Smash and Us

Went to see Lower Ninth at the Flea Theater last night with our friends Anne and Andy. There were several reasons for going, such as Andy is from Baton Rouge so we though the subject of Katrina would especially be interesting for him, but for also a far less humanitarian reason, we are all fans of Friday Night Lights and Gaius Charles who plays Brian "Smash" Williams in the series is starring in the play.

The play was very good and the performances were all great. We stuck around after the show and was able to chat with Gaius and also got a photo with him. Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose!!!

The Drama Bookshop

I was at the Drama Bookshop last night looking for a couple of scripts, and as I was scanning the shelves, I saw a lone copy of "The Best Plays from The Strawberry One Act Festival Volume One" which my play "The Harlequin Maneuvre" was published in.

It was a little surreal to be in New York concentrating on playwriting and to stumble upon my play at the bookstore at that moment.

Public Theater Writers Retreat

For Sunday, all of the Emerging Writers had to write a short 3-5 pg play inspired by International folklore pieces that we randomly chose at our first meeting last Wednesday. At the meeting we also chose a director and three actors randomly out of a hat and Sunday we all met to rehearse for two hours and then performed a staged reading of our scripts. It was a lot of fun and the talent from the writers, actors, and directors just floored me. We had a good time laughing as we all got together on a Sunday afternoon for playmaking. I felt like a kid. I also have to give shout out to the administrative/artistic staff for the continued organization. Here's a link to some photos from our lunch, courtesy of one of our talented writers, Akin:

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