#directing class

This is the poster I made for a one-act show adaptation of Radio Silence by Alice Oseman that I am making for my directing class at my community college (we are making no money off of it and she is being credited). I was hoping to be able to show the script to Alice to see if she likes it and to maybe be able to send her a recording of the play when it is actually performed or maybe the very very rare possibility for her to be able to come see it. Radio Silence means so much to me and this is a project I am very proud of. And I am excited to see the story come to life on a stage :)

PS. The Stars Are Always on Your Side

@aliceoseman, @chronicintrovert

*this is a copy of my post from the theatre kids community*

So, this is insane, but a shitty 30-minute play I wrote for my senior project in high school is being staged at a college, for a SECOND TIME.

Timeline:

May 2023– wrote a 20-minute, part-verbatim play for my senior project in high school October 2023– I pitched said play concept to a professor for the mainstage play for the next semester (in college), it got picked to be reworked into a 10-minute play February 2024– it premieres for an actual audience as a staged reading as a part of the mainstage season November 2024– I submit it to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) for shits and gigs December 2024– I get an email from KCACTF saying that my play was chosen, and I'm going to a week-long conference??? January 2025– I stage it again at my college as a part of a preview of works going to festivals (KCACTF, SETC, etc) February 2025– I go to the KCACTF Region IV conference, we do a staged reading with a student director and a dramaturg and a whole casting process, and I get my regional finalist award (6 per region, 8 regions, I'm 1/48 regional finalists in the country???) May 2025– my professor asks for permission to stage it for the college's ten-minute play festival as a part of their series for the local arts festival, and it's produced for a paying audience??? September 2025– I have transferred colleges, and I submitted it to the student theatre group for them to do a staged reading. October 2025– I get an email saying they want to produce it as a part of their November staged reading with a director and actors!!!!

Meanwhile, I've listed the script on NPX, and got it formatted with a print-on-demand service so I can get physical, official scripts, AND I set up my own website and mailing list, and people can now like license my play???

This is literally so crazy and surreal 😭

Like people read it and were like, "hmmmm how about an award and also produce it and order copies to read," like it's INSANE!

Anyway, like in my head, I'm still a little middle school theatre kid reading Mean Girls the musical fan-fiction on my iPad, so this is crazy, but I guess I'm like a whole 20-year-old adult now??? And a theatre professional??? And award-winning playwright 🤮

Ew, yuck, disgusting, puke, gross.

Anyway, if anyone wants to read it, it's called Overturned (by me, Amber Dunton) on New Play Exchange (a lot of colleges and some high schools give you access with your student email address through the library), or it's on my website!

Also, like content warning (because I'm a responsible adult) for swear words, medical settings, and mentions of abortion.

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