Hi all.  Long time "no see."  I lurk occasionally - but then try to get off e-mail and into the business of writing.  I have ...   Mon Oct 6th, 2008 04:30 pm

Hi all - long time no see.  I lurk quickly from time to time and love to read of successes.  Lakeshore Players has their guidelines ...   Wed Aug 20th, 2008 01:19 am

I agree with Timmy - damn the torpedoes.  But knowing that the teacher in question - and myslef - had been involved in a ture ...   Mon Nov 5th, 2007 04:11 am

I haven't been around much and happily - way too busy - but I had to pause and answer this post.  I have a play ...   Sun Nov 4th, 2007 10:56 pm

Many congratulations.  I do understand the title change - been through a true lockdown, had a friend working at one of our infamous school shooting schools ...   Thu Sep 20th, 2007 01:06 am

Those we know me through cyberspace know I am on a mission to get teens into the theatre, onstage, backstage.  I frequently go into schools ...   Thu Aug 9th, 2007 02:41 am

 Lakeshore Players 4th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival *One play per playwright (so send us your best!) *The play must run 10 minutes or less *The play must have ...   Sun Jul 15th, 2007 11:48 pm

And I believe the director (a friend/colleague) believes in the curse!  I thoroughly enjoyed it Mary - blood and all - of course when the ...   Fri Jun 8th, 2007 12:11 am

Congrats on the publication.  I always pull my plays for the two year waiting period.  Cheers for staying in the game and winning! ...   Fri Jun 8th, 2007 12:09 am

  This is not a commission but a story about a refugee from the Sudan who would like his tale written down and presented as a ...   Sat Apr 28th, 2007 07:19 pm

... that would be deleted the last half of the play (twice).  I'm keeping my commission!  (When they give it to me!)  Sometimes I write ...   Sat Apr 14th, 2007 11:19 pm

Okay, now I have to see one episode of this CSI everyone's talking about.  Great fun! Claudia ...   Fri Apr 13th, 2007 01:49 am

Too fun - Did this (very) short play - No periods - all dashes - - designed for students - - who really - well - did relate and ...   Fri Apr 13th, 2007 01:45 am

90% of what I do is large-cast and medium-cast youth plays.  I have dreams of a three-person play - where the actors don't count their ...   Fri Apr 13th, 2007 01:38 am

Nice message, Alan!  Amen to writing letters!  I have not sent to Bakers because of all the "stuff."  Nice to hear they are making amends.  ...   Wed Apr 4th, 2007 11:58 pm

Thanks Timmy.  I appreciate the link.  75% of my stuff is theatre for young audiences or acted by young performers.  And - I wondered where ...   Wed Mar 28th, 2007 12:16 am

RE:  Northfield.  You do assemble your own play - or get a director.  I got a director for the Saturday night one - and she ...   Tue Mar 27th, 2007 11:46 pm

Hi Timmy!  I know the feeling of getting plays everywhere except where you can actually get to!  I cannot get arrested in MN (altho - ...   Tue Mar 27th, 2007 08:07 pm

I was away for the first half of March and came back to bingeing with the playwrightbinge group.  I attempted to post some subs the other ...   Mon Mar 26th, 2007 01:25 am

Rejected from Madlab.  Rejected from Potluck.  Rejected from Fullerton. Rejected from Snowdance.   And am assuming rejection from Augustana and a few others.   NOW- for the "whoo-hoo's!  Acme ...   Fri Jan 5th, 2007 02:23 am

Hi all - wishing everyone a creative opp-filled 2007.  Happy New Year!  Happy submitting! Happy getting produced!  And Happy bingeing (in March).  May the muse ...   Sun Dec 31st, 2006 11:21 pm

Having lived on Columbus and 86th in the 80's - and know (knew) the store well, it is a review of sorts.  A bygone era.  ...   Thu Dec 21st, 2006 01:54 am

Pioneer and I have tried to get together for years.  It seems every time they like one of my plays, I have just agreed to ...   Thu Nov 23rd, 2006 11:51 pm

Hello!  You are in Questions and Answers and then the thread is:  Candidates for Green Room Salan. I found that as I was looking for your ...   Thu Nov 23rd, 2006 11:34 pm

Thanksgiving morning and I am up googling my plays.  Thank-you, my dog for VERY early morning on a day I can sleep! ENCORE:  I got no ...   Thu Nov 23rd, 2006 02:46 pm

I, too have been touched by suicide - seen many lives torn apart from it (given the statistics - I imagine most people have) so ...   Wed Nov 22nd, 2006 09:44 pm

Mary Steelsmith - Helford Prize winner for ISAAC, I AM?  Do I have the name wrong?  MSN is mad at me and I am about ...   Sun Nov 19th, 2006 12:03 am

I received a notice today stating that the fee for the submission was inadevrtently left off the guidelines.  The fee for the two minute play ...   Thu Nov 16th, 2006 10:31 pm

Last day already?  I looked everywhere this weekend and there was just nothing appropriate to go anywhere - so I was finished after my 17th ...   Tue Nov 14th, 2006 09:27 pm

Whoa -well done.  I noticed about half the plays in Playscripts are yours .... (smile). Claudia ...   Sat Nov 11th, 2006 02:16 am

Was music teacher today.  At least I read music.  Went over submission opps from all the usual haunts and was coming up blank - so ...   Sat Nov 11th, 2006 02:14 am

Ohhh, I have something for Boston ( not ready -working with some talented teens on this one).  Who knows? Sent a SASE to:  Puffin FOundation, Ltd.; ...   Fri Nov 10th, 2006 02:42 am

I'm with Sue on "production trumping payment."  And I am not against "no payment to writer."  I submit many times to those calls when I ...   Wed Nov 8th, 2006 04:17 pm

Oh - I bet I did it in with PLaywright's Center Opps - sorry.! I noticed it weirded out on me when I posted it ...   Wed Nov 8th, 2006 01:38 am

Oh!  (It's early and Election Day) - the scenes can be e-mailed to Mattkirs@msn.com and I need them by Sunday, November 12th (it takes them awhile ...   Tue Nov 7th, 2006 12:54 pm

On December 11th, my teens are presenting a VERY short program for parents.  The high school kids have a play and I have two short plays for ...   Tue Nov 7th, 2006 12:34 pm

Hi guys!  This just in from the Playwrights Center of Minneapolis. There are a few leads.  Happy submitting! Claudia http://e2ma.net/oz/415049676/325766/spacer.gif http://e2ma.net/oz/415049676/325766/spacer.gif If you're having trouble viewing this email, ...   Tue Nov 7th, 2006 01:38 am

Will do.  I shall wield the membership away from teenagers.  Wrote down the director (listen to radio in car and when interested - can never ...   Tue Nov 7th, 2006 12:35 am

I found a place to submit to:  Drury University One Act Competition - from Dramatist Source book (gulp four years old).  I will also give ...   Mon Nov 6th, 2006 07:30 pm

Many thanks for the advice.  I do know most of the plays mentioned (or at least about them) and wasn't sure if the internet was ...   Mon Nov 6th, 2006 01:27 am

A while back I came across something on the web that I thought would make a great play.  I researched and found there was a ...   Sat Nov 4th, 2006 01:38 am

Well, I'm with Sue.  I am up to my 126th submission for the year - over half of them done during "The binge."  And I ...   Sat Nov 4th, 2006 12:03 am

Just in time for Halloween - MN does its "I am a glacier-thing."  I am having a hard time submitting!  I am working on "stuff" ...   Wed Nov 1st, 2006 10:23 pm

Day 13:  BOXED UP went  to John Gardner Contest.  Info:  New 2 page contest for Wilkes University in honor of John Gardner.  Needed:  two page play.  ...   Mon Oct 30th, 2006 06:15 pm

Greetings all - thank goodness for clumping.  Good evening to most - good mroning to Nic and maybe Swann (Swaann - love your child already ...   Sun Oct 29th, 2006 03:01 am

Day 8 already?  I tend not to submit on weekends so do the "clump" afterwards ... only this pesky thing called "work" came up - ...   Wed Oct 25th, 2006 12:41 am

Day 4:  This is vague and info I saved form the Playwright Binge but here goes: Submitted THE BURNING BUILDING and THE LAST FAIRY (2 ten-fifteen ...   Thu Oct 19th, 2006 11:29 pm

What I loved - is so much rings true.  I have a grand lady very close to me - who at age 80 has stopped ...   Thu Oct 19th, 2006 02:37 am

Mary Steelsmith???? I'm being a nag.  I know.  I won't keep answering the same question .... unless I think of someone else? Claudia  ...   Thu Oct 19th, 2006 01:53 am

I agree.  As a reader - sometimes when the lamp light hits the page at a certain angle - it is hard to read.  I ...   Thu Oct 19th, 2006 01:48 am