250 stories from Variations On A Theme
To DoI am swamped. Have been swamped since the weekend. There is so much to do. This calls for a list:Must write a blog post tonight for TheatreFaceTry to write a blog post for the One Minut…
Home Again Home AgainIt's been about 13 hours since I left my place this morning. I spent the day up in San Rafael with AlterTheater. This morning/afternoon we had our monthly AlterLab works…
Issues of Authenticity: Thoughts on A Miscast Motherfucker, Much Ado's Latino Window Dressing, and Writing Parts for Latino Actors Part DeuxThis blog post is the second in a series. You can …
BehindI'm behind on all sorts of fronts. The 9 to 5 job (though that can be attributed to our Holiday Party which has taken over our work lives and culminates this afternoon and the fact tha…
Taking A MomentSo often after a project I have to rush into what's next on my to do list (i.e. rewrites on The River Bride), but I want to take a moment to fully appreciate and reflect on my…
Tonight's The Night: Heart Shaped Nebula Staged Reading at ImpactTonight's the big night. I haven't seen my director or actors since our final rehearsal last Tuesday. I'll be leaving work ea…
Issues of Authenticity: Thoughts on A Miscast Motherfucker, Much Ado's Latino Window Dressing, and Writing Parts for Latino Actors Part IWhere to start?First, this is going to be a series of…
BrujajaIf you follow me on Twitter you might have noticed quite a bit of conversation going on re a particular Shakespeare production set in Cuba with two characters named...wait for it...Ju…
Rehearsal RecapIt was a long day yesterday. I awoke sleep deprived. I had trouble sleeping the night before. That and I found myself slipping into melancholy. I'm prone to melancholy, always…
To DoDistract myselfWork hard at my 9 to 5 jobFinish blog post for Wednesday publicationFinish 1 pager for LOIRespond to emailsGo to rehearsalFind a way to get past this melancholyAvoid writ…
My Guest Blog Post for NaPlWriMoWhat's NaPlWriMo? Why it's November, silly. NaPlWriMo stands for National Playwriting Month and it's a month-long challenge for anyone who wants to step up to…
Rehearsal RecapYesterday afternoon was our first rehearsal for my Heart Shaped Nebula Dec. 5th reading at Impact Theatre. I arrived with copies of the script and 3/4 of the apple pie I baked…
An Actual Rewrite Part Deux or It Ain't Over Yet, BabyYesterday I had a chat with my dramaturg Nakissa. I had sent her the rewritten scene 6 from Heart Shaped Nebula to get her thoughts on t…
An Actual RewriteI tend to use the word "rewrite" a little loosely when I talk about doing them. The majority of the time I mean edits. I mean minor tweaks which can range from grammar to sm…
Morning Misadventure or How I Wish Drama Would Stay on the Stage and Out of My LifeLast Saturday, while I was prepping for my AlterLab workshop the following morning I got a series of text m…
Wrestling With FeedbackMy latest TheatreFace blog post is about how I'm wrestling with prescriptive feedback. What's prescriptive feedback? It's when the feedback comes in the form of sugges…
My Teatro Latino Conversations Interview With Carlos Manuel Now OnlineBack in June I sat down with playwright Carlos Manuel who was in the Bay Area for a visit. Carlos and I have mutual frie…
A Lost Earring, The Rain, A Wall and A PlayLast Friday I ended up staying late at work for two reasons. First reason, I had to finish a blog post for my 9 to 5 job. Second reason, I decided …
TonightI'm headed up to San Rafael this evening to see AlterTheater's production of A man, His Wife, and His Hat by Lauren Yee. Tonight is the final preview before the show opens officially …
Character Development: Is It Always Necessary? or Letting Belmira Have Her SayA month or so ago I was in workshop presenting a very early draft of The River Bride. I mentioned after the read…
Get Busy WritingLast night I realized I am a month away from my Heart Shaped Nebula reading with Impact Theatre which means I am about three weeks away from needing to have a new draft of th…
My New Blogging GigLast month I was approached by TheatreFace and invited to join their blogging team. I was slightly familiar with their site since fellow playwright Gwydion Suilebhan is on…
Done And Done!I am exhausted. Mentally drained. But it's done. What's done you ask?My Berkeley Rep Ground Floor residency application: got a late start because I didn't think I was going to …
Things I Did This Week Reduxparticipated in a performance of Talkback by Liz Duffy Adams for the Dynamic Adaptability conferencestressed out in a major way, but thanks to a cup of tea settle…
It's Official: I Can Now Gush OnlineIn a previous post or two I've hinted that something was in the works and now that all interested and participated parties have signed on to well...partic…
