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D. J. Sylvis
25 Wellesley Street East, Apt. 201, Toronto, ON M4Y 2S9
deejsylvis@yahoo.com
Accomplished creative author and playwright with
15 years experience in theatrical production, self-publishing, and
spoken-word performance, specializing in works that draw heavily on
popular culture and its reflection in interpersonal relationships,
spirituality, and the common drives of humanity.
Recent Publications / Productions:
- Chance performed as a part of the Alumnae
Theatre New Ideas Festival, March 17-21, 2009
- Three plays produced as a part
of Theatre of the Obsessed,
September 24-27, 2008.
- Godzilla on Sundays, performed as a part
of the Alumnae
Theatre New Ideas Festival, March 19-22, 2008.
- "Angel
With an Attitude" in Twisted Fayrie Tales from
Eternal Press - now
available on Amazon.com!
- "In the Company of
Wolves", poem, included in Reading
and Writing With Understanding: Comprehension in Fourth and Fifth
Grades (International Reading Assoc., 2008)
Past Publications / Productions:
- Liquor Is Quicker (produced by
Playwright's Cabaret, 2004, London, Ontario)
- Multiple pieces in Issues #1, 2 and 4, Contemplicity
- "The Next Big Swing", Issue #1, Cool
& Strange Music Magazine
- "Untitled", Paisley Moon
- The Closet (short play, honorable
mention, New Works Festival 2001, Pittsburgh, PA)
- A Night at the Warhol (play, produced at
Penn Ave. Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA)
- Multiple pieces in Issues #18, 19, 20, 21, DARE
(Clarion University of Pennsylvania, also acted as Editor-in-Chief
for Issue #20)
- "Balanced Breakfast (a haiku cycle)",
Breakfast, Issue #3
- Boy/Girl, Monkeyman, Punks, Geeks &
Tattoo Artists, self-published magazines
Works-in-Progress:
- Impossible Instruments, novel, first
draft
- Unfolding, novel, currently in second
draft
- "Bigfoot Comes Out", "Owning the
Moon", "Curses! Foiled Again! (a Villain-elle)", and
assorted other poems, seeking publication
- The Method, one-act play, currently
being revised
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