Category Archives: Musings

Well “Justice and Injustice” was read Sunday November 7th at the Big Idea Theater on Del Paso Blvd. I want to thank all the actors that took the time to take part in the reading. It’s a lot of work … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →