I usually don’t go dark on the blog unless I’m traveling or visiting family. No such luck. I’ve been here in SF toiling away and completely beleaguered. I think it’s …
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 07:03PMApologies for the radio silence, but I’ve been working on a grant as part of a grantwriting workshop for artists. It’s a really great opportunity to learn about grantwriting and …
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 12:48PMHow did this happen? How is it the end of October with my birthday right around the corner and I am not ready. I do not have the time to organize even a small gathering of my friends. I am t…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 07:38PMSaturday it was foggy. Über foggy. So foggy I couldn’t see the Golden Gate Bridge when I was standing less than 100 feet away from it. Actually, I don’t know how many feet I was…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 12:44PMTaking a cue from playwright Brian Doyle who submitted work every day for an entire year, I’ve decided to do my own version where I send The River Bride to at least one theatre a day. …
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 02:14PMYesterday I went to San Jose to see Macario at Teatro Vision. Now originally I had planned to get a ride down there with my friend Hugo who has the lead in the show. However, due to the open…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 12:31PMNow that I’m in less pain I can actually think about all the upcoming deadlines that are fast approaching. There are many. With that in mind I have two goals for this Saturday: Finish …
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 03:40PMFirst, apologies for the radio silence. I’ve been laid up for almost a week thanks to my back. Good news is, it’s muscular. Muscular spasms. The bad news is my doctor didn’…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 07:54PMWith the press release making the rounds and news of The River Bride being this year’s co-winner of the National Latino Playwriting Award reaching more than just my Facebook friends an…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 03:51PMWhy unofficial? Because I think there will be more blog posts to come. I imagine those blog posts will muse critically about the gathering and the future of the community of Bay Area Latino …
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 12:53PMWhile Arizona Theatre Company gave the okay a while back for me to share the news, it now feels more official with a press release. Marisela Treviño Orta’s The River Bride and Caridad Svi…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 03:51PMLast night I joined the Works By Women San Francisco group to go see What Every Girl Should Know by Monica Byrne which is currently up at Impact Theatre in Berkeley. Side note: The Works By …
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 12:47PMYou perhaps have noticed that the blog looks quite different. At the beginning of the month I was in a bit of a panic when Xanga went offline to switch servers. I apparently did not get the …
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 07:41PMI’ve been keeping this news under my hat for a while now, but now it’s official. Arizona Theatre Company has announced that my play The River Bride is Co-Winner of the 2013 Natio…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 01:12AMI found this excerpt cut out from what I presume is a New Yorker magazine article (from looking at what was on the back of the text). I found it in my old supervisor’s office. She left…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 12:46PMI’m an imagist. I draw a lot of inspiration from images and like to incorporate images into my work. When I begin writing a play I tend to go through a period of image gathering. For H…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 07:26PMAnd by “connections” I mean theatre connections and/or friends who like theatre. Here it is, my big push to invite people to the developmental production of Heart Shaped Nebula. …
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 12:54PMI spent almost the entire weekend working on rewrites and draft number three of Wolf at the Door is coming along nicely. Aside from delving deeper into Septimo’s dark psyche and person…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 12:18PMThat’s right, in little less than a month the Alcyone Festival at Halcyon Theatre kicks off featuring Heart Shaped Nebula and several other awesome playwrights, all of which happen to …
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 01:23PMYesterday I remembered that playwright Christine Evans was in town. I quickly sent her a message to find out if we could meet up. She was in San Francisco for a few days breaking up the extr…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 01:01PMFinish rewrites on that grant application. Finish all the materials I’m responsible for. Work on and complete my New Dramatist application. Rewrites. Work out. Clean house. Buy a plane…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 12:15PMThat’s what friend and fellow playwright Prince Gomolvilas said to me when we spotted one another across the aisle yesterday at the final reading of his new play The Brothers Paranorma…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 01:22PMAn End To Radio Silence Wow. The last time I blogged was at the beginning of this month. I think that’s the longest quiet spell I’ve had on this blog since I started it in 2005. …
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