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Just Read Yerma by Federico Garcia Lorca Yesterday I used my commute over the Golden Gate for my class in San Rafael to read the second play in my Lorca anthology. It was a relatively quick read. In fact, I fi…
Go See Big Love! Last night my TGB and I went to the Traveling Jewish theatre where the Fools Fury theatre company is in residence to see them perform Big Love by Charles Mee. Enrique's friend Davina Cohen is a Fools…
Eureka! I have to say that like the famous mathematician and mechanical genius Archimedes, I get my best ideas in the bath. Or rather, in the shower. There's something about massaging my noodle that always gets me…
The God of Hell by Sam Shepard Last night I met my TGB after work for a bite to eat in the Marina before heading to The Magic Theatre to see Sam Shepard's The God of Hell. We were on the Walk-In list so we waited…
Theatre, Theatre Everywhere... Give me chance and I'll think of something clever to end that phrase a la Samuel Taylor Coleridge (that's the poet in me, "and not a drop to drink.") I've been reading a lot of short…
Lots of Updates There's a lot happening and not one particular thing that I can focus on in this post, so I figure, write about all the little things. It's the little things, right? That drive us clinically insane. I f…
It's Official: I Teach Drama I arrived early to the Pickleweed Community Center in San Rafael and went over my notes for class, figured out a time line for our exercises in order to keep us on track with finishing at…
Wish Me Luck This afternoon is my first class with the students of Canal Alliance. Yes, I am nervous. I don't think you should ever underestimate youth or your audience. I have an hour and a half to work with the, tw…
Currently Reading Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca I'm very interested in how Lorca's poetry or poetics are present in his playwriting. I think back to some of my own monologues in Braided Sorrow tha…
If You're Going To Write Plays... you better see a lot of theatre. It only makes sense that as a theatre artist I not only read plays and write plays, but I must also go see plays. Anyone developing a writing craft ne…
Press Release For Latino Playwrights Initiative As promised, here's the press release for the October playfest that I am participating in. PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 14, 2006 Media…
Currently Reading Three Plays: Blood Wedding, Yerma, The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca I bought this book yesterday while at Green Apple. In fact, I bought a few books--there goes my allo…
Trip to Green Apple Today I'll be in my old neighborhood (the Inner Richmond) and I intend to take advantage of it and visit Green Apple Books. Green Apple is a wonderful bookstore with both new and used books. In fa…
Recap and Rewrites I had no idea that afternoon traffic would delay Golden Gate Transit so. Note to self, in order to make it on time to afternoon sessions with Canal Alliance students, leave earlier than expected. Fo…
Two Deadlines, One Meeting and a Presentation The first deadline is for a Bake-Off. Sarah and I are finally resuming our practice of writing 10-Minutes with similar ingredients. I'm going to have to dig around for our…
Currently Reading Antigone Falun Gong by Cherylene Lee This is another play that Enrique lent me to read and considering that I'm writing my own play inspired by Antigone, it's a good idea to see how another p…
Festival Ready Draft Well, last night I worked out the dialogue kink in Woman on Fire. This morning I printed out a fresh copy to read during my commute to work. And now it's riddled with notes, questions and revision…
Just Read Bethlehem by Octavio Solis When I was helping Enrique pack his library of scripts he lent me a few for my edification, one of which is Bethlehem by Octavio Solis. This is the first play of Octavio's tha…
An Invitation Yesterday I received an e-mail from Christine Young. I know Christine from the Playwrights Foundation, she's the Festival Producer of the Bay Area Playwrights Festival. At this past summer's festival I l…
More Assigned Reading I never really talk about my 9-5 here on my blog because, well, I don't consider it my career. I don't identify with my particular job responsibilities, but the work that the overall organization…
Assigned Reading On Wednesday I left Marin Theatre Company with three books, each anthologies of plays. I read quite a few short plays while at MTC and just finished one full-length play this morning. Here's what I re…
My Antigone Play It was over a year ago that I decided to write a play about deaths along the border. El Teatro Jornalero! was also taking on the issue. Pouring over their research and watching them lay the ground wor…
When It Rains... It pours. Yesterday I got an e-mail from Austin Script Works. They're the organization producing the Latino Playwrights Initiative. Earlier this year ASW sent out a submission call for the LPI, asking…
Pitching the Class I'm still struggling a bit with my presentation, the one I'm going to be giving tomorrow. How do you get kids of varying ages interested in playwriting? In theatre? What do you say? What will intere…
An Evening of Theatre Last night a friend and I hopped on BART and went to Berkeley to see Adam Bock's The Typographer's Dream at the Ashby Stage. I''m always at a loss about how to describe a play. My experienc…
Still Reading Lysistrata by Aristophanes I read about 1/3 of this play a month ago and I picked it up again to finish it. I know that there is a comtemporary version of this play somewhere, in LA I think.…