THE FERRIS WHEEL SONG in the Coney Island Film Festival - August 26, 2008
THE FERRIS WHEEL SONG, a short film written and staring Christopher Cartmill (with Joe Schulz as the Childish Friend) and directed by Richard Jack and produced by Richard Ende is an Official Selection of the 8th Annual Coney Island Film Festival!
8th Annual Coney Island Film Festival
September 26-28, 2008
at Sideshows By The Seashore and The Coney Island Museum in the historic Brooklyn neighborhood Coney Island, New York!
Christopher Cartmill's THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM published. - June 26, 2008
High in the Odenwald, young Louisa von Landkurz waits to marry the Count von Altenberg, a man she has never met. When the Count appears, she is smitten -- but is he the real Count, a murderer, or a ghost? And for that matter, is the second Count real? Or the third Count? A gothic comedy full of mistaken identities, mysterious messages and ghostly appearances.
For your copy go to
www.playscripts.com and plays an order. While you're at it get a copy of Christopher adaptation of THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW!
Christopher Cartmill named 2009 Flournoy Playwright at Washington & Lee University - April 1, 2008
Washington & Lee University has chosen Christopher Cartmill to be the 2009 featured playwright for the seventh annual festival, following the likes of Paula Vogel and Neil LaBute.
Ruth E. Flournoy Theatre Endowment and celebrates the pivotal role of the playwright in theatre arts and encourages dramatic writing in the United States and throughout the world.
"Playwrights are the heart and soul of the theater. They challenge cultural assumptions, question cherished beliefs, resurrect forgotten values and revitalize the theater for each passing generation," said Joseph Martinez, theater department chairman. "Institutions of higher learning have an obligation to support playwrights and play writing as part of a rich liberal arts tradition."
Christopher will direct his play THE APOTHEOSIS OF VACLAV DRDA and a reading of another work to be announce will also be presented.
THE APOTHEOSIS OF VACLAV DRDA
2/5-7 at the Lenfest Center for the Performing Arts, Lexington, VA. For more information go to
www.wlu.edu