Congrats! And what a great bonus of having two versions published at the same time! ...   Thu Dec 31st, 2009 11:11 pm

Wish I could enter this one. I'd like to spend 6 month in the UK, I just don't see how it could be viable for ...   Thu May 21st, 2009 01:50 pm

I've just discovered this topic (thanks to the recent responses to it). I'm adding you to my FB friends as we speak.  Well, as I ...   Tue Apr 28th, 2009 11:48 am

Thanks for the kind words.  I've enjoyed reading all of these, too. Mine is actually being performed tonight in the NYC area, so I'm passing the ...   Mon Feb 9th, 2009 08:26 pm

I'll be joining in as much as I can, but I can't commit to much.  I'll be able to send electronic submissions with no fees, ...   Tue Feb 3rd, 2009 07:08 pm

in media res wrote: EJT, Sounds like a wonderfully fascinating idea! Since you wrote "I'm still unsure that was the correct thing to do" what else would ...   Fri Jan 23rd, 2009 11:20 am

Not sure if this will help, as mine is a little different.  While I also agree with Edd, I have a play called April, Mae ...   Wed Jan 21st, 2009 09:33 pm

Another pure and simple playwright here (heavier on the "simple"). I'd love to self-produce and even produce the works of others (knowing full well the ...   Mon Jan 5th, 2009 03:03 pm

Glad they upheld the author's right to use works in the public domain. Now I don't have to worry about my sequel to Romeo and ...   Tue Dec 23rd, 2008 12:57 am

Welcome! And don't worry about the user name. Mine's fairly dull. True, I used to have a more inventive one, but the problem with that was ...   Tue Dec 23rd, 2008 12:51 am

I've read this entire thread three times and I still don't know how it got to this point. But the monologue is fantastic. And a ...   Wed Dec 17th, 2008 02:05 pm

I would have to agree; change the names. ...   Mon Dec 15th, 2008 03:08 am

Mine apparently arrived after the previously not-quite-specified deadline, so it will not be considered at this time. They did write to tell me that (and ...   Thu Sep 4th, 2008 03:41 pm

I agree with Edd. If it adds to a scene, a character or both, then keep it. If it isn't necessary then trim it back. ...   Mon Aug 25th, 2008 12:43 pm

A couple years ago a producer asked me to write a murder mystery using as many Jimmy Buffett song titles as possible. It was then ...   Wed Aug 6th, 2008 12:11 pm

I also must agree with Noises Off. I read it in high school and then got the chance to see it a few years later. ...   Thu Jul 31st, 2008 07:09 pm

You could give the character a gender-neutral name, like Chris, Pat or Dale and that way it could still be played by either gender.  And ...   Sat Jun 28th, 2008 10:15 pm

Out of all of my full-length plays, only a few are one-set shows.  A show that was produced last fall had 5 different locales, and ...   Fri May 23rd, 2008 02:18 am

And to be quite honest, to me it sounds wrong either way.  Grammatically correct or not, "historic" doesn't sound right with "a" or "an."  I ...   Tue Apr 22nd, 2008 06:21 pm

My personal favorite, and I've seen this in print as well as having heard it quite a bit... Using the word "an" with "historic."  As in, ...   Mon Apr 21st, 2008 09:01 pm

I've noticed that most of the time, I'm just looking to write something entertaining.  Sometimes it has a clear message, sometimes you have to delve ...   Mon Apr 21st, 2008 08:54 pm

I've sent them ...a conscious choice. ...   Wed Mar 5th, 2008 01:03 am

You wouldn't happen to know their definition of "small cast" would you?  I have one that I'd like to submit that takes place on what ...   Thu Feb 21st, 2008 11:14 am

I put together my own readings a couple times a year.  It works wonders!  I've also taken to recording them, then listening to the whole ...   Wed Feb 6th, 2008 10:50 pm

I'm still relatively new to this forum, so I wasn't previously aware of the malicious bots or just how many of them there are.  But ...   Wed Feb 6th, 2008 08:47 pm

I enjoyed all of them! Although I'm not sure I should've read Detective Lou Banks, because I'd been tossing around a similar type of story for ...   Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 02:28 pm

I have to admit, I did a lot of those things when I first started.  Still do to an extent, but I've gotten much better.  ...   Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 02:08 pm

I've been out on a blind double date set up by someone I barely knew (translation: I was out with three people I knew next ...   Sat Feb 2nd, 2008 01:43 pm

Shanahan wrote: Moon wrote: In my opinion, the most frustrating thing is not to be reviewed at all--to feel that you've done something and no ...   Sun Jan 27th, 2008 03:53 am

I also liked Shanahan's comment about the blocking. A couple of years ago, a short play of mine was being done in New York.  Being in ...   Mon Jan 21st, 2008 09:42 pm