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Blog Thread 4; Live Free or Blog Hard - 'cos we all like blogging
jwhouk:
You're not part of any sort of union, are you? Because if that's the case, I'd suggest you turn around and go back to wherever you came from.
Just in case you don't believe me...
cesium133:
Scientific research... union? Yeah, right, like that'd ever happen.
(Okay, some universities do have unionized research staff, but the vast majority don't.)
94ssd:
This past weekend I delved into the world of playwrighting as a participant in my school's first annual 24-hour play festival. I also was a sound "consultant" (not really a designer because of how minimal the requirements were) for the festival. From 3-10 PM on Saturday, 20 of us sat in a room and wrote. The only requirements were that the play could not be longer than 10 minutes, and the following line had to be inserted:
"Then, next thing you know, we're common law married in the midwest, on a farm, and my pies are winning at the state fair."
I ended up writing two plays (some only wrote one, some wrote three or four). One was a farcical melodrama about a Soviet spy who falls in love with an American woman. The other was a drama about two coal miners. One falls in love with the other and dreams of running away with him, but is rejected, and then dies in an explosion. The other one gets progressively more ill with black lung throughout the play. I was the only one who submitted a play that wasn't a comedy.
The directors arrived at 10, and until midnight deliberated which plays to do. Seven were chosen. Then at midnight actors arrived, the shows were cast, and the rehearsal process began. At 4:30 AM when my alarm went off, I had received a snapchat from a friend of mine (who I later discovered was the assistant director) saying that she was "trying to to do justice" to my play. But I couldn't read what was on the script she was holding, so I just automatically assumed my stupid farce was picked and she was saying that jokingly.
But when I arrived at 5 to begin working on the sound design, I was shocked to discover that it was the coal mining play that was being performed. And the director was adding interpretive movement to it. It was performed with the other plays at 3 PM on Sunday to a surprisingly full house. And it ended up being pretty great, but it was a lot of story to fit into a 12-minute (which is what it ended up being with the choreography added) piece. The playwrighting professor, who I greatly admire, saw it and wants to help me work on making it a full-length play to submit to a regional festival. Definitely didn't think playwrighting would ever be something I'd actually want to do, but I'm willing to give a try.
Thrillho:
That's one of the most inspiring things I've ever read, and I wish I could've seen your play. Sounds like you try to challenge your writing (or end up in situations in which it's challenged) in a similar way to how I do.
Carl-E:
Wow. That's fantastic!
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Got the estimate on the van. Several hundred dollars. It's going to be a week or so, until we can get some money together, although a forum member made an offer of help I actually accepted.
We're ride sharing with a friend who drives a Nissan Juke that smells like cats.
The course I was going to start this month got delayed by another month because of a paperwork screwup. I want to get going on this! (an associates in accounting, so I can do some bookkeeping locally). Frustration abounds. :x
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