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Brad Mays is a Los Angeles based filmmaker whose recent motion picture The Watermelon[1] premiered at the 2008 San Diego Film Festival, where it quickly achieved the top slot for audience and industry buzz. [2] [3] Written by Michael Hemmingson, The Watermelon was produced by Lorenda Starfelt at LightSong Films in North Hollywood.[4]

In 2006, Mays shot the documentary feature SING*ularity (2008) [5] which explores the training of singers at the OperaWorks[6] program in Southern California. Other films include his free-form adaptation of Euripides' The Bacchae (2000) [7] and Stage Fright (1989). [8] The Audacity of Democracy,[9][10] Mays' documentary feature about the PUMA (People United Means Action) movement and its attempts to stop Barack Obama's juggernaut presidential campaign, has been widely discussed in the media and is scheduled to be released in early 2009. [11]

Mays has also directed extensively for the stage. Several notable productions include an Off-Broadway production of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz's The Water Hen, which was praised by New York Times theatre critic Mark Matusek for "masterful comic direction" and videotaped by the Lincoln Center's Billy Rose Collection[12]; an original adaptation of Euripides' The Bacchae [13] which was nominated for three LA Weekly Theatre Awards (including Best Direction) in 1997[14] and also videotaped for the Lincoln Center's archive; and a controversial multi-media production of Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange which was also nominated for Best Direction, Best Revival Production, and Best Actress by the 2004 LA Weekly Theater Awards.[15] Vanessa Claire Smith won Best Actress for her portrayal of Alex, the psychopathic young protagonist.[16]

Director (Film)

Stage Fright (1989) Premiered at the 1989 Berlin Film Festival
The Bacchae (2003)
SING*ularity (2008) Feature Documentary
The Watermelon (2008) Premiered at the 2008 San Diego film Festival, released by Celebrity Video
The Audacity of Democracy Feature Documentary (2008)
Dead Weight (2010)[17]

Director (Theatre - partial list)

"Jack Or The Submission" by Eugene Ionesco 1974 Corner Theatre, Baltimore
"The Boys In The Band" by Mart Crowley 1975 Corner Theatre, Baltimore
"Lovers" by Brian Friel 1975 Corner Theatre, Baltimore
"The Devils" by John Whiting 1976 Corner Theatre
"Equus" by Peter Shaffer 1979 Lovegrove Alley Theatre, Baltimore
"The Bacchae" by Euripides, adapted by John Strausbaugh, Baltimore
"Chamber Music" by Arthur Kopit & "The White Whore and the Bit Player" by Tom Eyen, 1981 Corner Theatre, Baltimore
"Threepenny Opera" by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, 1982 Vagabond Players, Baltimore
"Requiem," "Joan," Stones" by Linda Chambers, 1983 Cubiculo Theatre, New York
"The Water Hen" by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1984 Theatre Off-Park, New York
"Altitude Sickness" by David Weisberg, 1885 The Wonderhorse Theatre, New York
"Dragon Slayers" by Stanley Keyes, 1986 Union Square Theatre, New York
"Dragon Slayers" by Stanley Keyes, 1990 American Puppet Theatre, Los Angeles
"Joan" by Linda Chambers, 1992 The Globe Theatre, Los Angeles
"The Bacchae" by Euripides, 1997 The Complex, Los Angeles
"Marat/Sade" by Peter Weiss, 2001 Theatre Of N.O.T.E., Los Angeles
"The Trojan Women" by Euripides, 2004 The ARK Theatre, Los Angeles
"A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess, 2004 The ARK Theatre, Los Angeles

Awards & Nominations

"Chamber Music" and "The White Whore and the Bit Player" winner of Earl Arnett "Best Of" Theatre Award, 1981"
"The Bacchae" nominated for "Best Musical Score," "Best Production Design," & "Best Direction," by LA Weekly Theatre Awards, 1988
"Marat Sade" winner of Special Critic's Award, 2001
"A Clockwork Orange" nominated for "Best Revival Production," Best Actress," "Best Direction," by LA Weekly Theatre Awards, 2004

Notes and references

  1. ^ http://www.thewatermelon.net
  2. ^ http://sdff.bside.com/2008/buzz;jsessionid=CAE159539E00DDFC7F4EA12B2A3258FA
  3. ^ IMDB: http://sdff.bside.com/2008/;jsessionid=C19317342A695C7E91BABCA5E8F18F2D
  4. ^ The Watermelon at IMDb
  5. ^ SING*ularity at IMDb
  6. ^ http://operaworks.com/index.php
  7. ^ The Bacchae at IMDb
  8. ^ Stage Fright at IMDb
  9. ^ http://www.nypost.com/seven/08212008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/hillarys_hellions_125391.htm
  10. ^ http://www.bradmays.com/audofdem.html
  11. ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/will-bower/my-history-of-puma-from-i_b_125878.html?page=7&show_comment_id=15631455#comment_15631455
  12. ^ Billy Rose collection NYPL
  13. ^ Critic Neal Weaver discusses onstage nudity
  14. ^ 1997 LA Weekly Theatre Awards: http://www.laweekly.com/1998-04-23/stage/monsters-galore/
  15. ^ LA Weekly Theatre Awards Nominations
  16. ^ LA Weekly Theatre Awards
  17. ^ http://www.deadweightproductions.com/deadweight/index.html
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