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The In-Between Time | suitcasefactory
https://suitcasefactory.wordpress.com/2016/10/28/the-in-between-time
Creating a solo show (baggage included). October 28, 2016. October 28, 2016. Have you been going through a fallow period, bookings-wise? Perhaps you’re waiting for your first paid booking since you self-produced your show in a tiny black-box theatre a while back. Or perhaps your bookings were snowballingand then came to an unexpected rest. Or perhaps you’ve only had bookings in fits and starts all along. What to do during this time when it’s a matter of several months? It’s your calling, isn’t it? But tr...
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Writing Your First Solo Show | suitcasefactory
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Creating a solo show (baggage included). Writing Your First Solo Show. June 11, 2015. June 12, 2015. First of all: wonderful! Not to mention: yoiks! You’re embarking on one of the greatest adventures a person can take. It will be a roller coaster, a swamp slog, a winged flight, a quicksand sink, a melancholy stroll, a thrill ride, a gory brawl, a hilarious road trip with friends, a lonely trudge, and a journey of a thousand metaphorical milesthat are absolutely worth walking. Back of a business card*.
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November | 2016 | suitcasefactory
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Creating a solo show (baggage included). It All Counts Even 10 Minutes’ Worth. November 30, 2016. This month’s post is going to be short. By now you’ve likely read articles on how important it is to be creative and to tell your story, especially in frightening, divisive times. It’s true. It. Important, along with being an involved citizen. Relevant and therefore risky. If you haven’t done this yet, give it a try:. Gather your pen/paper or laptop or recording device. Set a timer for four (4) minutes.
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eliang | suitcasefactory
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Creating a solo show (baggage included). Prompts, Time Limits, Creative Containers, and Magic. January 31, 2017. February 2, 2017. Here are five of my favorite writing prompts. They can help you to enrich your show or to find some major turning points in it. They can also simply be used as exercises to loosen you up right before you work on the script. 1 What’s the worst decision you ever made? 4-minute time limit.). 1b Did anything good come of it? 2-minute time limit.). 4-minute time limit.). If you st...
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September | 2016 | suitcasefactory
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Creating a solo show (baggage included). When They Don’t Know What It Takes. September 30, 2016. October 7, 2016. So let’s say you’ve started touring your show at venues that are actually covering expenses and paying you. Congratulations! If you’re in the USA, I’m guessing that most of the bookings are at colleges and universities. Sweet! I’m also guessing that the show might be getting booked at conferences or other private events. Lovely! Or you might have a booking agent and still. In order to coordin...
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How To Cut Material from a Bloated Show (or How To Choose, Part 2): Guest Post by Scott Barry | suitcasefactory
https://suitcasefactory.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/how-to-cut-material-from-a-bloated-show-or-how-to-choose-part-2-guest-post-by-scott-barry
Creating a solo show (baggage included). How To Cut Material from a Bloated Show (or How To Choose, Part 2): Guest Post by Scott Barry. August 29, 2016. September 1, 2016. I’m very pleased to announce that produced playwright, screenwriter, and solo performer Scott Barry. Wrote today’s entry. After I shared my last post. On how to choose which scenes to keep in your overlong script, Scott made a very insightful observation on Facebook about my suggestion to keep the story “on theme”:. As opposed to philo...
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June | 2016 | suitcasefactory
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Creating a solo show (baggage included). Getting Unstuck: How To Go from Ideas To Script. June 27, 2016. July 28, 2016. Ready to create your show but have no idea how to begin? Or do you have written material but don’t like the way it sounds when you read/perform it aloud? Too formal, too wordy, etc? This is a tried-and-true, easy method to produce material for a solo show or to revise a scene so that it flows more naturally. I mentioned it in my From Defeat to Celebration. For instance, if your scene de...
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When They Don’t Know What It Takes | suitcasefactory
https://suitcasefactory.wordpress.com/2016/09/30/when-they-dont-know-what-it-takes
Creating a solo show (baggage included). When They Don’t Know What It Takes. September 30, 2016. October 7, 2016. So let’s say you’ve started touring your show at venues that are actually covering expenses and paying you. Congratulations! If you’re in the USA, I’m guessing that most of the bookings are at colleges and universities. Sweet! I’m also guessing that the show might be getting booked at conferences or other private events. Lovely! Or you might have a booking agent and still. In order to coordin...
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March | 2016 | suitcasefactory
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Creating a solo show (baggage included). Insomnia on Tour and the Secret To How I Kicked It. March 25, 2016. July 28, 2016. My show was invited to Smith College. For a performance on January 30. I was so happy to have another college booking in the Northeastern USA! Oh, and I had insomnia. By sheer good luck or the process of elimination I learned how to kick it. It’s also, frankly, scary. You don’t ever want to mess up a show. You really. I’d forgotten how draining it is to fly cross-country with ...
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January | 2017 | suitcasefactory
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Creating a solo show (baggage included). Prompts, Time Limits, Creative Containers, and Magic. January 31, 2017. February 2, 2017. Here are five of my favorite writing prompts. They can help you to enrich your show or to find some major turning points in it. They can also simply be used as exercises to loosen you up right before you work on the script. 1 What’s the worst decision you ever made? 4-minute time limit.). 1b Did anything good come of it? 2-minute time limit.). 4-minute time limit.). If you st...