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 Del Paso Blvd , Sacramento. There are no dues, fees or other charges for participating.
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 said go for it! So there you have it. Cheers!
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”. Continue reading
As I mentioned in a earlier post, I attend a local theater group, the Playwrights Collaborative, hosted at the BIT Theater. The Playwrights Collaborative gets together once a month to listen to staged readings. It’s a great experience, even if you are not an actor or a playwright.
Attending these readings is a must for me. The readings are really workshops, a place where the pieces of a play are tested, pulled apart, examined. Sometimes a play needs to be reconstructed, sometimes just a bit of polishing will do. I find it a valuable experience. I learn something new each time. 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
Playwrights Notes Part IV: A few comments about plays as art form, and a play for your enjoyment
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve written three plays. They are in order of date written:
It’s taken about a year to get all three done. “Augie” is about an hour, “Justice” is about 2 hours (perhaps a bit more) and the “Day” is about 10 minutes long. I’ve talked about the process of writing the plays in other posts, so we won’t go into that here. But I do want to talk about the content of the plays. Continue reading →