Ken DelConte, writer/actor/director/film producer, has now
branched out by producing a musical play QUILL AND INK.
The 16th Century “period piece” is a take-off on the young
Will Shakespeare, affectionately known as “Will the Shakes.”
This Broadway-type musical, DelConte’s QUILL AND INK
will debut at the legendary Pan Andreas Theater on March 9th.
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This play will not only delight you with the dialogue-ish songs
but also will give you a delightful understanding of
William Shakespeare aka “Will the Shakes.”
Ken Commented, “I’d like to tell you how this play came about.
I wrote the play WILL IS DEAD and had a reading at the Pan Andreas
Theatre. It ran wayyy too long: 2 hours 10 minutes. I knew I had
to cut quite a bit.”
But George Pan Andreas, the theatre owner, came up to me,
put his huge bear arms around me and said, “Ken, I loved the
play. God sent YOU to me.’”
I responded by saying, “George, I am thinking of turning
this into a musical…”
George’s eyes lit up. ”I looove musicals.”
Two months later, I had twenty songs and trimmed a good
40 minutes out of the dialogue…and changed the title to
QUILL AND INK.
Some of the songs I had written years ago. All I did was
change a few lyrics here and there and voila! A comedy with
songs.
We have recently finished casting the piece: eleven actors and
actresses plus two dancing girls.
There are about thirty days to rehearse and then we open
the second week in March. Yes, time marches on.
About Ken
DelConte produced and/or directed a variety of films, one
of which is SUNSPLIT, a critically-acclaimed drama about a serial
killer, as well as other feature films, such as INNOCENCE and
DEATH CALLS.
He has also appeared as an actor in many feature films where he
has portrayed a variety of characters—from leading man
Shandor Costas in SUNSPLIT, the crooked Sheriff in DEATH CALLS,
Loch Riccano in the film THE YOUNG RUNAWAYS with Patty McCormack,
an Indian Brave in THE DANIEL BOONE SHOW, and the claim jumper in
DEATH VALLEY DAYS.
His list of accomplishments include films such as WHAT DID
YOU DO IN THE WAR, DADDY; WORKING GIRLS, Tv’s CAGNEY & LACEY,
FALCON CREST, BONANZA, THE MONKEES, GENERAL HOSPITAL and
the USC Shorts THE SNIPER, THE SANDBOX, and ANATOMY OF A STAR
(1ST PLACE in the New York Film Festival—years ago) to name a few.
Visit Ken’s YouTube Channel
CAST
Charles Convery as Will The Shakes
Wayne Stribling as Othello
Betsy Gardner as Desdemona
Alexandra Besore as Juliet
Dan O Day as Guildesstern
Danny Arroyo as Hamlet
Ellis Martin as Shylock
John K. Wilson as Rosencrantz
Kim Shannon as Beatrice
Lexi Pappas as Anne
Marcel Licera as Cook/Flaffstaff
Brizona Craft
THEATRE
Pan Andreas Theatre
5125 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90038
(323) 962-6207
Ample Street Parking
(map)
“East of Paramount Studios”
behind the LaFonda Restaurant on Melrose
For more information please contact
ken@1stcommandproductions.com