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Name: Marisela
Metro: San Francisco
Interests: Poetry, theatre, film, tango
Expertise:
Poetry
Published in Traverse, 26 (issue D), Pomona Valley Review, BorderSenses and Double Room.
Playwriting
American Triage :
Play commissioned by Marin Theatre Company 2006. 2007 MTC Nu Werkz series; 2008 MTC workshop production.
Braided Sorrow :
2005 Bay Area Playwrights Festival; 2006 Ford Amphitheatre Latina/o Summer Play Reading Series; 2006 Chicano/Latino Literary Prize 1st Place winner, University of California Irvine; September 2008, 1st production, El Centro Su Teatro, Denver, Co.
Ghost Limb :
(Work in Progress)
Just Theatre 2007 Play Lab.
Heart Shaped Nebula:
(Work in Progress)
Woman on Fire :
2006 Primer Pasos: A Festival de Latino Plays, Latino Playwrights Initiative; 2007 Bay Area Playwrights Festival BASH (Bay Area SHorts); 2008 In The Rough reading series, Playwrights Foundation.
Occupation: Playwright, Poet
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
Member Since:
6/9/2005
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| And Away I Go
I'm heading to Texas for 10 days to see family, a dear friend, and remember why I love San Francisco summers--it'll be 100 degrees daily in Texas. Yikes.
I'm taking my computer laptop with me so I can work on Woman on Fire edits. Gotta crank out that new draft. It'll be a working vacation.
Here's to productivity.
-M
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| Inspirational Quote
Here's an amazing quote by Martha Graham on why you and your art is unique so keep on doing it.
"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and, because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.... No artist is pleased. [There is] no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others."
Awesome, just awesome.
Many thanks to Prince, for including this in a blog post.
More later,
M
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| 2nd Attempt: Woman on Fire Table Reading
Nakissa is attempting to organize a late July table reading of Woman on Fire. My job is to work on the edits and have a new draft ready for said table reading.
That means I'll have to work on the play while I'm in Texas.
Did I mention I'll be leaving this Thursday to go home to Texas to visit family? Well, I'm definitely going to have to take my computer with me (which always freaks me out a bit to have to travel with it). I've got my work cut out for me. 10 days. 100 degree weather. Lots of running around to see family and of course I need to carve out quiet time to work on the play. Plus, I want to fit in yoga.
Atta girl.
-M
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| Currently Reading
The Mad Logophile: Commonly Mispronounced Words
This Daily Kos post caught my eye this morning and I've been reading it throughout the day and wondering if my pronunciation is off or on point.
Now I wonder, have I been mispronouncing February, Irony, or Pronunciation?
Have a read.
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| Back!
I'm back from an unofficial hiatus, or just an extended 4th of July weekend. I had a grand ole time watching movies with friends, eating homemade fried chicken, watching fireworks, and eating ice while sitting in front of the dooway entrance to my friend's apartment (which incidentally is in front of a Cable Car stop which usually means we get to see tourists ride by).
I will be heading off again soon on Thursday to visit family and hopefully get some rewrites done before my July table reading at the end of the month.
More on all that later,
M
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