Review Fix Exclusive: Inside ‘Egg Frame’ With Nicholas Kennedy

August 17, 2023 Patrick Hickey Jr. Theatre 0

Review Fix chats with Egg Frame playwright Nicholas Kennedy to find out all about the production.

About Egg Frame:

World Premiere at the

American Theatre of Actors314 W. 54th St. New York City

LIMITED ENGAGEMENT: September 1 – 10

Contact [email protected] for further info

Egg Frame, a surreal dramedy, concerns Allen, a locksmith who seemingly can’t fix a mysterious broken door. What he also can’t fix is his wife, Dolores – who suffers from early onset dementia aided only by his soon-to-be-son-in-law, Jack, while his daughter, Janey, serves in Afghanistan.   Told in fragments – not unlike a broken record or damaged mind – Egg Frame explores the intricacies of a fractured family using the perspectives of a struggling father and the declining mind of a suffering mother. Josh Koehn portrays the tribulation-ridden Allen in a cast that includes Dayna Michelle Kurtz, Sara McAuliffe, Jim Grant, Brian Mendoza, Gillian Britt, Madelyn Stewich, Brendan Roque, and Abhishek Ojha.  Nicholas Kennedy directs with his visionary partner, Lauren McAuliffe. The play is written by Kennedy and Jim Grant.

About Nicholas Kennedy:

Egg Frame playwright and director Nicholas Kennedy is a theatre artist and filmmaker from Grapevine, Texas. New York-based since 2016, Nick has written, directed, produced (and performed) in countless independent film and theatrical productions. Nick was just 19 when his first film, “Nothing,” was an official selection at the New York Short Film Festival and the New York Independent Theatre Film Festival. Soon after he graduated with BA from Pace University in 2020. Nick began his long-standing relationship as a producer and company member for Stag and Lion. More recently, he wrote his first full-length play, Jean Jackets and Red Pandas, which would be performed at The Trinity Theatre and at Teatro Latea during the New York Theatre Festival. Currently, Nick is on track to graduate with an MFA at City College in 2024, where his next film will be screening at the popular student showcase,Cityvisions.

Review Fix: What was your inspiration behind this project? 

Nicholas Kennedy: Telling stories is one of the most fulfilling journey’s a person can go on. I’m glad I can create a fictional world while using elements from my own personal experience in life, to create a play like Egg Frame is inspiring for myself, I get to watch a story that is therapeutic to my soul. 

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like? 

Kennedy: Typically, for writing, I like to drink whatever my favorite character ends up drinking throughout the story. It gives me a creative boost when writing once I have the character flushed out. In the past it has been Rosé, Pinot Noir, Champagne and now Whiskey. For this script too I got a lot of help from Jim Grant. 

Review Fix: What did you learn/are learning about yourself through this process/production? 

Kennedy: I am always learning, I love learning. It is so important to keep learning. It’s not always in the classroom, a lot or almost all can be learned from listening to others who have experience. 

Review Fix: What are your ultimate goals for this for the future?

Kennedy: I get to keep making silly sad little plays for the rest of my life. 

Review Fix: What’s next? 

 

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13887 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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