Coyote
A Play in Two Acts
by Kevin Kautzman
1F / 2M * 67pg
© 2010
* Premiere *
Nouveau 47
Dallas TX
Jan 26 – Feb 11
Synopsis
Night. Arizona, on the border between Mexico and the United States of America. When a young man joins a lone minuteman on weekly patrol, words fly and a game of questions begins over who represents the “real America” and who decides where the line in the sand is drawn. COYOTE is an award-winning play that casts light on one of the darkest corners of recent history: the uncertain line between the United States and its neighbor to the south.
Development & History
> COYOTE was written with the support of a 2009-10 Jerome Fellowship from the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis.
>COYOTE received its first staged reading in April of 2011, directed by Phil Mann, at the UK National Student Drama Festival in Scarborough.
> COYOTE received its first staged reading in the US in May of 2011 in Nouveau 47’s New Works/New Voices Festival at the Margo Jones Theatre in Dallas, Texas, directed by Diana Gonzalez.
> COYOTE received a reading in November of 2011 at Stony Brook University at the Tabler Center, directed by Cate Cammerata.
Awards & Recognition
> 2011 International Student Playscript Competition (Winner)
> 2011 Repertory Theatre Iowa: Alpha Project, Playwright-In-Residence (Winner)
> 2011 O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference (Semifinalist)
> 2011 WordBRIDGE (Finalist)
Premiere
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Writing Workshop
NYC Premiere