250 stories from Variations On A Theme
This Saturday: Un-Scripted To Improv My PlayThat's right. This is it, the weekend that Un-Scripted kicks off their Act 1, Scene 2 series and my play The Bonds That Tie is up at bat Saturday …
AlterTheater's AlterLab Salon Now One Week Away AlterLab playwrights: Ann Brebner, Rebecca Frank, Marisela Treviño Orta and Ignacio ZuluetaThere are lots of reasons why I'm excited for n…
The Play I'm Not WritingPer usual a new play idea is coming along when I'm still working on other projects. I've already decided I won't start a new play until November (which is National Pl…
News I've Been Sitting OnSo in about a week or so it won't matter that I mention this here on my blog as: 1) I think the O'Neill Playwrights Conference has had ample time since last January …
My Preoccupation With The Dirty War: The SU ConnectionApril 14th my play fragment The Bonds That Tie kicks off Un-Scripted Theater's 2012 Act 1, Scene 2 series.What do I mean by fragment? I …
And Essay: On Braided SorrowI was asked by a student whose class is reading my play Braided Sorrow if I'd contribute to her study guide. Following is the essay I wrote for the study guide.On…
The Great Chicago PostDay 1: WednesdayUp at 4am. Shuttle is coming at 4:30. Only got around 4 hours of sleep. Guess I'll sleep on the plane.Finishing packing.Early! The shuttle is early.I'm …
An End To Radio SilenceI'm back. Virtually and literally. The past two weeks have been bittersweet. I went to Chicago (and there will be a big post on my trip soon) where I had a lovely visi…
EulogyA Love StoryChapter one. There is a bird a love bird singing in the peach tree.My grandfather a skinny man always dress shoes and a buttoned-d…
They're Gonna Improv My PlayWell, not all of it. Like 80% of it. What now?Remember last month when I was pointed to Un-Scripted Theater Company's Act 1, Scene 2 submission call? The submissi…
Saw Some Theatre, Wrote Some TheatreThursday after work I headed over to the East Bay to catch Titus Andronicus at Impact Theatre. Impact is located beneath La Val's which means two things: …
About Last NightI threw my leg over, felt the vibrations hum beneath me, wrapped my arms around you and held on for dear life. Could you feel my heart pounding through my jacket to your back…
All Quiet on the Blogging FrontIn the past two weeks the posts have been pretty few and far in between. Life was pretty crazy stressful at the 9 to 5, but the big event we were producing has…
Who Goes ThereI can't believe that. That suddenly a window closes and it closes forever. And two people can never be anything more than friends. Maybe it like a re-entry window. The way spac…
A Simple JoyToday I got to sleep in 'til 8am. A luxury. That may not sound like a lot but my bedroom gets a lot of natural light in the morning so it's hard to sleep past 8am unless I'm seri…
I Want To Go To There This screenshot just doesn't do it justice.Lynda Bachman, who directed my reading of Heart Shaped Nebula at Impact Theatre sent me the link to something called a Photo…
Tontlawald at Cutting BallHow could I forget to mention in my blog post this morning that I went to see a preview of Tontlawald last Saturday? Did my Sunday transit mishap truly erase …
Holiday Weekend RecapThere's a lot to summarize, so I'll forgo a narrative and just stick to bullets ('cause I kinda have a headache this morning).Here's what happened this weekend:Friday ni…
In Defense of the Bene GesseritMy favorite line from The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz is at the end. It's the description of a postcard that Oscar sent to his sister Lola w…
Hey There, Windy City Guess who's coming for a visit? That's right, this gal.I can now officially share the news that I'm participating in Teatro Luna's 2012 Lunadas Reading Series. My play…
Weekend PlansThis is going to be a full three day weekend. Saturday I'm going to see a preview of Tontlawald at Cutting Ball Theater. I'm so looking forward to this. I haven't seen a Cutting…
To Do ListRSVP for a preview, hopefully not to lateBuy a ticket for another showMake sure all the actors coming in for my table reading on Sunday are emailed with details re location, etc.Ch…
Prescription Thursday. I lie face up in my acupuncturist's middle room. We chat.A: Isn't it coming up on the year anniversary...of when your friend told you...Is that right? No, he told me …
Tectonic ShiftsI grew up with a lot of science in my life. My father was an Earth Science teacher at our local Jr. High School. So that meant I was doing science fair starting in kindergarte…
Last-Minute Change to my Reading LineupAll last week I was preparing, mentally and rehearsing-wise, for the 10 minutes I was expected to fill at the Bernal Yoga Literary Series. I had planne…
