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…
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.
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…
MamaSiHero @ CIRCAPintig’s July Monthly BEAT!
Yay! After having my short play, MamaSiHero, finish up it’s 2 month run with “My Asian Mom” produced by A-Squared Theatre Company at 2 different stages, it’s going to have one more presentation this coming Sunday! If you will be in the area, or know anyone who will, please let them know and come through….
Letting in the Light (or Making Nightingale Adobo)
So I’ve been marinating over the controversy regarding THE NIGHTINGALE playing at The La Jolla Playhouse. Setting the ground: I am American of Filipino descent and I am in the process of building a career in Theatre as a playwright. If you don’t know what the fuss is with this production, search “La Jolla Nightingale”…
31 Plays in 31 Days
31 Plays in 31 Days. I suddenly got very nervous. I signed up to be committed to writing 31 plays in 31 days in August. And knowing me, the only thing I’ve really committed to was TV binging to Breaking Bad and 24. But that was only for a couple of weeks. And that was…