Conrad

audience after daryo's all-american diner closing

A Reminder

Posted on 11/30/202312/02/2023 by Conrad

Sometimes, when I get too much in my head about writing a play, I have to remind that my greatest joy as a playwright is to bring people together to laugh, cry, think, feel, remember, understand, and on a good day, to change.

Amihan, The Typhoon Spinner (A FIRST DRAFT)

Posted on 11/24/202311/24/2023 by Conrad

A found first draft NEW ONE-ACT PLAY that was written for a class in Grad School. There’s A LOT of holes and the final scene makes no sense… but I reached END OF PLAY.

Standing Above Pajaro (10-Minute Play)

Posted on 11/18/202311/18/2023 by Conrad

The 10-Minute version of my one-act, STANDING ABOVE PAJARO. This is a re-imagining of what could have happened on a dreadful night in Watsonsville, CA during the 1930 Racial Riots against the Filipinos there.

An overhead photo of actors, writer, and producer of a table read of Daryo's All-American Diner

A Reflection on Table-Reads

Posted on 10/24/202310/24/2023 by Conrad

The importance of table reads are so important in the development of a play. I finally get to reflect on that journey.

The Ruby Reds – An Animated Storyboard

Posted on 08/26/202308/26/2023 by Conrad

Ever since writing this piece for the Noir Playwriting class at Bindlestiff, I’ve always saw this on film. Thanks to some amazing friends, I can see how that’d look like!

coder by day / dreamer by night / playwright in between… but for how much longer?

Posted on 08/23/202308/23/2023 by Conrad

Lately, I’ve been feeling like a square peg who’s constantly trying to pound myself into a round hole. So, here’s a post on hopefully a way to being me again.

The Temperance of Performing Arts

Posted on 07/05/202307/05/2023 by Conrad

A meandering post about trying to use art to create a legacy for myself as an artist, but knowing that the memory of art goes poof as soon as the house lights come back up.

Daryo’s All-American Diner – The Script

Posted on 06/30/202307/30/2024 by Conrad

Read the complete script of DARYO’S ALL-AMERICAN for free. It’s a play I wrote to attempt to answer, “How can a community come together to heal after an attack on one of its own?”