CAST OF CHARACTERS
JAYME McGHAN 40ish. A playwright, teacher, director, designer, and genial man-about-town.
A VISITOR An anonymous web site visitor, can be male or female.
PLACE
The Internet.
TIME
The present day.
SCENE
Text and images are displayed on the screen to represent the person and works of Jayme McGhan. [This device is used throughout the play.]
The visitor chooses the focus and tempo of the play, and communicates with Jayme by clicking the "Contact" links and typing text, which is also displayed on the screen.
Scene 1: Links
Scene 2: Contact Jayme
ACT ONE:
July 2018
May 2018
April 2018
February 2018
December 2017
September 2017
June 2017
February 2017
November 2016
March 2016
November 2015
September 2015
June 2015
September 2014
August 2014
July 2014
February 2014
June 2013
May 2013
March 2013
January 2013
November 2012
October 2012
March 2012
February 2012
September 2011
June 2011
May 2011
March 2011
February 2011
October 2010
July 2010
June 2010
February 2010
January 2010
October 2009
June 2009
March 2009
August 2008
ACT TWO, SCENE ONE:
Jayme McGhan is a playwright, theatre artist, and educator from Minneapolis, now living in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina.
After graduating with a bachelors in Theatre from Southwest (Minnesota) State University, Jayme attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he received an MFA in Playwriting. After UNLV, Jayme moved back to Minnesota where he taught theatre for three years at Ridgewater College. While in Minnesota, he also served as the Regional Representative of The Dramatists Guild to the Twin Cities and surrounding area. Jayme was blessed to marry his wife Julie in June of 2009. Soon after they moved to Chicago where Jayme served as an Associate Professor and Artistic Director of the highly innovative theatre program at Concordia University, Chicago and also worked as a freelance theatre artist. He remains a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists and an Associate Artist at Stage Left Theatre. In 2015, Jayme, Julie, and their little boy Levi, moved to Cullowhee, NC, an hour west of Asheville. Jayme now serves as the Director of the School of Stage and Screen at Western Carolina University, overseeing the Theatre, Musical Theatre, Film and Television Production, Entertainment Design and Technology, and Dance programs.
Jayme's plays have been produced and developed across the country at such theatres as Irish Repertory Theatre, Washington Shakespeare Company, The Kennedy Center, Chicago Dramatists, Stage Left Theatre, Mortar Theatre, Hot City Theatre, Wordsmyth Theatre, New Light Theatre Project, Nevada Conservatory Theatre, Cockroach Theatre, Yellow Tree Theatre, Chased By an Elephant, Southern Appalachian Rep, and many more. Four of those plays are published.
When not working in the theatre, Jayme is an avid backpacker, runner, snowboarder, skateboarder, music lover, beer connoisseur, reader, poker player, amateur theologian, and die-hard Minnesota Twins fan. He is also very active in his church family and thanks God every day to be doing what he loves.
ACT TWO, SCENE TWO:
Click on a title to display information about the play at right.
Autonomy
The Cogs
Crimson Lake
Damn the River Deep
The Fisherman
HELLFIRE
Jest
Maranatha
The Methuselah Tree
Mother Bear
The Neighbors
Old Vine
Red Rock
Still Dance the Stars
The Sweet Stuff
Willy Beau Dilly
ACT THREE, SCENE ONE:
Chased By An Elephant Theatre Co.
Cockroach Theatre (Las Vegas, NV)
The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF)
ACT THREE, SCENE TWO: