Pens & Strings - NOTES

About the Play

For playwrights and childhood buddies Jeff Hernandez and Brad McEntire PENS & STRINGS marks their first collaboration together on a written piece for the stage. Drawing on an original idea by Hernandez and a smattering of the life experiences of both writers, the one-act became a funny, inimate exploration of one character's real and imagined relationships with two immediate women in his life... the ex-girlfriend of his recent past and the attractive waitress right in front of him.

Director Ruth Engel, a veteran of staging the works of McEntire and a friend of both playwrights assembled a small cast of talented actors to tackle the meta-theatrical piece. It was presented on January 16th at Austin's Hyde Park Theatre as part of the 2009 FronteraFest.

About the Playwrights

Brad McEntire serves as the founding Artistic Director of Audacity Theatre Lab. His plays include ARSENIC & ROSES, FOR THE LOVE OF AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST, CHOP, A TALL TALE OF TEXAS and ANGEL IN THE BARN. He is a member of the DFW Playwrights Alliance and the Playwright's Center. McEntire also plays as one half of the improvisational comedy duo FUN GRIP and is the inventor of the solo improvisational format DRIBBLE FUNK.

For more information on Brad McEntire visit here.

Jeff Hernandez is the author of several sketches and plays, most notably the performance piece MAP OF WOE and his own adaptaion of A WINNIE-THE-POOH HOLIDAY TAIL for Plano Childrens Theatre. Jeff Hernandez holds a BFA in Fine Arts from Southern Methodist University (TX) where he was recipient of the Dan Wingren Award for Artistic Endeavor. He is currently employed by day as a seller of fine used books.

For more information on Jeff Hernandez visit here.

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