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L.A. Bound I take it back. That phrase of mine I so often utter when I don't get enough sleep: I'll sleep when I'm dead. Well, this morning I wish I could sleep. I could use 10 hours right about now. Packing didn't qui…
RPI Recap It was late in the afternoon yesterday that I got a call from the Playwrights Foundation staff who for the past few weeks has been trying to find available actors for our workshop session. Turns out, one of th…
Last Minute Reading Changes For Litquake Friday I thought I had decided I would indeed read monologues from Braided Sorrow...but then I had second thoughts early Saturday. I decided I wanted something a little lighter t…
Tonight: Wreckage at Crowded Fire Tonight I'm going to see Wreckage by New York playwright Caridad Svich. Caridad is the founder of NoPassport, one (if not the) of the most produced Latino playwrights in the country, an…
Manic Monday Well...maybe not too manic. But that's the title that popped into my head and I'm feeling too low energy to change it. I guess the "manic" is supposed to sum up the swirl of activity surrounding me, even th…
The Ultimate Twin I realized this morning that my plays tend to have twins, whether literal or figurative. Alma & Blanca (Braided Sorrow) Juanita & Paola, Jared & Jacob (Woman on Fire) Fatima & Soraya (…
2009 To Do List Here are some short term and long term goals for 2009. 1. Submit Braided Sorrow for the Pen USA Center Drama Literary Award. 2. Send query letter to South Coast Rep regarding American Triage for its Pa…
Scripts Away A few weekends ago I met two Artistic Directors who both encouraged me to submit work to their theatre companies. So today I'm mailing off the first submission to Brava! Theatre. It sounds like Brava's new…
Submissions Away My two favorite words in the English language, aside from Cellar Door, is "postmark deadline." I made two November 15 deadlines, one for a development week at the Lark Play Development Center and the o…
Ultimate To Do List Progress Last night I put together my application for the hotINK festival. Whoo! Submitting American Triage to that festival was # 4 on my ultimate to do list. In fact, I've accomplished #1 and #2 on…