Adam Szymkowicz: December 2008

Dec 30, 2008

Joe Kraemer's recent workshop

reviewed here by Moxie

http://www.moxiethemaven.com/2008/12/one-to-watch-joe-kraemer.html

Dec 27, 2008

I had 6 productions of my full length plays, in '08, all from the publications. I had some short pieces go up in various places, wrote some songs for the Rapid Response Team. Two of my short plays were made into films, one of which I'll get to see next month and the other which I hope you've all seen by now. Two short plays are being published as well. I went to LA and had lots of TV meetings. I wrote and rewrote a pilot, and then threw it out and wrote it again. I pitched another pilot a couple of times which I hope to write when I get a chance. I had a commission from South Coast Rep, I had a good time reading Incendiary with Labyrinth in Vermont and New York. Hung out with Single Carrot Theatre in Baltimore who did Food For Fish. Bought long underwear and moved to Minneapolis for my wife's fellowship. Oh yeah, did I mention I got married? I got married. I've been thinking of it as a year of setting up, resting, regrouping, preparing for the real work ahead, but when I look at all those things, well, those are a lot of things. I guess that was a busy year. And more to come. Two plays for sure coming up. Two more possible and a lot of maybes in the air.

Dec 19, 2008

fascinating article

Passed on by Ninette who i met at Food For Fish in Baltimore.

about scent, attraction, love. (and perhaps the character Alice)

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026873.600-dna-dating-can-genes-help-you-pick-a-mate.html?full=true&print=true

Dec 18, 2008

Freeman reminds us to give to our favorite theatre this holiday season

http://matthewfreeman.blogspot.com/2008/12/tis-season.html

Dec 17, 2008

Great post by Alexis, America, land of Theatregoers

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2008/dec/16/theatre-american-plays-nea

h/t freeman http://matthewfreeman.blogspot.com

Dec 14, 2008

reviews of the films no one is reviewing

http://www.bargainbinreview.com/mainreviewspage.html

Dec 12, 2008

what we have in MN

A Klingon Christmas Carol -- Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center, Saint Paul, MN

Scrooge has no honor, nor any courage. Can three ghosts help him to become the true warrior he ought to be in time to save Tiny Tim from a horrible fate? Performed in the Original Klingon with English Supertitles, and narrative analysis from The Vulcan Institute of Cultural Anthropology.

The Dickens classic tale of ghosts and redemption adapted to reflect the Warrior Code of Honor and then translated into tlhIngan Hol (That's the Klingon Language).

A co-production of Commedia Beauregard and the IKV RakeHell of the Klingon Assault Group.

more and photos here.

Dec 10, 2008

what's going on

So right now I'm temping at a job all day where I can't get on the internet and can only have my cell phone on during lunch and my two 15 min breaks. So I am incommunicado most of the day. and you know, it's ok so far. The other day I rode my bike home in a blizzard and then the next day rode my bike back to work in what the blizzard left behind. I wiped out a couple of times but I didn't die and in fact I kind of loved it. Biking is the form of transportation that I never knew was perfect for me. Coming up next playwise is a production of Food For Fish at Northwestern University. At the same time I'll be in new york rehearsing my new play at Juilliard. I'll be in town from Jan 19 to Feb 14. I'd love to see you all during that time. Oh and maybe you can come see the packawallop-produced short film The Moment then which stars Susan Louise O'Connor and Jeff Biehl. what else? Writing a completely different version of the pilot I was talking about. Got three plays and one pilot on the backburner all dying to get written. I like minneapolis. It's nice here. I like snow. And it hasn't gone below zero but once so far. I'll let you know how that progresses.