Boogieban: The Play
Boogieban: The Play

Author: DC Fidler

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-03-17

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 0692869301

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Boogieban: This version is an expanded version of the original two-actor script to eight characters. Boogieban is about Lawrence Caplan, a Vietnam War veteran who became a military psychiatrist. Before retiring to sip wine with his wife upon their sailboat, Peacemaker, Caplan is asked to assess one last soldier. His patient is a young specialist, who stubbornly insists that he is "good to go" back to his unit in Afghanistan. Caplan soon discovers, however, the soldier is tortured by nightmares and flashbacks. Unexpectedly, the soldier's story unveils Lieutenant Colonel Caplan's amnesia for Vietnam. Together, the two men launch on parallel journeys of the heart that will change them forever.

Boogieban: Two-Actor Script
Boogieban: Two-Actor Script

Author: DC Fidler

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-12-05

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 1732752117

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This script of Boogieban is a two-actor version of the larger cast play for use in rehearsals and performances. This version premiered at None Too Fragile Theatre in Akron, Ohio in 2018 and won the 2018 Cleveland Critics Circle Award for Best Premier of a New Play and Best Actor. In 2019 it played in Chicago and Off-Broadway in New York. The play is about Lawrence Caplan, a Vietnam War veteran who became a military psychiatrist. Caplan is retiring after losing his own son in Afghanistan. Before leaving, he is ordered to assess one last soldier, a young specialist, who stubbornly insists that he is ""good to go"" back to his unit in Afghanistan. Caplan soon discovers, however, the soldier is tortured by nightmares and flashbacks. Unexpectedly, the soldier's story begins to lift Caplan's amnesia for his own horrors in Vietnam. The two men launch on parallel journeys of the heart that change them forever.

Boogieban
Boogieban

Author: DC Fidler

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-05-10

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0692837744

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Boogieban is the story of Lawrence Caplan, a Vietnam War veteran now working as a military psychiatrist. Before retiring to sip wine with his wife on their sailboat, Peacemaker, Caplan must assess one last soldier. This young specialist stubbornly insists that he is "good to go" back to his unit in Afghanistan. Caplan soon discovers, however, the soldier is tortured by nightmares and flashbacks. The young soldier's stories have an unexpected effect, lifting Caplan's amnesia for events in Vietnam. Together, the two men launch on parallel journeys of the heart that will change them forever.

Sir William Bowlinggreen and Company
Sir William Bowlinggreen and Company

Author: DC Fidler

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-09-05

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 1732752109

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Sir William Bollinggreen is driven to transport Mr. William Shakespeare's finest works to the gun-shooting saloons of the grand old American West. He realizes adaptation is a necessity for plays to be digestible for cowpokes, gunslingers, and saloon women. For good measure, mix in a bit of Charles Dickens' classics. Who in those savage lands would ever notice? After all, there is very little difference between Roman senators and Zuni warriors. Some older thespians in the weary acting troupe object, but the show must go on. As tempers flare, Mr. Shakespeare's plots serve as templates for troupe members to love, hate, manipulate, envy, plot, and poison. "To be .... or to have been." - Not much can rival Old West saloon show business.

Anniversary of Miss Nanette Pringle
Anniversary of Miss Nanette Pringle

Author: DC Fidler

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-07-22

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 0998972983

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In 1939, ninth-grade teacher Miss Pringle died. Her students pledged to gather every five years to celebrate the ways Miss Pringle touched their lives. In 1959, eight of the thirty-five-year-old, former students gather in Rob's Diner in Lubbock, Texas. They are a diverse group. An Italian porn star, a Chicago nun, a homeless physicist living beneath a Baltimore bridge, a Manhattan house husband, a California surfer dude, an Air Force flight nurse, a man owning a Nashville professional wrestling and country music corporation, and the Lubbock diner owner. The former pupils share memories about the discreet life of Miss Pringle, never grasping the big picture. The audience, however, with an omniscient, voyeuristic view, can unravel stunning mysteries of Miss Nanette Pringle.

Elk and Wolf
Elk and Wolf

Author: DC Fidler

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-07-25

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0998972924

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Bailey is a young promising law student who developed his detailed life plan when he was fourteen years old. Four days ago, Bailey launched his plan by blowing up an Appalachian Mountain gas station. Trevor is a young FBI intern in the anti-terrorism division, who is assigned to interrogate Bailey. Trevor and Bailey will weather the journey of the US being brought to its knees. The two young men will also weather the dark journey of searching for a fourteen-year-old boy's lost heart.

Shiraz
Shiraz

Author: D. C. Fidler

Publisher: Dcfidler Publishing

Published: 2018-08-14

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 0998972991

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Lowell is a large-animal veterinarian living alone in a rural fishing village on Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. He has lived there for decades, hiding from memories of Santiago, Chile. Lowell will not speak Spanish. Lowell will not eat Spanish dishes. Lowell will, however, drink wine. One day, Justin, a young stranger from New York City, arrives for an unexpected visit. JustinÕs goal is to drink with Lowell and talk about Chile. Lots about Chile. Can Lowell keep his mouth shut? Or will bottles of fine wine ease Lowell into revealing a dark past connecting him to his new visitor?

Three Diaries
Three Diaries

Author: DC Fidler

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-05-09

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13: 0998972975

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Prominent Ashville citizen Franklin Kenny announced his bid for mayor. Unfortunately, several people wish him dead. If he dies, will it be by the hand of his alcohol-abusing, pill-popping wife; by his wife's erotomanic, delusional, grocery-bag boy; by their multiple-personality grounds keeper; by the security agent assigned to their household; by Mr. Kenny's powerful senator father-in-law; or by their commanding housekeeper? Maybe diary entries can reveal the truth. Diary entries, however, may confound reality, especially when people's minds frequently black out or grossly distort reality.

Boogieban: The Play: Two Actors
Boogieban: The Play: Two Actors

Author: DC Fidler

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-06-23

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 0998972916

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This is a book of the play Boogieban for two-actors. This version premiered at None Too Fragile Theatre in Akron, Ohio in 2018 and won the 2018 Cleveland Critics Circle Award for Best Premier of a New Play and Best Actor. In 2019 it played in Chicago and Off-Broadway in New York. This book format contains more stage directions than the script in order to help readers upon first reading easily imagine what could be happening upon the stage. The play is about Lawrence Caplan, a Vietnam War veteran who became a military psychiatrist. Caplan is retiring after losing his own son in Afghanistan. Before leaving, he is ordered to assess one last soldier, a young specialist, who stubbornly insists that he is "good to go" back to his unit in Afghanistan. Caplan soon discovers the soldier is tortured by nightmares and flashbacks. The soldier's story begins to lift Caplan's amnesia for his own horrors in Vietnam. The two men launch on parallel journeys of the heart that change them forever.

Psychiatry for Actors
Psychiatry for Actors

Author: Donald C. Fidler, MD, FRCP-I

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015-06-02

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1329528727

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Psychiatry for Actors: Building Characters Using Psychiatric Principles is a textbook for helping actors, directors, and playwrights in creating characters in plays and films. There are no characters in plays and films, who are not impacted by normal and/or abnormal psychiatric and psychological phenomena. It is important to be faithful to the true presentations of behaviors since audience members know from their personal, family, friends, and community experiences of the true presentations of behaviors. It is based upon Donald Fidler's 30 years of experience of teaching medical students, teaching psychiatry residents, teaching acting students, coaching actors, and writing and directing plays and films.