The script for The Craftsman is locked and loaded and ready to print! In fact I ordered the print job this morning and now it's just a matter of getting to May 10 to see how it flies!
I have to say I'm happy with the result. I think the characters are well drawn and some of the scenes are among my best writing. It has been quite a journey. I could go on tweaking it forever, but at some point you just have to say: enough . . . stop and enjoy the ride.
And what a ride it has been. Until I started taking this in to the workshop I had never envisioned Martha being read by a man, but once the idea hit to have Wallace do it, it's hard to imagine it otherwise. It adds an element of fun to it that wouldn't have been there otherwise, which, considering the material, isn't a bad thing.
It is a comedy after all!
So I pick up the scripts this evening, mark the stage directions I am going to read, and distribute the scripts on Tuesday . . . and then wait for May 10.
It will be interesting to say the least.
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Thursday, April 5, 2018
More on The Craftsman
It's looking very good for a reading in the city in May. Can't wait. Work to be done between now and then, not least because there is a May 1 deadline for the Relentless Award. Worth submitting to it because it brings in a cool $45k if you win it so I'm up for that.
Interesting developments for a couple of the groups that I (sort of) have an in with. I guess I shouldn't say 'sort of' because I know the artistic directors so that's something. At Penguin Rep the word I got was that they were a tad put off by the subject matter in this era of #metoo. I accepted graciously and didn't say anything like: Iceman Cometh? Othello? Richard 3? I understand the nature of their audience so edgy stuff isn't their metier, so . . . onward.
The opposite happened with my friend at Burning Coal, Jerry Davis. I told him what had happened and a bit about the play and he said he'd like to read it, so I sent it to him.
Enough to drive a person crazy, on the other hand, being a Libra this is exactly what one should expect!
More later.
Interesting developments for a couple of the groups that I (sort of) have an in with. I guess I shouldn't say 'sort of' because I know the artistic directors so that's something. At Penguin Rep the word I got was that they were a tad put off by the subject matter in this era of #metoo. I accepted graciously and didn't say anything like: Iceman Cometh? Othello? Richard 3? I understand the nature of their audience so edgy stuff isn't their metier, so . . . onward.
The opposite happened with my friend at Burning Coal, Jerry Davis. I told him what had happened and a bit about the play and he said he'd like to read it, so I sent it to him.
Enough to drive a person crazy, on the other hand, being a Libra this is exactly what one should expect!
More later.
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