The Guyton Bookshop
The Twisted Mind of Daniel Guyton (Poetry and Plays in
the Dark Comedy Vein) - Published by Lulu.com, 2009.
ISBN 9780557070138. Features the following plays:
SPAT!; MILO AND BARBARA; GEORGIE GETS A
FACELIFT; ATTIC; I'M NOT GAY!; ROMANCE IS
DEAD; A FRIEND TO ALL THE LITTLE GUYS; IN
THE SHADOW OF A WAR; YOU TRIPPIN?; FATHER
AND SON; HALF-WIT; BOYS NIGHT IN; GOT
CHANGE FOR A TWO? and the following poems:
COLD; ABANDONED; WAKING UP ABANDONED;
HERE, YOU LAUGHING; BLACK DEATH AND PUPPY
LOVE; UNRELENTING; WAKING UP; MAN OF WAR;
FINDING THE IGNITION; FAMILY TIES;
CONSOLATION PRIZE; BEAUTY; GOOD TIMES GO;
and MARY'S SONG.
The Mother of God Visits Hell - Published by Lulu.com,
2009. ISBN 9780557068609. THE MOTHER OF GOD
VISITS HELL is a full-length poetic drama/comedy
about the Virgin Mary. It is written in iambic
pentameter, and based on a poem described in "The
Brothers Karamazov" by F. Dostoyevsky, in which the
Virgin Mary travels to hell to comfort the souls in
torment. While there, she becomes so moved by their
plight that she pleads with God to forgive them. When
he refuses, a war erupts between Heaven and Hell, as
the two forces battle over good and evil...
Where's Julie? - Published by Lulu.com, 2009. ISBN
9780557082728. **Winner of the 2001 Short Play Award
at the Kennedy Center/ACTF Festival, Region II.**
Also, winner of the Northwest Zone High School Drama
Festival's Best Production, Best Actress, Best
Supporting Actress, and Best Sound Awards in 2008
(BC, Canada). WHERE'S JULIE? is a full-length
comedy about a 15-year old runaway who contemplates
abortion. It's hilarious! Mature audiences only.
I'm Not Gay! - Published by Lulu.com, 2009. ISBN
9780557092475. **Winner of the Best Comedy Award
from the Author's Playhouse New Author Festival in
2005.** I'M NOT GAY! is a dark satire on homophobia.
The play explores Gary's homophobic prejudices in one
of the funniest, most shocking tragedies of all time.
Revered and reviled by critics across the globe, this
play nearly caused someone to choke to death on
opening night in Iceland. Some say it was from
laughter. Others say it must have been the bile in the
back of her throat. Regardless, you'll never forget the
experience as Gary tries to prove how "not gay" he
truly is. Mature audiences only.
Attic - Published by Original Works Publishing, 2005.
ATTIC is a dark, poetic journey into the mind of an
unstable young man as he returns home to the family
he once tried to destroy. Written partially in verse, and
partially in prose, in a style that Edgar Allan Poe would
approve of. Winner of the Kennedy Center/ACTF
award for Best New Play in 2004.
"[Attic] is the most innovative, original play I've ever
seen... from a college student." (Gary Garrison,
executive director of the Dramatists Guild, 2004)
Death of a Snowman - Published by Heuer Publishing,
2009. DEATH OF A SNOWMAN is a 10-Minute
comedy about a young girl and her snowman,
discussing the afterlife together.
**[Michal] Shelton and Amanda Lynn Meyer team up
nicely in Death of a Snowman, a poignant moment
between a girl who has lost her mother and her
snowman, who explains the circle of life in the
coolest way possible." (Elizabeth Musgrave, Gotta
Go! Newsletter, 2009)
**Best of the bunch is Daniel Guyton’s Death of a
Snowman, in which actor Michael Shelton gives the
best performance I’ve seen from him (and I’ve seen
some fine ones) as a snowman discussing life and
death with a young girl (Amanda Lynn Meyer)." (Lou
Harry, Indianapolis Business Journal, 2009)
Desert Road's One Acts of Note 2008 - Published by
Desert Road Publishing, 2009. An anthology of one act
plays from the West Coast to the East Coast, ONE
ACTS OF NOTE is a must-have book for theatre-
lovers! The Anthology features THE LIMP by John
Lane, MOM AND DAD MEET IN HEAVEN by John
Ireland, LOOK UP by Sharon Yablon, GEORGIE
GETS A FACELIFT by Daniel Guyton, AMERICAN
INTERLUDE by Scott Brooks, RAFT OF MEDUSA-
POST MODERN by Christine Emmert, SHE IS AND
SHE ISN’T by George Freek, AMARILLO ROSE by
David Miguel Estrada, THE HOMELESS SECRETARY
by Gerry Sheridan, DAWNLESS DAYS by Olivia
Arieti, A GOOD KID by Bill Mesce Jr, LAST DANCE
by Carol Schlanger, THE SELLING OF THE SOUL by
Walter Dalton, JETTISON by Brendan Andolsek
Bradley, & 4 DAYS IN BED by Jonson Kuhn & Ariel
Marks.
Cherry Poppin' Plays 2009 - Published by Alive Theatre,
2009. The one-act plays in this collection were first
performed as part of Alive Theatre’s second annual
Cherry Poppin’ Play Festival. In the space of a single
year, the festival that was originally conceived as a
chance for emerging local playwrights to get their ‘pens’
wet is now attracting submissions from all over the
United States. The six plays within this collection are as
diverse as they are wild, ranging from a modern Mystery
Play written completely in verse to a rock and roll quest
through the desert to find the world’s tallest volcano.
Whatever you're looking for in a new play, you'll
probably find it here. But please don't ask about the
bear. Includes THE ADVENTURE PLAY by Anthony
Cretara and Jasper Oliver, THE MOTHER OF GOD
VISITS HELL by Daniel Guyton, PUBLIC SERVICE by
David Lawson, SQUAT by Cort Brinkerhoff, THE
STRATOVOLCANOE by Aaron Von Geem, and UNDER
THE GREAT BOOBIE HATCH by Ryan McClary.
Quick and Painless Volume I - Published by Original
Works Publishing, 2005. An outstanding collection of
10 minute comedies featuring: LAST LAUGH by Jay
Hanagan, TODAY'S SPECIAL by Greg Vovos, TWO
by Jeffrey B. Teitler, PENNY THOUGHTS by Mark
Aloysius Kenneally, DUDE LOOKS LIKE A LADY by
Jason Aaron Goldberg, GREEK TO ME by Edward J.
Thomas, REVERSED CURSE by Jason Aaron
Goldberg, TRIBE by Greg Vovos, THE PLUNGE by
Matt Casarino, THE CLICKER by Daniele
Nathanson, A FORK IN THE LIFE by Mark Aloysius
Kenneally, LOVE SHACKLES by Jacquelyn Floyd,
SPAT! by Daniel Guyton, DAVE AND JACKIE HAD
AN AFFAIR TWO YEARS AGO by Tony Foster, HE
CALLS HIMSELF GAD?! by Jason Aaron Goldberg,
THE BOOK OF JOB: PART II by Matt Casarino, and
RAIN DELAY by Tom Swimm.
Best Student One-Acts Volume 7 - Published by
Dramatic Publishing Company, 2002. This collection
presents the winners of the 2001 Kennedy Center /
ACTF one-act play competition. It features: A FAIR
AFFAIR by Daria Polatin, WHERE'S JULIE? by
Daniel Guyton, ATLAS'S CIGAR by Betsy
Breitanbach, IN A TEMPTING FATE by Brad Stoller,
BUNNIES by Michael O'Brien, DRIVE-IN AMERICA
by Amy Lanasa, LOCAL CELEBRITIES by Todd
McCullough, and FALL FROM GRACE by Jason D.
Martin.