John Crutchfield

Plays

Productions

2007

Twelve Treatises on Memory, produced as part of the Catalyst Series, North Carolina Stage Company (forthcoming) (Asheville, NC)

Die Physiker/The Physicists, a bilingual adaptation of the play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, co-produced by the Department of Theatre and Dance and Department of Foreign Languages, Appalachian State University.

“Caliban’s Dream,” a solo performance incorporating movement and spoken verse, premiered at the Asheville Fringe Festival (Asheville, NC)

Jack-In-The-Park Tales, a one-act adaptation of selected Jack Tales, commissioned and produced by The Blowing Rock Stage Company (Blowing Rock, NC)

 

2006

And Other Stories, a new full-length play, premiered as part of ASU Department of Theatre and Dance season (Boone, NC)

The Songs of Robert (ensemble version) presented by The Lenoir-Rhyne Players and Hickory Community Theatre (Hickory, NC)

Excerpts from The Songs of Robert performed on “A Dark Night” at The Red Elephant Club (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Twelve Treatises on Memory given staged reading as winner of Odyssey Stage New Play Award (Chapel Hill, NC)

Yearbook, an interdisciplinary performance combining spoken verse and choreography, produced by Jynormous Theatre Company at the Asheville Fringe Festival (Asheville, NC)

 

2005

Bob Agonistes premiered at Playcrafters New Play Festival (ASU, Boone, NC)

The Songs of Robert performed at the Greer Studio Theatre, a collaborative production of Jynormous Theatre Company and the Appalachian State University Department of Theatre and Dance (Boone, NC)

The Songs of Robert performed at The Blowing Rock Stage Company (Blowing Rock, NC)

The Songs of Robert performed at Galapagos (Brooklyn, NY

The Songs of Robert performed at the Asheville Fringe Festival (Asheville, NC)

Premier of full-length play Twelve Treatises on Memory, a collaborative production of Jynormous Theatre company and the Appalachian State University Department of Theater and Dance (Boone, NC)

 

2004

Excerpts from The Songs of Robert performed as solo piece in the Men’s Dance Festival, (Asheville, NC)

Full-length version of lyric drama The Songs of Robert, a collaborative production of Blue Shift Theatre Ensemble, Watauga High School Drama Program, and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church (Boone, NC)

Staged reading of Twelve Treatises on Memory at Alabama Shakespeare Festival (Montgomery, AL)

Expanded one-act version of “The Songs of Robert” produced at the Badische Landesmedienzentrum (Karlsruhe, Germany)

One-act plays “opus postumus” and “The Songs of Robert” produced at the Amerikanische Bibliothek (Karlsruhe, Germany)

Short play “On the House” produced as part of Offstage Theatre’s “Barhoppers Series” (Charlottesville, VA)

One-act plays “opus postumus” and “The Songs of Robert” produced at the Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe as part of the English Literary Festival (Karlsruhe, Germany)

 

2003

Multi-media performance piece, “Seven Glimpses,” combining original poetry and movement, created in collaboration with Sans Pointe Dance, produced at the Birmingham Children’s Dance Foundation (Birmingham, AL)

Dance performance, “The Washing of the Water,” created in collaboration with Michelle Whittington and Katy DeMouy, produced at the Birmingham Children’s Dance Foundation (Birmingham, AL)

Multi-media performance piece, “Letters From the Unconscious,” combining movement and video, created in collaboration with X Factor Dance and video artist Ed Midgett, produced at Appalachian State University (Boone, NC)

 

2002

One-act plays “Infinite Divergent Series” and “Trinity” produced by Appalachian State University Department of Theatre and Dance (Boone, NC)

Verse play Ruth, produced by Blue Shift Theatre Ensemble in collaboration with Lenoir Rhyne College (Hickory, NC)

Short play “Going Home,” produced at North Carolina Governor’s School East (Raleigh, NC)

 

2001

Multi-media performance piece, “Arriving As If,” combining original poetry, music, and movement, and created in collaboration with X Factor Dance, produced at Kennedy Performance Center (Raleigh, NC) and at Appalachian State University (Boone, NC)

Verse play Ruth (staged reading), produced at North Carolina Governor’s School East (Raleigh, NC)

 

1999

Verse play Songs of Robert, produced by Blue Shift Theatre Ensemble in collaboration with Lees McRae College (Banner Elk, NC)

 

1998

One-act verse play Songs of Robert, produced at North Carolina Governor’s School East (Laurinburg, NC)

 

1994

Brother John, produced by Endymion Theater Company (Boone, NC)