Walter Wykes Biography
Walter Wykes (born October 30, 1969) is an American playwright. A graduate of the MFA playwriting program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, he has had over thirty plays produced across the United States and internationally. Four times he has received the American College Theater Festival's Award for Excellence in Playwriting.
Wykes is known for writing intense roles and dark subject matter .The bulk of his dramatic work has an absurdist or surrealist bent, creating a dreamlike or nightmarish atmosphere that reflects the sometimes senseless nature of the modern world.
It seems fitting
that the men you knew in life
perform this task
...
your mansion rises
in the middle of a clearing
a dense wood, prowled by lions and wolves
the drugged and deadly victims of your magic
...
Ghostly lovers haunt the sky
Two vast bodies churn like mad
Blocking the sun
...
I want to get under your skin
into your bones
your dark corners
but you're not prepared for that
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