Lear ReLoaded - A Deconstruction
December 5, 2006
LEAR ReLoaded is a deconstruction of Shakespeare's KING LEAR, is now complete. This retelling of the King Lear myth explores the weak dualities of god/man and blessing/cursing in order to underline the medieval mindset of the original work and reposition the narrative as a post-modern dramatic event. Although the play is a derivative work, it preserves much of the Bard’s original language.
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Purging Mary - Staged at Gardner-Webb University
December 5, 2006
Professor Lahaie's latest play, PURGING MARY, was staged at Gardner-Webb University in November 2005 as part of their annual Playwright's Workshop. This play is about religious hypocrisy and abortion. Professor Lahaie directed the play with an eye for rewrites and development. The photo below is of that production. PURGING MARY was also Gardner-Webb University's entry into the American College Theatre Festival (ACTF) for 2005/06.
Producers interested in working on this brand new play should contact the author directly to request a perusal manuscript. For more details about the play, see the Plays Page.
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Dogfall published in Southern Theatre Magazine!
Southern Theatre--SETC's quarterly magazine--published DOGFALL in its fall 2005 issue. We are also excited to announce that a production photo of the Gardner-Webb University production of DOGFALL graced the cover of that same issue. A very nice article (written by Dr. Alan Litsey) about the play also appeared. The photo below is from the workshop produciton of DOGFALL at Gardner-Webb University in 2004.
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Greensboro (NC) Playwrights' Forum stages Dogfall
DOGFALL was Greensboro Playwrights' Forum selection for their annual NC New Play Project 2005. The Forum presented the play from 29 April - 9 May 2005 in the City Arts Studio Theatre in Greensboro.
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Dogfall wins Mark Gilbert Award!
The Greensboro Playwrights' Forum in Greensboro, North Carolina selected DOGFALL as the 2005 winner of the Mark Gilbert New Play Award. The award carries a $500 cash prize. Further, the Forum will produced the play in their annual North Carolina New Play Project--a program that provides opportunities to living playwrights across North Carolina to produce their plays in a workshop environment. DOGFALL opened 5 May 2005 in Greensboro.
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Dogfall wins SETC New Play Award!
The Southeastern Theater Conference (SETC) recently announced that Professor Lahaie's play DOGFALL has been awarded the Getchel NEW PLAY AWARD for 2004/05. The honor carries with it a $1,000 prize, a staged reading at the SETC annual convention, and consideration for publication in SETC's Southern Theatre Magazine.
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Six Soldier Junction produced in Missouri
Six Soldier Junction: A Soldiers' Anthology is being produced at Missouri State University in February 2005. We hope to post some photographs of the production once it is completed.
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Dogfall wins NCTC New Play Award!
March 29, 2004
Charlotte, NC: This past weekend, an elite group of theater professionals gathered in the Actor’s Theater in downtown Charlotte to announce the winner of the North Carolina Theater Conference (NCTC) 2004 New Play Award, which was presented to Scot Lahaie for his play “Dogfall,” a drama about doctor-assisted suicide and the right-to-die movement. Cleveland County residents will recognize Lahaie as Director of Theater at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs.
“Dogfall” was the inaugural production in Gardner-Webb’s new Playwrights’ Workshop—an initiative in bringing new plays to the stage— which premiered in November 2003. “The focus of the workshop is not on the finished product so much as on development,” comments Lahaie. “We explore the script—rewriting and cutting as needed—as we bring it to the stage. It is very rewarding to see my play receive so much attention. It validates the hard work we put into the development of this play.”
According to Lahaie, the conflict in the play arises from the political divide separating the two main characters. “The dialectical structure of the play exposes the nasty underbelly of both arguments in the right-to-die debate—from the left and the right—thereby forcing us as an audience to seek compromise in the center.”
The NCTC New Play Award carries with it a $500 cash prize, a production grant of $500 gifted to the first full production of the play by a NCTC member theater, and a staged reading at the 2004 NCTC state convention. Additional staged readings are being arranged across the state, some as early as April 21.
Click here to learn more about NCTC New Play Award.
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Dogfall Selected as Semi-Finalist in the Last Frontier Theatre Conference
May 1, 2004
Valdez, Alaska: The 2004 selection committee for Edward Albee's Last Frontier Theatre Conference recently announced their play selections for their 2004 conference held annually in Valdez, Alaska. Professor Lahaie's play Dogfall was honored as a semi-finalist for this prestigious conference.
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North Carolina Weslyan College reads Dogfall
NCWC presented a staged reading of Dogfall at Dunn Center for the Performing Arts (Powers Recital Hall) for one night only on April 21 2004 at 7:30 pm. The play was subsequently included in the drama curriculum for students of directing. Many thanks to Professor David Blakely for his kind support and interest.
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