My short play MEETING WITHOUT END is a Finalist in the Rover Dramawerks Third Annual 10-Minute Play Festival in Dallas-Fort Worth. I enter lots of competitions for festivals, roughly 50 a year or so. They are run by big organizations and small, sometimes offer a token payment for use of the play, but most often … Continue reading MEETING WITHOUT END now a Finalist
Playwriting
Jitney
I recently had the opportunity to see the first Broadway production of August Wilson's JITNEY by MTC at The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. This was the first play of the cycle of plays written by Wilson but the last to reach Broadway. I was fortunate enough to see a production of the play in 1996 … Continue reading Jitney
Hold the dates for Plays & Prestidigitation #7 – The Politically Incorrect Version
Periodically I present a series called Plays & Prestidigitation at Polaris North. I offer the opportunity for other playwrights to present short plays in an event I assemble, stage manage, create marketing and playbills, provide reception food and most importantly host and perform magical interludes between plays to stitch together the evening and cover scene … Continue reading Hold the dates for Plays & Prestidigitation #7 – The Politically Incorrect Version
Love, Love, Love
This was the third of the three hopeful playwright redux this fall. Simon Stephen's Heisenberg further dazzled after his Punk Rock (and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime). Stephen Karam's adaptation of The Cherry Orchard disappointed after his amazing The Humans. And now, Mike Bartlett's Love, Love, Love after his amazing King … Continue reading Love, Love, Love
New Bedford, MA (+the future of Freedom Training)
As previously noted my ten minute play "Freedom Training" was included in the 14th Annual Short Play Marathon for November 12 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. As I planned to attend I wanted to stay overnight because the event did not finish until 10:30 in the evening and it is a long drive back to NYC. I … Continue reading New Bedford, MA (+the future of Freedom Training)
“Freedom Training” in Culture*Park Marathon
Culture*Park presented a marathon reading of short plays on Saturday, November 12 at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts. One of the 26 selected plays was my very own "Freedom Training" which has received a workshop, a couple of readings but no productions as of yet. The event was broken up into four segments … Continue reading “Freedom Training” in Culture*Park Marathon
The 6th Annual Tri-State Theatre Festival
Last weekend I attended the South Street Players' 6th Annual Tri-State Theatre Festival in Spring Lake, New Jersey. My short play "Your Turn to Watch Dad" was one of nine plays presented. The Director was Dave McGrath and featured Jon Weinstein, Mary Sullivan and Kristin Mueller. They all worked hard to put on the play … Continue reading The 6th Annual Tri-State Theatre Festival
Semi-Finalist in Rover Dramawerks Festival
I got word this morning that my short play "Meeting Without End" has been selected as a semi-finalist for the 2017 10-Minute Play Festival for Rover Dramawerks in Plano, Texas. It made the first cut of 37 plays from 308 submissions they received. I don't know the next steps but eventually they will probably cut … Continue reading Semi-Finalist in Rover Dramawerks Festival
The Death of Edward Albee
I just got word of Edward Albee's passing. All Over. It was discovering Edward Albee that propelled me to be part of the theater community, to focus my career in performing arts, a lifetime of passionate theater going and ultimately my interesting in writing new plays. When I was in eighth grade our family moved … Continue reading The Death of Edward Albee
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