This is my state of mind today. From work-in-progress The Blue Dragon Scribe Shoppe. Cybil enjoys the open sea. She leaves on mini-vacations whenever the other scribes won’t miss her, or if she’s on deadline and needs to get away. Leaving the land, becoming an island unto itself out there in the midst of …
Tag Archive: writing
Jul
25
Closing a Chapter | VFC
Many many thanks for your continuing support! We thank Theatre Asylum, Art|Works Theatre & Studios & Coeurage Theatre Company at Actors Circle Theater for their Best of the Hollywood Fringe Festival offer. With an awareness & charity project, finances and schedules are always an important factor to continue increasing the audience, and I did not …
May
23
The Working Director | Che’Rae Adams
Che’Rae Adams is a good friend, and amazing collaborator as Director & Dramaturg. Remounting Karen Anzoategui’s solo show SER at the Hollywood Fringe Festival interests me and so I invited her to be profiled as a Working Director. You can also read about my personal experience in her workshop at the LA Writer’s Center here, …
Apr
30
If A Director Falls in the Woods…
Directing is a solitary vocation. There’s a great story Anne Bogart tells in an American Theater Wing podcast. She arrived at an event for Directors and when asked why she was late, Bogart replied she had been in rehearsal. All the Directors stopped and immediately went to take care of her. “Oh, you’ve been in …
Apr
18
Be Prepared
Be prepared to risk your entire reputation every time you write, otherwise it is not worth the audience’s time -Jose Rivera 20 yrs from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. Explore. Dream. Discover. –Mark Twain There is a vitality, a life …
Feb
20
MYTHistory: the mythology of history
I have a lot of writing projects in the hopper, and many of them are in that phase when they need a little more articulation. By writing about them here, I’m hoping to get some feedback and possibly meet new collaborators. This first one will be incredibly interactive soon, so I look forward to exploring …
Feb
16
Donate so awareness is accessible
Many reading this site know about an ongoing awareness effort of mine, Voices From Chornobyl. This year we want to mount a children’s interactive show at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, create a completely accessible experience with ASL interpreters and visual describers, and reach even more people than ever. “How can you talk about radiation when …
Jan
25
Valdrada Sketches
Dan and I hashed out the basic story to Valdrada recently, and with a few redactments, here are my notes:
Dec
28
Valdrada Writing
One of my projects is a short screenplay inspired by an Italo Calvino story within Invisible Cities*. If you have not read this book, please shut down whatever device allows you to read this blog, and run to a bookstore or library. You won’t be disappointed. [patiently waiting] Okay, thanks for returning here! The beginning …
Nov
21
Sagradia Familia, or how I lost my entire first draft of my WIP
Above is the Sagrada Famlia. National Geographic introduced me to this giant temple designed by Antonio Gaudi. All design elements inspired by shapes in nature, this building deserves an entire post of its own. It’s been under construction since 1882. We in Los Angeles are used to construction projects being infinite, but over one hundred …
Sep
07
It's Fringe, not The Ring Cycle
Guest Blog by Jacquetta Szathmari I asked Jacquetta about her experience with the Hollywood Fringe Festival last June, bringing her short stories to the L.A. stage. Despite not being able to get arrested in the NYC comedy scene, I decided to debut my one-woman show 3000 miles from home, in a brand new festival, in …
Sep
01
Guest Blogger: Jacquetta Szathmari
I’m starting to invite Guest Bloggers here, people who have a unique perspective on my topics. Here is an introduction to the first Guest Blogger, Jacquetta Szathmari. I first met Jacquetta online while she was promoting her Hollywood Fringe Festival show: That’s Funny, You Didn’t Sound Black on the Phone. With that title alone, I …
Aug
03
Username burnout
It’s probably a vast understatement to say that I have many interests. Strange times are afoot, when my previous obsessions (theatre) fade into the background and newer (neighborhood council) or latent interests (writing) prevail. Unintended consequence (my new favorite phrase)? Username burnout. Account schizophrenia. You know what I mean and it’s horribly embarassing. Your very …
