The sporadic ramblings of Emily C. A. Snyder - devoted to God, theatre, writing, and much randominity.

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Host: "Hamlet to Hamilton: Exploring Verse Drama" | Founder: TURN TO FLESH PRODUCTIONS | Author: "Cupid and Psyche" "Nachtsturm Castle" & Others | Caitlin O'Sullivan in "The Ghost Ship" (Boston Metaphysical Society)

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Scripts Falling from my Fingertips

So, as one can see from the side, it's just been a play-heavy year so far! Which is fabuloso. This past week I had Peter run Coraggio, five short plays over five short days chronicalling the Life of Saint Peter for Immaculate Conception Vacation Bible School, which according to all accounts ran very well! It was Theatre for Young Audiences, full of badgers, gummy worms, audience participation and much fun. Starring my own brother, Peter!



I also began Math for Actors, which is a short one-act about a math tutor and her actor student and the sparks that fly when one plus one equals two. Rehearsals are going well, and we go up right before Mackers, as sort of a break for the Mackers cast, an opportunity to bond and laugh and relax for a moment before going into Hell Week. Starring Keith (previously Romeo) and Brianna (currently Seyton).



I'm also working on a couple other projects, among them Supermarket Soliloquies, and the two prequels before (or rather, plays one and two, to which the third part of the cycle is) Cupid and Psyche: to whit, The Rape of Persephone and The Seduction of Adonis. Somewhere in there, I'm revising Nachtsturm Castle for kicks and giggles and the hope that Girlebooks.com picks it up after all. If nothing else, it's a good kick in the butt to get those novels out and about. (Below is a cover for myself, because everything deserves artwork. It makes it more real?)



Music: "Yellow" by the Vitamin String Quartet - exquisite!
Mood: Giddy and improving.
Thought: Good grief! It's like I can't stop writing! It's like The Red Shoes, but for my fingertips!

Friday, June 12, 2009

More Plays

Than you can shake a stick at!

  • Playscripts, Inc. has just published Wallace's Will!!! Buy your copy today!

  • And voila, two little snippets from Pink Noir



  • Working as well on a short piece, Math for Actors, and on developing two possible prequels to Cupid and Psyche. Need to revise the latter, as well as revise and expand Pink Noir (see above) into a full-blown musical (with music playing: events precluded live music for this production), and The Accidental Assassin into a full-blown farcical play. But that latter must wait.

    Trying to get myself moving again, and out of this sluggish post-Masters slump.

    Mood: How can one be anything but giddy on the day one's play is published?
    Music: Nothing at the moment, but it was "Comedy Tonight" earlier.
    Thought: Lilies of the field.