Adam Szymkowicz

Jun 12, 2008

F4F

I became aware yesterday of two upcoming productions of Food For Fish, the sixth and seventh productions. That is by far more productions than any of my other plays and it's a play that never really went through a development process. I brought it into class a couple times, got advice from friends, but as for Development with a capital D, it had none. And if you read it or see it, you can see it's a play that still contains ambiguities. It's messy in a lot of ways but at the same time it hasn't lost that spark. And it's a play I'm very proud of at times and also at the same time, it seems to have been written by a crazy person. Anyway, I'm glad it is having a life and I hope the same thing happens to the rest of my plays, or at least more of them. The ones I don't show people can die I suppose, at the bottom of the hard drive.

tonight

I'm going to this tonight. Will I see you there?

Jun 10, 2008

Kucinich tries to get Bush Impeached

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2008/06/kucinich_introd.php

Now why won't this happen?

Jun 9, 2008

Great post by Isaac on uncertainty, theater and the recent Brooklyn blackout

http://parabasis.typepad.com/blog/2008/06/we-interrupt-the-way-your-world-works-to-bring-you-this-very-important-experience.html

moving slowly. down the track. chugging along, blowing steam.

working on a pilot.

headed towards our wedding at the end of the month.

after the wedding, a short honeymoonlet.

after that, back to work, then a theater retreat in Vermont.

then

packing up my belongings for a move end of July.

so much to do. every day a little closer to running out of time.

Jun 6, 2008

out of date processes

Thoughts about Electoral College:

http://earlpomerantz.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-dont-understand.html

Jun 4, 2008

post about tv and film writing and the possible difference among other things

http://earlpomerantz.blogspot.com/2008/06/why-i-cant-write-movie.html

McCain wants to keep up with the illegal spying on Americans

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/04/john-mccain-vows-to.html

Coming soon

A short film featuring these two superstars

(still from the film)

Jun 3, 2008

not sure how long it's still running, but

I have to reccommend Liz Flahive's beautiful, touching yet funny show From Up Here. Got to see it Sunday. It's pretty great. She's one to watch. Are you watching her? http://www.mtc-nyc.org/current-season/From-Up-Here-site/index.htm

"Playwrights remain theater’s long-suffering heroes."

http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-05-21/arts/the-wright-guard/

h/t daisey

http://www.mikedaisey.com/

Isherwood says things I agree with

on large cast size: A true artist, some might argue, can never let canny considerations of production influence his vision. Art must be its own imperative. A high-minded thought, but artists also hunger for their work to be known. A play that is never staged may be a work of genius, sure, but its genius is likely to leave no footprint on the world unless it is produced. and I’m not suggesting that size alone matters, obviously. But if the American theater is to remain an aesthetically robust enterprise, a vital step may be removing the invisible shackles from the imaginations of playwrights, making it natural — making it possible — for them to dream huge once again.

Jun 2, 2008

Nerve on Long Island

http://www.exploreli.com/entertainment/localguide/events/673902,0,3517314.event

May 29, 2008

what I did today

Attended the Pulitzer Prize luncheon (this year Letts/August and per
usual a lot of journalists.)

Performed in a short play I wrote satirizing my boss for his going away party.

I wore a bald cap.

I'm a little tipsy on cheap red wine.

Now I'm off to a rehearsal for a short film.

Isaac's article on funding and the NEA

http://parabasis.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/new-column-paying-for-art.html

May 28, 2008

looking forward to seeing this next:

http://www.ticketcentral.com/showdetails2.asp?showid=1704

but first, go see Colorful World:

http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/142889

http://jamespeak.blogspot.com/

May 27, 2008

1001 novels to read before dying

How many of these have you read? I've read 55. I noticed that I often read the minor works by the same author but not the major work listed. I wonder why. I do that with plays too. I think it comes from buying used books. There should be a comparable list of plays. Anyone have time to make one? I have read many more of those. http://1morechapter.com/projects/1001-list/ h/t John August

http://johnaugust.com/archives/2008/well-rea

May 25, 2008

30 percent blog discount

Horse Trade & elsewhere present:

The Honest-to-god- true Story Of The Atheist

Thursday, June 12, 2008 through Saturday, June 21, 2008

written by Dan Trujillo directed by Isaac Butler

Featuring: Abe Goldfarb, Daryl Lathon, Jennifer Gordon Thomas

Lighting Design: Sabrina Braswell

Costume Design: Sydney Maresca

Original Music By: David Hanlon

Filled with twists and turns, mole people, black market Viagra, speaking in tongues, caricatures, songs, soft-shoes and three maybe-miracles, The Honest-To-God- True Story of the Atheist tells the remarkable story of an atheist trying to disprove God's existence by defacing a local nativity scene. But did any of this really happen? And do the actors believe the story they're telling?

TWO WEEKENDS ONLY!

Thursday-Saturday, June 12-14th and 19th-21st

All shows at 8PM. Tickets are $18.00

Or, if you order them through smarttix and use the code AVBLOG you get $12.00 tickets! That's a whopping 33.3% savings!

from an email i recieved

I read this book. It's great. Head over there if you can.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Theresa Rebeck author of Three Girls and Their Brother: A Novel

Hosted by: Marsha Norman, Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright

In her highly anticipated first novel, award-winning playwright Theresa Rebeck satirizes the publicity-driven world of instant celebrity. Rebeck will discuss her plays, including the Broadway hit Mauritius, and talk about the transition from playwriting to books.

Theresa Rebeck’s plays include ‘Bad Dates’, ‘Omnium Gatherum’ (a Pulitzer finalist), ‘The Scene’, and ‘Mauritius’, which won Boston’s prestigious IRNE and Elliot Norton Award and premiered on Broadway in 2007.

The event is FREE and open to the public. For updates and additional information, please visit the website at www.bryantpark..org. The Bryant Park Reading Room located on the 42nd Street side of the park - under the trees - between the back of the NYPL & 6th Avenue. Look for the burgundy and white umbrellas.

Rain Venue: Library of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen

20 West 44th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenue).

May 23, 2008

tomorrow is saturday

yesterday and tomorrow are only separated by today

today is just tomorrow's yesterday

Last night I had the pleasure of seeing Jollyship the Whiz Bang at Ars Nova. Nick Jones is in the Ars Nova playgroup so I've known him for a while but this is the first time I saw him perform. He's a freaking rockstar. I had a great time at the show. If you want to see a funny irreverent pirate puppet musical, I would highly recommend this one.

http://arsnovanyc.com/jollyship/

http://www.thewhizbang.org/

listen to songs here: http://www.myspace.com/jollyshipthewhizbang

It doesn't have the Party Island song though which is pretty freaking great.

(update--you can her Party Island at the Ars Nova site if you click on the poster for Jollyship.)

My favorite song is also not there. In it, the Captain wishes that he wasn't so prone to violence, but it's partially the fault of violence for being so funny. There was a line about Punch and Judy being his only role models-or something like that which I found incredibly hilarious and which I hear was an ad libbed lyric. I hope he keeps it in the show.

May 21, 2008

question

what is the popular online shoot em up game with teams etc?

Is that Doom? Halo? What game is that?

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