Stick It.
The ending, I mean. For me, this is the absolute critical part of a script that makes or breaks the production. I can't say how many...
top of page
Search
George Sapio
May 12, 20233 min read
Past? Current day? Discuss.
So, for the past few weeks I've been berating myself about, once again, attempting a historical play in which the first-hand evidence is...
12 views0 comments
George Sapio
Dec 22, 20212 min read
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....
12 views0 comments
George Sapio
Oct 8, 20214 min read
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...
10 views0 comments
Inflexible Dynamo
Mar 17, 20213 min read
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...
9 views0 comments
Inflexible Dynamo
Dec 27, 20207 min read
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...
12 views0 comments
Inflexible Dynamo
Aug 3, 20206 min read
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...
5 views0 comments
Inflexible Dynamo
Jun 6, 20203 min read
#THEATREWILLSURVIVE
COVID-19 and social distancing requirements have closed most theatres. Tragically, some will stay closed permanently. Some theatres will...
5 views0 comments
Inflexible Dynamo
Apr 24, 20201 min read
#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...
4 views0 comments
George Sapio
Mar 25, 20202 min read
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...
3 views0 comments
Inflexible Dynamo
Mar 3, 20202 min read
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...
6 views0 comments
Inflexible Dynamo
Feb 23, 20203 min read
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...
3 views0 comments
Inflexible Dynamo
Jan 17, 20202 min read
Writing.
Step one: Have a great idea. Hilarious. Suspenseful. Brilliant! Can't wait to start putting words to parchment—Yay! Step two: Got the...
2 views0 comments
Inflexible Dynamo
Sep 16, 20195 min read
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...
2 views0 comments
Inflexible Dynamo
Aug 14, 20192 min read
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...
3 views0 comments
Inflexible Dynamo
Aug 3, 20191 min read
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...
5 views0 comments
Inflexible Dynamo
Jun 16, 20194 min read
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...
2 views0 comments
Inflexible Dynamo
Jun 9, 20198 min read
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...
1 view0 comments
Inflexible Dynamo
May 24, 20193 min read
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...
1 view0 comments
Inflexible Dynamo
Mar 29, 20193 min read
Development, Part XVII
In my endless quest for places to send my scintillating scribblings, I routinely come across opportunities for play development. Most of...
3 views0 comments
bottom of page