Works
Mednick's works include an autobiographical series 16 Routines, Joe and Betty (concerning his parents' difficult marriage, performed in New York starting in June 2002), and Mrs. Feuerstein, as well as Sand, The Hawk, and The Coyote Cycle, a series of one-act plays involving four characters such as Spider Grandmother drawn from traditional Native American folklore. The Coyote character was also featured in Destruction of the Fourth World, part of the 2009 series performed by Padua Playwrights.
His published plays include Three Plays (Padua Hills Press) and Switchback (Sun and Moon Press). His book of plays, Hipsters in Distress, Are You Lookin’? (including other plays) was published in Spring of 2005 by Padua Hills Press. Anthologized plays include Freeze, The Deer Kill, Willie the Germ, The Hawk, Sand, Switchback, Taxes, and others.
Mednick is also credited as writer for the 2005 movie Girl on a Bed, a short film adaptation of his play.
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