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 Monte Awards (2014, 2022), the Chapter Select One-Act in 2013-2014 and again in 2022-2023. Empire also won 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, ten published plays that have been seen across the US, Canada, India, Hong Kong, England, and Australia. |
Featured Plays
THOUGHTS & PRAYERS
This thought provoking and powerful one-act gives a view of how school shootings affect the students, teachers, and communities that experience them. Told through a series of monologues and a chorus of ensemble voices, six students and one teacher tell their stories of the shooting that happened at their school. A student who reflects on the emotions that come from lockdown drills since kindergarten, students who were injured during the shooting or saw their friends die, a student who knew the shooter and can’t believe this happened, a student who discusses the power of prayer, and a teacher who reflects on the struggles of preparing for a school shooting and keeping her students safe.
This play was originally performed at Empire High School in September 2023. It earned straight Superior Awards and was part of the AZ State Thespian One-Act Festival. For more information on how you can produce this play, please contact Richard Gremel.
This thought provoking and powerful one-act gives a view of how school shootings affect the students, teachers, and communities that experience them. Told through a series of monologues and a chorus of ensemble voices, six students and one teacher tell their stories of the shooting that happened at their school. A student who reflects on the emotions that come from lockdown drills since kindergarten, students who were injured during the shooting or saw their friends die, a student who knew the shooter and can’t believe this happened, a student who discusses the power of prayer, and a teacher who reflects on the struggles of preparing for a school shooting and keeping her students safe.
This play was originally performed at Empire High School in September 2023. It earned straight Superior Awards and was part of the AZ State Thespian One-Act Festival. For more information on how you can produce this play, please contact Richard Gremel.
KING CHARLIE'S ANGELS
Many people know the history of King Charles II losing his throne to the Cromwells and the Republic of England, only to later regain it as part of the Restoration Period. But what many don’t know is that he had a secret team of fighting women who helped him do it. That’s right…It was King Charlie’s Angels. Lady Kelly, a fierce fighter from Scotland, Lady Sabrina a knowledgeable fighter from Ireland, and LadyJill…she has great hair! Together the three Angels work to take down Richard Cromwell and get ‘ol Charlie two back on the throne. Mix in a colorful cast of villagers, damsels, dragons, bears, soldiers, dancers, farmers, and parliamentarians, along with some fun commercials and two arguing narrators, and you are sure to have your audience rolling with laughter.
Many people know the history of King Charles II losing his throne to the Cromwells and the Republic of England, only to later regain it as part of the Restoration Period. But what many don’t know is that he had a secret team of fighting women who helped him do it. That’s right…It was King Charlie’s Angels. Lady Kelly, a fierce fighter from Scotland, Lady Sabrina a knowledgeable fighter from Ireland, and LadyJill…she has great hair! Together the three Angels work to take down Richard Cromwell and get ‘ol Charlie two back on the throne. Mix in a colorful cast of villagers, damsels, dragons, bears, soldiers, dancers, farmers, and parliamentarians, along with some fun commercials and two arguing narrators, and you are sure to have your audience rolling with laughter.
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