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Playwirghts Collaborative: August 15 Workshop
The August 15th Playwright’s collaborative workshop will feature Theresa Elliot’s “VVGV”, a story about three generations of Texan women who struggle to overcome racial, cultural and generational divides. The reading takes place at 7pm at the Big Idea Theatre, 1616 … Continue reading
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“Long Distance” By Frank Ingram update
In my previous post “Playwrights Notes Part I: A few comments about watching plays” the play being read was “Long Distance” by Frank Ingram. I didn’t mention details in the post because I wasn’t sure I had permission. But Frank … Continue reading
Playwrights Notes Part III: Plays I’ve Written, and Next Steps
If you have been following my posts, you know I am a playwright in the making. As of now I have not had my works published, or performed in front of a paying audience. Thus the “in the making”.
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Playwrights Notes Part II: A few comments about watching a play
I must confess for most of my life I hardly ever saw a play. I had no idea at all that Sacramento much of a theater scene. But it does. And the BIT is quite an experience — very small and intimate. (I saw Richard III there recently — the actors were about 6 feet away. That kind of experience you don’t get by watching television.) Writing plays has given me a new appreciation for the theater. Continue reading
Playwrights Notes Part I: A few comments about writing plays
About a year ago I got it into my head I wanted to write plays. I had thought I wanted to write short stories, but it dawned on me one day that a play is a short story come to life. I thought, “wow! how neat is that!” I suppose I could say here that the real beauty of naivety is the economy of thought behind it. Anyway you get the point. Continue reading
Playwrights Notes Part IV: A few comments about plays as art form, and a play for your enjoyment
So I wrote a play called “The Day My Father Met the Lord”, and some will find it to have a religious theme. Because of that some people may find it suspect, or controversial. I don’t think the work is controversial at all; in fact I think it’s a simple allegory. I had a lot of fun writing it. But I need to stand up to it: I wrote it, it’s my opinion and nobody else’s, and it reflects some bias I have. It’s a story of my own making about what I think I see. Continue reading →