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Aug 3, 2006
self restraint muscle and you. or why I never do the dishes. Sorry, K.
Aug 2, 2006
thanks to Ripley (RIPPED) for this
http://www.kabc.com/mcintyre/listingsEntry.asp?ID=432586&PT=McIntyre
AN APOLOGY FROM A BUSH VOTER By Doug McIntyre Host, McIntyre in the Morning Talk Radio 790 KABC
"So, Im saying today, I was wrong to have voted for George W. Bush. In historic terms, I believe George W. Bush is the worst two-term President in the history of the country. Worse than Grant. I also believe a case can be made that hes the worst President, period. "
"I believe, as I have said countless times, the two party system is on the brink of a second collapse. Its currently running on spin, anger, revenge, and pots and pots and pots of money."
"With a belated tip of the cap to Ralph Nader, the system is broken, so broken, its almost inevitable it pukes up the Al Gores and George W. Bushes. Where are the Trumans and the Eisenhowers? Where are the men and women of vision and accomplishment? Why do we have to settle for recycled hacks and malleable ciphers? Greatness is always rare, but is basic competence and simple honesty too much to ask? "
Jesus was not pro war?
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/us/30pastor.html?ex=1154664000&en=304c373abd2cc406&ei=5087%0A
After refusing each time, Mr. Boyd finally became fed up, he said. Before the last presidential election, he preached six sermons called The Cross and the Sword in which he said the church should steer clear of politics, give up moralizing on sexual issues, stop claiming the United States as a Christian nation and stop glorifying American military campaigns.
Sermons like Mr. Boyds are hardly typical in todays evangelical churches. But the upheaval at Woodland Hills is an example of the internal debates now going on in some evangelical colleges, magazines and churches. A common concern is that the Christian message is being compromised by the tendency to tie evangelical Christianity to the Republican Party and American nationalism, especially through the war in Iraq.
Aug 1, 2006
Jul 31, 2006
Coming Soon
A workshop production of Pretty Theft at Juilliard (no sets, lights or costumes but probably some Juilliard dancers and definitely 7 excellently talented Juilliard students)
Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel
Saturday Sept. 9,1PM and 6PM Sunday Sept. 10, 2PM Monday Sept. 11, 7PM
Mark your calendars and tell all your friends.
Jul 30, 2006
Word of The Day
Misodramist (mi SOD ra mist) noun One who hates playwrights
"You can't take that critic seriously. He is a misodramist"
Finally we have a specialized word we can use to shut people up and accuse them of something at the same time. in the past we've had to resort to calling people racist or unamerican or woman-hating or uncouth or pedophiliac.
In this PC world we live in (switch to Mac, people), I believe this term will catch on like wildfire.
Jul 27, 2006
another scene--first draft as always
future of cars
Jul 25, 2006
Jul 24, 2006
An eye for
Bush does what he wants
First draft of something new
I'm not sure what this is yet but it might be the start of a new play.
(Three women in hard hats, A, C and S sit on a steel girder eating lunch from their lunch boxes. Faint sound of jackhammer.)
C What you got?
A Ham.
C You?
S Tuna.
A What about you?
C Yogurt.
S Yogurt again.
C I like yogurt. I used to like yogurt.
S (shouting down below) Hey! You! Let me see you shake that ass!
C And carrots.
S Youre making me all wet! I can barely control myself! Flex it! Flex it! Hey meatboy, where you going?
A He cant hear you.
S Fuck.
C I hate my lunch.
(Pause)
A I have something to tell you.
S Not again.
C Seriously?
A Yeah, Im afraid so.
S Fuck.
A Will you help me?
S What the fuck?
A I know.
C Seriously.
A I know. I know. Im sorry.
C Are you?
A Yes. Will you help me?
S What, tonight?
A Could you?
S I guess.
A What about you?
C OK. But Im not doing any of the heavy lifting or the digging.
S What are you going to do then?
C I could sing.
A I dont think we should sing. Then people will know were out there digging and that wouldnt be good.
C I could hum.
S Shell dig. We both will.
Jul 22, 2006
In DC
Jul 13, 2006
Jul 12, 2006
thanks to Jason Grote for this
http://www.tcg.org/publications/at/julyaugust06/humana.cfm
"It is strikingly evident in Six Yearsand in the entire crop of this year's Humana playsthat American writers aren't just dusting off old ideas and giving them fresh varnish. Instead, they are taking real risks and reinvigorating our repertory of contemporary drama with muscular ideas and imaginative fervor. The bitter irony is that these bringers of new works are treated as if they were glassy-eyed dreamers and beggars in a house of plenty."
Jul 11, 2006
yet another good review from the Times
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/07/11/theater/reviews/11fish.html
Jul 10, 2006
Insert arresting image here
So this santa play isn't working at all at the moment and unfortunately I don't have lots of time to write anyway because of the show but I will perhaps start to write again next week while I'm rehearsing in DC. I think I need to be working on a different project than the one I'm trying to work on and I have a queue of ideas and I should wait to see what jumps to the front of the queue. And read some novels. I need to read.
How are you? I saw Nervous Boy and The Most Wonderful Love recently and I highly recommend both although I think they've both closed. How about that for helpful press?
http://www.adamszymkowicz.com
Jul 9, 2006
Jul 5, 2006
Come See FOOD FOR FISH
opens tomorrow
To order tickets just go to: http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/122580 or call 212-352-310
Jul 3, 2006
GOD HOLE FOR SANTA
The original 1st scene of a play I'm working on. i'm not going to use this at all because I decided we shouldn't ever hear god. but here is the rejected 1st scene followed by another scene i can't use at all.
(JULIUS sits on a beat-up couch. He stares at a television and holds a video game controller in his hand. He is playing furiously. JULIUS is dressed hipster sloppy, and it may take us a second to notice his large pointy ears, the only clue to us that he is an elf. )
(We watch JULIUS play for a while and then a booming voice interrupts.)
VOICE OF GOD JULIUS!
JULIUS (not looking up) What?
VOICE OF GOD JULIUS! This is your Lord.
JULIUS Who?
VOICE OF GOD This is God speaking. Can I get your undivided attention?
JULIUS (Putting down his controller, looking around.) God?
VOICE OF GOD Thou hast been chosen.
JULIUS What?
VOICE OF GOD Thou art the chosen one. I come onto you to tell you I have chosen you.
JULIUS For what?
VOICE OF GOD You are he.
JULIUS Who?
VOICE OF GOD He!
JULIUS Who?
VOICE OF GOD HE!
JULIUS Well what does that mean?
VOICE OF GOD Dont ask questions. Have faith.
JULIUS In what?
VOICE OF GOD In me.
JULIUS Well, OK, but you got to give me a little more information. God! (silence) Hey, God! (no answer) God! God! GOD!!
(JULIUS stares of into space for a minute and then picks up his controller and continues to play his game.)
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(Exit ELLIE. JULIUS goes back to playing his game.)
VOICE OF GOD Julius!
JULIUS Oh, Shit! You scared me.
VOICE OF GOD Julius!
JULIUS God?
VOICE OF GOD It is I.
JULIUS God, when you said I was the chosen one, what does that mean exactly? Like Im the most special? Like the most special on the Earth? Is that a fair assessment?
VOICE OF GOD Let me tell you a story.
JULIUS OK.
VOICE OF GOD Once there was a lonely sheep herder who lived in the mountains.
JULIUS What was his name?
VOICE OF GOD Its not important. This sheep herder herded the sheep by day and by night looked up at the stars and wished for something more. One night I sent an angel down to talk to this sheep herder.
JULIUS Why didnt you go talk to him yourself?
VOICE OF GOD Stop interrupting. The angel said unto him, Sheep herder, you will be given a test by God. You will be asked to do something and you must do it without questioning or thinking for yourself. You must prove your love of God and your faith in Him. The sheep herder wanted to know what he would be asked to do but the angel would say no more and flew away.
(Pause)
JULIUS Is that the whole story?
VOICE OF GOD Now Julius, the time has come for you, the chosen one. I give unto you a blessed task to prove you are worthy and to show your love for me and for the universe I created.
JULIUS Oh. Well, I dunno. Im kind of busy right now what with the job search and all and I really had to pick up slack here helping my dad out since my mother died.
VOICE OF GOD Julius, dont bullshit God.
JULIUS Sorry. Do I have the option to say no to your request?
VOICE OF GOD Do you not know that I am your Lord God and that saying no to me might be a very bad idea?
JULIUS All right. (He sighs.) What do you want me to do?
VOICE OF GOD Kill Santa.
JULIUS Wait, what? (Beat) What did you just say? (Beat) God! Hey, God, come back here. (Pause) Why do you keep doing that?