"Enlarged to Show Texture" Video


Here's a video of Enlarged to Show Texture at the Kansas City Fringe Festival on July 27, 2019. Written by Bryan Colley and Tara Varney. Starring Tara Varney as Dysmenorrhea. 


And here's a video of all the audience volunteer "Battle of the Band" segments. 

What's New? November 2019

  • I had a great time visiting Portland, Maine for the US Association of Fringe Festivals Conference and taking a side trip to Acadia National Park. A trip video is in the works.  
  • King Pest and Red Death seems to be happening for next year's Fringe, and I've applied to take it to Orlando. I'll find out if we're going on Dec 2. 
  • I've started a massive photo scanning project to digitize my stacks and stacks of family photos, and I'm having fun putting some of them on Facebook.
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"Utah Rocks 2019" Vacation Video


Tara and I went to Utah to look at rocks, and I made this video.

"There Are No Small Parts" Short Screenplay Reading Aug 28

Join KC Screenwriters, KC Women in Film and Television, and the IFCKC as we present joint readings of short screenplays from all three groups.
  • "She-Woman" by Jessica Whitfield (IFCKC)
  • "Work for Hire" by Joni Mitchell (KCWIFT)
  • "There Are No Small Parts" by Bryan Colley and Tara Varney (KC Screenwriters)
The scripts will be read by Deanna Mazdra, Laura Burt, and Richard Burt, followed by a Q&A with the writers.

The readings will be at 7:00pm Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at the Screenland Crossroads, 1701 McGee, Kansas City. Free admission.

"Enlarged to Show Texture" Review by Kelly Luck


There is not much this reviewer can say about this play, as to go into even basic detail would be to spoil the thing. Suffice to say it is a meditation upon friendship, conflict of differences, the ways we cope with how the world messes with our minds, and the means by which we heal.

Fringe veterans will know that it’s always worth finding out what Tara Varney and Bryan Colley are up to. Over the years, it’s never been quite possible to guess what they would come up with next, but it is always something interesting. Once again we get the blend of humor and tragedy, the frivolous drilling down to the deeply personal. There’s even a little music history thrown in for good measure.

Sometimes things don’t always go to plan. Sometimes you have to get out there and wing it. And sometimes you need to stop and ask yourself what is really important. A most affecting show, and definitely worth the Fringer’s attention.

https://kcfringe.org/enlarged-to-show-texture-review-by-kelly-luck/