Dylan Thomas, 19, a one-man portrayal of the master poet Dylan Thomas, will be the featured presentation on Friday, October 15th at Independence Community College. The staged event will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the William Inge Theatre. Tickets will be available at the door and are $7 for adults and $5 for students. ICC faculty, staff and students get in free.
Written and performed by Philip Watt, the one-man show is a journey back in time that explores a critical year in the life of young Dylan Thomas, the self-appointed 'Rimbaud of Cwmdonkin Drive". 1933, Swansea, South Wales. Under the direction of Louis Wells, Watt brings the neglected young Thomas to light onstage, illuminating the particular genius of a self-made poet. Thomas's personality at 19 gives insight into the mind of a conflicted, witty, and ferociously observant young man who became one of the poetic masters of the 20th century before his untimely death at age 39.
Approved by the Estate of Dylan Thomas, the show was created entirely from Thomas's letters, poems, and three of his short stories. The two-act account of the life of the young poet begins at his home in Wales, where Thomas reveals his daily observations, his “codes of appreciation”, his poems, and the story "Just Like Little Dogs", exposing the famed “young dog” identity. In the second act, the poet continues to reveal himself through observations about Wales, and his poetry is marched out for full inspection, in Swansea bars and the surrounding country. Thomas's move to London is illuminated with the visionary story "Prologue to an Adventure" and an excerpt from "Adventures in the Skin Trade".
Featured works include: Especially When the October Wind, The force that through the green fuse, I see the boys of summer, When once the twilight locks no longer, and Before I knocked. Poems from Dylan’s recently published notebooks make a significant contribution to understanding the young poet.
Philip Watt began his acting career at age 15. He has performed with the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati in Two Weeks with the Queen (American premiere), Burbank Center Stage in Dandelion Wine, Greenway Court Theatre in The Theban Warriors, Dessalines in For the Love of Freedom, Part II. Watt played Crookfinger Jake in The Threepenny Opera with Patrick Cassidy and Theodore Bikel at UCLA’s Freud Theater. He appeared in Michael Jackson’s Stranger in Moscow and Eve 6’s Tongue Tied. He was in NYC’s Much Ado about Nothing, and at the Beckett Theatre he appeared in Pagan Worship, Jimmy’s No. 43.
Philip received a Master of Arts in Teaching, English, from Bard College in 2006 and holds a B.F.A. in Dramatic Performance from Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, 1998. He is a member of AEA/SAG.
Louis Wells is a freelance director working in the New York area. New York credits include A Second Wind, In the Middle of the Ocean, and Miss Julie. Other recent productions include The Sandman, and Oyou for Terra Firma Dance Theatre, both of which he wrote; the premier of IRL for George Street Playhouse, and Rimers of Eldritch for Mercer College, where he is on faculty. Mr. Wells also teaches at Rutgers in Newark where he directed Neil LaBute’s Autobahn last spring; currently he is directing an off-off Broadway production.
Louis Wells has a Directing MFA from Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts. Productions there include Serenading Louie, The Brothers Karamozov, and The Baltimore Waltz.
For more information, contact Matt Hoven, ICC Professor of English and Literature, at (620) 332-5434 or by email at: mhoven@indycc.edu.
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