Staged reading for “Replays (Great Moments Live Forever)” March 30, 2013
Posted by William Spear in >> News, >> Playwriting.Tags: baseball, football, great moments live forever, hillsborough, horse racing, jack downs, joey stilts, lois chaos, marie times, nj, Replays, somerset valley players, William E. Spear
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On Friday 10 May 2013, Somerset Valley Players in Hillsborough, New Jersey will present a staged reading of ”Replays (Great Moments Live Forever)” by William E. Spear. Replays is set in a failing restaurant of the same name where four characters confront their pasts so they might plan their futures.
Marie Times is an aging reporter who is pursuing one last payday before retiring. In the final hours before her broadcast tribute to legendary and recently passed away sportscaster, Johnny Parks, she befriends three people:
- Joey Stilts, a writer who played on a championship football team over 35 years ago and whose teammates are gradually dying off;
- Jack Downs, owner of the sports-themed restaurant named Replays which is on the verge of bankruptcy; and
- Lois Chaos, a 16‑year‑old high school student whose passion for playing classical music is colliding with her parents’ wishes for her to pursue lacrosse.
Each will choose action based upon their own circumstances but inspired by the sports in their pasts. And they will learn, through their experience at Replays, no matter how they choose, their best moments will live forever.
All tickets for “Replays (Great Moments Live Forever)” are free and are limited to the the first 99 patrons. The time of the reading is being finalized. There will also be a question and answer session afterwards.
Please come out and support the cast of “Replays (Great Moments Live Forever).”
The Playhouse for Somerset Valley Players is located at:
689 Amwell Road (Rte 514)
Hillsborough NJ 08844-3317
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2010: Move the Needle January 4, 2010
Posted by William Spear in >> Lit Between the Ears, Volume Two, >> Playwriting, >> Two Plus Plus Productions LLC, audio theatre, radio play, spoken word.Tags: two plus plus productions
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Welcome to the New Year, 2010. It is our sincerest hope that 2009 was successful.
But it is our further wish that 2010 moves the needle on your biggest goals and objectives.
2009 was great at Two Plus Plus. We were inspired by one single word: Believe. That word infused everything we touched and aspired for during all tweve months and the results were exceptional:
- Published eight new works for our Mayonnaise in My Cake anthology;
- Succeeded with Off the Pipes, our entry in the National Playwriting Month challenge;
- Conducted three workshops on radio drama;
- Finished and published the first chapter – Grandfather’s Last Race? – of our novel tentatively titled Phantom of the Racetrack; and
- Wrote, Produced, and Directed three performances of Lit Between the Ears – the Plays of William E. Spear.
For 2010, our goals are both larger and smaller:
- Finish first and subsequent drafts of Phantom of the Racetrack by October 1 for consideration by agents or publishers;
- Finalize for sale Mayonnaise in My Cake and Other Holiday Delights by April 1;
- Better communicate within the community of writers, performers, and directors that connect through Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook;
- Write the second episode of Splendor In Midland;
- Write the second episode of Swing for the Fences; and
- Do all of the above with grace and style.
In short, I intend to move the needle.
Company is welcome.
Warm personal regards,
William E. Spear
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You might not have believed the NaPlWriMo post from yesterday, but here’s proof December 2, 2009
Posted by William Spear in >> Radio Drama, >> Playwriting, >> News.Tags: William E. Spear, Industrial Football League, NaPlWriMo, off the pipes, frank curts
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In case you missed yesterday’s post, “Done! Off the Pipes, an audio drama, is finished at 114 pages” (http://twoplusplus.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/done-off-the-pipes-an-audio-drama-is-finished-at-114-pages/), the proof is enclosed!
The Official Rhino Badge was earned by Frank Curts letting me tell 114 pages of his story in Off the Pipes (On NaPlWriMo at http://www.naplwrimo.org/OffThePipes).
The NaPlWriMo community was full of intensely focused writers. From the contacts I had, the group collectively and individually pursued playwriting with passion.
What to write in 2010?
Best to all,
William E. Spear
National Playwriting Month:
http://www.naplwrimo.org/OffThePipes
Other writing on Scribd:
http://www.scribd.com/Two%20Plus%20Plus%20Productions%20LLC
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Done! Off the Pipes, an audio drama, is finished at 114 pages December 1, 2009
Posted by William Spear in >> Radio Drama, >> Playwriting, >> News.Tags: William E. Spear, Industrial Football League, NaPlWriMo, off the pipes, frank curts
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Monday evening, 30 November, Off the Pipes was uploaded to the NaPlWriMo site (http://www.naplwrimo.org/OffThePipes). The main character is Franks Curts, a quarterback for the American football team, the Rivermen, in the Industrial Football League. Curts had been bothering me to write his story for four years.
The NaPlWriMo seemed a fine opportunity to get the broad parameters of Curts’ story in place. On 1 November 2009, I began writing his story. At that time, I only knew two things about him: 1) He felt he was the only member of the Rivermen capable of winning a championship for the team; and 2) Years earlier, the only previous opportunity to win a championship was lost when the team’s kicker, stoned out of his mind on crack, missed an easy field goal as time ran out.
Thirty days and 114 pages later, the first draft of Off the Pipes was finished and uploaded. The play is written for audio and intended to be performed live. Irrespective of the quality of the draft, and the amount of writing still to be done on the script, a couple of valuable lessons were learned or reinforced:
- A lot of writing can be done in a modest period of time;
- Self-editing can be wholly, or, at least, largely, turned off; and
- Writing for audio is a phenomenally flexible means for telling stories and developing characters.
Hoping everyone’s holidays are joyous,
William
Cross-posted from British Theatre
http://www.britishtheatre.com/profiles/blogs/done-off-the-pipes-an-audio
Off the Pipes and other work may be found at Scribd at:
http://www.scribd.com/Two%20Plus%20Plus%20Productions%20LLC
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