Yes men pull a Swift

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/6/14/214445/536

enrique's new pimped out blog

http://backdatassupenrique.blogspot.com/

a book

http://books.google.com/books?q=%22adam+szymkowicz%22&btnG=Search+Books

tomorrow at 5--hope to see you there

http://www.dramabookshop.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp?s=storeevents&eventId=348208

Friday, June 15, 2007 at 5:00 p.m.
Free Reading and Book Signing
New York Theater Review 2007

Special guests to include: Quiara Alegria Hudes (2007
Pulitzer Prize finalist for ELLIOT, A SOLDIER'S
FUGUE); Adam Szymkowicz (FOOD FOR FISH); Anne Washburn
(I HAVE LOVED STRANGERS);

and

George Hunka (Superfluities theater blog); Garrett
Eisler (Playgoer theater blog); Alan Lockwood (Beckett
centenary) and Caridad Svich (playwright and
founder/maestra of NoPassport)

post of note from Grote

http://jasongrote.blogspot.com/2007/06/whither-theatre.html

"Of course, part of the paradox here is that critics
lament the lack of originality among playwrights, but
producers, ever risk-averse, push playwrights to
follow the "rules" more closely, making otherwise
original writers into something more familiar - that,
or they pick up a writer anyway because s/he is "hot,"
and and then screw up somewhere along the line - they
don't prepare their audiences enough, or the fire the
good, smart original casts and replace them with
slumming stars who can't handle the material, then
it's a self-fulfilling flop so they go with something
more traditional, and the cycle continues."

from an email I received from Enrique

So I'm not one for sending mass emails out for
fundraising, but playwright Marisela Orta made me
aware of this teacher in Queens who is trying to build
a theatre library for her students. She teaches in a
low income public school where the arts are severely
neglected and is trying very hard to teach the
importance and relevance of theatre to these kids. I
went online and donated $10. Now, you don't have to
donate anything, but I just did the math:

If every playwright I sent this to donated $3, this
school would meet their funding request for a theatre
library. Many of us piddle $3 on a coffee any given
day. Why not help me help these kids. We're always
complaining that there's no young people in the
theatre. This is a great way to help change that in
such a small way. And how cool would it be for this
school to have a brand new play library because of a
bunch of scrappy playwrights?!

Here's the info:

http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=92400&sindex=0

Here's to teachers who care about theatre!

--
Enrique Urueta
Playwright/Dramaturg/Private Dancer
(a dancer for money)

slog

http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/re_this_mornings_nyt_headline

h/t daisey

http://www.mikedaisey.com/

"Now, as the article notes, the U.S. is looking to
Saddam's old crew to "bring stability" and perhaps
"consolidate the minority Sunni power" against Shiites
(Iran) … JUST LIKE SADDAM WAS DOING!

I apologize for the krazy all-caps, but oy vey, man.

Indeed, not only was there zero connection between
Sadaam and al Qaeda, but Sadamm was a bulwark against
radical Islamists.

We are now fighting Saddam's war. Hey, George Bush,
Bite me. "

I hope this was cleared with my agent

In any case, go to the Netherlands and see my play

http://www.denhaag.com/default.asp?id=6727&ep=

Ken Levine reviews the Tonys and Sopranos in the same review

http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2007/06/tonys-sopranos.html

I didn't see either of these.

linking to mike linking to sheila

http://www.mikedaisey.com/2007/06/sheila-callaghan-blog.sht

thoughtful post from Mr. Walsh

http://litdept.blogspot.com/2007/06/relevance-and-innovation-in-theatre.html

tomorrow

hope to see you there!

http://www.broadwayworld.tv/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=18969

The Dream Chain
An adaptation of La Vida es Sueño written by multiple
authors, each writing only one scene from the play.
Contributing playwrights include: Sheila Callaghan,
Marcus Gardley, Amlin Gray, Carmen Rivera, Adam
Szymkowicz and Candido Tirado Director TBD
8pm, Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at the Michael Weller
Theater, 311 W 43rd St, 6th Floor

is this new?

Is this something we haven't heard before?

http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/06/08/theater/index_np.html

Theatre gets overdeveloped. There are fewer slots.
the NEA is not around. A lot of playwrights go write
for TV where they can make a living. TV is better and
more adventurous than ever before, especially HBO.

I don't know about you, but I never have watched the
Tonys. It is so irrelevant, as are all awards, but
also to what I think of as theatre. The exciting
stuff right now in theatre is not on broadway. This
is not news. The exciting stuff for me is the stuff
that cannot be done on TV like Eurydice at 2nd stage.
And countless other plays written for the stage in the
vocabulary of theatricality.

I for one am tired of the endless articles about what
is wrong with the theatre. We know this. Tell me
what's right with it. Or if you don't know what's
right with it, stop seeing broadway and start seeing
the shows that matter.

Sorry to be picking on this article, partially because
I agree with much of what the writer says.

Did your parents get a divorce?

Go See Matt Freeman's very funny "Interview with the
Author"

Only one more performance.

http://matthewfreeman.blogspot.com/2007/06/pretentious-festival-shill-for-friday.html

visual dramaturgy for something new