Okay, this was sorta fun and helpful with 14/48 last month. Let’s see if it works as well with the ScriptWorks Fling. (not quite as much drama since it’s just one play in 48 hours; ho hum…) Here we go… 4:30pm Anticipation mounts To relieve stress before the meetup at 6pm I’m going to...
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Mexican Proposal
I think I’m going to have the opportunity to meet with one of the producers of Shelter Theater in San Miguel de Allende at the end of this month to talk about a show we might be able to bring down to them next year. I know Raul produced MEXPATRIATE there earlier this year...
Continue readingLiveblogging 1448_Austin Night #2
These guys killed it tonight (this is them earlier today getting accustomed with the script), and unbelievably, they’re going back onstage RIGHT NOW to do it again! A really fun night. Now working on the script for night #2… 10pm We just got the new theme: “Time to go” No idea what to do with it...
Continue readingLiveblogging 1448_Austin Night #1
I got my badge, we got the theme, my play goes up in the #1 slot tomorrow night at 7:30 and 10. How’s it going so far? Goal is to get to sleep at a reasonable-ish hour if at all possible. 10pm Characters are Jen, Karla and Ronald/Monster 2 draft pages written Keep it...
Continue readingSleeplessness, Nudity and Squid
That pretty much sums up the remainder of my year. In a few minutes I’m off to the kickoff meeting for 14/48. There’s a running list of performers and artists involved here: Check it out, everyone’s so young and fresh-faced (well, almost everyone). I’m 60% dreading two nights without sleep, and 40% excited about...
Continue readingFinally, a Reason to go to Houston
So about 6 years ago I wrote my first children’s play for a local theater competition. It had two characters: a wallaby who liked to play soccer and a penguin who liked to read. The characters were loosely based on two kids I know pretty well, the play took place at a zoo, and while...
Continue reading14/48: World’s Quickest Theater Fest Comes to Austin
So this festival has been running and growing in Seattle since 1998, and now a few of its company members have brought it to Austin, and I’m gonna be doing it in a couple of weeks. It starts the night of October 15th and ends with a bang on Saturday, October 17th. http://the1448projects.org/about/ This...
Continue readingOne Minute Play Festival tonight @ Ground Floor Theatre
It’s the second annual #1MPF and I’ve got two short (duh) pieces in it. And I’m excited to say that this year there is no nudity in either of my plays. I’d like to think that I learned from last year’s first festival in Austin, but we’ll see. And what I mean is that...
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It’s been about a month since we opened GOOD WEATHER FOR BUNDT CAKES in my living room in south Austin. It was something I wanted to do, but it was an experiment and I knew there was a possibility it’d fall on its face. I feel the show was a success overall and that...
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Upcoming stuff: This Saturday the 16th I get to tell a new story (currently called The Lessons of Little Rubber Things) at the Carousel Lounge as part of Nettie Reynolds’ event Toys of my Youth; I’m excited to meet everyone else involved, have a beer or two and listen to a couple of great-sounding...
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