I feel really alone in this pursuit of being an American Filipino Playwright. I have support, I mean I know I have a lot of amazing people who believe in me and in what I’m trying to do, but that’s not exactly the same thing as having other people who are doing what I’m doing–writing…
Month: September 2013
All in the Subtext
A play is a poem standing up. -Lorca The first assignment for my Short Plays class was to write 3 one-minute plays. I’ve tried to do this before, but I don’t think it clicked for me until the quote above from Lorca resonated with me. The point of a one-minute is to create a story…
Odd duck – Becoming a Fil-Am Playwright
So school started and a couple of things have made me start to feel like an Odd Duck in my field. Let me preface this by saying that I am so proud and giddy with all of the works that my playwriting friends have been doing! I love seeing their announcements for their upcoming productions,…