Ed Vela – Playwright – Resume
Awards Received:
2001 – Best Screenplay/Script for "The Lake at Calvary" from the Houston Writers Conference, Houston, Texas.
2003 – L.W. Thomas Award for a ten-minute play: "Wine & Wafers" from Theatre Oxford, Oxford, Mississippi.
2003 – Jewel Box Theatre Award for Best Play of the Year for "Urning It" from Jewel Box Theatre, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
2005 – National Finalist Dayton Future Fest for the full length play: "Poseidon’s Gate" from the Dayton Playhouse, Dayton, Ohio.
2007- Gold Remi Award for the short film "STEP!" from WorldFest Houston.
Full Length Plays Published:
2006 – "Urning It" with Norman Maine Publishing and Big Dog Publishing.
2007 – "A Step Away" with Norman Maine Publishing and Big Dog Publishing.
One Act Plays Published:
2007 –
"Santa’s Shoes" with Big Dog Plays.
"Expedient Family" with Norman Maine Publishing and Big Dog Plays
"Male Bonding" (Collection) with Norman Maine Publishing and Big Dog Plays.
"The Long Ride Home" (Collection) with Norman Maine Publishing and Big Dog Plays
"Casting the Bard" (Collection) with Norman Maine Publishing and Big Dog Plays.
Ten Minute Plays Published:
2006 –
"Two Choices" with JD Drama Publishing.
"Cookies" with JD Drama Publishing.
"Halvzies" with JD Drama Publishing.
"Focus" with JD Drama Publishing.
"Clown Heart" with JD Drama Publishing.
"Bats in the Belfry" with JD Drama Publishing.
Full Length Plays Produced:
2000 – "The Sisters of Smithville County" Produced by Theatre On the Bay, Clear Lake, Texas.
2004 – "Tributaries" Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
2005 – "Urning It" Produced by Jewel Box Theatre, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Children’s Plays Produced:
1997 – "Santa’s Shoes" Produced by Ft. Bend Theatre, Stafford, Texas.
One Act Plays Produced:
1998 – "Collaborators" Produced by Scriptwriters/Houston, Houston, Texas.
1999 – "Remembrance" Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
2000 – "The Lake at Calvary" Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
2001 –
"The Sisters of Smithville County" Produced by Theatre On the Bay, Clear Lake, Texas, for Texas Non-Profit Theatres Quad IV Festival.
"Twinkle" Produced by Scriptwriters/Houston, Houston, Texas, for the Texas Non-Profit Theatres Quad IV Festival.
"Cryptic" Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
2002 –
"Bats in the Belfry" Produced by Scriptwriters/Houston, Houston, Texas.
"The Last Twenty Minutes" Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
2003 –
"Bullets for Bakersfield" Produced by Scriptwriters/Houston, Houston, Texas.
"Tidy Corners" Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
2004 – "Chrysalis" Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
2005 – "The Wimp Factor" Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
2006 – "Expedient Family" Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
2007 - "Poseidon's Gate" Produced by Edmond North High School, Edmond, Oklahoma.
Ten Minute Plays Produced:
1998 – "Malebonding" Produced by Scriptwriters/Houston, Houston, Texas.
1999 – Prenuptial Bereavement" Produced by Scriptwriters/Houston, Houston, Texas.
2001 –
"Malebonding" Produced by Baytown Little Theatre, Baytown, Texas.
"Meeting the Date" Produced by Baytown Little Theatre, Baytown, Texas.
"Wine & Wafers" Produced by Scriptwriters/Houston, Houston, Texas.
2002 –
"Clown Heart" Produced by Scriptwriters/Houston, Houston, Texas.
"Meeting the Date" Produced by Camino Real Theatre, San Juan Capistrano, California.
2003 –
"Estranged Bedfellows" Produced by Actor’s Theatre of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California.
"Wine & Wafers" Produced by Theatre Oxford, Oxford, Mississippi.
2004 –
"Clown Heart" Produced by Baytown Little Theatre, Baytown, Texas.
"Wine & Wafers" Produced by Baytown Little Theatre, Baytown, Texas.
"Prenuptial Bereavement" Produced by Baytown Little Theatre, Baytown, Texas.
2005 –
"Wine & Wafers" Produced by Unhinged Theatre, Houston, Texas.
"Desperate Houseflies" Produced by Scriptwriters/Houston, Houston, Texas.
"God Dog" Produced by the Lebanon Community Theatre, Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
"Two Choices" Produced by Stormy Weather Players, Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, New York.
2006 -
"Cookies" Produced by Scriptwriters/Houston, Houston, Texas.
"If you deny a mouse a cookie...? Produced at the Sunshine Brooks Theatre, Oceanside, California.
2008-
"A Mirror for Futility" Produced by Scriptwriters/Houston, Houston, Texas.
Plays Given Workshop Productions:
2000 – "Weekenders" One Act Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
2001– "Natural Enemies" One Act Produced by
Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
2002 – "HEAD" Ten Minute Play Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
2003 –
"Cookies" Ten Minute Play Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
"Loathe Letters" Ten Minute Play Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
"Two Choices" Ten Minute Play Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
"Halvzies" Ten Minute Play Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
2004 – "Santa After Hours" Ten Minute Play Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
2005 – "Just a few brief notes…" Ten Minute Play Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
2006 -
"Sacrifices" Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
"Double Dutch" Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
"They 3 Kings" Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
2007 -
"Echoes" Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
"The Revenge Society" Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
"A Second Pass" Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
2008-
"Scenario..." Produced by Theatre Southwest, Houston, Texas.
Vela has also directed most of his public readings, and workshop presentations, and the one act production of: "Chrysalis" in 2004.
Vela has been an actor since 1977, appearing in many stage, children’s theatre and workshop productions over the last thirty years.