THE PROMPTER
by Wade Dooley
Full-Length Play
90 min | 1M, 1W | Unit Set
THE PROMPTER follows veteran actress Irene Young’s return to the Broadway stage after a forty-year absence. But now, she can’t do it alone. In an attempt to keep the show on track, production hires a young actor to be her prompter. But, this isn’t her story, it’s his.
Based on real events, THE PROMPTER is a funny, heartfelt, untold, behind-the-scenes look at Broadway through the eyes of a young dreamer.
Development and Production History
2019: THE PROMPTER premiered on Bay Street Theater’s mainstage starring Tovah Feldshuh and Wade Dooley.
2018: THE PROMPTER was featured in the Bay Street Theater New Works Festival.
WADE DOOLEY is a writer/actor living in Montclair, NJ. His play, The Honorable Mr. Marigold, received an industry reading this past fall starring Darrell Hammon (SNL) and Roslyn Ruff (Blue Bloods). His new Christmas musical, The Night We Called it a Day, based on the music of the Pied Pipers, and directed by Shannon Lewis (Fosse) is also currently in development. Other writing credits include Broadway Bares: Rock Hard, On Demand, and Strip U with co-writer Hunter Bell, Stars in the Alley for host Tituss Burgess, The Diary of a Dancer (Best Solo Show 2010 DC Fringe Fest). Wade is an alumnus of Running Deer Theatre Lab, Goodspeed’s Writer’s Grove, Finger Lake’s Musical Theatre Festival’s The PiTCH. As an actor, some favorite credits include Film: The Last Five Years. Theatre: NEWSical The Musical, The Awesome 80s Prom, La Cage Aux Folles, The Roar of the Greasepaint-The Smell of the Crowd. Tour: Jersey Boys, The Trip to Bountiful, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Wade currently serves as the Writers Assistant and episode co-writer on the hit television series ELSBETH on CBS. He is a graduate of Bradley University. @thewadedooley.
