The guests are late, the grid is on the fritz, and sirens blast out dire warnings of impending doom as recently deceased corpses rise from the grave as UNDEAD CANNIBALS, devouring humans and spreading the ZOMBIE VIRUS. The desperate survivors band together in the flux of what’s real and unreal, fighting for their lives against the undead, against the machines, and against each other. This aggressive black comedy explores the Great Replacement Theory to its logical, self-destructive ends.
First public reading on Sunday, Oct. 20 3pm, $5 Stissing Center, Pine Plains
Here is my stage adaptation of Truman Capote’s masterwork, IN COLD BLOOD. I was commissioned by Steve Beckler, and the Capote estate gave us permission to use the book. The rights have since reverted back to the estate, but I think this is one of my best pieces. Let me know what you think.
I am deeply honored and thrilled to be included among the many outstanding writers in this new publication of monologues for the stage. Here is my piece, AUNT PITTIPAT IN THE TOWER, that is included in the Extended Monologues section, right after Spalding Gray! Hope you enjoy.
I was commissioned a few years ago by Steve Beckler to adapt Capote’s non-fiction novel. We had the rights from the Capote estate, but the rights have since reverted back. I’m looking for a production of this somewhere that might induce the estate to give back the rights for a full production.
This is a work-in-progress, the opening of a larger vaudeville about the end of the world. I wrote it, recorded it on my computer, sent it over to the UK where my brilliant partner Will Todd composed the underscoring over night. Let me know what you think.
Robert Brustein, in the New Republic magazine, gave us this review from our initial 2001 student production of THE SCREAMS OF KITTY GENOVESE, at the Boston Conservatory of Music.
This is a recording made at the New York Music Theatre Festival in NYC, 2006, at St. Clemant’s Church. It was a fantastic experience and had an amazing cast and crew and team. These are songs and excerpts, the credits are listed below. We are still looking for a first major production of THE SCREAMS OF KITTY GENOVESE.
CREDITS:
David Simpatico: Story/Libretto
Will Todd: Music/Orchestrations
David Edwards: Director
Mary-Mitchell Campbell: Music Supervisor
Randall Eng: Music Director
KittyGProductions: Producer
Graphic: Yoko Ichikawa
Cheryl Alexander: Frannie
Brendan Byrnes: Vinny
Elizabeth DeRosa: Cathy
Shawna M. Hamic: Betty
Amy Justman: Martha
Kevin Kern: Jimmy
Arthur W. Marks: Winston
Michael McKinsey: Marty
Jody Reynard: Baby
Sheri Sanders: Kitty
Russell H. Saylor III: Mac
Melanie Vaughan: Mommy
Stephen Cabral: Newscaster
David Simpatico, Dramatist 