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Derek Lee McPhatter

DEREK LEE MCPHATTER

  
Nationality:    USA
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Derek's writing honors, residencies and awards include: commissions from UCLA (It Goes Unsaid) and Freedomtrain Productions (Bring the Beat Back); grants and awards from the Jerome Foundation, the Puffin Foundation, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the Harlem Arts Alliance, and the United States Embassy in the United Kingdom. His work has been presented/supported by The Institute of Contemporary Arts (London), UCLA, Harlem Stage, the Bowery Poetry Club, Harlem9,Horse Trade Theater Group, Brooklyn's Jack Theater, and The Fire This Time Festival, with two plays published by Indie Theater Now. In 2013, he co-created the indie webseries, She's Out of Order , with his collaborators at Under the Spell Productions, Inc. Other credits include selection for the 2013 Disney-ABC Diversity Impact Workshop; top 10% placement in the 2012 Austin Film Festival(sitcom category); and a 2012 fellowship in the final year of the Guy Hanks and Marvin Miller Screenwriting Program, sponsored by Bill and Camille Cosby. For several years, he worked at Harlem's Apollo Theater, developing new arts and entertainment programs as he built his writing portfolio. He holds a BA from Morehouse College and an MA from NYU. Derek is originally from Pickerington, Ohio. He has lived in Atlanta, GA and Osaka Japan, and currently splits his time between Chicago, New York and Los Angeles.

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         Better Destiny for Bethany, A         Bring the Beat Back         Citizen Jane         It Goes Unsaid         Lattice Crashes, The         On Troubled Waters         Undercover On Another Day Of Absence

Better Destiny for Bethany, A

Synopsis:
Bethany's the biggest fan for the best-est boy band you've never heard of. And tonight she's finally putting the publicity stunts, medications, restraining orders, hallucinations and whatever else behind her. . .we hope.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
part of Accidental Discharge Impossible. This program of new short plays is inspired by classic print Ads that Are Actually A bit shocking. the Drafts Fest is the collaborative effort of six playwrights, six directors, And eight multifaceted Actors. Playwrights receive randomly compiled cast lists And create stories tailored to the Drafts based on this year's theme, Accidental Discharge Impossible.

1st Produced:
the Red Room
85 East 4th Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10003    05 May 2011

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1st Published:
in "Accidental Discharge Impossible", http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

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short play

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Bring the Beat Back

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Amid the diffusion of the term "post black black," in American society And Art, seven up-and-coming playwrights of African descent including Deborah Asiimwe, Radha Blank, Kelley Girod, Katori Hall, Derek Lee McPhatter, Germono Toussaint, And Pia Wilson have come together to Answer these questions. the Fire This Time Festival showcases new short plays As A special Black History Month offering At the Horse Trade theater. the Festival explores the diverse possibilities of contemporary American Drama And challenging new directions for 21st century black theatre.
- nytheatre.com

1st Produced:
the Red Room, NY, USA >>>    04 Feb 2010

Organisations:
Horse Trade Theatre Group

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short play

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Citizen Jane

Synopsis:
the future and on the Super-Network superhero Citizen Jane

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1st Produced:
Fire This Time Festival, New York    2010

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1st Published:
in "The Fire This Time Festival Season One", http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

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Ten minute play

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It Goes Unsaid

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by Derek McPhatter, Rhonney Greene, Teresa Michelle Lasley

1st Produced:
Poet's Den, NY    2007

Organisations:
Under the Spell Productions

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Lattice Crashes, The

Synopsis:
Unless a computer technician on the super-network can recover the "true story" about a gay-bashing event at a college in 2002, the incident will be deleted from history. Yet no one is telling the truth - not the victim, not the assailant, and certainly not their mothers. Featuring a cast of seven and set literally inside a computer network, the Lattice Crashes is conceived as a two-act play with live performances by seven principal actors, interspersed with multimedia components and experimental sound.
- nytheatre.com

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the tank

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Play/Drama

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On Troubled Waters

Synopsis:
Three challengers confront a madman on a bridge

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1st Produced:
Fire This Time Festival, New York    2011

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Undercover On Another Day Of Absence

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1st Produced:
-    2011

Organisations:
Harlem 9

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