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Banter New Year marks the Des Moines debut for writer Shadley Grei. After spending the majority of the last 10 years in New York City and Los Angeles working in the entertainment industry and for companies such as Disney, Warner Brothers, Miramax, and HBO, Shadley returns to Des Moines to join the creative boom that seems to be going on locally. Seeming to always be with pen in hand, he has written 10 screenplays that no one has produced, 3 plays that no one has seen (and 1 that was seen by 14 people in NYC), 400 songs that no one has heard, countless poetry scribbles on scraps of brown paper bags, numerous humorous e-mails to friends and strangers, 4 children’s books collecting dust, 3 novels in need of endings, and a “collection of art and whimsy” with the bestest of best and dirty friends, the brilliant Kim Ders, for whom Banter New Year was written and who graciously understands that anything she ever says—regardless of how personal and humiliating—could and will likely end up in a script. When not writing, Shadley is likely working as a Special Projects Manager for a non-profit substance abuse treatment center Downtown, painting, “marker dancing”, talking to Kim on the phone, reviewing and editing (but not beginning) his Ultimate To Do List, cooking, considering giving up caffeine and smoking over coffee and cigarettes, cursing the minivan he got in the divorce, drinking wine (rarely before noon), buying CDs, shopping for furniture maybe someday he can afford, buying lottery tickets, staring at the guitar he is going to learn how to play … tomorrow, and/or laughing embarrassingly loud.