Then Waves
A Play in Two Acts
by Kevin Anthony Kautzman
1F / 3M * 90pg
© 2008
Synopsis
A discharged American soldier returns from war to do violence upon his estranged son, who may not be his at all. Set in the American Midwest, THEN WAVES explores the issues of violence’s echo, the cost of war, and the impulses toward destruction that ravage families and destroy the future.
Production History
Premiere: Canton, OH, July 2010
The Players Guild Theatre: New Play Conservatory
Directed by Craig Joseph
Review
> July 2010 Players Guild Production
Tom Wachunas (Artwach Blog)
Development
> Reading by the Playwrights’ Center
Ruth Easton New Play Series
Minneapolis, February 1st, 2010
Director: Brian Balcom
> Readings (2) by the Living Theatre
New York, July 2008
Director: Steve Capra
> Reading by Poliglot Theater
New York, June 2008
Director: John Hansen-Bravetti
Awards & Recognition
> 2010 Bay Area Playwrights’ Festival (Finalist)
> 2010 New Works of Merit Contest (Honorable Mention)
> 2010 Michener Fellowship
The Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin
> 2009-10 Jerome Fellowship
The Playwrights Center, Minneapolis
> 2009 Tennessee Williams Scholarship
The Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Sewanee
> 2009 Yale Drama Series (Finalist)
> 2009 Seven Devils Conference (Finalist)
AV
[1] Bill from June 2008 Poliglot Theatre Reading
[2] Sm. Promo Image
[3] Lg. Promo Image
[4] “Dialogue” Interview from the PWC, January 2010
[5] Bill from February 2010 Playwrights’ Center Reading
