Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “New Plays”
I was interested to read about the polling app NewNew, which is creating something like the Opposite of Influencers. NewNew, a start-up in Los Angeles, describes its product as creating a “human stock market.” On the app, fans (aka random people on the internet) pay to vote in polls to control some of a creator’s day-to-day decisions. Whether it’s the …
I’ve been slow to add blog posts lately, as I’m working to complete Act II of my new play about ethics in Big Tech. Or rather, lack of ethics. The play was originally titled Zero Tolerance, but that doesn’t really apply any more. The new working title is The Engine of our Destruction. I’m examining the ethical choices of two …
I’m working on a comedy (hooray! finally) with the working title The Engine of Our Destruction. I became fascinated by the psychological condition scrupulosity, and the main character suffers from this fascinating variant of OCD. Scrupulosity is akin to OCD but for ethical and moral matters. People with scrupulosity fixate on moral actions and experience extreme stress and anxiety if …
I’m creating this post to assemble a smattering of places to obtain and read free or low-cost stage plays for pleasure. One is a limited-time offer, so heads up! Central Works Theater: Their Script Club offers free world premiere playscripts and a podcast with the playwright (full disclosure – it’s my podcast). Playscripts: Their free reads rotate regularly. This company …
Originally set to be on stage in New Consrvatory Theatre Center’s 2020-21 Season, I reworked The Law of Attraction to be a hilarious and snarky (“zingy” says the Bay Area Reporter) radio play. The cast is amazing and the audio engineering and design delightful. This comedy of bad manners takes on the self-help industry and the search for perfection. Tickets …
My latest audio play, adapted from a commissioned work that coronavirus kept from the live stage, is The Law of Attraction. It’s a comedy about the world of self-help, its gurus, and how close we can get to delusion when we think the Universe is there to serve our personal needs. It’s produced by The New Conservatory Theater Center, directed …
This play was scheduled to open in October, but … well, you know.So now it is an audio play with the amazing actors Maria Marquis and Kimberly Ridgeway. Available starting September 14 at centralworks.org. In the wake of a tragic and senseless act of gun violence, two women strive to connect despite their grief and guilt. Zayne is determined to …
One of the things I do when I write a play is assemble a Tumblr with all of my inspirations and research. It helps me keep everything in one place while I write. It’s also invaluable as a place to refer those people who ask, “What inspired you?” or don’t believe you when you write, for example, character who’s stalked …
I’m moving into an intense rehearsal and recording period in August. First up is “Bystanders” for Central Works. It was scheduled to premiere as a live play in October, but is uniquely suited to audio. There is a single moment that is viscerally visual, but the play has a lot of storytelling that lends itself to soundscape, and the climax …
Talkbacks are on my mind, and when they are, I invariably search, find and read Liz Duffy Adams’ “Talkback: A Play About Talkbacks.” There is no other play that more accurately captures the experience in such a hilarious way. In their short play, Adams imagines an audience giving feedback to William Shakespeare on “Hamlet.” Talkbacker 4 jumps in with, “Right …