Introducing a new project:
A Spoken Word Serial Novel, The Memoirs of William H. Bonney, AKA Billy the Kid. Part One was recorded at the Howland Cultural Center in July, Part Two coming up in September. Enjoy!
Saturday, August 14, 2021
Friday, January 4, 2019
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Video: Poetry Reading from Secret Histories and Exobiologies
Here's a recent poetry reading at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, NY. I read from my chapbook, Secret Histories and Exobiologies, as well as a new poem.
Secret Histories and Exobiologies is available from the publisher, The Poet's Haven, for only $8, at this link: Secret Histories and Exobiologies by Peter Ullian
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Sunday, August 13, 2017
Poems from my Forthcoming Chapbook., "Secret Histories and Exobiologies," from Poet's Haven
Poet's Haven will publish my first chapbook of poems, "Secret Histories and Exobiologies," in late 2017. Here's are some videos of readings I gave recently at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon of several of the poems in the collection . The poems from the 8-11-17 reading are "Flipper" and "Nixon's Plant." WARNING: "Nixon's Planet" contains disturbing imagery.
The poem below, read in June, is "Sadie the Goat’s Piratical Shipboard Entertainment Independent Fabulist Theatre Company."
Enjoy!
The poem below, read in June, is "Sadie the Goat’s Piratical Shipboard Entertainment Independent Fabulist Theatre Company."
Enjoy!
Sunday, June 19, 2016
"The Triumphant Return of Blackbird Flynt" Half-Off for a Limited Time!
My play, The Triumphant Return of Blackbird Flynt, is on sale now at Amazon for half-price for a limited time. Click below for more details!
While we're on the subject, my play Big Bossman is not on sale, but still a bargain. Check out that link below:
Punk Rock, Hip - Hop, American Theatre, & Adolescent Literacy Podcast
Here's a podcast I created on SoundCloud about the musical Hamilton and the plays of Sam Shepard, and how my adolescent discovery of Shepard's work parallels my own children's discovery of Miranda's.
Enjoy!
Punk Rock, Hip - Hop, American Theatre, & Adolescent Literacy Podcast
Enjoy!
Punk Rock, Hip - Hop, American Theatre, & Adolescent Literacy Podcast
Monday, April 18, 2011
Oinkie and Schlomo's Hip-Hop Pesach
Gonna tell you the story of a guy named Moses
He was not a guy to stop and smell the roses
He had a minor speech impediment
So his brother Aaron helped explain just what he meant
Now the Jews in Egypt, they all were slaves
And G-d told Moses, “man that be totally lame.”
G-d appeared as a bush on fire.
And said to Moses, “dude you just been hired.”
“Go on back to Egypt Land
And tell old Pharaoh to adopt a new plan
Every person on earth deserves to be free
Like the fishies in the ocean and birdies in the trees”
Now Moses he was scared as heck
That mean old Pharaoh would wring his neck
But he bucked up his courage and went to get the job done
When G-d speaks you listen, ‘cause he be the only one.
Moses went to Pharaoh and he said “hey dude.
Forgive my impertinence, I don’t mean to be rude
But I’m sent to tell you, oh Pharaoh
That the time is now to let my people go.”
But Pharaoh he said “absolutely no way.
Who will build my temples and my super highways?
Them pyramids don’t put up themselves
Moses, take that freedom talk and put it on the shelves”
Moses said, “dude I gotta tell you true
Let my people go or Ten Plagues will fall on you
We’re talking froggies, boils, darkness and death”
But Pharaoh still said no, and Moses was distressed.
First came the blood, but Pharaoh didn’t budge
Then came frogs, leaping out of the mud
Then came the gnats, driving people mad
And then wild beasts, which were also really bad
Then came diseases that made the cows sick
Then came the boils that made people say “ick!”
Then came the hail that fell down upon their heads
And then the locusts ate all the grain for making bread
Then came the darkness, blotting out the light
And then Angel of Death, and Pharaoh gave up the fight
He said, “Go, Moses, all your people can be free.”
But Pharaoh changed his mind and caught them at the Red Sea.
The Jews had left in a hurry, their bread was flat and dry
Pharaoh wanted to force them into the sea to die
For the Jewish people, this could have been end
But the rules of physics were about to bend.
Moses, he parted all the waters
And if Pharaoh had been just a little bit smarter
He would have stopped and not sent his soldiers to attack
But instead he lost his army when the waters went back
The Jews all made it to the far side of the sea
Miriam lead the dancing because they all were free
With freedom comes great responsibility
So let’s make sure all people share in our freedomosity.
He was not a guy to stop and smell the roses
He had a minor speech impediment
So his brother Aaron helped explain just what he meant
Now the Jews in Egypt, they all were slaves
And G-d told Moses, “man that be totally lame.”
G-d appeared as a bush on fire.
And said to Moses, “dude you just been hired.”
“Go on back to Egypt Land
And tell old Pharaoh to adopt a new plan
Every person on earth deserves to be free
Like the fishies in the ocean and birdies in the trees”
Now Moses he was scared as heck
That mean old Pharaoh would wring his neck
But he bucked up his courage and went to get the job done
When G-d speaks you listen, ‘cause he be the only one.
Moses went to Pharaoh and he said “hey dude.
Forgive my impertinence, I don’t mean to be rude
But I’m sent to tell you, oh Pharaoh
That the time is now to let my people go.”
But Pharaoh he said “absolutely no way.
Who will build my temples and my super highways?
Them pyramids don’t put up themselves
Moses, take that freedom talk and put it on the shelves”
Moses said, “dude I gotta tell you true
Let my people go or Ten Plagues will fall on you
We’re talking froggies, boils, darkness and death”
But Pharaoh still said no, and Moses was distressed.
First came the blood, but Pharaoh didn’t budge
Then came frogs, leaping out of the mud
Then came the gnats, driving people mad
And then wild beasts, which were also really bad
Then came diseases that made the cows sick
Then came the boils that made people say “ick!”
Then came the hail that fell down upon their heads
And then the locusts ate all the grain for making bread
Then came the darkness, blotting out the light
And then Angel of Death, and Pharaoh gave up the fight
He said, “Go, Moses, all your people can be free.”
But Pharaoh changed his mind and caught them at the Red Sea.
The Jews had left in a hurry, their bread was flat and dry
Pharaoh wanted to force them into the sea to die
For the Jewish people, this could have been end
But the rules of physics were about to bend.
Moses, he parted all the waters
And if Pharaoh had been just a little bit smarter
He would have stopped and not sent his soldiers to attack
But instead he lost his army when the waters went back
The Jews all made it to the far side of the sea
Miriam lead the dancing because they all were free
With freedom comes great responsibility
So let’s make sure all people share in our freedomosity.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Passover Arts Event at BHA!
BEACON HEBREW ALLIANCE
Presents
PASSOVER ARTS
Sunday, April 3
2:30 p.m.
PUPPET SHOW
written and presented by Beacon-based playwright Peter Ullian
Book-signing and reading
of Julie Wohl’s “Siddur Mah Tov”
Children’s art project
four-panel project on the “Four Questions,” led by Julie Wohl
Holiday songs and dances
led by BHA Cantor Ellen Gersh
Refreshments will be served
FREE ADMISSION!
Beacon Hebrew Alliance
331 Verplanck Ave. (corner of Fishkill Ave.), Beacon
845-831-2012
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds on WI
Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds - COBUG
February 23, 2011
The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) hereby declares its support of and solidarity with the public sector unions of Wisconsin who have come under attack by the Governor of that state.
It is one thing to ask for givebacks from labor to help balance the budget in the form of wage cuts and higher contributions to sustain welfare and pension plans. But to aim at the fundamental rights of trade unions to collectively bargain over working conditions, to collect dues, to represent their members – these actions are nothing less than an all out assault against the basic underpinnings of the labor movement.
COBUG urges all of its members to stand by their Wisconsin sisters and brothers by speaking out against the legislative measures proposed by Governor Walker. We must stand together to rebuff this onslaught against organized labor – whether public or private. The right of all trade unions to legitimately negotiate and represent their members is at stake.
The members of COBUG have labor contracts or work for or with the Broadway League. COBUG was established to strengthen the position of Unions and Guilds within the industry, to participate in decision making that affects Broadway and the art and craft of theatre at large, and to educate the broader community about the collective role Coalition members play in keeping our industry vibrant and healthy.
Founding Member Organizations:
Actors’ Equity Association
American Federation of Musicians
American Guild of Musical Artists
Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers (ATPAM)
Dramatists Guild of America
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
IATSE Local One (Stagehands)
IATSE Local 306 (Ushers and Ticket Takers)
IATSE Local 751 (Ticket Sellers)
IATSE Local 764 (Wardrobe)
IATSE 798 (Make-up and Hair)
IATSE Local USA 829 (United Scenic Artists)
Local 30 (Operating Engineers)
Local 802 (American Federation of Musicians)
SEIU Local 32BJ (Theatre Division)
Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
IBT Local 817 (Theatrical Teamsters)
Friday, January 28, 2011
Creative Writing Classes Begin Feb. 6
If anyone is in the Mid-Hudson Valley area for ten weeks starting Sunday, February 6, I'll be teaching four creative writing classes at Echo on Main Street, in Beacon, NY for grades K-2, 3-5, Middle/HS, and adult. Check out the descriptions below:
Playwriting and Puppets.
Grades K to 2, meets 2-3pm Sunday
Every week kids will collaboratively write a new mini-play, to be performed at the end of class by an accomplished duo of performing puppets.
Length: 10 weeks. Tuition: $100
Instructor: Peter Ullian
Playwriting for Kids.
Grades 3 to 5, meets 3-4pm Sunday
Each week kids will collaboratively create and perform short plays.
Length: 10 weeks. Tuition: $100
Instructor: Peter Ullian
Creative Writing for Teens.
Grades: Middle/HS, meets 4-5pm Sunday
A series of creative writing exercises designed to unleash the teen writer's voice.
Length: 10 weeks. Tuition: $125
Instructor: Peter Ullian
Unleashing Your Creative Writer.
Adults, meets 5-6pm Sunday
A series of creative writing exercises designed to unleash the adult writer's voice.
Length: 10 weeks. Tuition: $150
Instructor: Peter Ullian
Peter Ullian is an award-winning author of fiction published in periodicals and anthologies, screenplays for independent and major motion picture studios, and plays and musicals produced off-Broadway and at major regional Theaters.
You can sign up in person at Echo, or by e-mailing echo at: echoboutique@optonline.net.
You can also find them on Facebook by clicking here.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
2010's Ten Memorable Theater Moments You Might Have Missed 2011/01/01 Page 2
2010's Ten Memorable Theater Moments You Might Have Missed 2011/01/01 Page 2
Nice Way to Start 2011: Signs of Life Makes Broadway World.Com's list of "2010's Ten Memorable Theater Moments You Might Have Missed!" To quote:
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Happy, Happy Hanukkah!
Please enjoy this video:
If you're reading this on Facebook, you probably won't see the video link. Try this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOegH4uYe-c
HAPPY HANUKKAH!
If you're reading this on Facebook, you probably won't see the video link. Try this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOegH4uYe-c
HAPPY HANUKKAH!
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Flight of the Lawnchair Man - Upcoming Productions
November 13, 2010 - November 14, 2010
North Catholic High School
Pittsburgh, PA
December 10, 2010 - December 10, 2010
Denver School of the Arts
Denver, CO
May 14, 2011 - June 5, 2011
Rialto Community Players
Rialto, CA
June 16, 2011 - June 25, 2011
Timberlake Playhouse
Mount Carroll, IL
September 30, 2011 - October 9, 2011
Blue Springs High School
Blue Springs, MO
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
An Earth Day Poem
O Earth, O Earth, I love you so.
If not for you, where would I go?
My house would not sit on the ground,
But lost in space, would float around.
And if, perchance, I had to pee,
I could not behind a tree.
I could drink no Scotch nor eat a peach,
Nor take a walk upon a beach.
I could not swim nude but in my dreams
Without your oceans, lakes and streams.
For you, I sort my paper and glass,
And support efforts to limit the production of greenhouse gas.
O, Earth, O, Earth, you are so grand!
I love your dirt, your snow, your sand!
I love your bobcats, bears and hawks!
Your birds that chirp and birds that squawk!
I don’t adore your twisters and quakes.
But, still, I think you’re pretty great.
You give me sun, shade and food,
O, Earth, you are so awesome, Dude.
To visit Peter Ullian's Website, click here.
To learn about plays by Peter Ullian, click here.
To find Peter Ullian's "Fan" Page on Facebook, click here.
To follow Peter Ullian on Twitter, click here.
My house would not sit on the ground,
But lost in space, would float around.
And if, perchance, I had to pee,
I could not behind a tree.
I could drink no Scotch nor eat a peach,
Nor take a walk upon a beach.
I could not swim nude but in my dreams
Without your oceans, lakes and streams.
For you, I sort my paper and glass,
And support efforts to limit the production of greenhouse gas.
O, Earth, O, Earth, you are so grand!
I love your dirt, your snow, your sand!
I love your bobcats, bears and hawks!
Your birds that chirp and birds that squawk!
I don’t adore your twisters and quakes.
But, still, I think you’re pretty great.
You give me sun, shade and food,
O, Earth, you are so awesome, Dude.
To visit Peter Ullian's Website, click here.
To learn about plays by Peter Ullian, click here.
To find Peter Ullian's "Fan" Page on Facebook, click here.
To follow Peter Ullian on Twitter, click here.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Capture the Flag: A Trilogy
My latest project, hot from the printer:
Capture the Flag: A Trilogy
Capture the Flag Trilogy: three stand-alone, independent plays that follow two families from the election of 2000 through the invasion of Iraq. Designed to be performed as separate dramas, none of the plays require foreknowledge of the other; but taken together, they form a cohesive story.
1. Assisted Regime Change
In the weeks leading up to the election of 2000, Waylon Cruz returns to his hometown on a Florida Gulf Coast barrier island, following the death of both his parents in a boating accident. There, he falls in love with Kingsley Shakespeare, a pot-smoking, Jewish Jamaican-American schoolteacher, who is unfortunately already dating Teddy Junior, Waylon’s boyhood friend and the outrageously foul-mouthed son of the Island’s police chief, Big Ted. Big Ted is stocking up on vegetable seeds and fishing nets in case of an unspecified millennial natural or man-made disaster, and pressuring Kingsley to give a passing grade to a high school basketball star who never attended a single one of her classes. Meanwhile, Big Ted’s young new wife, Eudora, fears her husband’s affections are wandering, and asks help from Teddy Junior. Teddy Junior agrees, but soon finds himself growing increasingly obsessed with his younger stepmother. Then Waylon starts to wonder if the accident that killed his parents perhaps wasn’t quite so accidental after all. 3M, 2W.2. Bloodless
Steve Rogers works for the CIA. On September 10, 2001 he’s given an assignment he deplores: destabilize the Venezuelan economy and assist in the removal of Hugo Chávez. Meanwhile, Sarah Rogers, his pregnant wife, is suffering from schizophrenic hallucinations and trying to hold on her to her sanity while hiding her mental illness from her husband. Unbeknownst to Sarah, her best friend, Trinidad Ibáñez, is secretly in love with Steve, and Commander Marcos Pérez Kronen, an anti-Chávez conspirator, is falling hard for Sarah. An imaginative look behind the events that culminated in a coup attempt against Hugo Chávez in 2002. 4M, 3W.
3. The Bush Doctrine
During the early days of the invasion of Iraq, Steve and Sarah Rogers move to Calusa Island. When a local woman is murdered, Police Chief Waylon Cruz quickly narrows the suspects down to two: a neighborhood drug dealer . . . or Steve Rogers. Meanwhile, Sarah Rogers becomes the drug dealer’s number one customer, and Waylon wonders if his wife, Kingsley, is having an affair with Steve. Then the murdered woman’s identical twin sister shows up. 3 M, 4W.
During the early days of the invasion of Iraq, Steve and Sarah Rogers move to Calusa Island. When a local woman is murdered, Police Chief Waylon Cruz quickly narrows the suspects down to two: a neighborhood drug dealer . . . or Steve Rogers. Meanwhile, Sarah Rogers becomes the drug dealer’s number one customer, and Waylon wonders if his wife, Kingsley, is having an affair with Steve. Then the murdered woman’s identical twin sister shows up. 3 M, 4W.To visit Peter Ullian's Website, click here.
To find out more about these and other plays by Peter Ullian, click here.
To find Peter Ullian's "Fan" Page on Facebook, click here.
To follow Peter Ullian on Twitter, click here.
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