New Works & Script Development

Marianne Timmons, Jonathan Putnam and Mark Mann

In June, Herb Brown’s play You’re My Boy was given a reading in New York City.

The play traces Richard Nixon’s rocky relationship with Dwight Eisenhower during the eight years Nixon served as Ike’s Vice-President.

You’re My Boy received its world premiere at CATCO in 2005, directed by Geoffrey Nelson, who had worked with playwright Brown for several years developing the script. Boy was nominated for a GCAC Artistic Excellence Award and was a big box office draw at CATCO.

The New York reading was part of a New Play Reading Project sponsored by UCLA.  Presented in the theatre at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace Museum, the reading featured Andrew Polk as Nixon and Robert Emmet Lunney as Ike.

This is the third New York reading that Brown’s play has received.

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Geoffrey Nelson and Michael London

In May, Geoff Nelson was the featured speaker for the Ohio Playwright’s Circle in Dayton.

OPC Founder Michael London interviewed Nelson about his 25+ years of developing and producing new works, including Pierce to the Soul by Chiquita Mullins Lee, You’re My Boy by Herb Brown, Rickey by Jerry Holt and seven productions of The Shorts Festival.

Nelson also offered tips for playwrights seeking to get their plays produced.