I've been reading the plays and a biography of Bertolt Brecht. Such a fascinating man and story. This is a good documentary about his life in exile:
https://youtu.be/CQJC0M3oN00?si=0KV_ucrNwx1xkcxM
#Brecht #BertoltBrecht #theater #PlayWriting #nazis #Germany #history #EpicTheater #socialism #WWII
"I had a sense of obligation to these creatures that likely gave their lives for testing the device implanted in my heart."
Kristin Idaszak for The American Scholar: https://theamericanscholar.org/blood-blue-sky/
#Longreads #Essay #ClimateCrisis #ChronicIllness #Heart #HorseshoeCrab #Animals #Grief #Medicine #Playwriting
š¬ Every scene has stakes. Every beat has to land. Structure, pacing, dialogueāitās a lot to hold in your head at once.
Author AI helps scriptwriters and storytellers shape compelling arcs without losing the soul of the story.
From idea to act three: youāre not alone.
#Screenwriting #Playwriting #Filmmaking #AuthorAI #ScriptTips #WritingCommunity
Three ways writing code is like writing theatre (and one way itās not)
https://emilyvhs.com/three-ways-writing-code-is-like-writing-theatre-and-one-way-its-not/
#software #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineering #playwright #playwriting
Problem: We love Markdown, but as a person with a unique use case (playwright), converting .md files into a usable format for sharing can be a hassle.
The solution? I created Playmaker to do it for you! šāØ Check it out: https://codeberg.org/em_cinnamon/Playmaker
Trans and Gender Nonconforming playwrights! Apply to the Trans History Project from Baltimore Center Stage and other theaters around the US. Deadline May 11
āStill Stuckā from ei hytte (the cabin), an a cappella musical
Concert reading at Steppenwolf Theatre. 2024 Chicago Musical Theatre Festival. Kokandy Productions.
Teaching my first course at Hugo House, an 8-week playwriting class that is going to be *ridiculously* fun and cool.
In person in Seattle's Capitol Hill, masks required.
Partial scholarship applications open tomorrow.
https://hugohouse.org/product/breaking-from-realism-stories-for-the-stage/
āOne Pigā from Pigasus: A Ten-Minute Musical
Short and sweet. Pig jokes donāt have a long shelf life.
Posting information about my plays to my website, adam-richter.com. 'The Conscience of the King' is a prequel to 'Hamlet' and looks at Claudius with a bit more sympathy
#Theater #Playwriting
āThis Townā from Down & Out in Rocky Heights, performed by the Berklee College of Music Staged Reading Ensemble. Boston, December 2024.
Looking to workshop this one again soon. Hit me up!
My new play, co-written with four amazing improv actors, premieres at the Reading Theater Project's 5-Minute Fringe Festival from Feb. 27-March 2. Come check out "Made-Up Stories About My Ancestors" along with about a dozen other new and brilliant works!
https://rtp.ticketleap.com/
#Theater #playwriting
Jan 9 deadline for applications for a playwriting residency with the Hugo Burge Foundation in Berwickshire. Private studio, onsite accommodation and Ā£350 weekly stipend ending in a rehearsed reading at Duns Playfest 2025
#Theatre #NewWriting #DunsPlayfest #Residency #PlayWriting #ScottishBorders
https://www.hugoburgefoundation.org/residencies
Whatās your first book of the year? Iām reading the play August: Osage County by Tracy Letts. Loved the film with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts and am planning to expand a short play of mine this year.
#bookstodon #playwrite #writers #readers #readersofmastodon #writersofmastodon #playwriting #playwriter #tracyletts #bookworm #bookcommunity #reading #books2025 #newyearnewbooks #bookish #bibliophile
Lots of new followers so here's a lil #intro post.
I'm 35 and have a 4 month old bb with @nullagent. I have two #playwriting degrees, I read hundreds of books a year, and I'm a #queer #genderfluid #anarchist who's doing as much armchair #activism as I can with #fibromyalgia #complexptsd and an infant at home.
Some of the things I write and think about: Relationships, hierarchy, mental and emotional wellness, and my very weird childhood as a homeschooled Quiverfull kid. Occupying Duwamish land.
I had an amazing interview yesterday with Hugo House about teaching a #playwriting class there in the spring. I was suuuper nervous cause I hadn't had an actual interview in years! But I have tons of teaching experience and I had a lot to say... we went over time and they didn't mind listening to me ramble, they were into it š
very excited to get back to #teaching, especially in a non-graded setting.
course is called "wild electric stagecraft" and, if approved, will run April-June in #seattle.
The Womenās Prize for #Playwriting - āā¦ the leading award for #Female and #NonBinary #Playwrights in the UK and Ireland.ā
Working on my first full-length play. Added a new character, but she's not working out and I think I have to remove her. Now I'm changing the personality of one of the other characters to ramp things up. Rewrites take some of the fun out of being creative -- but it's also like working on a jigsaw puzzle, finding the right pieces to make the whole picture work.
I feel like the YT algorithm is making it a game to recommend me the opposite of what Im looking for.
I would be going into #playwriting, not screenwriting.
Wound up at the symphony tonight. Itās amazing how helpful music can be for stimulating creativity.
I think I completely rewrote the outline for my next play, in my head. Itās only intermission.
