When It Goes Haywire: A Red Shuttleworth Play

When It Goes Haywire

a play by

Red Shuttleworth

Red Shuttleworth wrote When It Goes Haywire (originally entitled What in the World's Come Over You?) when he was Playwright-in-Residence at the Utah Shakespearean Festival in Cedar City, Utah, in the summer of 1999.  The play received its first reading at USF on August 14, 2000.  The reading was directed by Rod Ceballos and featured the following cast: Todd Denning, Heidi Ewart, Annie Wersching, Ross Dippel, John Oswald, and Aaron Serotsky.

Annie Wersching and Ross Dippel

rehearse What in the World's Come Over You?

at the Utah Shakespearean Festival, August 2000

With a new title, When It Goes Haywire, Red Shuttleworth's drama set in modern rural Utah (cast of two women, one girl infant, and four men), received its premiere on April 22, 2004 at the Foothill Theatre Company's historic Nevada Theater in Nevada City, California.  The Artistic Director of the Foothill Theatre Company was Philip Sneed.  The play was directed by Carolyn Howarth.  It featured the following cast:

                  Tim Kniffin..............................Kevin Brooks

                   Alexandra Matthew.................Lora Carver

                   Jennifer Le Blanc.....................Emily Gibbs

                   Gary Alan Wright.....................Zealot Norwood

                   Elwood Carver..........................David Silberman

                   Mick Mize.................................Bert

                   Hazel, three months...................Zoe

Opening Night, When It Goes Haywire, Group Shot:

Mick Mize, Gary Alan Wright,

David Silberman, Red Shuttleworth, Ciara Shuttleworth, Jennifer Le Blanc,

Carolyn Howarth, Tim Kniffin, and Alexandra Matthew

Tim Kniffin, Alexandra Matthew, Red Shuttleworth, and Jennifer Le Blanc

Opening night: Red Shuttleworth, Sands Hall, and Philip Sneed

The script for Red Shuttleworth's When It Goes Haywire is only available to artistic directors (who are seriously interested in fully producing the play) at professional theatres.  Those wishing to receive a copy of the script for When It Goes Haywire should send an email to Red Shuttleworth (redshuttleworth@gmail.com).