tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31307819118145035142024-03-13T21:09:37.150-07:00Plays About LovePlays, about love, by Kevin SixAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17162681872562963839noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130781911814503514.post-33477027314686449122015-05-16T10:35:00.000-07:002015-05-16T10:35:00.497-07:00Hey hive mind, should I sue?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was promised a fair sum of money to write a play for a well-known cultural institution in San Diego. I delivered and, a short time later, there was a board meeting in which everything changed. The program was canceled and, while there was a promise to get the playwrights paid, no such thing has happened.<br />
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My question is: should I bother with trying to collect?</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17162681872562963839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130781911814503514.post-6494732827950953532015-02-12T23:18:00.002-08:002015-02-12T23:18:10.969-08:00Why Plays About Love<h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kevin Six's Plays About Love</span></span></span></h2>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My plays are about what strong, smart, funny people do with the powerful emotion called love. Some fight it (<i>The Rules of Engagement</i>), some negotiate (<i>Love Negotiated</i>), some miss out (<i>The Art of Love</i>), and some come to accept it (<i>Patsy Presley and the Patron Saints of Swing</i>). But all of my characters do these things in funny, touching and entertaining ways. I hope you like my stuff.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://wsimmonsandassociates.blogspot.com/2012/05/love-negotiated.html" target="_blank">Love Negotiated</a></span></span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cast: 4 W, 4 M </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This hilarious comedy is about love, except no one knows what love is. Some try, some succeed, some fail but all are trying to negotiate love amongst lawyers, exes, pre-nuptial agreements, post-nups and a lot of fear. Keep an eye out for details on a new publisher in 2012. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://wsimmonsandassociates.blogspot.com/2012/05/rules-of-engagement.html" target="_blank">The Rules of Engagement</a></span></span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cast: 7 W, 2 M </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This play serves up several opportunities for women and especially women in stage combat. Follow Libby/Presta as she traverses the states of woman from maid, to lover, to mother to crone and even Goddess. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://wsimmonsandassociates.blogspot.com/2012/05/patsy-presley-and-patron-saints-of.html" target="_blank">Patsy Presley and the Patron Saints of Swing</a></span></span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cast: 1 W, 3 M, Band </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Follow Patsy Presley from angry female Elvis impersonator to a talented singer/songwriter who' feels love. Accompanied by The Patron Saints of Swing, this musical features America's best: Country, Rock-n-Roll, Punk and the Blues. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://wsimmonsandassociates.blogspot.com/2012/06/art-of-love.html" target="_blank">The Art of Love</a></span></span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cast: 5 W, 6 M</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Three 10-minute scenes that take place in galleries of the San Diego Museum of Art. A great one act or three great 10-minute pieces about losing and finding love.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://wsimmonsandassociates.blogspot.com/2012/06/no-problem.html" target="_blank">No Problem</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cast: 2 actors</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">See if you can follow what One is saying to Two. Kevin can't and he wrote it. We think you'll love it. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdAfSuudcPg" target="_blank">See the video</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://yotamak.blogs.com/kevin_six_blog/2008/06/finally-a-publi.html" target="_blank">The Cake Women</a></span></span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cast: 4 W, 1 M </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Paul can't get it right with women -- and his former girlfriends haunt him when he's with the new ones. <i>The Cake Women</i> is published by<a href="http://www.smithandkraus.com/htdocs/index.php" target="_blank"> Smith & Kraus</a>, and available online at <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/2007/Lawrence-Harbison/e/9781575255903/?itm=2" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble.</a></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17162681872562963839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130781911814503514.post-86777208870718709492015-02-12T23:17:00.001-08:002015-02-12T23:17:26.413-08:00Kevin Six's Playwriting Bio<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Kevin Six</span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> was the 2009-11 Playwright
in Residence at Swedenborg Hall. His play, The Art of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Love, </i>was the 2008 winner of The
Scripteasers’ Script Tease of Short Plays, and performed at the Last Frontier Theatre Conference
in 2013. Kevin's play <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Cake Women</i> was
published in 2008 in Smith and Kraus’ <u>The Best 10-Minute Plays of 2007</u>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Kevin’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Love Negotiated</i> was a finalist in the 2006 Diverse Voices Playwriting
Contest sponsored by the Hinton Battle Theatre Laboratory, was produced to
critical success in 2008 and published by Next Stage Press in 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kevin
has directed for 6<sup>th</sup>@Penn, Lotus Theatre Collective, and New Play
Cafe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As an actor, he has appeared at Compass,
Intrepid Shakespeare, the Old Globe, Fritz, the Marquis, Swedenborg Hall and Scripps
Ranch theatres as well as on several industrial and commercial film projects.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17162681872562963839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130781911814503514.post-89635596442897945642015-02-12T23:16:00.002-08:002015-02-12T23:16:25.157-08:00How to Contact Kevin Six<h3>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kevin Six can be reached many ways...</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Address: 3276 Ashford Street, Suite B, San Diego, CA 92111</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:Kevin@KevinSix.com" target="_blank">Kevin@KevinSix.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Website: <a href="http://www.kevinsix.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.KevinSix.com</a><a href="http://www.kevinsix.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Literary - W. Simmons & Associates</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">E-mail: <a href="mailto:Simmons.Associates@gmail.com" target="_blank">Info@WSimmonsAndAssociates.com</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Acting - Shamon Freitas Talent Agency</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.shamonfreitas.com/agency.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ShamonFreitas.com</a></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="mailto:carol@shamonfreitas.com" target="_blank">E-Mail Carol Shamon </a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="mailto:frank@shamonfreitas.com" target="_blank">E-Mail Frank DiPalermo</a></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17162681872562963839noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3130781911814503514.post-59840169832188535522015-02-12T23:15:00.002-08:002015-02-12T23:15:40.472-08:00Videos of Kevin's Plays<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Videos of Kevin's Work (please note that plays on video are never as good as plays in a theatre).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kevin' <i><b>Love Negotiated</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kevin's <i><b>No Problem</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kevin's <b>The Blood Countess</b></span></span>
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