Following years of performing theatrical monologues all across The U.S., Canada, & Australia (Wanderlust, The Bike Trip, The Surprise, and The Holy Land Experience), Martin Dockery brings his award-winning two-person play home to New York City, the last stop on an eight-city tour across North America. As the story of a man trying to get a woman into his flying bed, Oh, That Wily Snake! appears, at first, to be a surreal comedy. But as the fantastical adventure unfolds, the battle between temptation and fidelity turns ever more serious, climaxing in a moment that resonates from the very beginning of time.

2011 reviews of Oh, That Wily Snake!
“Terrific performances and crazily Inventive.” –The Vancouver Courier, Vancouver
“Superb performers.” –The Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
“Standout performances that perfectly straddle the comedic, quirky and menacing parts of the script.” –The Star Phoenix, Saskatoon
“Great performances & a script that has everything – hilarity, wit and philosophy.”
–Vue Weekly, Edmonton
“The dialogue is so clever & witty you wish you had the gift to be so inventive yourself.”
–Edmonton Sun, Edmonton
“Funny & intense.” –Plank Magazine, Vancouver
“???? You become entranced.” –London Free Press
***2011 BEST ACTRESS AWARD, London Fringe Festival: Vanessa Quesnelle***

Martin Dockery (Playwright) MARTIN DOCKERY (Playwright & Actor) is a frequent performer in New York’s storytelling scene. Over the past three years, he’s created five monologues and one play, performing them across North America and Australia. His four autobiographical, theatrical monologues Wanderlust, The Surprise, (both directed by Jean-Michele Gregory), The Bike Trip, The Holy Land Experience, and his newest fictional monologue, Bursting Into Flames, have enjoyed successful runs in New York City, San Francisco, Orlando, London, Toronto, Winnipeg, Fresno, Charleston, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Victoria, Vancouver, Bellingham, Seattle, New Orleans, Phoenix, & Adelaide (where he won the 2011 Critics Circle Award). He also headlined the 2011 London Storytelling Festival. In 2012, he will be performing Wanderlust in the Ottawa Fringe and The Melbourne Comedy Festival. He will be returning to Orlando, Vancouver, and Adelaide with Bursting Into Flames. He will be performing The Surprise in Winnipeg and The Holy Land Experience in the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC. In 2011, Martin performed Oh, That Wily Snake! with actress Vanessa Quesnelle in Fresno, Orlando, London, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, and Vancouver. The play also appears in the McGraw-Hill anthology textbook Literature.

Vanessa Quesnelle (Performer) VANESSA QUESNELLE (Actor) Her previous acting credits include Amy in Company (Fountainhead Productions), for which she was nominated for a Beat Dish Award for Best Supporting Actress, Nurse Wilson in 7 Stories (Passionfool Theatre), Pierrette in Les Belles Soeurs (Passionfool Theatre), Helena in Midsummer Night’s Dream (Passionfool Theatre), Suzanne in Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Theatre Woodstock), Margot Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank (Theatre Woodstock), for which she was awarded Best Supporting Actress at WODL Festival, Bottom in Midsummer Night’s Dream (CAST), Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie (QP Productions). Vanessa co-directed Play by Samuel Beckett and One for the Road by Harold Pinter (Passionfool Theatre). She has also worked as Stage Manager and Lighting Technician for numerous productions over the years. In 2011 she toured Oh, That Wily Snake! by Martin Dockery to festivals in Fresno, Orlando, London, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, and Vancouver.