Mastermind: The Web Series

Mastermind has become a web series! Brad stars in and wrote and recorded both the theme song and closing credit song. Check it out!

Supervillain Mastermind has been off the radar for almost a year. Suddenly, a video is released, with Mastermind stating that he's set a bomb that will go off unless he can be found to prevent it. Liz Lassiter, intrepid reporter who has been covering Mastermind, tries to convince her boyfriend, JD, that they must get out of town before the bomb can explode. JD, however, has an announcement of his own.

Produced and directed by Susan Lee
Written by Michael Patrick Sullivan
Starring Beth Ricketson and Brad C. Wilcox

Fencing Photos

Both photos, credit: CC Weske

Lagniappe

Brad will be participating in a reading of a new play by Dean Farell Bruggeman, Lagniappe. The reading will take place at Eclectic Company Theatre on Sunday, October 16 · 7:00pm - 9:30pm. The theatre is located at 5312 Laurel Canyon Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91607. Admission is free, but donations will be graciously accepted. There will be a wine and cheese reception.

Lagniappe

Featuring:
Jason Britt
Liza de Weerd
Alec Frasier
Elizabeth Southard
Trent Walker
Brad Wilcox

la•gniappe - noun \lan-yap\ (American French):
a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase; broadly: something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure; a 'little something extra' not expected or demanded.

“We picked up one excellent word — a word worth traveling to New Orleans to get; a nice limber, expressive, handy word — ‘lagniappe.’”
-Mark Twain, "Life on the Mississippi" (1883)

The Mackenzie Report

Brad has been cast in three episodes of a new web series called Dreamtime Stories. The first episode is titled The Mackenzie Report, written by Justin T. Bowler and is to be directed by the author. Brad will be playing Dr. Mackenzie and will shoot for two days this coming weekend, 8/27 and 28.

Brad has also had a piece he wrote selected to be a part of Dreamtime Stories. It is titled The Getaway and is slated for production early next year. He will also be directing, but not acting in this episode.

Dreamtime Stories is being produced by Eclectic Company Theatre Productions.

Contact

bradcwilcox@gmail.com

representation:
Mademoiselle Talent Agency
Won Lee: 213-387-9994
mademoiselletalentagency@gmail.com

One Day Play

This clock can be bought at Cafe Press.

Brad just finished a one day fundraiser, this past weekend, called the One Day Play at the Eclectic Co. Theatre in Valley Village. The fundraiser was to raise money for upcoming productions, Preposterous and Askance.  The One Day Play is a form of theatre that was invented at the Eclectic Co. Theatre. It is similar to the common form of 24 hour theatre, in which short one act pieces are written, directed and performed all within 24 hours. The big difference with the One Day Play is that it is one entire play written, directed and performed within 24 hours. It is what seems an impossible task, but somehow the Eclectic and their hugely talented members make it happen.

For this production, Brad was not acting, but participated as one of the writers. As noted on his Twitter feed, Brad says "What a crazy, stressful, exhausting and hugely fun experience!" The writers had gathered the night before and concocted a theme for the piece by playing a version of Exquisite Corpse, an improvisational word game. Then they each drew scene numbers for scenes which they had to outline in the presence of the other writers, utilizing a randomly drawn line of dialogue and prop. After that, the numbers went back in the hat (or plastic sandwich bag, as I'm told) and the writers redrew numbers and then had to go home, write their three scenes and have them back at the theatre by 7am the next day.

At which point, the director and actors took over to rehearse the scripts for two shows at 8 and 10pm that very evening. The final result was an unpredictable laugh riot that actually had a plot and a few subplots, that strangely all tied together. The show was titled If the Shoe Fits and it involved a supervillain, a couple of rhyming pirates, a sneaker factory worker,  a singing wizard and more. It was very fun night and a real testament to what people can accomplish when they put their minds to it.

Funny How Things Work Out

Brad will be performing in a monologue show for two nights only in June, on the 10th and 11th.

He has also written one of the two pieces he will be performing, titled A Window to Heaven.

Performances will be at the Eclectic Company Theatre at 5312 Laurel Canyon Blvd in Valley Village, CA 91601. Showtime is 11pm both nights. Tickets are pay-what-you-can.