So I spent the better part of the morning reading a couple of plays which was very badly needed because I’ve been stressing over the play that I have to write. It also taught me a couple of valuable lessons: If you’re play is a period piece, try to learn the language of that time…
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.
Energized
I’m here at lunch and wanted to check in. I can’t wait to start again to my story. It’s actually starting to consume my thoughts and imagination. The characters are finally starting to take shape and I finally have a grasp on the major things I want the story to have. It’s pretty refreshing after…
Best of Playground Festival
Yeee! I won a book! Must be a sign… Review: You wanna refill – dive into action at restaurant – figure out what’s happening – good use of one location and switching of the scenes right after the previous one has ended. – background singing of “the hills are alive” was funny Repunzel: – good…
Mystery pooper
From a FB status: Patrick Ramsdell Dear mystery pooper, It is common courtesy to leave the exhaust fan running in a bathroom after you crap. Courtesy flushes, air freshner, perfume, body spray etc are ok, but the fan sucks your stench out. Not only is the restroom right near my cubicle, I don’t like getting…
Loglines
I like to call the Logline, the first line of an Elevator Pitch. I picked this up from a concept from a class with Philip Kan Gotanda when he asks, What is the play about?. It was easier for me to find examples of this by Googling Logline, a screenwriting/Hollywood term. The next step is…
Thinking like a reporter
Right now, I’m at the Coffee Garden Cafe in Sacramento, STILL working on my play. A big lesson has occurred to me as I’m still on my process of how to write a play: ask questions! To get me out of this funk I’m having, I started to ask myself questions about the play as…
Getting Funky!
What the heck is the matter with me? I can’t work for anything. You know maybe the thing is is that my mind isn’t able to calm down and think right/write. Okay, that was a little witty 🙂 Okay, let me try to do a little brain flush by just doing some freewriting. Right now,…
A suitcase
I was listening to the lyrics of Time after Time, and this caught my attention: suitcases of memories. What if there was a suitcase center stage and there were characters in the scene battling over what was in there? – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Location:Emery Market
Verse here…
Stopped by this morning and left a suitcase of memories outside your front door. Have a good life. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Stuck – Short Play
Stuck A short play Cast of Characters Phoenina Toots: Mid to late 20’s. Female. Clown. Huggie Aloni: 35. Male. Clown. Setting Chuck E. Cheese. HUGGIE and PHOENINA, dressed in clown outfits are sitting at a table. PHOENINA is sipping from a straw from a paper cup. HUGGIE is looking out of it. A Happy Birthday…