september roundup
smoked salmon and lox are two very different things
happy Meg Ryan season, everyone! (fall.) new york city got chilly, got hot again, got flooded, got chilly again, and now I think we are back to hot. before we know it, it’ll be snowing. or maybe it won’t be? truly who is to say.
anyways, here are some updates from the past month:
highlights
in the final installment of RADIO MAN press, here’s an incredibly thoughtful review of the piece by Rhiannon Ling for Theatre Times.
it’s back to the drawing board for new scripts, and I had a wonderful development session hosted by Forager Theatre Company!
I was selected to participate in their Unearth Workshop, an informal reading of a new play followed by a feedback session. My script The Hand That Feeds You, a story about a man discovering a meat monster in his estranged father’s butcher shop, was brilliantly read by Laurel Anderson, Gerald Aviles, and Ben Teitelbaum.
continuing my musical education. Sweeney Todd was fantastic (my first time seeing Annaleigh Ashford, what a brilliantly talented actress - she nailed the comedy and the sadness - and yeah Josh Groban was great and all, but it was HER show). a reminder of how a well-staged spectacle can serve a show, rather than distract from it. and I’m continuing with Sondheim and watching the pro shot of Sunday in the Park With George.
I am taking any and all recommendations for what to watch next.
I don’t know whether to call this a highlight or not, but a lot of my “playwriting” time has actually been “applying to stuff” time. kind of like how people say an actor’s job is not acting but auditioning, a playwright’s job is not writing plays but actually writing variations on the same artistic statement five times a day. and also writing plays because sometimes full scripts are required submission material too? I’m learning how to separate the feeling of accomplishment I get from submitting an application from any hopes too profound about one specific opportunity. maintaining the motivation to apply for things when the the possible reward feels as rare as a lightning strike takes an entire reconstruction of what the “reward” actually is.
and finally, not theater related, but my new favorite internet niche is watching videos of people curing salmon. you would be surprised how many videos the algorithm can feed you of people curing salmon.
happy spooky season everyone, & stay safe out there.