Jan 7, 2008
Jan 5, 2008
Jan 4, 2008
isaac pointed this out
New American plays in Lort Theaters from Scott Walters
http://theatreideas.blogspot.com/2008/01/fear-of-new-plays.html
Jan 2, 2008
I just realized
of the first 15 one act and full lengths I wrote (out of what is now 25), I only show two of them to anyone anymore. One of them is published and has been produced a few times. The other one has had a few readings. It makes me see that a lot of the plays I wrote were actually me learning how to write plays. Of the last 10 I've written, there is only one I don't show to people. So I guess I figured some stuff out.
Of course maybe 10 plays from now I will stop showing some of those around too.
Hey
What do you think of these titles?
Who A Heart Beats For
or
Why A Heart Beats
or
Open Heart
or
Heartstopper
in 2007
I had 4 productions and 1 workshop production of my long plays and 10 public readings. 2 plays were published by DPS and one also published in the New York Theater Review. I had 7 productions of short plays. I was inducted into the MCC Playwrights Coalition and became a member of Ars Nova Playgroup . I graduated from Juilliard. Jon Bon Jovi was in a reading of a ten minute play I wrote. I won the Lecomte du Nouy. I was a finalist for the Bay Area, semifinalist for Page 73 and nominated for Cherry Lane.
and I got engaged.
So what am I complaining about? Let's have a drink and I'll tell you. After the hives go away.
new scene, first draft as always
17
(NURSE 1 is eating doughnuts. NURSE 2 and 3 watch.)
NURSE 2
You’ve been eating lots of doughnuts.
NURSE 1
Not really.
NURSE 3
Yes, really.
NURSE 1
I know but I have good reasons.
NURSE 2
What’s a good reason to eat so many doughnuts.
NURSE 1
You know why I do it. It’s him.
NURSE 3
You’re eating too many. It’s not good for you. that many doughnuts takes a toll on your heart. I know you think you can hurt your heart, get your arteries clogged, have a heart attack so he’ll operate on you, but that’s not the way. That way will lead you to nowhere but pain.
NURSE 2
You need to let up on the doughnuts. We’ve all noticed. It’s become too much. We’re concerned.
NURSE 1
You’re concerned?
NURSE 2
This is an intervention.
NURSE 1
It is?
NURSE 3
Miriam wanted to come but she’s in surgery.
NURSE 1
With a doctor.
NURSE 2
Yes.
NURSE 1
That you for your intervention. I’m touched. I’m warmed. My heart . . . But I don’t know how to fill myself if I stop eating doughnuts. I’m afraid I will cease to exist if I stop eating even for a minute.
NURSE 2
We’re here to help you.
NURSE 3
Tell us what you want us to do.
NURSE 2
We can go out for a healthy lunch. Together. Would you like that?
NURSE 1
OK.
(Enter PETER, ecstatic)
PETER
It works! The heart works!
(PETER hugs the NURSES, jumps up and down in celebration.)
PETER
The heartbeat is so strong, much stronger than I thought it would be.
NURSE 1
That’s great!
PETER
I have to go tell Lisa!
(PETER exits running.)
(NURSE 1 breaks down and sobs. NURSE 2 offers her a doughnut.)
NURSE 3
OK. It’s OK. We can have the intervention tomorrow.
Dec 26, 2007
check out #4
A nice mention in LA Weekly on Theater of Note's Food For Fish
http://www.laweekly.com/stage/theater/2007-in-the-rearview-mirror/17951/
Dec 23, 2007
a Christmas song for you
**warning: explicit content. may not be appropriate for people like my relatives who might decide to read my blog right before xmas. end of warning**
I gave my heart to Jesus
When I was just thirteen
He was the sweetest deity
I had ever seen
He gave his soul to save us
He gave his life to God
But when I think of Jesus
I don’t think of his bod
I think of someone jolly
I think of someone bright
Someone who watches me
In the middle of the night
Someone a little husky
and a trifle overfed
Someone who gulps milk
And gingerman bread
Someone unshaven
Who's always in red
That’s the man I’m cravin’
In my Christmas bed
Cause, I want to f*ck Saint Nick
I want to suck on that candy cane dick
Is it nice, naughty, or against the laws
I don’t care
I want to f*ck Santa Claus
Another office party
Halls all decked with cheer
Mistletoe and presents
“What do you want this year”
After three more cups
I’ll f*ck whoever’s here
Peter from accounting
Is who I’ll be mounting
Josh from shipping and receiving
Is asking when I’m leaving
Andrew from HR
Is going to get his car
Michael the VP
wants to give me a VD
But they’re all a bunch of cretins, louts, and dopes
I want someone else to show me the ropes
You know what I want for Christmas
I want to f*ck Saint Nick
I want to suck on that candy cane dick
Is it nice, naughty, or against the laws
I don’t care
I want to f*ck Santa Claus
I’m getting kind of itchy
The hour’s fast approaching
It’s the night before Christmas
I could use some coaching
Would Santa like leather?
Would he prefer lace?
When he comes down the chimney
Should I just sit on his face?
Do I need to knock off his old lady?
Just in case
I’m hanging round the chimney
With a smile on my face
I want to f*ck Saint Nick
I want to suck on that candy cane dick
Is it nice, naughty, or against the laws
I don’t care
I want to f*ck Santa Claus
Dec 20, 2007
update
the biopsy says it's an allergic reaction
but to what?
I need to get rid of this fucking thing.
'tis the season to donate
other places to give this holiday season
Exciting new theater!!
Page 73
Clubbed Thumb
Nosedive Productions
Caring about humans!
BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS
Heifer International
City Harvest
And of course you can play this for free to give rice while proving how smart you are:
Freerice
I want to read plays
Someone explain this to me:
Why is there no online bookstore that has all play publishers?
If I want to read a bunch of plays by a particular playwright, how do
I track them down?
It's easy if they're published by DPS or Sam French, but the other
publishers suck at visibility.
There should be an aggregate.
Is there one that exists that I'm missing?
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