Triple Action Studios
Hollywood | Broadway | Maine
At this imagination factory, it all starts with the writing
Welcome to Triple Action Studios …
Featured work includes “Addicted Idol,” a musical comedy satirizing reality TV. Spearheaded by longtime partner in rhyme Chris Elliott. Recently presented at stage readings in Palm Springs and Hollywood.
Chris and I also teamed up on “Someday Dies,” a pair of one-act plays staged in 2019 at the Players’ Ring Theatre in Portsmouth, NH.
Featured film: “Bicycle Time Traveler.” A time-traveling cyclist perched atop a “penny-farthing” spins a slow-motion visual poem celebrating the wonders Portsmouth, NH. (2024 NH Film Festival)
— John Breneman
“Addicted Idol”
Reality TV satire & songs: After a substance-fueled career meltdown, reality TV show-runner Lisa is chasing her comeback. She strikes a deal with a devilish producer to create a surreally exploitive show pitting gifted drunks and junkies against each other in the familiar talent-competition-with-judges format.
The comedy musical of the musical comedy season!
— Triple Action News
Cast photo from staged reading in at Revolution Stage Company in Palm Springs, California (Jan. 2025)
“Somebody Dies”
Two one-act plays by Chris Elliott and John Breneman, staged at The Players’ Ring Theatre in Portsmouth, NH (Summer 2019)
My man Chris Elliott is truly a force of nature.
I “discovered” him when I was 16 — he was rocking York Beach, Maine, with his band Bizarre Substance — and I knew instantly that I wanted to create with him someday (note: he has that effect on people).
We’ve been at it for a while now … but our recent hijinks have set the stage for life-changing creative adventures. I’ve never felt more alive than when preparing for and performing in “Somebody Dies” with Kent Klineman, Constance Witman & Co. at the Players’ Ring Theatre.
What the heck is on my YouTube Channel ??
I also love to make humor videos.
A quick visit to my YouTube channel reveals several of my favorite alter egos, plus dope cuts from my imaginary hiphop artists, and a mind-bending array of oddfellows and off-the-wall creations.
Someone brought a gag redneck denture set to a family birthday party. I bit into it and introduced myself to my family as “Mr. Billy Buck Teefus, American redneck savant.” I was almost as surprised as they were.
Triple Action News anchorman Reid Page is my longtime broadcast journalist persona — a pioneer in the art of using overly exaggerated inflection and pauses to emphasize key words … and syllables.
When my niece’s graduation ceremony was interrupted by COVID-19, I awarded her an honorary triple Ph.D. from my make-believe institution of higher learning – Triple Action University.
“Scrub Your Hands and Cross Your Fingers” is a coronavirus rap I did during the early daze of COVID. It’s the B-Side to my other hiphop hit, M-Tone: The Monotone Rapper.
Reach me at: john.breneman.inc(at)gmail.com