SETTING A and B are squished in a telephone booth. A So, do you come here often? B Are you seriously trying to pick up on me now? A No. Maybe. B slams her palm against the phone booth window. B Help! Is anybody out there?! A Everything is so much louder in here. B…
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Happy to announce that my short play, RIVER’S MESSAGE, will be a part of the 2019 Short + Sweet Hollywood Theatre Festival! Beyond stoked and grateful! More info can be found here: https://shortandsweet.org/festivals/shortsweet-hollywood-2019 I’m going to HOLLYWOOD!
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CAST OF CHARACTERS AUDREY. She/Her/Hers. 20-40s. Food truck chef. Spouse of Franklin. FRANKLIN. He/Him/His. 20-40s. Food truck owner. Spouse of Audrey. SETTING Inside a food truck. AUDREY a 30-something chef working on a Filipinx Food Truck is cleaning a counter of the inside of the truck. FRANKLIN enters the truck and gives AUDREY a kiss…
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Cast of CharactersActor 1 – Gender Neutral. 20s – 30s.Actor 2 – Gender Neutral. 20s – 30s. ACTOR 1 Debbie got one yesterday. ACTOR 2 Debbie. Little Debbie? ACTOR 1 I wouldn’t call her that now. ACTOR 2 Of all the people- ACTOR 1 And you’re the only one left from Study Hall 251 not…
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So an interesting thing happened while I sat at my laptop ready to start Play Numero Two: I kept sitting in front of my laptop waiting for a play to come… and never did. Actually, I think it’s because my mind is flying in a lot of different directions that I’m not able to focus…
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Cast of CharactersDani (She, her, hers) 20-30s. Actor of Color.Mila (She, her, hers) 20-30s. Actor of Color. Fade up music: The Girl from Inpanema by Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto Dani and Mila are sitting in a couple of seats at a airport gate minutes before boarding a flight. They are both digging in their…
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I can’t believe I’m going to attempt writing 31 plays in 31 days again, but here goes it! For those who aren’t familiar, the name of this challenge says it all–write 31 plays in 31 days. The challenge is usually set in August. For more info and awesome tips, tricks and prompts: https://31plays31days.com Since January,…
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It’s been years since I shared this scene exercise with a class, but I still can’t get the feeling of being “misunderstood” out of my mind. I know I’ve written about this in another blog post about a short play I wrote called Flipped. A quick refresh about the plot, a well-to-do real estate redeveloper…
Read more...Gophers in the Mission by Conrad A. Panganiban Lights up on a NANDO wearing an apron and talking on the phone inside the La Victoria Panderia. NANDO Yup. Yup. What’d I tell you, bro? Easy as pie! So, are you usin’ da Kellogs or the Miracle-Gro? Heck yeah! I told you Miracle-Gro is da bomb!…
Over my time as a playwright, I’ve been thinking about what it means to be an American playwright of Filipino Descent. Why should I even box myself into a title of being a “Filipino American” Playwright? Can’t I just say, I am a playwright? And I guess before I started posting all of my plays…
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