Anthony Wynn
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Anthony Wynn (born 1962, Eugene, Oregon) is an American author and playwright.
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[edit] Biography
Wynn's background includes service in the U.S. Air Force, SHAPE and NATO, the Gulf War (Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm) in Saudi Arabia, and work as a Federal employee for the U.S. Air Force Reserve in Portland, Oregon.
[edit] Playwright
Wynn's two-act, two-actor drama Bernard and Bosie: A Most Unlikely Friendship, explores the complex relationship between playwright George Bernard Shaw and poet Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas. It is based on the correspondence exchanged between the two men in the 1930s and early 1940s. Having met in-person only once, the two—while from the absolute opposite ends of the spectrum—manage to connect and form a friendship. The play has been performed in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
[edit] Published works
Wynn's first professional writing credit was an interview with actor Martin Landau for SFTV Magazine.
Wynn is co-author (with Barry Morse and Robert E. Wood) of the books Merely Players - The Scripts (2003), and Pulling Faces, Making Noises: A Life on Stage, Screen and Radio (2004).
His Stories of the Theatre (with Robert E. Wood) was published in 2006; the material in the book combines the drama, tragedy and comedy of theatrical history with tales of actors, actresses, playwrights and critics. He also wrote the foreword to the 2006 hardbound edition of the classic novel The Green Carnation by Robert Hichens (which was based on Hichens' personal relationships with Oscar Wilde and Bosie Douglas).
The theatrical memoir of actor Barry Morse, Remember With Advantages: Chasing "The Fugitive" and Other Stories from an Actor's Life (written with Robert E. Wood and Barry Morse), was released in spring 2007 by McFarland and Company publishers of North Carolina. Academy Award-winning actor Martin Landau wrote the foreword for the book.
Wynn's book Talkin' Trek and Other Stories: Conversations with Performers, Professionals and Fans on a Science Fiction Phenomenon, to be released by BearManor Media publishers in 2008, features career interviews with more than a dozen actors, actresses, and others associated with various incarnations of Star Trek, including: Robin Curtis, Nick Tate, Grace Lee Whitney, Paul Carr, Armin Shimerman, Bibi Besch, Susan Sackett, James Doohan, Eric A. Stillwell, George Takei and Gene Roddenberry.
[edit] Science fiction fandom
In the 1970s and early 1980s, Wynn served on the Command Staff of Starfleet: The International Star Trek Fan Association as the Chief of Fleet Communications and as the titular editor of the Communique, created and published by Eric A. Stillwell. In 1983, he left to found another Star Trek fan organization, Trek International, a group that ultimately boasted some thirty chapters worldwide. Wynn also served as editor of that organization’s publication, The Fleet Herald, throughout his tenure with the group. Trek International survived for about six years before disbanding; many of the chapters merged into Starfleet. The Guinness Book of World Records now recognizes Starfleet as the world’s largest science fiction fan club.
Wynn has also been involved with Space: 1999 fandom since 1976. He edited and published the Reconnaissance Newsletter and other fan publications.
He has organized and managed more three dozen science fiction conventions and film screening events in Texas and the Pacific Northwest, as well as assisting at other fan gatherings in Ohio, California, New York and Florida. These events raised thousands of dollars for children's charitable causes and Parkinson's disease treatment and research.
[edit] Producer
As producer, he has brought the drama Blasphemy, starring Cil Stengel, to the Portland, Oregon stage and also he also co-produced two separate productions of A.R. Gurney's hit Broadway play Love Letters. Wynn also produced the world premiere of Doug Grissom's drama Contact starring Ryan Case and Barry Morse. Other live events he has produced include An Evening of Song With Nichelle Nichols, The Star Trek Anniversary Celebration with Robin Curtis and Paul Carr, and Out on Broadway with Grethe Cammermeyer.
He has produced and worked on many multiple productions of the Barry Morse one-man show Merely Players throughout the U.S. and Canada, partly based on material found in the book Stories of the Theatre. His work on the show led to his being named, with Robert E. Wood, as co-producer of the television version (and forthcoming DVD release) of the show.
Wynn also formulated and co-produced the 60-minute audio drama Rogues and Vagabonds - A Theatrical Scrapbook. The piece is introduced by Tobias Andersen and stars Barry Morse. It features fresh, new performances from the pages of theatrical history, including: The Man Who Killed Lincoln, Charles Dickens: Would-Be Actor, David Garrick: An Ideal Actor, plus performances based on works by Shakespeare (Hamlet), and George Bernard Shaw. Rogues and Vagabonds debuted on internet radio KSAV August 7, 2007.
He produced two music albums for entertainer and actress Grace Lee Whitney: Light at the End of the Tunnel in 1996, and Yeoman Rand Sings! in 1999. These releases included several of her classic recordings, such as Charlie X, Miri, Enemy Within, and USS Enterprise.
[edit] Bibliography
- Talkin' Trek and Other Stories (BearManor Media, 2008), ISBN 1-59393-074-7
- Remember With Advantages (McFarland and Company, 2007), ISBN 978-0-7864-2771-0
- Stories of the Theatre (Lulu Press, 2006), ISBN 978-1-4116-9211-4
- The Green Carnation, Foreword by Anthony Wynn (Lulu Press, 2006), ISBN 978-1-4116-9151-3
- Everything Yet to Be (Lulu Press, 2005), ISBN 1-4116-3463-2
- Pulling Faces, Making Noises (Writer's Club Press, 2004), ISBN 0-595-66485-7
- Merely Players - The Scripts (Writer's Club Press, 2003), ISBN 0-595-65673-0
