TV and Film Writing |
Luke has recently completed a film version of THE JESUS HICKEY as well as a TV movie adaptation of A PLACE AT FOREST LAWN, entitled THE THINGS I NEVER SAID. He has also written several hour-long television spec scripts, including BROTHERS & SISTERS and PUSHING DAISIES, as well as THE STAR MAKER, a pilot for an original series.
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MAJOR TELEVISION WRITER/PRODUCERS PRAISE LUKE'S TELEVISION WRITING. TO READ THE QUOTES, CLICK HERE (.pdf file)
For inquiries regarding Luke Yankee and to obtain other film and televsion screenplays, please contact his personal manager, Bonny Dore: bonny.dore@gmail.com or bonnyinc@aol.com or phone: 310 443-4189
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Playwrighting |
WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION OPENS JUNE 12, 2010 STARRING HARRY HAMLIN SKYLIGHT THEATRE LOS ANGELES Luke's latest play, THE JESUS HICKEY, is a modern day fable about the seduction of celebrity funneled through the window of religious fanaticism. Funny, bawdy, outrageous, and touching, it tells the story of an impoverished familyw whose lives are rrevocably changed when their only daughter goes "down to the embankment" with a young man. Though she's been warned repeatedly by her father and grandmother about what happens to girls who do, no one could have foretold what could happen when the love bite on her neck appears in the image of Christ. The world premiere production opens at the Skylight Theatre in Los Angeles in June 2010, starring Harry Hamlin, star of TV's LA LAW and such films as MAKING LOVE and CLASH OF THE TITANS.
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THE JESUS HICKEY is the winner of the TRU Voices Award as well as the first annual Joel and Phyllis Ehrlich Award. given "for a socailly relevant new work of theater." It received staged readings at the Phoenix Theatre, The Long Beach Playhouse in New York at the Players Theatre starring Tony Award nominees Matthew Arkin and Merle Louise. Luke has recently completed a film adaptation. HERE'S WHAT CRITCS ARE SAYING ABOUT "THE JESUS HICKEY" (.pdf file) READ A SYNOPSIS OF "THE JESUS HICKEY" (.pdf file)
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A PLACE AT FOREST LAWN, based on the award-winning one-act play by Lorees Yerby. Winner of the New Noises Festival Playwriting Award for 2003, it was also a finalist in the Palm Springs International Playwrights competition in 2004. In addition, Luke has directed numerous staged readings of the play on both coasts with all-star casts. The Off-Broadway cast included Frances Sternhagen, Marian Seldes, George Grizzard and Tony Goldwyn. The Los Angeles cast included Betty White, Marian Ross, John Glover, Marcia Cross and Steven Culp. It recently received a full production at The Arvada Center for the Performing Arts, a 500-seat Equity theatre outsdie of Denver. It is published by Dramatists Play Service.
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PURCHASE A SCRIPT FROM DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE, CLICK HERE READ THE REVIEW OF 'FOREST LAWN" IN WEEKLY VARIETY
"A PLACE AT FOREST LAWN" SYNOPSIS (.pdf file)
Luke Yankee is a member of The Dramatists Guild and the Los Angeles Writers Collective.
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Luke has co-written (with James Bontempo) 