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3 SECONDS IN OCTOBER wins an EMMY
Vicki won a Regional EMMY Award in the San Francisco/Northern California region as story editor/producer of 3 SECONDS IN OCTOBER: THE SHOOTING OF ANDY LOPEZ. The documentary was named the best in its category of “Societal Concerns - News or Long Form Content.”
Narrated by actor Peter Coyote with investigative consulting by Lowell Bergman, formerly of CBS’ “60 Minutes.” Produced by Blue Coast Films, LLC in association with PBS/Northern California Public Media.
Atlanta, Georgia
Rockaway Park 2012, upcoming at the Authenticity Theater Authentic 10 Showcase 2025. April 10 - 12, 2025, 8:00 p.m. More info and tickets here.
United Arab Emirates
High Water Line — winner of Russia’s Neem International Award for Improper Dramaturgy — at Short+Sweet Dubai. Studio Republik, producer. February 2024
United Arab Emirates
The Cross Bronx Crew, producers of Best-Play-winning On The Cross Bronx at Short+Sweet Dubai, bring a high-tension family drama, Bottom of the Order. January 2024
Shout out to director/graphic designer Jay Nagjee for winning best poster of the festival, one of the largest short play festivals in the world!
Australia
Radio production of In the Cross City Tunnel (Sydney version of On the Cross Bronx,) Keppel Bay FM 91.3, Yeppoon. Australia. January 2024
Re-Broadcast of 3 SECONDS IN OCTOBER - PBS
In recognition of the 10th anniversary of the Andy Lopez shooting on October 22, 2013, a replay on stations KRCB/PBS (North Bay,) and KPJK/PBS (San Jose.) See more here. October 2023
PBS National
3 SECONDS IN OCTOBER: THE SHOOTING OF ANDY LOPEZ, national PBS broadcast rollout including New York City, Los Angeles, Washington DC, San Diego, Cincinnati, Denver, Milwaukee, Orlando, Omaha, Louisville, etc. Streaming here.
Workshops
June 13 in Washington, CT
Media
Group interview with Deborah Randall, Director of Venus Theatre
About Flowing Women, Frozen Thoughts; playwriting process; and surviving as a female playwright in a non-female theater world. March 2024
Interview with actor Elena Clark
On passion in playwriting; the writer’s voice in script development; and the Emmy-winning Andy Lopez documentary. October 2023
Books
Raw and Other Short Plays
by Victoria Z. Daly
See why these plays, vows one producer, make the audience “squirm, gasp and laugh all in the same breath.”
Other recent publications include short plays/monologues in:
The Best Women’s Stage Monologues 2023 (Smith & Kraus)
She Persisted: Thirty Ten-Minute Plays by Women Over Forty (Applause)
She Persisted: One Hundred Monologues from Plays by Women Over Forty (Applause)
Upcoming in 2024: Figure Out How to Live, in Venus Theatre Company’s Frozen Women Flowing Thoughts, an anthology of female-identifying character monologues. Venus Theatre is the longest-running regional women’s theater in the United States.