Ti Jean and Other Plays

About the Book

Here are five stage ready plays, four of which have been produced. Two comedies, one bedroom farce and the other a hotel farce, are sure to make the modern reader laugh. "Ti Jean", a literary docu-drama about the King of the Beats will interest aspiring writers as well as dharma bums. Intrigue and irony carry the action in the radio play "Frolic of Others", about the shady world of espionage. All selections in this book offer actors excellent practice material. Directors will be interested in a new spin on dramatic story telling.

"The drama [Ti Jean] succeeds in bringing the style and substance of Jack Kerouac's life and writings to the stage."
--Michael Caiati
Tucson Weekly Aug ' 92

"Original plays pop up frequently at a.k.a. Theatre, and "Ti Jean" ranks as one of the most satisfying premiers in the company's six year history. Jenkyns has created a stimulating and provacative piece of Beat theatre."
--M. Scot Skinner
The Arizona Daily Star 20 Aug ' 92

About the Author

D. Jenkyns earned a B.A. in Literature from American University in Washington D.C. then went on to get an M.A. in English at San Francisco State University. He finished his education with an MFA in Drama from the University of Arizona, Tucson in 1992. From 1995 to 1997 he was a Soros fellow in the Czech Republic where he taught English as a Foreign Language. Currently he teaches EFL at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman.