It’s been super-extra-ultra-fun having my piece “BEEEEEAAR!” in San Francisco Theater Pub’s Pint-Sized Play Festival this July. For the behind-the-bear scoop on the show and its process, check out these links: Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2012
“BEEEEAAR” at Theater Pub: Behind-the-Bear Article Round-up!
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Audience Reactions to “BEEEEEAAR!” on Opening Night at SF Theater Pub
Allison Page as The Bear.
(Photo by Erin Maxon, http://www.erintatemaxon.com/)
Okay, if you are near San Francisco, you should just seriously really come to SF Theater Pub’s Pint-Sized Plays, July 16-31.
It’s free, it’s in a bar, and I’m super-duper happy with how the team did my script “BEEEEEAAR!” (a solo play about a dancing bear who drinks beer). My piece is one of 10 shorts that make for a very lively evening of theater.
Rather than tell you how much I love Allison Page’s performance as the titular Bear, or how Meg O’Connor is the ideal director for this play, I’ll let other people do it for me… here are a few actual audience reactions from yesterday’s opening night show.
We got the bystander, we got the heavenly shout-out, and we got a killer review. Check it:
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What’s Worth Doing?
It’s my birthday tomorrow, and I’ve been thinking a lot about what’s, you know, worth doing. At all. Ever. In life. So, I did what I do, and I wrote about it. Prepare for my totally unedited, shockingly comprehensive 8-point list of Things Worth Doing! Continue reading
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Natural Born Idea Killers: How To Edit, And What To Cut
So, okay, editing is important, and in my last post about writing I covered some tactics for “how” to edit your work, but I didn’t even touch the “what.” When you’re editing… what do you cut? How can you be sure what to cut? It’s scary, no? Okay, listen, I come bearing very comforting good news about this– we’re all natural born editors. Let’s do a quick example, based on actual real life. Warning: things are gonna get META for a second! Continue reading
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