Happy New Year! Happy New Year! (I think I’ve lived long enough to know that a new year doesn’t really change a person since that person can “change” at ANY point during the year.) But with that being said, HAPPY 525,600 MINUTES (exact is 525948.766 min.) of EARTH’S ROTATION! 2013 has been a pretty good…
Author: Conrad
Conrad's a San Francisco Bay Area Playwright. He loves long walks upon the concrete and rainy days. Aside from writing words for actors to regurgitate into an audience's ears and eyes, he loves sports, 90's R&B, and learning.
Getting Nervous
I haven’t been nervous lately. That’s a problem. Explanation: Last month I helped write the script for a multimedia presentation called OVER THE RAINBOW for an Filipina/o American Literature class. It was a devised work consisting of groups concentrating on poetry, video, movement, and skit groups. So, my group came up with a general outline…
Underneath the Bodhi Tree
Well, semester numero 3 is over at sfsu and I’m glad to say that I survived it. I wound up taking 15 units and after promising myself that is the last time I try taking that many units (along with having a part-time job w/ an internship), it’s looking like I’ll be signing up for…
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Cleaning the house while watching Psych: The Musical on Xfinity OnDemand. I liked it more than the reboot of the Sound of Music. Still need to finish doing laundry and vacuuming before watching The Voice and getting a start on reading Medea and Antigone (or adaptations thereof) for possibly another project with a family member….
Trucking Through
Well, this post feels like a long way coming. I guess you could say that this is a status report of the semester at good ol’ SFSU. For the most part, it’s been GREAT! I’ve written a lot of short stuff. 3 one-minutes, A TON of 10’s, and will be workshopping a longer one-act today….
Searching
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…
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,…
31 Plays in 31 Days & a reading AURORA
So, I’m back to blogging, albeit for only a day. Actually, I should be saying that I’m back to writing again, but alas, not so the case and it’s really bumming me out. Now it’s one thing to say it (“I haven’t been writing lately.”) and another thing to do something about it. So, I…
Swift kick in the ass
Not really in a funk, but a lot of things have been happening around me that has put more of a focus on what I want, and will, be doing for the rest of my life. I just have this, I won’t call it drive… I have this passion to pursue a purpose–the purpose of…