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ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT:
Among those who have produced the work of Mr. Wells are Circle Repertory Company (NYC), The Greenwich House Theatre (NYC), Mesa College (San Diego), New Mexico Rep (Santa Fe), Dallas Museum of Fine Art (Dallas), The Glines (NYC), Wings Theatre (NYC), Iridium Jazz Club (NYC), Els Mullats (Barcelona, Spain), AYTB Productions (Boston) and a host of theatres from coast to coast. He is a three-time winner of the Spotlight On Best Play Award for Excellence in Off-Off Broadway Theatre. Edward is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America.
You can read all the work of the playwright at http://www.geocities.com/edwardcrosbywells
ABOUT THE MAN:
For the moment I can tell you that I'm a confused individual. I'm bipolar and medicated. I've never spent much time on the upswing and the depressions can be a death watch. I tend to be self-destructive. The minute you love me is the signal for me to do something horrible to turn you against me. And, you know what? I used to think, once upon a time, I was unique that way, but since then I've learned that there is definitely a Human pattern for hurting ourselves, those we love or both. Many a Human Being has been slaughtered on the battlefield in the name of Love and God. Must be the Adam and Eve gene.
I love comfort, but I don't do things for money--I certainly don't write plays for money. I don't know why I write with a passion--I only know I must or maybe only want to more than I want to do anything else. I am driven to be famous, but it's still a long drive and I'm running out of gas. I spend at least eight hours every day of the week at the computer trying to write the next big sensation. I've been trying for many years. I'm sixty-two and if I stop the dream now I'm afraid I'll find I have no reason to get out of bed in the morning.
I'm a man with the hope of a child.
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My Interests

Everything interests me really. I'm not being coy here. I haven't met or seen a thing that hasn't interested me to one degree or another.

I'd like to meet:

Alexander the Great, Tennessee Williams, Joe Orton, Edward Albee, Gandhi, Satan, God and you on a rainy evening in a candle lit room--chocolates, hot cocoa and little sandwiches piled high next to the bong. Since you and Albee are still here, I'm still hoping.

In the present tense, I'd like to meet genuine, caring folk who let it all hang out with the vulnerability of being.

I'd like to meet people who behave like Christians ought to behave--real Christians who never say they are, but show it through their actions. The moment you tell me how good you are is the moment I begin to think about how the hell to get as far away from you as quickly as I can. To be clear, I am no way even close to any kind of religiosity. If anything, I'm a Pagan and a recovering Catholic. I just happen to think that The Sermon on the Mount is a pretty neat piece of literature.

I'd like to meet Brad Pitt in the middle of the night sitting on the side of my bed as I awaken to realize that he had been watching me sleep. And, then I would love to . . .

. . . meet you on a planet where there is but one people connected and sharing a single Self--and I would like that planet to be the planet Earth.

Music:

I love music, but I tend to focus on lyrics and leave the music to enhance the words and to serve as atmosphere. And, I love the music of the Human voice when it rises above the everyday, forcing one to listen to the singer and not the song, but when the song and the voice are one--there is magic.

Movies:

Dogville and Zentropa. I watch them every few months and each time I find more and each time I feel more and learn more about the Human Spirit. I am prone to seek out a film based on the director. Some of my favorite directors are: Lars Von Trier, David Lynch (Eraserhead and The Grandmother can be seen on the same DVD), David Cronenberg (eXistenz and Videodrome), Wim Wender, Uli Edel (for directing Last Exit to Brooklyn), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (love Querelle), Ang Lee, Bergman, Altman, Visconti, Fellini, Pasolini--all the usual suspects.

Television:

All guilty pleasures: American Idol, Boston Legal, Heroes, Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty and re-runs of Northern Exposure.

Books:

Late 19th to early 20th Century. My favorite writers are E. F. Benson, Montaigne, Proust, Joyce (his short stories), Gertrude Stein, Thomas Mann, D.H. Lawrence, Saki (H.H. Munro), and for something contemporary, I love Anne Rice's vampire books. There are so many gifted writers who have entertained and/or shown me so many pieces of my Self.

Heroes:

Heroes kind of happen. It's like being in the right place at the right time. There are so many people I admire, but I don't believe I have any heroes except perhaps those who are blessed with the amazing grace to touch our lives and by their touch leave us feeling better about ourselves than we would otherwise allow ourselves to feel.

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PINK GIN FOR THE BLUES - A Short Monologue for a Mature Drag Queen by ECW

AT RISE TRICK, a mature drag queen, sips a pink gin while seated, speaking to an invisible bartender. TRICK: I don't know. Crime has become institutionalized, hasn't it? From the bottom ...
Posted by Edward Crosby Wells on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:41:00 PST

THE VIRGIN AND THE VAMPIRE - A One-Minute Play by ECW

SHE: (Sitting on loveseat.) Would you care for some coffee? HE: (Sitting next to her.) I love coffee, but I can only drink it when the world is asleep. SHE: The world? Surel...
Posted by Edward Crosby Wells on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:50:00 PST

A REALLY BIG BOAT - A One-Minute Play by ECW

BASIL & NIGEL, two flamboyant Brits, lean over the rail of the Titanic sipping champagne. Night. BASIL: What a glorious evening on the Titanic. Oh, dear! This champagne is going di...
Posted by Edward Crosby Wells on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:09:00 PST

OIL SPILL - A One-Minute Play by ECW

MUFFY and DARLING are standing and looking through the fourth wall. DARLING: Stand back, Muffy. It's all covered in oil. Look at that poor bird. Don't stand so close.&nb...
Posted by Edward Crosby Wells on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:38:00 PST

SAMSON AND DELILAH - A 10-Minute Play by ECW

AT RISE: SAMSON is stretched across the bed. He is wearing only his under wear, or nothing at all. DELIAH is brushing her hair at the vanity. She is wearing a slip or nothing at all. New Orleans...
Posted by Edward Crosby Wells on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:18:00 PST

THE MADAM AND THE MOUSER - A One-Minute Play by ECW

THE MADAM AND THE MOUSER MADAM is hovering over MOUSER who is on his hands and knees. MOUSER: (Holding out a piece of cheese.) They say the bell tolls for thee, but I can't find thee anywhere...
Posted by Edward Crosby Wells on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:22:00 PST

ON THE ART OF HONESTY

The other day a dear friend and emerging writer asked me to read a short story she had written about two gay men facing a terrible tragedy. She asked me if a straight woman could achieve an auth...
Posted by Edward Crosby Wells on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 07:46:00 PST

ON REJECTION

Sometimes I think how those of us in the Arts must befriend Rejection, court it and smile in the face of it. Rejection ought to be bottled and served up in a syringe as a vaccination against tak...
Posted by Edward Crosby Wells on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:35:00 PST

ON THINGS YET TO DO AND THE NATURE OF PLAYWRITING

Today my Yahoo horoscope said the following: "Create a list of must-do activities and must-visit places. Be ambitious." Who am I to tempt fate or disappoint the person sitting in a cubbyh...
Posted by Edward Crosby Wells on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:34:00 PST