Wyatt Kuether AEA

Wyatt Kuether
Playwriting Resume

Shows Receiving Production/Readings:

hindsight
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
(2004 Studio Production. Dir. Andrew Claude.)

Toy Box Theatre Co. NYC
(2005 Reading. Dir. David Michael Holmes.)

On Impulse Theatre Co. NYC
(Slated for Staged reading 2008.)

11 in 1 out
Rubicon Theatre Project. Chicago.
(Fall 2006. Opened Sept. 15, Closed Oct. 15. Apollo Theatre. Dir. Scott Allen Luke.)

Commun-I-Cation
On Impulse Theatre Co. and El B TV as a televised event.
(Airs Spring 2007)

Shows Yet to Receive Production/Readings:

Ripped
On Impulse Theatre Co. NYC.
(Slated for Staged reading 2008.)

The Journal of Mark Herrington
On Impulse Theatre Co. NYC.
(Slated for Staged reading 2008.)

Shows in Development:

Metaphor
On Impulse Theatre Co. NYC (Slated for Production Summer 2009.)

The Fights We’ve Had
On Impulse Theatre Company. NYC (Production t.b.a.)

Training:

Playwriting: Kyle Bostian PhD.


Education:

B.F.A. in Acting University of Wisconsin Stevens Point 2004
(Cum Laude)

Other Writings:

Manifesto of Language
(http://www.onimpulsetheatre.com/id13.html)

Working Title
(A Series of Short Plays.)

Current Projects:

PoE-ET-TRee
(A Collection of Poems.)

Memoria
(A Three Part Film.)

Acting Like a Pro
(A Documentary.)

Guys Weekend
(A Tragedy.)

Memoria: The Novel


Synopsis

11 in 1 out

An exploration deep into the inner workings of the White Middle Class American Male, as seen through the eyes of the 11 men that reside in him.

Each of us, and by us I am talking about the White Middle Class American Male, has 11 different personalities that reside inside us. 1 is allowed to be seen by society: A student, a co-worker, a husband. All of these roles fight for the lead position constantly, and take control when they are allowed. Through the dissection of The Young Man these voices share the trials, tribulations, pains and pleasures of their time in control. The everyday problems of gender, race and sexuality blur through these 11 personalities. Through their voices, or lack there of, they show that the difference between any two people is really just in our heads.

Men in our society are made to be strong, in charge, rough, sexist and confident. The truth is most of the time we secretly just want our mom. No two people are as different as we are told and made to believe.

If you thought our life was easy:
You were wrong.
If we thought your life was easy:
We were wrong.

We wish this was just to entertain, but the truth is:

The differences between
YOU and US
Are invisible.

Six Men, One Woman. One Set. About 75 Minutes.

11 in 1 out Received its World Premiere in September 2006 by Chicago’s Rubicon Theatre Project at the Apollo Studio Theatre.
Directed by: Scott Allen Luke.

Rubicon's Release:

11 in 1 out, is a toxic, but heartwarming, exploration through the mind of an artist. Taking place in the subconscious of this artist, this monologue show demonstrates how individual facets of the personality clash and collide, but ultimately join forces uniting in a symbolic and cerebral prison break from the iron bars of society. Each piece explores the emotional and mental vices that societal mores force us to cling to in relationships. We all have images in our minds of what relationships are supposed to be like, and the surrounding world is to blame for us having preconceived notions at all. 11 in 1 out proves that all we're really looking for is acceptance, love and to be understood. Simply admitting that life is hard is sometimes the best psychological antibiotic of all.

What's Being Said About 11 in 1 out:

Saw the show on Friday night...LOVED IT! I'm serious! It was such an
interesting look into a male's psyche. Fantastic solid cast.
Great writing, great show....it's interesting, and new and fresh and not
like a lot of the theatre that's out there right now. I think it's gonna
do great!

-Kelly McLaughlin. Big Mouth Talent, Chicago.




hindsight

A Birthday, Addiction, and True Realizations result in two men discovering the reality about each other, in a heartbreaking story of one’s eyes finally being opened.

Smokey, an easily controlled young man needing a hero, and Steve, a full time drug dealer wanting to be somebody, celebrate Smokey’s birthday. Steve’s present laced with something new does irrevocable damage to the friend who looks up to him most. Without the use of his eyes Smokey stumbles through the relationship that the two friends have had and who needs who. In a dilapidated house without food, or safety one has to rely on the closest thing to you. When the past comes to new light and the fog has lifted, bleeding, battered, confused and poor, Smokey can finally see his so called hero for what he is, only to scream it to no one.

Hindsight explores addiction whither it be chemical, emotional, or social. And, the burden of responsibility. In a world of dependency what will one do to stay alive, and what is worth the risk of not?


The self that seeks truth, can also destroy the things that once had meaning.

2 men (25 and 30), 1 set. About 50 minutes in length.




Ripped

A Bar, A Bet, St. Valentine and Kama? Did I mention a live video feed of Earth? A metaphysical comedic love story filled with off the wall pranks, cheats, and four hundred dollars results in a journey over the lives of two people ripped from the same soul. Will they or won’t they end up together?

Val and Kama, both addicted to gambling sit in the Bar of Heavenly Delights pondering on what to place a bet on next. Having recently exhausted most sports, and agreeing not to mess with the results of anything else they decide to rip a soul in two, send it to Earth and place a four hundred dollar bet on the table. Will the two unfortunate humans find each other and live happily ever after or will they live in utter misery and anguish always knowing something is missing. Each gambler determined to win secretly goes behind the back of their competitor, resulting in lies, comas, and deaths. The Bar Keep does his best to mediate with little avail. Fate runs it’s course and both gamblers end up with a lot of explaining to do.


A multi-media, multi-plane-of-existence comedy proves don’t bet on fate, even if you’re cheating.


Five Men, Two Women. One set, split in two.
About Eighty minutes long.




The Journal of Mark Herrington

THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG is a complicated battle with many variables. When Senator xxxxxx’s campaign trail crosses paths with one small town police officer’s daily life, these variables become as lucid as a dream. Mark Herrington is sworn to his duty as a police officer, and he is sworn to his duty of honoring the memory of his Mother, who has long since passed do to xxxxxx Insurance Company and their amazing ability to find loop holes in their own coverage plans. Visiting Senator xxxxxx, whose campaign is funded by xxxxxx Insurance Company, is under the watchful eye of his appointed shadow, Mark. Assigned to Senator xxxxxx’s protection day and night, what will Mark do when another man visits with plans to kill the public figure Mark is sworn to protect? With the memory of his mother hanging over his head, his sense of right and wrong, and his moral obligation to his job, how is Mark to negotiate through the chains pulling him in every direction?

IN THIS NON-LINEAR, EXPRESSIONIST POLITICAL DRAMA Mark struggles with these problems, reliving the past events through his Journal, Mark hunts for the answer to his question:

“I think it was someone else...I’m pretty damn sure it was someone
else, his eyes looked so familiar though...He reminded me of
something. Something so...ah...familiar, he reminded me of
something so similar, like a reflection or something. I don’t
know, I’m not good at metaphors or anything, but it reminded
me of something. Hate? I don’t know. Uh? Where was I?”

Six Men (Age Varies), 1 Woman; One Set; 75 Minutes in Length.




Check out the Manifesto of Language at:

www.onimpulsetheatre.com

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