International Playwright?

or...Fuck the Ladue News


I got a pretty good surprise this morning thanks to the folks at Short and Sweet - Melbourne.

A couple of months ago, I was frantically trying to finish a new ten minute play to meet the deadline for submissions. I was also trying to work on a seminar with the folks of Zombie Squad that would catapult us to world domination. I was also trying to do a couple of things professionally all while being generally pissed off at the world (imagine that).

Oh...and there was drinking.

Suffice it to say, I missed the deadline for the new play. But, I guess my entry into Singapore's Short and Sweet festival counted for all Short and Sweet Festivals. So, this morning when I opened my email, I was pleased to learn that Dragon's Lair has made the short list of plays in consideration for the festival. It's not actually chosen for performance yet, but it's part of a group of 196 shortlisted plays out of around 1,400 if you believe their website. That list must now be pared down to 60 plays that will be shown (30 main performance, 30 wildcards).

Even if it doesn't go any further, that's still pretty cool.

Edit: I did not make the cut for the final sixty. I've since given up being a playwright and now fix bicycles in exchange for sex.