Play 21: Of Shotgun and Men – Tally and his younger brother, Red, are surrounded by the Mexican government outside a South of the Border shack for trying to steal a horse named, Shotgun.
This play is my homage to Of Mice and Men and my want to always write a Western themed play, albeit only lasting for only 7 pages.
Play 22: Tag! You’re It! – An imaginary tale between the imaginary friend, Gabbi, and the 10-year-old Me. An inspiring play of a person wanting to change the world and how it sees him one tv show and movie at a time.
Yay! I got to use my useless knowledge of 80s TV Shows for this short play! On the reals, the inspiration for this was the interview I did for 31 Plays in 31 days. If you want to check it out, please do so and look around the site while you’re at it. But in answering one of the questions, I “said” that I didn’t want to feel invisible – something I feel like, as a minority, when I don’t see representation on “mainstream” TV. I kinda thought that I was over this self-identity struggle, and for the most part I am, but when all that stuff happened over the casting of LaJolla’s production of THE NIGHTINGALE, it made me feel like the kid again watching Growing Pains, The Facts of Life, Silver Spoons, etc… like I didn’t matter. TAG! YOU’RE IT! is my way of telling myself to Step it Up and create opportunities for minority actors for the younger generation of peeps like me to see that we do.