For those of you who suffered the tragedy (knowingly or unknowingly) of missing TC2 Theatre Company's New Play Festival 2025, here is my short play for your reading enjoyment. Sleepwalking (a play)Download
Tag: Playwriting
Owen’s Monologue (from The Bella Vista Motel)
All actors feel free to use for auditions and workshops, but please tell me so I can have a smile. monologue-the-bella-vista-motel-030524Download
Fiasco
A short play (and a quick read). Two characters. They're a couple. Time: Right now. fiasco_charlie-lyonsDownload
Show Don’t Tell
Show don't tell. This is a common mantra for script writers. It's not a bad one either. In fact, it's a rocking good one. "I'm watching this movie/TV show/play, so show me what happens don't tell me!" We - the audience - want to see the conflict. So Show-don't-tell is an admonition against blatant exposition [...]
Some Notes on Getting Notes
I have a table reading of a play of mine tomorrow, (Margaret. The Maid. The Son.) and I'm very excited about what the director and actors are doing with the pages, so ... Woo Hoo! It's gonna be fun! After the reading, however, we will be encouraging the audience to stick around and give critical [...]
Put Your Script in the Hands of Actors
Last night I had the pleasure of hearing and seeing a group of wonderful actors read/perform a short script I wrote, The Blue Diner, based on a story that a couple of friends of mine and I came up with, and that we're going to shoot. This reading, however, had nothing to do with casting [...]
The Intensity of the Want
“The thing the character wants need not be violent or spectacular; it is the intensity of the wanting that counts.” Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, by Janet Burroway. What a great, simple observation about story telling that gets right to the core of things. And this intensity of the wanting applies to both [...]
Margaret The Maid The Son
My new play! A dark comedy about a wealthy woman who calls I.C.E. to have her longtime maid deported in an attempt to keep a family secret from coming out. Come hear wonderful actors read it. Laugh, cry, get angry. I'll be there to get your feedback. Open this blog post for TICKETS Sunday, December [...]
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