The Script: Leaving Christmas Past While JEFF wonders why some people keep their Christmas lights up in July, JORDAN wishes that the memories of Christmas would just stay in the past. Process: Terrible. The process of finding new plays to write ever day is starting to get a little difficult. I think I wrote down…
Month: August 2012
Having a Case of the Blocks
It happens. Sometimes, I just don’t have “it”. This morning at 5:30am I woke up trying to find an idea for my daily play. Didn’t happen. I usually try to force it, but after absorbing my lesson from the other morning (write by being inspired) and I wasn’t really inspired by anything. Hoping that it…
Day 6: Cornered
The Script: Cornered Nicky Coletti reached the pinnacle of his profession by becoming a boxing referee at the 2012 London Olympics, but when he’s faced with a decision to provide honor to the sport he loves and the means to save his granddaughter’s life, he finds himself CORNERED. The Process: I actually started out writing…
Day 5: Russian Rou-Wrong
The Script: Russian Rou-Wrong Chase’s grandfather lays dead in the next room as her boyfriend freaks out when she knows it could’ve been him instead. World record time for a 4 pager 🙂 Well, maybe not, but glad I pulled this off in an hour. Process: Write and write fast. Inspiration: Watching the teaser for…
Day 4: The Infinite Line Between Me, Lolo, and Loco
The Script: The Infinite Line Between Me, Lolo, and Lolo A young man relates with an audience his relationship with his aging Grandfather’s active imagination. But when a tragic event is unearthed, the question of “Whose imagination is it that’s truly overactive?” Here I am at the scene of where many of my plays have…
Day 3: Romero and Julie
The Script: Romero and Julie A homeless man, ROMERO, and his foil, a city worker named JULIE, battle over the possession of a home, aka a bench, in Golden Gate park. Okay, this was a rough morning and play to get through. All I had was a basic premise that I thought about for like…
Day 2: Chicken Sandos, Tiaras, and the War In Between
The Script: Chicken Sandos, Tiaras, and the War In Between A daughter’s betrayal causes a father to question what she loves more: her two dads or a Chicken Sandwich? UPDATE: Yay, I found the link I was refering to below: Chick-fil-A Anti-Gay Controversy: Gay Employees Speak Out Welps, honestly, this was scary because I had…
Chicken Sandos, Tiaras, and the War In Between
Chicken Sandos, Tiaras and the War in Between by Conrad A. Panganiban.pdf CHICKEN SANDOS, TIARAS, AND THE WAR IN BETWEEN by Conrad A. Panganiban written 08/02/2012 HARPER: 17. Female. Skater. Progressive aggressive. Daughter of Benicio. BENICIO: Early 40s. Male. Banker. Conservative. Stuffy. Uptight. Father of Harper. Lights up as HARPER, a teenager dressed in Skater…
Day 1: The Profession of One Mr. Valentine
Hi! Well, this is my first entry into my journey into writing 31 plays in 31 days. I’ve already, I don’t know if convinced is the word, but convinced myself that the way to finish this is to just do it. From the jump, my mindset with this challenge is to approach this is to…
The Profession Of One Mr. Valentine
THE PROFESSION OF ONE MR. VALENTINE by Conrad A. Panganiban (written 08/01/2012) ANTHONY: Mid-late 30s. Male. Filipino American. FERDINAND: 50s. Male. Filipino American Mobster Entrepreneur. Lights up on a FERDINAND, an older looking Filipino American man dressed in business attire, sitting on a park bench. He’s reading a folded up newspaper. Occasionally, he takes out…