Last night, I had the pleasure of hearing of play Read Aloud, by Actors: Tall: A Tale, by colleague and confidant Dylan Dawson, presented by the Naked Angels First Mondays Play Reading Series, West Village, …
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Tall
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the end?
Recently, 2 directors working on 2 different plays of mine have taken issue with the endings of them. That they don’t do the rest of the play justice, in a way. This has really made …
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back off, Brunstetter
I have this playwright-fear of writing about things I don’t understand. Seeming like I THINK I understand something, when I actually don’t, etc. Sounding like I googled something then inserted found information into the mouths of characters. …
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why playwriting is hard, part eleventy
Finding the balance between what you need your characters to say (i.e. helpful plot points, backstory, fascinating info, the weird things you would just really LIKE for them to say, etc.) and what they, as …
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insanity
After a quick mental inventory, I just realized that I am currently working on 4 new plays, 4 movies and 3 musicals. What the crap is wrong with me? Subquestion: Why do I this to …
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procrastidoodles
At least my procrastination is edible?
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writing from home
I took today off to work on my naked angels play which needs to be done circa Jan 1. I always idealize what it’d be like to just write, probably because it’s pretty much …
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Resolute THIS
Coming January 2010!
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Roberta Laughs
We’ve started the brief and probably wonderous rehearsal process for Roberta Laughs, a little accordion play I wrote about my Grandma for David Chapman, a director friend from UNC who has a Drama League fellowship, …
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done
There is a sadness when a play ends, that I will now attempt to pontificate upon. Sure, you will see the people again, and the play again (hopefully) – but it’s just not the same. …