The Granddaddy of American Short Play Festivals As Catalyst for Action The deadline for submitting an entry for the 38th Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival has come and gone. Forty finalists will be chosen by a reading panel from over 900 submissions. The forty finalist plays will be performed live in […]
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An Interesting Christmas Sentiment – Ca 1968
An interesting bit of nostalgia from 44 years ago. Thanks to Brian McEnany. Spelling and punctuation left as found. One more Christmas comes to you on the South Vietnam battlefront, while in the other side of Pacific the American people are happily welcoming Christmas and newyear with their own traditions. Certainly everybody in your families […]
Review of Venceremos by Howard Waxman
Venceremos by Howard Waxman My rating: 4 of 5 starsI discovered Venceremos in the Book Section of the Portland Press Herald. Howard Waxman is from Bath, a neighboring town. Most of all though, I was attracted to the novel because of its subject matter – the late 60’s early 70’s years when young men had […]
Is a play script just an information delivery system?
In the previous post I provided a link to the book: Off Off Broadway Festival Plays 34th series. One of the short plays in the book is called “Realer Than That” by Kitt Lavoie. Kitt is the Artistic Director of The Cry Havoc Company, which focuses on developing new plays. www.cryhavoccompany.org If you follow the […]
Ever Try Writing a Short Stage Play?
Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival The Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival which began in 1975 is one of the nations most established and highly regarded short play festivals. In 2009, over 700 short play entries from across the nation were submitted to the competition to select the top 40. From these 40 entries […]
Five Reasons to Find the Novel in Your Full Length Play
In the first post I declared that there certainly is a novel to be found within your full length play. But it won’t be an easy job pulling it out. The effectiveness of the story told in a play depends so much on the director, the cast, the set, lighting, and sound — all of […]