I just read ZOOT SUIT by Luis Valdez play and I LOVE IT! There’s just so many great things that I’ve learned from reading it. SYNOPSISIn Zoot Suit, Luis Valdez weaves a story involving the real-life events of the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial — when a group of young Mexican-Americans were wrongfully charged with murder…
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.
How to write a 10-minute play
HOW TO WRITE A 10-MINUTE PLAYcopied and pasted from 10-Minute-Plays.com (http://www.10-minute-plays.com/index.html) TWELVE RULES FOR THE ASPIRING PLAYWRIGHT 1) NO EXPOSITION! Just jump into your story. This presents a puzzle for the audience to unravel and allows them to play with you. Remember—we are fascinated by the unknown! 2) EVERY DETAIL MUST RELATE TO THE ACTION…
Stories High Session 2 – Playwriting Notes
Here’s some general notes that I took for me from the latest class. – Beat: – building blocks of theater/play/script – each beat moves the story forward – can be seen when different tactics or strategies are used to develop the protagonist’s Action (want) – If you have a block, look at the play’s Action, Conflict, and Event…
Where’s Your Brother?
Where’s Your Brotherby conrad panganiban Louise Parker – Mid 50’sBenny Parker – Late teens Setting: Night, The Parker living room, Rural Kansas, Present LOUISE and her teenage son, BENNY, are in their living room where BENNY is cutting his mother’s toenails. There’s an pizza box and a glass of wine on a table. LOUISEDon’t cut…
Every Character needs to have an Action
Before I run out again, I just got back from the Stories Hight Playwriting workshop and , for me, the most important lesson I got was that EVERY character that appears in a scene needs to have an Action defined as having a defined want and goal at that particular space in time. I’ll write…
Defending A Treasure
This story is about… a young lawyer who is assigned a case to defend a recently retired U.S. Navy veteran for treason.
Write Actions to Show Character
I’m still at home waiting for the electrician to get back from getting things for my stupid doorbell and address light fixture. But I’m flipping through the channels and stopped on THE INSIDER on HBO with Russell Crowe. Anyways, in 2 short minutes, there’s a scene with Russell Crowe and his daughter as she’s having…
GARDEN OF DREAMS – A Play Reading
In a few weeks, the Sinag-tala Program of SFTPAA will be hosting a script reading of my first full-length play GARDEN OF DREAMS. No lie, I’m nervous as hell. In fact, I don’t really know how to feel, since it kinda changes every day. Now, I’m really glad that we’re having a quick rehearsal a…
On The Page – A Scriptwriting Podcast
So I’m racking my brain about the best way to “attack” writing my next play. My biggest hurdle seems to be Research. I have my subject, but I think that I’m taking way too much time figuring out how I’m going research this subject instead of actually writing the play. I was, still planning to,…
A Few Good Men – Script Review
As I type this, I’m waiting for the electrician to knock on my door to fix the broken doorbell. In an earlier post, I said that my next script will have something to do with U.S. Filipino Navy Veterans and their families. I’m thinking about wrapping that theme around a courtroom drama – something I…