Don Pruden Jr. and Brad
PhoenixDon Pruden Jr., indie film director & writer At a radio theatre recording session
"The DeathSHIP
Cometh!"© (Science
fiction / Fantasy - 3 minute excerpt)
In the future, the Earth is almost dead from industrial toxins and radiation.
Human beings are desperately
fighting to stay
alive.
It's already a 2-character (husband & wife)
audio short story (radio play)
that's only 6 minutes long
(SIX MINUTES!)
BUT this play can be turned into a short film.
YES, YOU CAN ALSO PERFORM THIS SCRIPT
AS A STAGE PLAY! TWO
CHARACTERS ON STAGE!
CLICK ON
the link BELOW to listen to an
excerpt of "The DeathSHIP Cometh!"
http://bradleyphoenix.com/DeathSHIP%20%20(best%20excerpt).mp3
"The Girl of My Dreams"©
(Romance / Fantasy -
SCREENPLAY)
A man
is arrested for stalking a Hollywood sex goddess. The cruelty he
suffers in police custody.
The fairy tale ending. Not a radio play,
but a 55-page screenplay (as of 10/27/2010).
* "The Girl of My Dreams" is ALSO scheduled to be produced
as a contemporary AUDIO PLAY
before the close of 2010. The main character will be played by
New York City stage actor,
Peter Plano, (a FaceBook friend) who recently was in a music
video http://vimeo.com/13776630
stars in "Suburban Legend" a You-Tube series
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGrVJduyPPc
and is currently shooting another indie movie.
"They're Come'n
To Your House"© (Drama) - 4 minute excerpt)
A platoon of "Homeland Security Confederacy Agents"
capture "liberal activists"
and herd them into ???? . This radio play
will definitely work
as a stage play, teleplay,
graphic novel, or short independent film. CLICK ON the blue
link below and listen to a 4-minute excerpt...
http://bradleyphoenix.com/They%20Are%20Coming%20(excerpt).mp3
"The Educational Toy"© (Twilight Zone-type story -
SCREENPLAY)
A CEO vs. his child's toy and his ex-wife -
35 pages.
"The Spirit of a Rapist"© (Horror - 3 minute excerpt)
A serial killer has found a supernatural way to cheat capital punishment.
This story will work as an
indie film, graphic novel, stage play, or teleplay!
CLICK ON the link below...listen to an excerpt:
http://bradleyphoenix.com/Spirit%20of%20a%20Rapist%20III.mp3
"The Outcast Ones"© (Drama - 3 minutes and 40 seconds excerpt)
A protestant pastor is on "trial" for misconduct by his denomination's elders.
Already a complete
contemporary
audio production, this story will work
as a stage play, teleplay, or indie film! CLICK
ON...
http://bradleyphoenix.com/THEOUTCA.MP3
"Welcome To
Your Future"©
(Twilight Zone-type drama -
SCREENPLAY)
Caucasian scientists travel in a time machine centuries into the future
only to discover people who are....
This screenplay has 83 pages.
"Death STARE"©
(Horror - 1 minute and 28 seconds excerpt)
A prison official is haunted by an ex-con. This is a radio play
MONOLOGUE that will work as a
short film or even a stage play. CLICK ON the link below and
listen to this 43 second excerpt...
http://bradleyphoenix.com/tea/deathstare.mp3
"Color Me Bigot"© (Comedy - 2 minutes
and 25 seconds excerpt)
I found an actor who could vocally imitate the late great Rodney Dangerfield and then
I wrote and directed this 2-person (husband & wife) short comedy with a supernatural twist
ending.
This story will also work as a short film or stage play. :)
CLICK ON...
http://bradleyphoenix.com/COLORMEB.MP3
"Warriors of the Wizard"
(UPCOMING Fantasy-science fiction
NOVEL by Bradley
Phoenix)
There are wizards, hobbit-like beings, elves, a family tree that can be traced
back to Vlad the Impaler,
a cybernetic dragon, flying creatures, robots, androids, and genetically
engineered beings...
There are 28 pages so far (when there are more pages, they'll be indicated
here). This is
Brad Phoenix's 2nd attempt at writing a novel. The first novel is:
"The Iconoclastic Zealot"
written in the 1970's.
I'M WRITING NEW SCRIPTS / PLAYS ALL THE TIME,
SCRIPTS THAT WILL WORK FOR
GRAPHIC NOVELS, TELEVISION, MOTION PICTURES, & ANIMATION
(here are some of my NEW 2010 works in progress):
"The Prayer of Faith"...............Sanitation workers become terminally ill in their
spaceship
"Courage Over Cruelty"..........Racist humans treat aliens beings with
cruelty... (synopsis with WGA)
"Gimme A Reason"......................A battered housewife has a
surprise for her abusive husband
"Let This Be My Last Nu--".............A man refuses to die at these
locations....
"Divorce H---".............In the future, you can rid yourself
of your spouse just by....
(synopsis registered with WGA)
"The Bullet Express"..................A serial killer holds THEM hostage throughout....
"No Intelligent Life In Sarah Palin"..................A very ANTI-Republi-CON
Tea Party audio skit.
"Diva With A Past"................It's a race against time to
erase her past by.... (synopsis with WGA)
"Action Junkies"...................The War Machine
targets pre-teens and teens via movie theatres
"The Gods in the Pentagon"..........My
salute to my favorite film director, the late Stanley Kubrick.
This radio play was performed LIVE over WUSB-90.1 FM
radio station, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY on
Memorial Day 2002. The production ran about 38 minutes long.
I am converting this radio play into both a stage play and screenplay.
Yes, I have a Doctor Strangelove / Peter Sellers-type character.
I also have a Humphrey Bogart-type character.
Any major motion picture corporation want to make this into a feature?
Here's an excerpt of my radio play,"The Gods in the Pentagon":
The Gods in the Pentagon LINK
Don Pruden Jr. and Brad
Phoenix
Don Pruden Jr., indie film director & writer
At a radio theatre recording session
Don is currently working on two documentaries, but he expressed an interest in
directing five of my original scripts.
I showed him a list of my scripts, just like I am showing you, the reader.
I worked with Don at an insurance business here on Long Island. Don played
the husband in my audio play:
"The DeathSHIP Cometh". Here's a sample of
this two-character audio play:
http://bradleyphoenix.com/DeathSHIP%20%20(best%20excerpt).mp3
Check out Don's credits listed on the IMDB website:
Don Pruden, Jr., directed the independent films: "Gat Crazy" (approx.
25 minutes)
"Gat Crazy": http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0699161/
He also directed the film,"Fallout" -
(1 hour and 57 minutes - two men in a fallout shelter).
(I'm about to do a documentary interviewing Don on his movie,"Fallout"...coming
soon).
He was also an interviewee in a documentary on Elvis Presley:
"Elvis Presley: From Beginning to the End":
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2865730/
Don directed a documentary on the Armenian abstract painter, Arthur Panajian
(2011):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQSdb3Y-KL4
I'm glad Don wants to direct some of my scripts as indie films, I believe that
he's an upcoming director and will be a
world-famous motion picture filmmaker in the near future. But right now,
ANY indie film producer can contact me regarding
turning one of my scripts into an independent film. Even major
motion picture corporations are welcome to contact me.
I have two contracts that I co-developed with my lawyer that I retained through
the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts in Manhattan,
New York. One contract is for high schools, colleges, science
fiction conventions, churches, organizations, and theatre
troupes and companies to LEASE my scripts to perform on stage or over the radio
and/or internet. The other contract is
for indie film companies and producers to produce specific scripts that I wrote
(all of my scripts are registered with the
Writers Guild of America, East or registered with the Library of
Congress).
I've written over 100 original
scripts of various genres:
Twilight Zone-type stories, science
fiction, horror, suspense, satire, comedy, and DRAMA.
I write screenplays, stage plays and
contemporary radio (audio) plays.
* All of my scripts are registered with the Writers Guild of America and my entertainment lawyer co-developed my two play-licensing contracts.
My scripts will work for You-Tube segments, stage plays, indie films, teleplays,
graphic novels, and animation.
On my web page link BELOW, you can check out my plays, listen to radio
interviews I've done, and view photos:
http://www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
RADIO THEATRE COMPANIES CAN LEASE MY SCRIPTS
INDEPENDENT FILM PRODUCERS CAN "BUY"
MY ORIGINAL SCRIPTS
I discuss my original scripts on two You-TUBE segments
(if the text is not clear, switch to the FULL-SCREEN MODE):
Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix’s Original Scripts – Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIvhNzGDYjU
Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix’s Original Scripts – Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA3HrBl1Df4
HOW
MANY ORIGINAL SCRIPTS HAS
BRADLEY WRITTEN? CLICK ON:
http://www.bradleyphoenix.com/playlist.html
Bradley Thunderbird
Phoenix - scriptwriter-voice actor-radio
theatre
director
Founder & President, X-Cursion Media and
Montage Radio Theatre
Contact e-mail:
scriptbird [@] gmail.com
Business address: P.O. Box 58, Bay Shore, NY 11706
My web page:
http://www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
My online RESUME and REFERENCES:
http://www.bradleyphoenix.com/bradleybio.html
I'm on FaceBOOK - type in the FaceBOOK search engine:
Original Scripts of Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Original-Scripts-of-Bradley-Thunderbird-Phoenix/106488596047960
X-CURSION LOGO
©
BRIEF BIO: 
Bradley
Born: Brooklyn,
Long Island, New York City
Ethnicity: African American and Native
(to North America)
Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix considers himself a "Black Rod Serling"
A long-time fan of DC Comics, Trekker (not a Trekkie!), and the X-Files
Brad Phoenix has written over 100 original scripts of various lengths and genres
Favorite authors: Harlan Ellison, Rod Serling, Philip K. Dick, Paddy Chayefsky....
Favorite film director: The late
legendary Stanley Kubrick
Military service: Served in the U.S. Army (regular Army)
for six years
About to launch his You-Tube talk show series and annual
Spoken-Word Convention
(A CONVENTION featuring: performance poets,
storytellers, progressive
folk singers, stand-up comedians, stage play monologues, contemporary
radio theatre
on stage, rap artists,
lectures on holistic medicine, anti-war speeches, oral poetry contests,
various artistic workshops (singing, creative writing, voice acting,
etc.).
I'm going to be looking for vendors, workshop instructors, speakers, security,
and SPONSORS. This will on Long Island, New York
* My favorite author, Mr. Harlan Ellison, sent me a thank-you letter when
I sent him an audio CD with some of my
audio plays & skits, especially the audio play,"Harlan Speaks" (a
fun AUDIO satire about Harlan's "eccentric" fans).
Mr. Ellison's letter was scanned and posted on
my web page:
http://www.bradleyphoenix.com/bradleybio.html
(when
you're on
this web page, keep
scrolling down until you come to the section on Harlan Ellison).
Here's an excerpt of the audio play "Harlan Speaks" at this LINK
(5 minutes and 35 seconds):
http://bradleyphoenix.com/HarlanSpeaks3.mp3
HARLAN
ELLISON
Who is Harlan Ellison?
He's won many literary awards for short stories and screenplays:
http://harlanellison.com/home.htm
Mr. Ellison wrote one of the best episodes in the classic Star Trek series:
"City on the Edge of Forever".
Harlan Ellison's work inspired James Cameron's "Terminator" movies.
To receive a thank-you letter from Mr. Ellison, was one of the greatest thrills
in my life! :)
WHY DO
I WRITE CONTEMPORARY RADIO PLAYS?
Answer: My first love is filmmaking. I wanted to
be Stanley Kubrick. I started out writing
poetry and then short stories in the 1970's. I played around with an
8 mm camera, my father had,
an old Bell & Howell camera. Since film was expensive, I didn't have
a video camera, and I was a
big fan of the Firesign Theatre (the American counterpart to the British
Monty Python's Flying Circus),
I decided to write modern radio plays (audio plays...no visual components).
I wrote and produced
radio plays in the mid-1970's even though I took acting classes and television &
film classes in
college. Over the years I evolved and matured as a writer.
Since I grew up watching the Twilight Zone,
the Outer Limits, One Step Beyond, Star Trek, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and
reading DC comic books,
I ultimately created a contemporary audio play anthology series called: X-Cursion
(Excursion).
X-Cursion is also a salute to the radio play series during the Golden Age of
Radio: Dimension X,
Escape, The Mysterious Traveler, Suspense, Lux Radio Theatre, and X-Minus One.
Some people
scrunch up their face when you mention the phrase, "RADIO THEATRE".
But many great writers
listened to and wrote radio plays: Rod Serling, Ray Bradbury, Woody
Allen.... Radio plays are very
inexpensive to produce AND the actors do NOT have memorize their
scripts, they act while reading.
So, if you're quick to shake your head and dismiss radio theatre because you
love filmmaking, all I can
say to you is: HOW DUMB CAN YOU BE AND STILL KEEP BREATHING?
Because some
of the best writers in the world listened to and wrote RADIO PLAYS.
I am converting many of
my radio plays into SCREENPLAYS. In 2010, I'm launching my
own business "selling" my original
scripts to indie filmmakers AND leasing my plays to high schools,
colleges, theatre companies, etc.
I have two contracts that my entertainment lawyer and I co-wrote:
One to "sell" my original scripts to
independent film producers AND another contract to lease to clubs, churches, conventions, and organizations.
Take my very short play entitled: "The Day Music Lived". A radio play. A boring thing to some folks.
God forbid that you have to listen to a radio
play. With radio plays you have to scrape the rust off your
imagination and be attentive. It's not like television, where you
can plop your behind on the couch, set
your brain to automatic pilot and
stay their for 3 to 6 hours. Radio
theatre forces you to use your mind to
picture
what's happening.
Well,
here's the story of this radio play:
An alien being visits Earth because it's curious about music on Earth.
I have only one character in the play,
Earth's ambassador, who can be played by a male or female actor. You
can hear an excerpt of this radio
play on the LINK below. The full audio play is only 6 minutes LONG! How
long does it take to tell a
good story?
This play can work as animation or
an indie film
for those who can use their imagination!
Rod Serling said,"...You
un-lock this door with the key of imagination..."
http://bradleyphoenix.com/tea/thedaymusiclived.mp3
Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix, African American & Native
American
writer-producer-voice actor-director