Venal Scene

Tuesday, July 15, 2003

Shout Out

I put some new links up. They're some theatre blogs I read. I wonder if people in theatre have been slow to pick up on the whole blogging thing because they dislike technology. After all, theatre's an antique, outdated art form, perhaps it only attracts people who are interested in that.

Aw, you know I love you, theatre, come here and let me give you a noogie...

One of the links I put up is the blog for playwright Charles Deemer. He's got a special place in my heart. I saw his play, Christmas at the Juniper Tavern, when I was in 7th grade. It was the first play that I'd ever seen that was about things happening around me. I've carried that memory with me, to remind myself that plays don't have to take place in New York. They can also happen in the Beaver State. I even wrote one myself.

I drink a beer to you, Mr. Deemer.

posted by Dan 2:11 PM
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Pitch Conference: 12:30 pm

(for the scene before this, click here.)

(A Greek coffee shop in Long Island City. White and blue, with a few prints of the Acropolis as wall decoration. Polished metal chairs and particleboard tables with crumbled facing.

BRIAN and his mother, MARGOT, sit at one of the tables. BRIAN wears the same clothes. MARGOT wears a plain dress that is somehow still to fancy for the shop. BRIAN reads the New York Post. MARGOT glares at him.)

MARGOT
What�s that moron up to this week?

BRIAN
What moron?

MARGOT
The one with his stubby twit finger on The Button. The squatter-in-chief burgling the White House.

BRIAN
Oh, you mean the President.

MARGOT
He�s not my president.
(BRIAN checks the paper.)

BRIAN
Looks like people are accusing him of lying to get us into Iraq.

MARGOT
Hah. Of course he lied.

BRIAN
Sure. They all lie. Clinton lied.

MARGOT
That was different. Everybody lies about that.

BRIAN
Lied to his wife. Lied to the country.

MARGOT
Like you would tell me the truth about that, Brian, like you would tell me what you were up to with some slut.

BRIAN
Awright, that�s - !
(He looks offstage, to see if somebody�s watching.)
Let�s just play nice today, awright, ma? Damn.

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July 15th, 2003: Dubya Stands By His Spies

posted by Dan 1:23 PM
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