Hal Corley

Hal Corley: Two of Hal's plays, "An Ounce of Prevention" and "Finding Donis Anne," have been widely performed (Seattle Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, the Walnut Street Theatre, Westbeth, and in Atlanta, LA, Boston and Charlotte). Recent: "Wooing Milo," Premiere Stages (NJ) 2010 Holiday Play Festival; "Brush the Summer By," Adirondack Theatre Festival, Summer 2010; "A Man Who Knows How to Hold a Baby," Circus Theatricals, Los Angeles, in rep May-July; "Best of Fest," Oct. - Nov. 2010; "ODD,"* winner, 2007 Premiere Stages Play Festival, excerpted in S&K's Best Stage Scenes of 2008; "Legion," New Conservatory Theatre Center, SF; and "Easter Monday*," Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, NY, excerpted in Exceptional Monologues 2*. Leading playwriting workshops, Hal has three times been Guest-Artist-in-Residence at the Theatre Artists Studio, Scottsdale, AZ, where his "Suocera" and "Mama and Jack Carew*" were performed in rep, Jan - Feb. 2011. The Studio also staged Hal's "Peoria" (2009) and "The Death Bite" (2007), to be excerpted in S&K's The Best Women's Monologues and Scenes of 2011, and six of his 10-minute plays. One, "1959," was a finalist for the 2010 Actors Theatre of Louisville Heideman Award. Hal's newest one-acts: "Executive Order 10450" was produced by Washington, DC's Source Theatre in their 2011 Summer Festival, "Stalking Pollyanna" in LA's Eclectic Theatre's Hurricane Season Fest, and "Officer Darling" in the Theatre Out, Santa Ana, CA 2011 Briefs.

*published by Samuel French, Inc.