WRITER: Dan Fagan
These Lonesome Roads is Dan’s second play, but a first foray into a full length two act piece. His first play, A Tiger Without Mercy about boxer Jack Dempsey, was a one man show he then also performed at the Geery Theatre in 2013, directed by Anthony D'Juan. Acting credits include: Strangers On a Train (The Actor’s Theatre), Antigone (KOLT Run), In Absentia, Carapace, Seminar (B Street), Clybourne Park, Macbeth (Capital Stage), The Hound of the Baskervilles, Twelfth Night, Of Kites and Kings, Romeo and Juliet (Sacramento Theatre Company), Look Back in Anger, My Fellow Creatures, Liar (EMH). New York stage credits: The Singularity, Arousal, The Lover (The Flea Theater). Los Angeles: Maple and Vine (Chance Theater), 4000 Miles (West Chester Playhouse). San Francisco: Sweet Bird of Youth (Tides Theater). Thank you to Elise for making this production happen.
A NOTE FROM THE WRITER:
Growing up in Wyoming, I was a world away from theatre. There is virtually no theatre to speak of in Wyoming, and it was after I moved to California and started acting that I discovered there was no Wyoming in the theatre. I was a product of two worlds that were complete strangers—rural America and the stage. I am forever defined by my country roots in ways that are apparent to others and in other ways apparent only to me. As an actor, the stage is where I felt most in my element. It therefore made sense to write something that merged these two worlds and to tell a story about a way of life that is unknown to most people, yet a part of American society that is uniquely its own.
There is a saying: "Write what you know." A roughneck is a term used to describe an oilfield worker. For some it’s seen as a term of derision, for others it’s a badge of honor. I come from a family of roughnecks. My grandfather, stepfather, and brother all paid their dues in the oilfields. I spent a brief stint myself on a rig. I know about the life these kinds of men have led compelled me to share it, as opposed to a tell-alll confession of my own life experiences. This is a play about people who come into our lives and change it forever. It’s not a love story, but it is a story about acts of love. There are times that our roads cross paths with someone and the very experience alters our trajectory. I don’t believe in happy endings but I do believe in the power of love and I’m convinced that to give and receive acts of love are greater than anything else in the world. With that said, this play does not have a definitive take away message. My only hope is that it will mean different things to different people and ultimately touch something inside those who experience it.
- Dan Fagan
A NOTE FROM THE WRITER:
Growing up in Wyoming, I was a world away from theatre. There is virtually no theatre to speak of in Wyoming, and it was after I moved to California and started acting that I discovered there was no Wyoming in the theatre. I was a product of two worlds that were complete strangers—rural America and the stage. I am forever defined by my country roots in ways that are apparent to others and in other ways apparent only to me. As an actor, the stage is where I felt most in my element. It therefore made sense to write something that merged these two worlds and to tell a story about a way of life that is unknown to most people, yet a part of American society that is uniquely its own.
There is a saying: "Write what you know." A roughneck is a term used to describe an oilfield worker. For some it’s seen as a term of derision, for others it’s a badge of honor. I come from a family of roughnecks. My grandfather, stepfather, and brother all paid their dues in the oilfields. I spent a brief stint myself on a rig. I know about the life these kinds of men have led compelled me to share it, as opposed to a tell-alll confession of my own life experiences. This is a play about people who come into our lives and change it forever. It’s not a love story, but it is a story about acts of love. There are times that our roads cross paths with someone and the very experience alters our trajectory. I don’t believe in happy endings but I do believe in the power of love and I’m convinced that to give and receive acts of love are greater than anything else in the world. With that said, this play does not have a definitive take away message. My only hope is that it will mean different things to different people and ultimately touch something inside those who experience it.
- Dan Fagan
ProducerI took up producing about 6 years ago just to see that side of the stage and better understand my role as an actor working with directors, writers and producers but fell in love with it, much to my surprise.
'My first production solely on my own as the producer and directer was My Fellow Creatures, with Dan Fagan and Lonon Smith. It's a pleasure to be working with these gentlemen again on something new as well as working with the ever lovely Mallory Monachino (whom I directed in Look Back in Anger) and Alaina Smith whom I'm directing for the first time. The process of taking new material, helping a writer make it take shape.... that's been rewarding and I look forward to seeing our audiences relate to, be moved by and take satisfaction in this stage play. Previous producing credits include Savage in Limbo by John Patrick Shanley, My Fellow Creatures by Michael Rubenfeld, Liar by Brian Drader, Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert V. Royal, Moving Mountains by Lawrence Roman, String of Pearls by Michele Lowe, After Hours by Me, Down the Road by Lee Blessing, Happy Freakn' Holidays by the 68 Cent Crew Theatre Company, Fragile Things by Me, Look Back in Anger by John Osborne and Goodbye Freddy by Eliabeth Diggs, as well as numerous short one act festivals in Sacramento and Los Angeles. |
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Special Thanks To:The support and assistance of many who like to remain nameless but have shown EMH tremendous love. Especially to my cast who have been such troopers.
I thank you for it and this show thanks you for it. For your Assistance: Amy Kelly Corey Morris Tory Scroggins Peggi Wood Dustin Miller Anthony D'Juan Mark Hodge Atim Udoffia You've all been invaluable. |
