Ed Graczyk

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Edward Graczyk
Born1941 or 1942 (age 82–83)
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

Edward Graczyk

motion picture adaptation.[4]

Career

Graczyk was born in

Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, after driving to the small town of Marfa and researching the customs of the area. The legend of actor James Dean, and the closure of five-and-dime stores in this place, lent their influences to the play's development.[3]
Graczyk went on to say:

Jimmy Dean can only be described as the result of my own observations and frustrations with progress that ignores a past; the lack of personalization and pride and the recurring need of people to build facades to conceal the truths of their lives. It is the facade that makes abnormal people seem normal and the sad people seem happy. A personal observation which I feel makes the people I write about, colorful, theatrical, but most of all, honest.[8]

After his brief stay in Texas, he moved back to Ohio and served as the artistic director of the

Belgium International event.[4]

The playwright followed up Jimmy Dean with A Murder of Crows, which opened at New York's South Side Theater in September 1988.

one-man show with Keith Carradine entitled My Time Ain't Long.[8] By 2003, he was living in Ohio's Miami Valley area and was still writing plays, although in his words, "There are currently several scripts running around in my computer looking for an exit."[9] His most recent work, The Blue Moon Dancing, premiered in Dallas on August 20, 2010.[15]

Throughout his career, Graczyk has also served as a theater designer and administrator. He has worked with various institutions such as the Hartford Stage Company and the Erie Playhouse.[8]

Selected works

Year Title Source
1969 Aesop's Falables [6]
1970 Livin' de Life: A Play for Young People [7]
1971 Appleseed: A Play of Peace [16]
1971 Due to a Lack of Interest, Tomorrow Has Been Canceled[nb 1] [1]
1971 Electric Folderol [18]
1973 Courage! A Play of War [19]
1974 Weeds [8]
1976 Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
(original play)		 [10]
1982 Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
(film version)		 [10]
1988 A Murder of Crows [14]
1992 Love Janis [8]
1995 Hometown Heroes [9]
1995 My Time Ain't Long [8]
2010 Blue Moon Dancing [15]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Also known as Due to a Lack of Interest, Tomorrow Has Been Postponed.[17]

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References

  1. ^
    OCLC 7815895
    .
  2. ^ a b Allen, Jennifer (February 1, 1982). "Cher and Altman On Broadway". New York. 15 (5). New York Media LLC. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d Leffler, Mark R. (2009). "Midland Theatre Guild Looks Back At James Dean's Cult of Personality". Review Magazine. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  4. ^
    ISBN 0-573-69111-8
    .
  5. ^ Jones, Arnold Wayne (2010). "Come back to West Texas, Ed Graczyk, Ed Graczyk". Dallas Voice. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  6. ^
    ISBN 0-87602-100-3
    .
  7. ^
    ISBN 0-87602-151-8
    .
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean: The Playwright". Saint Louis University (slu.edu). Archived from the original on June 6, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  9. ^ a b c Morris, Terry (November 6, 2003). "'Five and Dime' author provides guidance on Troy Production". Dayton Daily News. p. E7. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
  10. ^
    ISBN 0-313-30185-9
    . Retrieved May 15, 2010. Come Back to the Five and Dime.
  11. Reed Business Information
    . Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  12. ^
    ISBN 0-8264-0791-9
    .
  13. ^
    ISBN 0-8057-9303-8
    .
  14. ^ a b Gussow, Mel (September 18, 1988). "Review/Theater; Metaphor and Whimsy in 'A Murder of Crows'". New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  15. ^ a b Propst, Andy (August 7, 2009). "Ed Graczyk's Blue Moon Dancing Has World Premiere in Dallas". TheaterMania.com. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  16. ISBN 0-87602-106-2
    .
  17. ISBN 1-55783-512-8
    . Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  18. OCLC 9208585
    .
  19. OCLC 4383434
    .
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External links
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