Earlier today, I went to a quick workshop with playwright, A. Rey Pamatmat. The exercise given was to randomly draw one of Aristotle’s Poetics (Plot, Character, Action, Language (Diction/Rhythm/Melody), Spectacle, and Music) and a written down subject/object/phrase etc, and combine them somehow. This is what I blindly drew: 1) Diction/Rhythm 2) Your surname spelled backwards…
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.
My Purpose
The following is my Purpose Statement written in application to San Francisco State University, Creative Writing Department’s MFA Playwriting Program. ===== In 1995, my journey of writing stories for the stage began with ANG PALENGKE, meaning “The Marketplace” in Filipino. ANG PALENGKE is a play about the dreams of people living in a provincial town…
SFSU MFA Here I Come!
It had been a day of many previous where it was the time of official torture when I would log into the San Francisco State’s website to check on my status of admittance. Being the impatient Internet troll that I am, I’ve already found forums where there had been others whom have been notified of…
Never give up
Too long for a tweet – Waking up from a nap, I’m watching Louisville vs. Kentucky in the Final Four and I’m struck to see that Louisville is still in this game. Moreso, I’m struck upside the head in seeing how Patino’s team isn’t giving up on anything – rebounds, missed shots, on defense. They’ll…
Nervewracked over MFA… but why?
Is nervewracked even a word? Well, it is now Urban Dictionary! Nervous energy aside, I’m counting down the days, and less, to know whether or not I got accepted to the Creative Writing Program at SFSU. Mostly because it feels like my life could spin in a thousand different directions with a simple offer… or…
Titus Andronicus – Review kinda
Okay, just to get things straight, the “reviews” on this site about plays I’ve seen aren’t really reviews, because that’s what Google is for. I totally don’t mean that in a dick way, though. I just didn’t want you to read this post and think, “well, that was a crappy review.” My definition of review…
Deserted at Sea… maybe
Just needed to write. Deserted at Sea might be the title of my next play. Luckily, I have Scrivener to help me sort out all of these things associated with this story I’ve had for a very long time, maybe since October. Again luckily, I have a deadline to meet to at least get one…
Esperanza Means Hope – Post Show Thoughts
It’s kinda funny when people tell me that they’re proud of me. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate all the kind words and I take them to heart, but it just feels a little weird – offsetting. I guess I’ve been so used to telling other people how proud I am of them because I…
DREAM ACCOMPLISHED!
Being a Playwright still in the beginning of my career, I had the goal of having one of my plays produced outside of California. Just found out that MamaSiHero, a 10-minute dramedy about a comic book writer and her Superhero Filipino Mother, will be part of A-Squared Theatre Workshop’s “My Asian Mom” One-Act Festival in…
Jumping
It’s not the fear of falling that gets to me. It’s the fear of jumping.