This story is about… a game show with parents competing against other parents to see who can make their child feel the most guilty. The winner is determined by who’s child commits suicide first. Of course this is a satire, but it’s based on my truth. Dark, di ba? I’ve held off on writing this…
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.
King Lear – Script Review
King Lear – Script Review Going back to the classics, I decided to read KING LEAR by William Shakespeare. I initially decided to read this because this play was mentioned in another book I’m reading called Reverse & Forwards…or is it the other way around? At any rate, the book was an analysis of how…
King Lear – Script Review
Going back to the classics, I decided to read KING LEAR by William Shakespeare. I initially decided to read this because this play was mentioned in another book I’m reading called Reverse & Forwards…or is it the other way around? At any rate, the book was an analysis of how to break down a script….
The Odd Couple – Script Review
Another script finished. The ODD COUPLE by Neil Simon. This was originally produced on stage in 1965, but the story is still applicable to today’s culture. SYNOPSISA divorced slob invites a group of the boys over for cards, one of the guests, who happens to be very meticulous and tense, has just been separated from…
Scene Stream – Exercise
One of my goals for having this blog is to keep record of the exercises I do in order to become a better writer. So this is an intro of what I’m calling, a Scene Stream. It’s basically writing a scene, that’s timed, out of thin air without thought or any preconceived notion of where…
My Destination Ends at You
My Destination Ends at Youa Scene Stream exercise Character 1: Brian (Littrell – Jesus Loves You)Character 2: Nelly (Furtado – Say It Right) Situation: While driving to work one morning, (Brian) decides to pass the office and keep on driving. Time: 20 minutes (start: 11:34pm) NELLYBrian, what are you doing? You just missed the exit….
Remembering Fermin Tobera
I started doing research about the 1930 Watsonville riot that claimed the life of Fermin Tobera. A play is in there somewhere. The weird coinikidinky in this research is that the riot started at The Filipino Club in Palm Beach which is 7 miles SW of Watsonville, so that would make it near Moss Landing….
Garden Of Dreams – Staged Reading
Well it’s over… for now. On Sunday, I had the first public reading of my play, GARDEN OF DREAMS. I was nervous as fuck, but i got through it okay. LESSONS LEARNED– LISTEN TO YOUR ACTORS – A concern was brought to attention by one of the actors. He was having some trouble getting out…
Six Degrees of Separation – Play Review
So I watched SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION tonight at the SF Playhouse and I really liked it. It’s so weird now to watch a show from the playwright’s POV. Being from the “actors” world before in another life, I would always watch the performances and analyze how they do what – but now, I’m so…
Yankee Dawg You Die – Script Review
I just finished reading YANKEE DAWG YOU DIE by one of my teachers, Philip Kan Gotanda. Again, I’m inspired by it. For some reason, I always thought the play was something that it obviously is not. SYNOPSISBradley Yamashita is one of the new breed of Asian-American actors. Highly political and outspoken, he will only take…