Monthly Archives: February 2012

There has never been a time in my life when I was not in love with theater.  While attending East Hartford High School in East Hartford, Connecticut (now it’s a middle school), Mrs. Wilson who headed our drama department asked … Continue reading →

At some stage in our education, who does not recall reading Herman Melville’s 1851 whale tale, Moby Dick? It was a book packed full of metaphors, packed full of symbolism, packed full of long soliloquies. And packed full of potential … Continue reading →

I find research to be both essential and boring.  (Never having been a fan of minutia you can understand why I say it’s boring for me.) Research is helpful in two ways.  First, I research elements of my plot to … Continue reading →

Let me unequivocally say, I do not want to be a director.  I never wanted to be a director.  And, I will never be a director. There are some playwrights that I feel are frustrated director-wannabees.  They give the most … Continue reading →

Last summer I spoke to a literary manager at a repertory theater company.  He had read two of my plays and determined that although he liked them, they were too edgy for his audience.  He added that they ended with … Continue reading →

Sometimes you can drive yourself nuts trying to come up with a solution to a nagging problem.  It churns over and churns over in your head to the point where you realize that you are never going to come up … Continue reading →

Every morning my wife and I hit the local Planet Fitness gym (Warwick, RI) at 6AM.  And, every morning we see this friendly PF staffer (friendly, at 6AM?…yup), Jona Cedeno. About a month ago, he looked completely exhausted.  Ordinarily I’d … Continue reading →

If you cannot handle rejection, writing is the wrong business to be in. Most decisions over our future are being made by people and are therefore highly subjective.  The value of our project, for example in writing a play, is … Continue reading →

You want to write.  Don’t have kids (and don’t get married).   Especially now with cell phones, texting, emailing…trust me, they’ll find you. Let me give you an example from my not to0 recent past (yesterday). I sat down at my … Continue reading →

You need a successful (money making) play to attract an agent. You need an agent, in most cases,  to  attract a theater to consider your play for production hopefully leading to a successful run. Oi. First, let’s look at how … Continue reading →