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D. J. Sylvis
222 - 800 Lansdowne Avenue, Toronto, ON M6H 4K3
deejsylvis@yahoo.com
Accomplished creative author and playwright with
13 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:
- Godzilla on Sundays (play, Alumnae
Theatre New Ideas Festival, March 19-22, 2008)
- "Angel
With an Attitude" - Twisted Fayrie Tales (Eternal
Press), December 2006
- "Untitled", Aries: A Journal of
Creative Expression, Fall 2006
- "In the Company of Wolves", to be
included in New Standards: Literacy Expectations for Fourth and
Fifth Grades (America's Choice, publication upcoming)
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, November 2007
- 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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