So grows the germinal seed of creativity.
Playwright & Novelist
Into the Torrent Sea is a play I wrote with the collaboration of Sandra Caruso. My play tells the story of Grace O'Malley, Ireland's Pirate Queen, a fascinating real woman of history. Research and written documents reveal an uncanny parallel in her life and that of Queen Elizabeth I, who she confronted to negotiate the release of her son from English imprisonment. Into the Torrent Sea is a fantasy play that takes place on a ghost ship which Grace O’Malley captains. In real life she ruled the Seas of Connaught, Ireland, with a crew of more than 40 men. On this haunted ship she confronts the shadows of her past and plays out her exciting and turbulent life as lover, chieftain, wife and mother, climaxing with her meeting with Queen Elizabeth and the twisted negotiations that help contribute to England’s seafaring history.
Into the Torrent Sea was performed throughout the month of June, 2012, as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Below, is the show's teaser that can be found on You Tube.
At The Finale
A completed 84,000 word literary fiction manuscript that portrays the artist as a middle aged man. is a completed literary fiction manuscript for which I seek representation.
Thomas DeMio is a son, a husband, a father and a musician who abandoned his passion for composing music. At the age of 45, a chance meeting with a playwright and lyricist has reignited the music in him. Spending a night in a local jail - for driving too fast with bourbon on his breath - gives him the solitude needed to recall his middle-age truths. As he recounts his memories, his impalpable mentor, Specchio Mastrolini, challenges and threatens Thomas for the good of his musical score.
Will it be Thomas's self-realization of the love in his life, or the pain of watching his mother's life being taken by Pancreatic Cancel that will releases the music within him? He must complete his finale before his unpredictable mentor carries out an unthinkable crime that will bring Thomas to his knees.
The story presents the argument: is hurt and suffering essential for the best of our creativity, or, it is love that unleashes our imagination?
Into the Torrent Sea was performed throughout the month of June, 2012, as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Below, is the show's teaser that can be found on You Tube.
At The Finale
A completed 84,000 word literary fiction manuscript that portrays the artist as a middle aged man. is a completed literary fiction manuscript for which I seek representation.
Thomas DeMio is a son, a husband, a father and a musician who abandoned his passion for composing music. At the age of 45, a chance meeting with a playwright and lyricist has reignited the music in him. Spending a night in a local jail - for driving too fast with bourbon on his breath - gives him the solitude needed to recall his middle-age truths. As he recounts his memories, his impalpable mentor, Specchio Mastrolini, challenges and threatens Thomas for the good of his musical score.
Will it be Thomas's self-realization of the love in his life, or the pain of watching his mother's life being taken by Pancreatic Cancel that will releases the music within him? He must complete his finale before his unpredictable mentor carries out an unthinkable crime that will bring Thomas to his knees.
The story presents the argument: is hurt and suffering essential for the best of our creativity, or, it is love that unleashes our imagination?
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