Dancing on a Bed of Nails (or Something Like That)
At its core, theatre is not about telling stories. The core of theatre is taking chances. Everyone involved in the process takes chances....
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George Sapio
- Oct 8, 2021
- 4 min
The Submitter's Lament
I just had a convo with a fellow playwright whose work I respect; she was lamenting the lack of recent success in pitching her short...
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Inflexible Dynamo
- Mar 17, 2021
- 3 min
How It All Began
So the first play I wrote was Headstrong (“Romance, Sex, Murder, Middle English”). I wasn't planning to write a play. Actually I had...
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Inflexible Dynamo
- Dec 27, 2020
- 7 min
zzzzzzap.
Some years back my wife, Maura, and I were hit by lightning. Yes, at the same time. We do many things together. I'm writing about this...
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Inflexible Dynamo
- Aug 3, 2020
- 6 min
One Government Department That (Literally) Pulls Its Weight
I worked for the United States Postal Service for five years, as a substitute rural route carrier. During that time my colleagues and I...
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Inflexible Dynamo
- Jun 6, 2020
- 3 min
#THEATREWILLSURVIVE
COVID-19 and social distancing requirements have closed most theatres. Tragically, some will stay closed permanently. Some theatres will...
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Inflexible Dynamo
- Apr 24, 2020
- 1 min
#GOTEEM
There are millions of words teeming around in my nether-wherevers, all jockeying for position to get onto the next page. They don't...
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George Sapio
- Mar 25, 2020
- 2 min
Thoughts on a Hopeful Future.
In the happenstance that we somehow manage to survive this administration's blatant attacks on the people of the United States, let’s...
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Inflexible Dynamo
- Mar 3, 2020
- 2 min
Not for Nothing, But ...
...You will fail. You will fail a thousand times. Some of these failures will be astonishingly acute. You'll watch your colleagues...
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Inflexible Dynamo
- Feb 23, 2020
- 3 min
They Talk Lots Funnier in Comedies
One of the critical elements of both farce and satire is the use of pseudo-naturalistic dialogue--dialogue that sounds completely apropos...
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Inflexible Dynamo
- Jan 17, 2020
- 2 min
Writing.
Step one: Have a great idea. Hilarious. Suspenseful. Brilliant! Can't wait to start putting words to parchment—Yay! Step two: Got the...
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Inflexible Dynamo
- Sep 16, 2019
- 5 min
Asking for 10-page samples
Having had to negotiate reading 50+ submissions at a time (on more than a few occasions), I favor asking for 10-page samples. This is not...
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Inflexible Dynamo
- Aug 14, 2019
- 2 min
Mutual of Central Park's Wild Kingdom
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away... ...I was a photographer. I carried a Canon AE1 and spare rolls of film everywhere. Wanted...
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Inflexible Dynamo
- Aug 3, 2019
- 1 min
Genius.
Was reminded of this yesterday: A number of years ago I was delivering a folder of background reportage to the apartment home of a...
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Inflexible Dynamo
- Jun 16, 2019
- 4 min
The Coffee Table of Essential Reading, Part One
We live in troubled times. But as Sean Connery once opined, “The empire ish alwaysh in shome kind of peril,” a statement some folks may...
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Inflexible Dynamo
- Jun 9, 2019
- 8 min
Hamlet's Hamartia
So—theoretically—if somebody whacked my beloved old man then proceeded to wed and bed my mom I'd resolutely be set on the path to...
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Inflexible Dynamo
- May 24, 2019
- 3 min
The Best of Us (4)
The world is a much less bright and wonderful place today. My dear friend Camilla Schade, the very embodiment of loveliness and joy, left...
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Inflexible Dynamo
- Mar 29, 2019
- 3 min
Development, Part XVII
In my endless quest for places to send my scintillating scribblings, I routinely come across opportunities for play development. Most of...
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Inflexible Dynamo
- Mar 20, 2019
- 4 min
De-confusing “Cast Appropriately"
Casting Call BEN: Male, 35-40, large-boned, seems dangerous but really a pussycat. Dark blond hair. ALVY: cast appropriately. The above...
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Inflexible Dynamo
- Feb 23, 2019
- 2 min
Giving Yourself Every Advantage, or Shameless Book Plug
We all have different ideas about playwriting and development, and that's great. I've fielded more than a few questions about the...
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