PLAYWRIGHT
RICHARD GREMEL
"Richard Gremel is turning out to be a prolific playwright for children's theater"
-Kathleen Allen, Arizona Daily Star.
-Kathleen Allen, Arizona Daily Star.
Richard Gremel with the cast of his play, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Pictured: Richard Gremel (Writer), Cindi LaFrese (Dorthy), Stephen Frankenfield (Scarecrow), Michael Martinez (Tin Man), Leslie Miller (Co-Writer/Director) Amanda Gremel (Cowardly Lion)
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BIO
Richard Gremel resides in Tucson, Arizona where he lives with his wife and two kids. He earned his B.F.A in Theatre Education from the University of Arizona in 2008. Currently, he is the Theatre Arts Director at Empire High School, teaching acting and technical theatre. Richard was one of nine finalists in the 2015-2016, Circle K/University of Arizona Outstanding High School Faculty Awards Program. Richard was also featured as an Arts Hero for ONMedia in 2018-2019. His theatre program, at Empire High School, is well-known throughout the State and has received many awards including Best musical of Tucson for the National High School Musical Theatre Awards: Tucson Sing-off, the Chapter Select One-Act in 2013-2014, and the State One-Act Championship in 2015, where his students performed one of his original plays. In 2017 and 2019, his theatre department was named the #1 high school theatre program in Southern Arizona. Richard also works at several local theatre companies as an actor, director, scenic and lighting designer, and playwright. As a playwright, Richard has written a number of plays for Live Theatre Workshop's: Family Theatre (A series that presents original plays and musicals for families.) He has also written a variety of full length plays designed to be acted and presented for middle/high school students. The mission of his writing is to create works, which allow students to develop large characters with clear objectives and to provide entertainment for the audience. He currently has a number of plays which have been performed for local audiences, as well as, eight published plays that have been seen across the US, Canada, India, Hong Kong, England, and Australia. |
Featured Play
MAD MAC
Mad Mac is a re-imagination of Shakespeare's Macbeth. The play features the addition of a Chorus that speaks to the madness that grows within each of us. Set in a post-apocalyptic world destroyed by nuclear war, Mac, after fighting valiantly against the rebel armies, receives a premonition from three witches, saying he will soon become the king of the "Promised Land", the only area where civilization still thrives in the current world. This premonition gives Mac a thirst for power, and with some help from his wife, Lady Beth, he kills the king and takes over the throne. But with that murder, the madness grows and Mac must keep killing to keep the murders a secret and maintain his place upon the throne. But madness is a cruel tempter of fate, so once it enters your mind, soon no one is safe.
This Play will have it's world premiere at Empire High School, May 6-8, 2021.
Mad Mac is a re-imagination of Shakespeare's Macbeth. The play features the addition of a Chorus that speaks to the madness that grows within each of us. Set in a post-apocalyptic world destroyed by nuclear war, Mac, after fighting valiantly against the rebel armies, receives a premonition from three witches, saying he will soon become the king of the "Promised Land", the only area where civilization still thrives in the current world. This premonition gives Mac a thirst for power, and with some help from his wife, Lady Beth, he kills the king and takes over the throne. But with that murder, the madness grows and Mac must keep killing to keep the murders a secret and maintain his place upon the throne. But madness is a cruel tempter of fate, so once it enters your mind, soon no one is safe.
This Play will have it's world premiere at Empire High School, May 6-8, 2021.
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