ISBN 13: 9780977661077

Publisher: Polarity Ensemble Books, 2023

Synopsis

Welcome to Chicago theater—where the egos are huge, the budgets are tiny, and everything that can go wrong, does.

In this “rollicking ride through the underbelly of the acting world” (Midwest Book Review) director Dwayne Finnegan is just one brilliant production away from Broadway. His plan? A radical reimaging of Shakespeare’s least-favorite play with bold choreography, Jimi Hendrix guitars, and the hottest cast in the city of Chicago.

But when the show’s producer cuts out with the cash, Dwayne decides to produce it himself. Putting his marriage, his career, and his sanity on the line, Dwayne oversees a cascade of backstage disasters and hilariously bad decisions.

Give My Regards to Nowhere is a sharp, funny, and heartfelt novel about ambition, creativity, and the beautiful chaos of making live theatre.

Perfect for fans of:

• Backstage comedies and satire
• Smart, character-driven humor
• Chicago-set fiction
• Authors like Carl Hiaasen and Christopher Moore
• TV and movies like Slings and Arrows, Mozart in the Jungle, and Waiting for Guffman

“absurd comic hi-jinx”
– Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

“lively, fun, and welcoming…a pleasure to read”
–The BookLife Prize

“a delightful satirical journey through the trials and tribulations of producing a play…hilarious”
–Chicago OnStage

Book One of the Dwayne Finnegan Series

About this title

About the Author

Richard Engling is an actor, director, playwright, novelist and musician. His books have been published by Penguin/Putnam, Headline House UK, and Polarity Ensemble Books. He played drums with the jazz quartet Midnight Blue for several years. He was co-founder and Artistic Director of Polarity Ensemble Theatre.Richard holds a Masters of Arts in Creative Writing from Indiana University and majored in Theatre as an undergraduate at Northern Illinois University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois, with his wife Gail.Find more information about Richard's events and upcoming work at www.richardengling.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Polarity Ensemble Books
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0977661075
• ISBN 13: 9780977661077
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 282