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Walking Molly

WALKING MOLLY, a love story set in New York City in the late 1980s, is about a young man confronting his fears of loving someone who is HIV Positive. They accidentally meet through Molly, a stubborn Scottish Terrier, who brings them together on her daily walk through Central Park. While facing his partner's mortality, the protagonist reluctantly finds himself immersed in the daily life and rituals of his lover and his dog. WALKING MOLLY is about the triumph of love in the face of adversity.

  • David John Preece
    Writer
    Lunch with Eddie, More than a Friend
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Number of Pages:
    120
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Festival International Des Champs-Élysees
    Paris, France
    September 1, 2003
    Best Director and Cinematography Awards
  • Fire Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
    Fire Island-Pines, New York
    October 1, 2002
    Best Short Film
Writer Biography - David John Preece

David John Preece has had several productions of his plays and screenplays, including Charles Dickens’ Ghost Stories (winner of Best Play by the New Hampshire Theatre Awards 2008), The Picture of Dorian Gray (winner of ten New Hampshire Theatre Awards 2011 nominations, including Best Original Play), The House of the Seven Gables (winner of the Best Original Play by the New Hampshire Theatre Awards 009), and Tender (nominated for Best New Play by the Los Angeles Weekly 2004 and winner of Best New Play by the New Hampshire Theatre Awards 2007). According To John was recently named as a finalist in the Kentucky Theatre Association’s Roots of the Bluegrass New Play Contest. Charles Dickens’ Ghost Stories is published by Eldridge Plays & Musicals and The House of the Seven Gables and The Scarlet Letter are published by Big Dog Publishing. His movie, Lunch with Eddie, which he wrote, directed, and produced, was shown at over thirty international film festivals and won several awards including Best Short Film and Best Director. He has received education and theatre/film training at HB Studios, Playwrights Horizons, American Conservatory Theatre, and University of California - Los Angeles. He currently resides in Manchester, New Hampshire.

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Writer Statement

For over forty years, I worked as an urban and environmental planner. During that time, I wrote plays and screenplays on weekends, holidays and vacation. Life is short and in these dark and challenging days of the Trump Administration where diversity and freedom are being questioned, programs for the arts are being eliminated and attempts to censure writers are increasing, I had to do something. The late Carrie Fisher said "Take your broken heart and make it into art" and in the summer of 2017, I decided to do just that. I became a full-time playwright who supports vibrant, vital and provocative theatre aggressively. I believe that theatre is an essential element of the ongoing cultural debate that informs the citizens of a free society and If it is to survive, the unique, idiosyncratic voices of all individuals who write for it must be cultivated and protected.