Happy (Belated) New Year!
I have a lot of great news to announce!
First, 2012 started off great with a new commission! Currently titled UNTITLED SHAKESPEARE PROJECT (I guess I should say current UNtitled), this one-act comedy about the worst substitute teacher in the world trying to teach a class about William Shakespeare and his supposed rival Francis Bacon was commissioned by Esparto High School in Esparto, CA. (I wrote WE WISH YOU A MERRY SPENDMAS! with their drama teach, Wayne Hall, last season). This is going to be really fun, smart comedy with a new take on Shakespeare and his works!
Also, two past commissions are now (or very soon) available in a published version! DOUBLE TROUBLE ON THE PRAIRIE, commissioned by Gerry Roe and the Virginia City Players in MT, is a comic melodrama (in fact, it’s almost a parody of a melodrama). You can get a copy from Brooklyn Publishers! This is a really fun play – check it out!
And THE END OF THE WORLD (WITH PROM TO FOLLOW), commissioned by Christy Orabuena at West High in Torrance, CA, is about, yes, the end of the world. This two-act drama with comic elements will be available very soon from Playscripts (and is currently available for productions with scripts provided by me!) You can sign up to be notified when the published version is available.
They say what you’re doing at the beginning of the year is what you’ll be doing for the rest of the year, so here’s to a fun, prolific 2012!