https://rachelbublitz.com/ Recent content on Rachel Bublitz Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:30:55 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2026/03/20/gorgeous-new-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-art-from-elizabeth-jackson/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:30:55 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2026/03/20/gorgeous-new-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-art-from-elizabeth-jackson/ Original art by Elizabeth Jackson. One of my best friends growing up lived two streets away from me. It was one of those situations where opposites make a great pair: one quiet reserved artist, one loud obnoxious drama nerd. back when I used to write (awful) poetry, we dreamed of her illustrations and my poems being published together. We reconnected a few years, and found out that we're both still creating. https://rachelbublitz.com/2026/03/17/red-days-published-with-gitelman-good-publishers/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:47:56 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2026/03/17/red-days-published-with-gitelman-good-publishers/ Exciting announcement: Red Days has been published with Gitelman & Good Publishers! And it's out and ready for you to read and/or license. The World Premiere of Red Days happened in June of 2024 with Adjusted Realists in New York City. Here's the synopsis for this full length, 4 actor (expandable to 7) play: As the air quality in Salt Lake climbs to crisis levels, we follow Dianna through four seasons, trying to balance school, her running team, and pursuing her passion. https://rachelbublitz.com/2026/03/12/off-to-ireland/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:28:38 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2026/03/12/off-to-ireland/ My husband has a work trip to Ireland, and I am crashing it! I've always wanted to visit, and a free hotel just seemed like too good of an opportunity to pass up. I will mostly be in Dublin, though I hope to make a few day trips to see as much as I can while we're there. And it's not all fun and sight-seeing, I've had two productions in Ireland and I'm setting up meetings now to say hello to the theater artists that I've been collaborating with across the ocean. https://rachelbublitz.com/2026/02/26/the-night-witches-selected-for-international-thespian-festival-this-summer/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:56:46 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2026/02/26/the-night-witches-selected-for-international-thespian-festival-this-summer/ Absolutely thrilled to announce that a production of The Night Witches is joining the line-up for the 2026 International Thespian Festival this June! The Night Witches will be one of three plays, along with nine musicals, presented as main stage productions during the festival. Erin Gorman Tavernier directed this invited production by Deane Bozeman School from Panama City, Florida. Read more about it right here on Broadway World. The International Thespian Festival is presented by the Educational Theatre Association. https://rachelbublitz.com/2026/02/19/upcoming-spring-productions/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:52:21 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2026/02/19/upcoming-spring-productions/ Spring is almost here! Though here in Salt Lake it feels like winter just started, we got some much needed snow yesterday. I'm thrilled to have my work going up all around the country and in Canada, and for the first time, in South Africa! Plays around the world! As you can see the collection Rogues’ Gallery, which includes my ten-minute play Midnight Bandits, is especially popular. Last year this collection (with Stage Partners) was one of the most produced, making the Top 10 Full-Length Plays 2025 list, and I'm thrilled to see those productions are not slowing down! https://rachelbublitz.com/2026/02/11/best-womens-stage-monologues-2025/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:06:56 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2026/02/11/best-womens-stage-monologues-2025/ Happy February! I'm still on catch-up mode over here… First I was recovering from the holidays and now I'm totally distracted by the Olympics. Watching ladies’ doubles luge as I write this, or as I like to call it: pancake luge. It is as visually hilarious as it is dangerous, and wow those athletes much have the most insanely strong core muscles. But I'm not here to write about the Olympics, but to tell you that Smith & Kraus’ The Best Women's Stage Monologues 2025 is out and available on Amazon! https://rachelbublitz.com/2026/01/24/food-tank-event-tonight/ Sat, 24 Jan 2026 13:31:16 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2026/01/24/food-tank-event-tonight/ This month I've been helping a local Utah farmer dramaturg a six-ish minute story about their life and farm for an event tonight: Food Tank's Voices of Farmers! Her story will be joined by other farmers to make an entire evening. It's been a really cool experience, my son and I even got to visit the farm, me asking dramaturgy questions, him asking soil questions… My son wants to be a farmer, and so this whole thing has been a big worlds colliding, kismet type of thing. https://rachelbublitz.com/2026/01/13/welcome-to-2026-my-book-is-out-and-ready-for-you/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:37:22 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2026/01/13/welcome-to-2026-my-book-is-out-and-ready-for-you/ It's 2026! I am home and back in the office. My break and holiday were fantastic, I hope yours was as well! One amazing thing to come home to was author copies of my book!!! Which means, now, right now, it is ready for ordering! That includes you! Want to write a play this year? Amazing goal! My book could help! Purchase it right here: How To Build a Playwright in Three Acts. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/12/17/2025-playwriting-highlights/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 05:56:18 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/12/17/2025-playwriting-highlights/ The year is coming to an end, and I'm about to leave for my holiday travels… but, before I go, let's look back at the awesome year 2025 was! Top left: Yes! I wrote a book! How to Build a Playwright in Three Acts is published through Stage Partners, and is there to help you finish a play! If you haven't picked up a copy yet, better get on it! https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/12/17/how-to-build-a-playwright-available-for-order/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 05:55:48 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/12/17/how-to-build-a-playwright-available-for-order/ That day has come: you can order my book now! Perfect Christmas present for any story teller or theater lover in your life! Purchase How to Build a Playwright in Three Acts through Stage Partners today! Like now! Really, right now! Click that mouse and make it happen. I believe in you. Click to buy How to Build a Playwright in Three Acts now, while the clicking is good. Enjoy! https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/12/15/how-to-build-a-playwright-in-three-acts/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:56:39 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/12/15/how-to-build-a-playwright-in-three-acts/ HUGE announcement: I WROTE A FREAKING BOOK!!!!! I have been working on How To Build A Playwright in Three Acts, published through Stage Partners, for years. Turns out books have a lot more words in them than plays! This whole wild idea started with my experience teaching playwriting and wanting to find scenes that I could use to break down single dramatic tools, which was always harder than I thought it should be. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/12/12/hear-us-roars-developmental-production-at-the-university-of-utah/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:55:09 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/12/12/hear-us-roars-developmental-production-at-the-university-of-utah/ photo by Ashlee Macdonald. Last month we opened and closed the developmental production of Hear Us Roar at the University of Utah. Hear Us Roar was directed by one of my all-time favorite collaborators, Alexandra Harbold, who put together an amazing team! I learned so much! In fact, I learned so much that I was making script changes in between our four performances, throwing new lines and cuts at my actors along with many thanks from me, as I knew I was asking them to do a very hard thing! https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/11/25/winter-productions/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:46:37 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/11/25/winter-productions/ Map of upcoming winter productions. Thanksgiving is just days away! With winter almost here I wanted to take a moment to hype my upcoming productions around the country (and one in Canada!). I'm thrilled for all of my plays to get produced, of course, but I am especially thrilled for a few of these productions… The Hardy Girls is getting its first and second ever productions!! It's first will happen at Hanahan High School in Hanahan, South Carolina in December, (a world premiere! https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/11/17/hear-us-roar-at-the-university-of-utah-this-week/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:20:22 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/11/17/hear-us-roar-at-the-university-of-utah-this-week/ Rehearsal photo by Ashlee Macdonald, with (left to right) Ella Reitz (Amanda), Shirel Harrus (Brandy), and Mack Barr (Beth) I am thrilled to invite you out this week to catch a performance of my new play Hear Us Roar at the University of Utah! Hear Us Roar is about a collegiate water polo team in the late 90's, and also happens to be my first attempt at a sports play. Why, oh why, would I pick water polo for the stage? https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/10/15/funny-like-an-abortion-award-nominations/ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 10:07:04 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/10/15/funny-like-an-abortion-award-nominations/ Happy October! I am pleased as punch to share amazing news: The VORTEX‘s production of Funny, Like An Abortion has been nominated for B. Iden Payne Awards! The VORTEX's production was the final production of Funny, Like An Abortion‘s National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere, which rolled around the country starting in the Fall of 2023, and ending in the Fall of 2024. The B. Iden Payne Awards recognize “outstanding theatrical performance, production and design in Austin. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/09/30/red-days-production-at-southwestern-michigan-college/ Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:52:55 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/09/30/red-days-production-at-southwestern-michigan-college/ Excited to announce that Red Days is getting another production! Red Days will have four performances with Southwestern Michigan College's inaugural play in the SMC BlackBox Series. Here's more about the play: As the air quality in Salt Lake climbs to crisis levels, we follow Dianna through four seasons, trying to balance school, her running team, and pursuing her passion. But as she nears the end of her senior year, she's forced to decide if her running dream truly belongs to her, or if it's more her mother's, while around her the serious effects of the air quality wreak havoc on those athletes who dare breathe hard in the open air. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/09/16/fall-productions/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:40:34 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/09/16/fall-productions/ Summer has come and gone, Fall is here! I'm excited to keep my windows open, wear my favorite beanie, and go outside for more than five minutes without a ton of sweat pouring out of my body. But I'm even more excited because Fall is packed with productions of my plays around the country (and one in Australia)! I am so excited I even mapped out all the places my work is going up: https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/09/10/hear-us-roar-developmental-production-at-the-university-of-utah-this-november/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:20:26 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/09/10/hear-us-roar-developmental-production-at-the-university-of-utah-this-november/ Ready to jump in the pool this November? Because Hear Us Roar, my historical water polo play, is getting its’ feet wet for the first time! I'm thrilled to announce that Hear Us Roar is receiving a workshop production through the University of Utah's Studio Series. The workshop will be directed by Alexandra Harbold, and we will receive dramaturgy from a real water polo playing dramaturg: Samantha Stringham. I'm thrilled that all the moving pieces of the this has fallen into place and we can start to play with the fun stuff… Like how to show a water polo play on stage without a pool. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/09/03/burst-at-niagara-university-theatre-next-year/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:18:11 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/09/03/burst-at-niagara-university-theatre-next-year/ So pleased to announce that Burst has booked its first production at a University! Burst is so ready be produced at colleges and universities across the country, and I'm so pleased that Niagara University Theatre is starting the charge! In the area? Find out more about the production here, which runs in February and March in 2026. Want to know more about Burst? A full-length one scene bullet train of a play for three women? https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/08/28/summer-reading-the-night-witches/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:14:06 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/08/28/summer-reading-the-night-witches/ Summer is almost at its end, and I have just one more play for your reading list: The Night Witches, available with Dramatic Publishing. The Night Witches is my most produced play, with more than fifty productions worldwide. I made a short video for this one, with some production shots and posters from various productions. I am exceedingly proud of this play, especially because every six months or so I get an email from an actor bursting with how much joy this play brought to them. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/08/21/summer-reading-the-book-women-plus-a-giveaway-you-should-not-miss/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:39:32 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/08/21/summer-reading-the-book-women-plus-a-giveaway-you-should-not-miss/ I'm back! Later than expected, but that's life sometimes. The US Water Polo Junior Olympics was packed with high and lows and I needed a few weeks to put my head back together. But I couldn't finish off the summer without getting you my last two summer recommendations! And so, today I'm recommending you read one of my very favorite plays today, The Book Women, which is available through Stage Partners. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/07/18/summer-reading-biz-town/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:10:14 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/07/18/summer-reading-biz-town/ Your next summer reading recommendation is coming at you early because I leave later this afternoon for USA Water Polo's Junior Olympics! My son will be competing first in a four day 16u tournament, and then my daughter will play in the 18u division. Eight days of water polo, plus one day in between for a water polo expo, will leave me little time to blog, so I decided to get ahead of the game. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/07/16/summer-reading-holly-jolly-extra-folly/ Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:00:19 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/07/16/summer-reading-holly-jolly-extra-folly/ This week I'm inviting you to have your own Christmas-in-July moment by reading my collection of eclectic holiday plays: Holly, Jolly, & Extra Folly! This collection has something for everyone, with comedic plays, heart-warming plays, and even a horror play thrown in for funsies. Available with Stage Partners, where you can read these plays for free (!), you're able to license just one, a handful, or the entire collection! https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/07/09/summer-reading-the-red-house-monster/ Wed, 09 Jul 2025 09:47:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/07/09/summer-reading-the-red-house-monster/ Another week of summer is in the books! Next up on your summer reading list is my one-act thriller: The Red House Monster, available with Stage Partners. The Red House monster is inspired by one of Hercules’ labors and Shirley Jackson's “We Have Always Lived in This Castle,” and was originally commissioned by the San Francisco Olympians Festival. This one-act play has a special place in my heart, and has really been picking up steam with productions the past few years. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/07/03/summer-reading-the-summer-i-howled/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:16:45 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/07/03/summer-reading-the-summer-i-howled/ July is here, and so is the next play on your reading list: The Summer I Howled, available through YouthPLAYS! The Summer I Howled is a full-length comedy about growing up, monsters, and summer camp. Very strange things are happening at Camp Gray Pine, and bunk 13 is smack-dab in the middle of all of it. Want to give your students and audience a fun new adventure to laugh their way through? https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/06/26/summer-reading-blood-sequins/ Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:22:36 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/06/26/summer-reading-blood-sequins/ The fourth play on your summer list is my prom murder mystery Blood & Sequins! This play is hilarious and snappy, with tons of fun plot twists and turns. It's a sure thing that everyone on and off stage will have the best time producing this play. Want more specifics? Here's why you should give Blood & Sequins both a read and a serious consideration for your upcoming season: https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/06/19/summer-reading-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens/ Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:41:42 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/06/19/summer-reading-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens/ The next play for your summer reading list has a very special place in my heart. Cheerleaders VS. Aliens encompasses a lot of firsts for me; it was my first commission from the Egyptian YouTheatre, the first play I wrote specifically for high school aged performers, and my first published full-length (published with Pioneer Drama Service). It is a comedic and campy romp that casts all over the country have had an absolute blast with. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/06/11/summer-reading-of-serpents-sea-spray/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 08:57:55 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/06/11/summer-reading-of-serpents-sea-spray/ It's a new week in sweaty June, and I've got another play for your summer reading list: Of Serpents & Sea Spray! Of Serpents & Sea Spray is inspired by the Greek myth of Pegasus, and was commissioned by, and received its World Premiere with, Custom Made Theatre Company. The play is available through Stage Partners. Of Serpents & Sea Spray is a wonder filled full-length play about an orphan who turns to mythology after a horrible tragedy. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/06/04/summer-reading-the-hardy-girls/ Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:54:03 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/06/04/summer-reading-the-hardy-girls/ It's June, friends, summer is officially upon is! Which means, at least for the teaching artists among us, it's time to start reading plays in order to plan your season for the 2025/26 school year. If that's you, never fear! I'll be highlighting one of my school age plays each week until September to widen your reading list and give you a bunch of exciting options. These plays range from comedic to horror to comedic to historic to comedic…. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/05/31/southeastern-premiere-of-burst-with-new-city-players/ Sat, 31 May 2025 08:31:17 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/05/31/southeastern-premiere-of-burst-with-new-city-players/ Super excited to announce the Southeastern Premiere of Burst with the New City Players! New City Players is located in Wilton Manors, Florida, and their production is slated for July, 2026. This upcoming 2025/26 season will be New City Players 10th Anniversary Season, and I am so thrilled to be a part of it! Check out their full line up right here. And be sure to stay tuned for more info on this production when we get closer. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/05/22/2020-glickman-award/ Thu, 22 May 2025 12:35:28 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/05/22/2020-glickman-award/ Fun story! Back in 2020, before the world shut down, before even Coronavirus had made much of a news splash, I got an amazing call from Theatre Bay Area informing me that Ripped was the recipient of the 2020 Will Glickman Award! Weeks after I got the news, the world flipped upside down, as you probably remember and more important things were on everyone's minds. The conference, where I would have been awarded the prize, was canceled. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/05/16/jump-on-this-preorder-sale-while-you-can/ Fri, 16 May 2025 10:11:02 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/05/16/jump-on-this-preorder-sale-while-you-can/ Funny, Like An Abortion is on sale, and this sale won't last forever! If you'd like a discounted copy of my balls-to-the-walls comedic two-hander that received a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere, jump on over to Original Works Publishing now. Click on Funny, Like An Abortion, or Original Works Publishing, or even right here. Actually, you can click any of the links on this post and it'll take you right to the page you need to purchase the script. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/05/16/jump-on-this-preorder-sale-while-you-can/ Fri, 16 May 2025 10:11:02 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/05/16/jump-on-this-preorder-sale-while-you-can/ Funny, Like An Abortion is on sale, and this sale won't last forever! If you'd like a discounted copy of my balls-to-the-walls comedic two-hander that received a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere, jump on over to Original Works Publishing now. Click on Funny, Like An Abortion, or Original Works Publishing, or even right here. Actually, you can click any of the links on this post and it'll take you right to the page you need to purchase the script. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/05/07/listen-to-me-on-the-subtext/ Wed, 07 May 2025 09:51:23 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/05/07/listen-to-me-on-the-subtext/ Last week I headed to Long Beach for water polo (again), but I left a few days before the team to catch a new play by Brian James Polak, The Call List at The Garage Theatre, and to be interviewed by Brian who hosts The Subtext for American Theatre Magazine! Olympus, my son's water polo team, won all of their games, The Call List was fantastic, and I had an absolute blast chatting with Brian about theater and my road to playwriting. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/04/30/funny-like-an-abortion-published-with-original-works-publishing/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:08:38 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/04/30/funny-like-an-abortion-published-with-original-works-publishing/ Funny, Like An Abortion received a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere with Mile Square Theatre, Cleveland Public Theatre, and The VORTEX, and then had two additional full productions, one co-production by Theatre Unchained and American Lives Theatre, and another co-production with Fat Theatre Project and Danztheatre Ensemble, and now my beautiful, heart-breaking, gut-busting, two-hander comedy is published and ready for all of your ordering and licensing needs!!! I am so proud that so many people have seen this play, and I'm beyond thrilled that now with Original Works Publishing, Funny, Like An Abortion has the chance to reach an even larger audience. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/04/25/production-of-the-night-witches-is-nationally-recognized/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:46:33 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/04/25/production-of-the-night-witches-is-nationally-recognized/ University of Northwestern Saint Paul's production of The Night Witches was invited to KCACTF's Region 5 Conference this past January, and it was just announced that they wracked up a bunch of awards! I love this play, and I'm thrilled the play has found more people to love it and put such amazing work into it. Congratulations to the cast and crew for the honors they received for their work, which are: https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/04/18/coming-soon-funny-like-an-abortion-at-original-works-publishing/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:28:57 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/04/18/coming-soon-funny-like-an-abortion-at-original-works-publishing/ It's officially official! Funny, Like An Abortion is getting published with Original Works Publishing! I am thrilled to be able to share this play with the world, and that I'll get to hold it as a beautiful glossy book soon! Funny, Like An Abortion just closed its fifth production last month with Fat Theatre Project, and I'm hoping the play will soon be adding productions around the country. I still want to see it done in every state! https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/04/09/the-hardy-girls-published-and-ready-for-the-world/ Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:06:17 -0400 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/04/09/the-hardy-girls-published-and-ready-for-the-world/ Cover art for THE HARDY GIRLS, published by Stage Partners. I have a few secret projects up my sleeve, and I cannot tell you how excited I am that I can finally announce one of them!!! The Hardy Girls is a new full-length play, inspired by the first book in “The Hardy Boys” series, and because I've waited to announce, I can now give it to you fully ready! You read that right: The Hardy Girls is published and available for licensing today! https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/03/27/womens-history-plays/ Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:53:07 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/03/27/womens-history-plays/ It's March! Women's History Month! I thought I'd take a moment to highlight my plays that center women's history before April got here. And, with the current administration doing the terrible things its doing, I can promise you I will be writing more plays centering women's history. I'm thinking at least one full-length a year. But back to the positive! Here are my full-length history plays that are out in the world now: https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/03/18/the-book-women-tour-with-looking-for-lilith-theatre-company/ Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:20:24 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/03/18/the-book-women-tour-with-looking-for-lilith-theatre-company/ Promotional material for Looking for Lilith Theatre Company's production of THE BOOK WOMEN. Looking for Lilith Theatre Company is touring The Book Women this summer in Louisville, Kentucky at local libraries. I'm not sure I can express how happy this makes me! The history of these women who delivered books on horseback still inspires me, will most likely always inspire me, and I'm honored that my play can help spread the word about them. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/03/12/spring-productions/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 08:38:10 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/03/12/spring-productions/ Map of productions happening in the Spring of 2025. Here, there, and everywhere! So pumped for this Spring season where my work will be on stages not only across the country (even as far West as Hawaii!), but also abroad with multiple productions in Canada, one production in Ireland, and another in England! Midnight Bandits, a ten-minute play, which is a part of a collection of ten-minute plays from Stage Partners called Rogues’ Gallery, is far and above my most produced play this coming season, but I'm thrilled to have so many of my titles getting productions! https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/03/06/something-brand-new-and-exciting/ Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:38:44 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/03/06/something-brand-new-and-exciting/ I love new projects and brand new ideas. Probably good thing I'm a playwright, because I get to have a lot of both! Lately I've been dreaming up something wild, ambitious, and potentially hilarious. When I start it, it will be my biggest unsupported project in a very long time. I've been wanting to write a full-length Christmas something for a while, and a mashing together of worlds idea came to me that was just weird enough to be potentially amazing. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/02/22/european-premiere-of-the-summer-i-howled/ Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:16:31 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/02/22/european-premiere-of-the-summer-i-howled/ Promotional image of THE SUMMER I HOWLED at Mr Sands Youth Theatre. My summer-camp monster comedy, The Summer I Howled, is getting a European Premiere with Mr Sands Youth Theatre in Bray, Ireland!! This will be my second Irish production, The Night Witches was produced by Droichead Youth Theatre in Drogheda, Ireland a few years ago in 2023. I am thrilled for my work to be back in Ireland, and I hope this is a trend that takes hold, then maybe I'll even make way out to Ireland along with my words! https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/02/11/funny-like-an-abortion-heads-to-chicago/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:04:54 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/02/11/funny-like-an-abortion-heads-to-chicago/ Funny, Like An Abortion continues its tour of the country with its Chicago premiere next month, a co-production by Fat Theatre Project and Danztheatre Ensemble! Want to know more? Of course you do! Here are all the nitty-gritty details: Set in a future America where even saying the word “abortion” is a crime, Monroe has just discovered that she is unexpectedly and unwantedly pregnant. She invites her best friend, Jade, over for a surprise abortion party in this darkly funny, devastatingly prescient play by Rachel Bublitz. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/02/05/red-days-reading-with-utah-state-university/ Wed, 05 Feb 2025 10:56:02 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/02/05/red-days-reading-with-utah-state-university/ Coming up in a few weeks, Red Days is getting a staged reading with Utah State University! Red Days received its world premiere last summer with Adjusted Realists in New York City. I'm excited to have more interest in this play, and I hope to build on this momentum! It is my most recommended play on the New Play Exchange, with a whopping 50 recommendations!! Curious about the play? Here's the synopsis: https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/01/29/the-best-mens-stage-monologues-2024-out-now/ Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:37:59 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/01/29/the-best-mens-stage-monologues-2024-out-now/ Out now and available for purchase, Smith & Kraus’ collection of The Best Men's Stage Monologues 2024! I'm thrilled to have a monologue from my play Let's Fix Andy included in the mix! Let's Fix Andy is a play very near to my heart, one I can't wait to share with the world. If you're looking for some new audition options, I'd highly recommend picking up a copy. My monologue is joined by a ton of great monologues, from great writers like Kenneth Jones, Donna Hoke, Ruben Carbajal, Adrienne Dawes and EM Lewis! https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/01/28/of-serpents-sea-spray-reading-by-peninsula-players-theatre/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 10:15:56 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/01/28/of-serpents-sea-spray-reading-by-peninsula-players-theatre/ Coming up next week, February 3, Peninsula Players Theatre will present a reading of my play Of Serpents & Sea Spray in their 2025 season of The Play's The Thing, their winter reading serious! Fun coincidence, the play is dedicated to my daughter, Audrey, and this reading is presented in coordination with Door County Reads which has paired the staged reading of Of Serpents & Sea Spray with an exploration of my daughter's favorite book: “The House in the Cerulean Sea” by TJ Klune. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/01/21/2025-best-womens-stage-monologues/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:27:02 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/01/21/2025-best-womens-stage-monologues/ Super fun publication announcement: I'll have a monologue in Smith & Kraus’ 2025 Best Women's Stage Monologues, edited by Debbie Lamedman! The monologue, one of Monroe's from Funny, Like An Abortion is a big, messy, charged, and desperate plea to her best friend to make sense of the senseless position Monroe finds herself in. I'm thrilled to have another monologue in these Best of books! There's a monologue from Burst in the 2023 Best Women's Stage Monologues, and coming out soon, I have a monologue from Let's Fix Andy in the 2024 Best Men's Stage Monologues! https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/01/14/the-night-witches-heads-to-kcactf-region-5-conference-as-invited-production/ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:37:26 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/01/14/the-night-witches-heads-to-kcactf-region-5-conference-as-invited-production/ Production photo from THE NIGHT WITCHES at University of Northwestern St. Paul, directed by Jennifer Hunter. A production of The Night Witches by the University of Northwestern St. Paul is headed to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 5 Conference kicking off January 19th in Des Moines, Iowa as an invited production! Having participated in a few KCACTF Conferences as a playwriting grad student, and once as an invited artists, I couldn't be happier to continue a bit of involvement. https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/01/07/heading-to-west-virginia-for-alchemy-theatres-new-works-2025/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 10:27:20 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2025/01/07/heading-to-west-virginia-for-alchemy-theatres-new-works-2025/ Back in the Fall of 2023, I came across this really beautiful poster for my play The Book Women: The play was being produced by Alchemy Theatre, a theatre company in Huntington, West Virginia. I followed them on Instagram, and loved seeing the promotional shots they shared. I can't tell you how fun it is to see your play going up, but that's doubled when you can see the care the crew and cast and production team clearly from the other side of the country. https://rachelbublitz.com/2024/12/20/playwriting-in-2024/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 09:46:46 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2024/12/20/playwriting-in-2024/ 2024 is winding down, with only a week and a half left I'd like to look back over the year and share my playwriting highlights! So let's get to it!! Top left: Funny, Like An Abortion had its second production of its National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere with Cleveland Public Theatre, directed by Paige Conway. I got to go to Cleveland twice, explore the city and see all the hard working artists put their hearts into my play. https://rachelbublitz.com/2024/12/11/over-fifty-productions-for-the-night-witches-worldwide/ Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:47:59 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2024/12/11/over-fifty-productions-for-the-night-witches-worldwide/ Pleased as absolute punch to announce that The Night Witches has surpassed fifty productions worldwide!! I remember when I was working on the first draft of the play, the Egyptian YouTheatre, who commissioned it, was planning on taking it to the Great Salt Lake Fringe, which meant the play had to be both light on a set and on props since we'd have to load in and out with each performance. https://rachelbublitz.com/2024/01/31/codename-white-mouse-world-premiere-at-the-lind-next-month/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 11:45:20 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2024/01/31/codename-white-mouse-world-premiere-at-the-lind-next-month/ My play Codename: White Mouse, about real-life badass Nancy Wake, opens next month on February 16th, at The Lind in Nambour, Australia. Here's more about the play: When the Germans invade France, Nancy, a rich socialite house wife, isn’t able to sit back and do nothing. Despite her husband's objections, she gets involved with the resistance. For Nancy it’s a slippery slope and soon she graduates from delivering letters to breaking men out of concentration camps. https://rachelbublitz.com/2024/01/23/red-days-world-premiere-with-adjusted-realists/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:04:28 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2024/01/23/red-days-world-premiere-with-adjusted-realists/ The new production news just keeps coming! My full-length play about air quality in the Salt Lake Valley, Red Days, will receive its World Premiere this Summer with Adjusted Realists in New York City! This production will be a collaboration with Weber State University, where Red Days will receive a reading next month. I'll be posting specific dates for the production as soon as they're official, it's most likely to open in early June, as well as other info! https://rachelbublitz.com/2024/01/18/funny-like-an-abortion-production-in-indiana-this-fall/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 09:23:53 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2024/01/18/funny-like-an-abortion-production-in-indiana-this-fall/ My play Funny, Like An Abortion, a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere, has just booked its fourth production! Theatre Unchained and American Lives Theatre will co-produce the play at Indy Fringe, which will open November 15, 2024! With four full productions, Funny, Like An Abortion will be my most produced play that is strictly for an adult crowd! So if you haven't had a chance to read the play yet, I recommend you head over to the New Play Exchange and do just that. https://rachelbublitz.com/2024/01/09/ripped-makes-best-of-2023-lists/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 10:31:21 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2024/01/09/ripped-makes-best-of-2023-lists/ I am so proud that Ripped is still making waves! Loud Fridge Theatre Group‘s 2023 production in San Diego, California made it onto multiple “Best of” lists at the end of 2023! Woo-hoo! ”RIPPED, by Rachel Bublitz was a compelling look at sexual assault, and how that experience is processed by everyone. Filled with nuanced performances by the cast Amira Temple, Marcel Ferrin, and Devin Wade, and excellent direction by Kate Rose Reynolds and John Wells III this show made an impression in January of 2023 that was not easily forgotten. https://rachelbublitz.com/2024/01/02/looking-back-at-playwriting-in-2023/ Tue, 02 Jan 2024 10:38:37 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2024/01/02/looking-back-at-playwriting-in-2023/ It's 2024! Wow wow wow! My blog has been broken since October, but we're back in business! Just in time to look back at playwriting highlights from the last year. To say that I was busy, would be an understatement. I took on more commissions than I ever had before, and a super huge (and super secret) project that took up most of my year. Never fear, I'm thisclose to announcing this super huge and secret project, stay get ready for that! https://rachelbublitz.com/2023/10/30/burst-getting-published-with-dramatic-publishing/ Mon, 30 Oct 2023 11:52:40 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2023/10/30/burst-getting-published-with-dramatic-publishing/ Thrilled to announce that Burst will be published with Dramatic Publishing! Burst had a beautiful World Premiere last year with Alleyway Theatre, and has another production coming up in 2024 with Relative Theatrics. Getting Burst published will mean it can reach many more people, I'm hoping that translates to lots of productions. I know The Night Witches get a lot of attention with Dramatic Publishing, fingers crossed its no different for Burst. https://rachelbublitz.com/2023/08/23/national-new-play-network-rolling-world-premiere/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 08:56:32 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2023/08/23/national-new-play-network-rolling-world-premiere/ Holy cow! Best flipping flapping news EVER! Funny, Like An Abortion is getting a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere!!!! (Insert joyful screams and celebratory dancing here!) Receiving an NNPN Rolling World Premiere for one of my plays has been a major goal of mine for years. I am thrilled to finally reached this goal, and even more so for it to be happening with this play, in this country, at this moment. https://rachelbublitz.com/2023/08/22/biz-town-production-with-egyptian-youtheatre/ Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:54:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2023/08/22/biz-town-production-with-egyptian-youtheatre/ Great news! The Egyptian YouTheatre is producing the full-length version of Biz Town this Fall! I am so thrilled to see my completely ridiculous comedic noir come to life with one of my very favorite theaters. Biz Town will be directed by the incredible Amanda Dayton, and run November 9 - 12, so be sure to mark your calendars! And if you'd like to get involved in the production, you're in luck, because you can! https://rachelbublitz.com/2023/07/24/premiere-of-funny-like-an-abortion/ Mon, 24 Jul 2023 06:01:11 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2023/07/24/premiere-of-funny-like-an-abortion/ Thrilled to announce the World Premiere of Funny, Like An Abortion at Mile Square Theatre in Hoboken, New Jersey in their 2023/24 season!!! That by itself is obviously amazing, but it gets better…. Funny, Like An Abortion will also go on to premiere at Cleveland Public Theatre in their 2023/24 season! Mile Square Theatre's production will run October 18 - November 12, 2023! So mark your calendars if you're close, or interested in a road trip! https://rachelbublitz.com/2023/07/14/two-new-published-plays/ Fri, 14 Jul 2023 12:14:19 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2023/07/14/two-new-published-plays/ Hello, blog readers! It's been a bit! I was held up with so much writing I couldn't find the time (or head space) to also blog, but I'm coming up for air to share some very exciting news: TWO new plays of mine are all set to be published!!! And both are for school-aged performers! Blood & Sequins, my full-length prom murder mystery, is coming soon to Brooklyn Publishers! Here's the synopsis: https://rachelbublitz.com/2023/01/17/ripped-opens-with-loud-fridge-theatre-this-week/ Tue, 17 Jan 2023 12:36:14 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2023/01/17/ripped-opens-with-loud-fridge-theatre-this-week/ Ripped opens this week with Loud Fridge Theatre in my hometown of San Diego! Lots of talented folks have been working around the clock to bring this play to life, and I'm so happy for it to be in San Diego, not only because it's where I'm from, but it's also in part where the play is set! Here's the full line-up of talent working on the production: Amira Temple (Lucy) https://rachelbublitz.com/2023/01/03/super-cat-and-reptile-robot-to-tour-florida/ Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:11:52 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2023/01/03/super-cat-and-reptile-robot-to-tour-florida/ I have exciting news to welcome 2023 in; Presenting: Super Cat & Reptile Robot is going on tour in Florida with the Creative Arts Theatre Company! With over 25 performances at schools, libraries, and community centers there will be plenty of opportunities for you to catch the show, if you're in the Tampa area. The tour kicks off January 25th and runs through March 2nd. Check out the full tour schedule here! https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/12/16/my-year-in-playwriting/ Fri, 16 Dec 2022 09:59:26 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/12/16/my-year-in-playwriting/ 2022 IS NEARLY OVER! ‘Twas a big year, which kept me quite busy in my writing and theater making. Thought I'd highlight some of my most exciting moments…. Top left: Burst was named a finalist for the National New Play Network's 2022 Showcase! Top middle left: Funny, Like An Abortion received more requests than any of my other plays ever have, after the Supreme Court Decision to knock down Roe V. https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/12/06/how-is-2023-almost-here/ Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:51:44 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/12/06/how-is-2023-almost-here/ Time just won't quit, will it? It is somehow December, and 2023 will be here before we know it. I am excited (and a little scared) for next year, with two commissions officially on my calendar, a third in talks, two other scripts I hope to tackle, and a MASSIVE new project in line, it's going to be my busiest writing year since 2016, when I tried to write six new full-length plays! https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/11/30/announcing-rowland-hall-new-play-commission/ Wed, 30 Nov 2022 11:17:20 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/11/30/announcing-rowland-hall-new-play-commission/ It's always a fun day when I can announce a new project, and even more fun when that project is a commission! Matt Sincell, a teacher at Rowland Hall here in Salt Lake City, is commissioning a new play for his students about the Great Salt Lake! I've started researching, and plan on having the first draft written and ready to workshop by February. The plan is to have the World Premiere of this new yet-to-be-titled play later in the Spring of 2023. https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/11/15/ripped-coming-to-san-diego/ Tue, 15 Nov 2022 15:32:22 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/11/15/ripped-coming-to-san-diego/ Ripped is coming to San Diego! Loud Fridge Theatre Group is staging the San Diego premiere, and I couldn't be more excited! Ripped takes place in both Berkeley and San Diego, and after hearing the Bay Area response from the 2019 Z Space production, I cannot wait to hear what San Diego thinks! Will they agree that the Bay Area has vastly inferior Mexican food? I think they will, but soon I will know for sure! https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/10/13/burst-is-coming-to-buffalo-new-york/ Thu, 13 Oct 2022 12:48:58 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/10/13/burst-is-coming-to-buffalo-new-york/ Burst is coming to Buffalo, New York, and so am I! Burst‘s World Premiere opens with Alleyway Theatre on Wednesday, October 26, with previews starting the Friday, October 21. I fly out next week for final dress, and will be in Buffalo through opening night. I've been developing Burst since 2016, with the help of theaters around the country, and I am so proud to finally get to see the play fully realized on stage. https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/07/22/brand-new-play-in-plan-b-theatres-script-in-hand-series/ Fri, 22 Jul 2022 10:03:16 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/07/22/brand-new-play-in-plan-b-theatres-script-in-hand-series/ I wrote a brand new play! My first play strictly for grown-ups since before the pandemic! Tip Top Triangle is the darkest of dark comedies. It's about pickleball, cults, pyramid schemes, fire, expectations of women, and hustle culture. Here's a synopsis (heads up: the word synopsis here is used pretty loosely in this case): A game, a business, a book reading. A scare-the-fudge-out- of-you cult. Brainwashing. Pyramid screaming and power https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/07/22/lets-fix-andy-in-salt-lake-acting-companys-new-play-sounding-series/ Fri, 22 Jul 2022 09:22:24 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/07/22/lets-fix-andy-in-salt-lake-acting-companys-new-play-sounding-series/ Let's Fix Andy is getting a workshop and staged reading in Salt Lake Acting Company's New Play Sounding Series, and I am thrilled to get to go back to this story and these characters. Salt Lake Acting Company has put together an A+ team for me to play with; Jason Bowcutt will direct, Janine Sobeck Knighton will dramaturg, and we'll have the acting talents of Tito Livas, Topher Rasmussen, Jordan Reynosa, Aidan Tappert, and Chris Curlett will read stage directions. https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/07/11/announcing-burst-world-premiere-at-alleyway-theatre/ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 07:18:50 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/07/11/announcing-burst-world-premiere-at-alleyway-theatre/ Absolutely thrilled to announce the World Premiere of Burst at Alleyway Theatre this Fall! Burst was a finalist for the 2022 National New Play Network Showcase, as you may remember, and I really didn't expect 2022 to get even better for Burst, but it sure has! Alleyway Theatre is an associate member of the National New Play Network, located in Buffalo, New York. Burst will run October 21 - November 12, directed by Daniel Lendzian. https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/06/24/bring-funny-like-an-abortion-to-your-school/ Fri, 24 Jun 2022 14:51:04 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/06/24/bring-funny-like-an-abortion-to-your-school/ Today is the day that 50% of the population was denied federal protection to make their own damn choices for their own damn bodies. I'mm not sure I have the language to express my feelings on the matter. I do know that if I ended up pregnant I could easily fly away from Utah, have an abortion, and fly home. Because I have the money to do that. The privilege. I am devastated that this country has decided to not protect those who don't have that money, that privilege. https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/06/15/order-ripped-now-through-original-works-publishing/ Wed, 15 Jun 2022 06:56:47 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/06/15/order-ripped-now-through-original-works-publishing/ Promotional photo from the 2019 World Premiere of RIPPED at Z Space. Photo by Lorenzo Fernandez-Kopec. Daniel Chung as Jared and Krystle Piamonte as Lucy. RIPPED has been published with Original Works Publishing!!! Original Works Publishing is all about bold and innovative new plays, and I am thrilled to have my play join their catalog. RIPPED was the winner of the 2020 Glickman Award for best premiere play in the Bay Area, was nominated for seven Theatre Bay Area Awards, and made multiple “Best of 2019” lists! https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/04/25/burst-is-a-finalist-for-nnpn-2022-showcase/ Mon, 25 Apr 2022 10:00:25 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/04/25/burst-is-a-finalist-for-nnpn-2022-showcase/ Beyond thrilled and over-joyed to announce that Burst was named a finalist(!!!!!) for the National New Play Network‘s 2022 Showcase! This was my first year I was able to have a play considered, you need an NNPN theater to nominate your work (shout-out and huge thank you to Alicia Washington and Camille Washington at Good Company Theatre for putting Burst forward!), and I am flabbergasted to have made it so far. https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/04/21/what-happens-if-roe-v.-wade-falls/ Thu, 21 Apr 2022 12:49:07 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/04/21/what-happens-if-roe-v.-wade-falls/ Doing super fun (sarcasm!) research for my play FUNNY, LIKE AN ABORTION and learned that if Roe v. Wade falls (I am trying to stay so hard to stay optimistic and stick with if and not when) access to safe and legal abortions will be banned in more than half of the states. Twenty eight out of fifty. You can see up for yourself here on this super handy and incredibly depressive interactive map from Planned Parenthood. https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/04/11/funny-like-an-abortion-workshop-this-week/ Mon, 11 Apr 2022 13:19:48 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/04/11/funny-like-an-abortion-workshop-this-week/ Poster for the developmental production of FUNNY, LIKE AN ABORTION with PlayGround, running May 28th and 29th, 2022 at Potrero Stage in San Francisco, CA. Bay Area, I will be seeing you so very soon! Tomorrow will kick off the workshop of Funny, Like An Abortion with PlayGround! The workshop is working towards a developmental production during PlayGround's Festival of New Works this coming May. I am over the moon excited to work this week, and to get the play up on its feet for two nights in May and see how it does in front of a live audience! https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/01/18/the-book-women-out-available-and-beautiful/ Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:40:30 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2022/01/18/the-book-women-out-available-and-beautiful/ You can't see me, so you don't realize, but right at this moment I am doing a very happy dance. The Book Women is out! It's available! And the cover art is breathtakingly beautiful! Last April when Stage Partners approached me to write a play about librarians delivering books via horseback during the Great Depression, I leapt at the opportunity. It was such a joy to dig into this rich history and learn the story of these women, and this community in Eastern Kentucky. https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/12/30/my-playwriting-in-2021/ Thu, 30 Dec 2021 09:22:43 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/12/30/my-playwriting-in-2021/ Oy vey, my friends. OY VEY. 2021 has been a year. To me it's felt like a particularly cruel game of red light green light, in which the green lights are few and far between and much too short; I have no time to slow down and stop, so I keep having to go back to the starting line over and over again. But, in the grand scheme of things, I know that I have been fortunate; I have been able to keep writing theatrical pieces, and I've often been paid for this writing. https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/11/22/two-weekend-readings-and-a-new-play/ Mon, 22 Nov 2021 10:00:40 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/11/22/two-weekend-readings-and-a-new-play/ Hope November has been treating you well! I'm coming off a wonderful theater-packed weekend, a rare and joyous treat these days! Saturday morning kicked off with a reading of Funny, Like An Abortion with PlayGround. Two amazing actors (thank you again Karen Offereins and Rosie Hallett!!) rocked the script and the Zoom room. I know I often ask a lot of actors, with my break-neck paced dialogue, and it is a delight when I have folks who not only understand my timing, but are able to deliver. https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/10/01/official-resident-of-egyptian-youtheatre/ Fri, 01 Oct 2021 10:40:30 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/10/01/official-resident-of-egyptian-youtheatre/ Happy October! I have some fun news to share……….(drum roll)…….. I have been named the Resident Playwright for the Egyptian YouTheatre! (sounds of celebrations and playwright joy) The Egyptian YouTheatre has certainly felt like my home since I made the move to Utah, they've commissioned three of my plays: Cheerleaders VS. Aliens, The Night Witches, and The Summer I Howled. And, have produced many of my one-acts including Ghost House and Operation Chicken Takeover. https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/09/13/getting-spooky-this-fall/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:01:45 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/09/13/getting-spooky-this-fall/ I have two brand new plays burning holes in my head, and a third in need of a page-one rewrite. Oddly enough, they're all on the bit of the twisted side… I'm starting with my rewrite and tackling The Summer I Howled, which I haven't worked on since 2019. My creepy yet comical camp werewolf play for teen performers has me scratching my head a LOT. Not only by my choices and pacing, but I also left all sorts of notes without a shred of context…. https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/09/09/new-development-for-funny-like-an-abortion-with-playground/ Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:50:24 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/09/09/new-development-for-funny-like-an-abortion-with-playground/ I am pleased as punch to announce that Funny, Like An Abortion has been selected for PlayGround‘s 2022 Festival of New Works! It will be a fully staged developmental production that, fingers crossed, will be both in person at Potrero Stage in San Francisco, as well as streamed online. Daysha Veronica‘s The Deliverance will run along side Funny, Like An Abortion, as the other fully staged play in the festival. Both plays were featured earlier this year in Play Ground's Zoom Fest as staged readings. https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/08/06/big-news/ Fri, 06 Aug 2021 08:17:32 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/08/06/big-news/ Photo of María Leigh (Iro) in Custom Made Theatre Company‘s world premiere Of Serpents & Sea Spray production, 2016. Photo by Jay Yamada. Of Serpents & Sea Spray is getting published with Stage Partners! Wooooooooooooooooooo! Of Serpents & Sea Spray was commissioned by Brian Katz, artistic director of Custom Made Theatre, and received its world premiere there in 2016, directed by the incredible Ariel Craft. Of Serpents & Sea Spray received a second production in 2017 with This Is Water Theatre, directed by the awesome Andrew Roblyer! https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/08/05/holly-jolly-and-extra-folly-ready-for-your-holiday-play-needs/ Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:56:20 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/08/05/holly-jolly-and-extra-folly-ready-for-your-holiday-play-needs/ Super excited to announce that Holly, Jolly, & Extra Folly is up and ready with Stage Partners! The collection is made up of six brand new hilarious short holiday plays (plus one terrifying one!). Perfect for a school production, complete with super flexible casting. Find out more AND download and read the whole collection for free(!) right here, right now! And be sure to check back with me tomorrow for more publishing news! https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/07/26/new-play-alert-ursa-major-and-the-last-bear-on-earth/ Mon, 26 Jul 2021 13:27:54 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/07/26/new-play-alert-ursa-major-and-the-last-bear-on-earth/ Do you ever feel jam-packed busy but also like you've done nothing at all? That's been my consistent status since March of 2020, and I don't’ think I'm alone. But, I have to remind myself that even if I'm still not operating at my normal pace, I'm still getting things done. You want some proof? How about new plays! I've been interested in radio plays for a long, long time, and I've finally ventured into creating not just one, but an entire series! https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/06/08/holly-jolly-extra-folly-a-collection-of-seven-eclectic-holiday-plays/ Tue, 08 Jun 2021 09:58:55 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/06/08/holly-jolly-extra-folly-a-collection-of-seven-eclectic-holiday-plays/ The month of May was very Christmas heavy for me. That's due to the fact that I was writing a bunch of new holiday shorts! I sent over three 10 minute plays to Stage Partners last year, and they liked them SO MUCH they wanted to publish a complete collection! Which meant that I needed to write more holiday shorts! Hoping to have something ready for the holiday season later this year, we agreed that the end of May would be perfect timing to get all my plays in. https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/05/24/burst-selected-for-the-road-theatre-summer-playwrights-festival/ Mon, 24 May 2021 14:30:49 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/05/24/burst-selected-for-the-road-theatre-summer-playwrights-festival/ Very excited to announce that BURST has been selected for The Road Theatre Company‘s 12th Summer Playwrights Festival! All of the plays will stream online. The festival runs July 15th through August 1st. BURST will be performed on the final day of the festival, Sunday, August 1st at 2pm (PST). BURST will be directed by Christina Carlisi, with the acting talents of Allison Blaize (Sarah), Paris Perrault (Weaver), and Samantha Tan (Alexis). https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/05/21/shared-history-podcast-guest/ Fri, 21 May 2021 12:42:40 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/05/21/shared-history-podcast-guest/ Back in April I had the absolute pleasure of being a guest on the hilarious and historical podcast Shared History! Shared History is hosted by two actor/comedians out of Chicago, Cass Maher and Natalie Younger. You can listen in to my episode, Don't Call Me A Mouse, right here or wherever you partake in podcasts. We talk all about Nancy Wake and my play about her, Codename: White Mouse, which Cass and Natalie are awesome enough to even do a scene from in the podcast! https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/05/14/playground-zoom-fest-reading-of-funny-like-an-abortion/ Fri, 14 May 2021 10:25:49 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/05/14/playground-zoom-fest-reading-of-funny-like-an-abortion/ Theater news! It's been a long time, for me at least, to have so much theater news! BUT, this coming Monday, May 17th, I have a staged reading of my two-hander comedy Funny, Like An Abortion in PlayGround's Zoom Fest! We just had our first rehearsal yesterday and everything is firing on all cylinders, my amazing actors, the incredible director, and yes, even my script! Here's more: Monroe finds herself knocked up, and since abortions are illegal in the United States, she throws a surprise abortion party with her best friend Jade. https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/05/11/a-new-commission-the-book-women-with-stage-partners/ Tue, 11 May 2021 09:30:15 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2021/05/11/a-new-commission-the-book-women-with-stage-partners/ Hello friends! It has been a minute! Due to a fun combination of pandemic apathy, being way stressed and busy with my book, and enjoying an exciting computer melt down, I haven't blogging and sharing my writing joys and woes since 2020! Might be my biggest break since starting this blog in 2011! Wow! I have been blogging for almost TEN years now. Oy vey! But enough about being away, I'm BACK now! https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/12/15/the-night-witches-in-print/ Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:38:26 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/12/15/the-night-witches-in-print/ My author copies arrived for THE NIGHT WITCHES and I am pleased as punch. As a writer, I want my words in beautifully bound books, and as a theater maker, I want my plays available to as many folks as possible and this does both at once! The cover makes me cry, it is just so beautiful. I was thrilled that the University of Utah gave us permission to use their artwork by Anne Oldroyd. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/11/04/need-a-warm-blanket/ Wed, 04 Nov 2020 06:28:45 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/11/04/need-a-warm-blanket/ I don't know about you, but my nerves are shot. I'm up, chugging tea, well before the sun, after a night of tossing, turning, and leaving my bed to check election results on my phone. This month I'm trying out NaNoWriMo for the first time, and have already managed to knock out 7,770 words in the first three days! I have no idea if I'll make it all the way, but I am grateful to have a world to escape to that isn't this one, right now. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/10/15/two-spooky-plays-now-available-to-license/ Thu, 15 Oct 2020 07:31:44 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/10/15/two-spooky-plays-now-available-to-license/ It's a chilly Thursday morning and I've got some great news! TWO of my one-act plays are now licensed and available for your production right inquiries! I wrote GHOST HOUSE over the summer once it became clear that workshopping THE SUMMER I HOWLED would be difficult to do digitally. So the Egyptian YouTheatre used that time to help me develop a brand new specifically digital play! It was hard for my brain to wrap around the restraints and strengths of this new format, but my week working with kids set me on my path. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/10/12/nanowrimo-here-i-go/ Mon, 12 Oct 2020 11:19:51 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/10/12/nanowrimo-here-i-go/ Hello hello! It's been quite a while! This wasn't just your run of the mill, average overwhelmed and panicked break, I was recovering (am recovering?) from a mild concussion through most of September up to now. In early September Northern Utah had a freak windstorm. Large swaths of the population lost power, thousands of trees were knocked over, and I got hit in the head with a piece of flying debris. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/08/27/remote-learning-radio-play-with-plan-b-theatre/ Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:22:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/08/27/remote-learning-radio-play-with-plan-b-theatre/ Photos from recording PRESENTING: SUPER CAT & REPTILE ROBOT as a radio play for Plan-B Theatre's 2020/21 Free Elementary School Tour. Top left: Talia Heiss (Ray), top right: Melissa Salguero (Cass), bottom right: Benjamin Young (Ray), and bottom left: Tyson Baker (Cass). Time to grab a comfortable cushion and listen in with your favorite kid (or kids!) because PRESENTING: SUPER CAT & REPTILE ROBOT is now available to listen to from the comfort of your home! https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/08/22/listen-to-burst-as-a-radio-play/ Sat, 22 Aug 2020 11:25:04 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/08/22/listen-to-burst-as-a-radio-play/ Produced and presented by Caltech Theater, listen now to BURST as a radio play! BURST, written by Rachel Bublitz Directed by Miranda Stewart With: Kimberly Alexander as Sarah Boyd Lea Madda as Jennifer Weaver Sawyer Fuller as Alexis Lyons Produced by Brian Brophy Aidan Fenwick served as science advisor to the production. Run time: 88 minutes Content warning: explicit language Click here to listen now! https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/08/19/the-samuel-french-off-off-broadway-short-play-festival-announces-this-week/ Wed, 19 Aug 2020 08:08:14 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/08/19/the-samuel-french-off-off-broadway-short-play-festival-announces-this-week/ I learned back in May that my short play MY BODY was selected as one of the 30 finalists for The 45th Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival and though this year was different than a typical festival (as in, no performance in New York City!), it's been such an honor to be finalist and fun to (virtually) get to know the other plays and playwrights. This week the New Play Exchange had 15 of the finalists in their featured list, and next week the other 15 plays will be posted. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/08/06/ghost-house-a-new-play/ Thu, 06 Aug 2020 12:31:02 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/08/06/ghost-house-a-new-play/ I wrote a brand new play! Trust me, I am JUST as surprised as you! GHOST HOUSE had a workshop last month with the Egyptian YouTheatre and is already getting interest in productions for this Fall. Today I sent it off to a few publishers, and I uploaded it to the New Play Exchange for anyone out there to download and read. Are you an educator looking for a new digital play for your students? https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/06/24/i-won-the-shubert-fendrich-memorial-playwriting-contest/ Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:37:55 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/06/24/i-won-the-shubert-fendrich-memorial-playwriting-contest/ (Production photo from the 2018 world premiere at the Egyptian YouTheatre. Left to right: Lily Malin (Maya), Lindsay Miller (Leslie), Caroline Waldmann (Ali), Amanda Green (Gilda), Chelsea Cowley (Carol), and Katherine Ward (Margaret). Aliens lurking in the dark: JT O’Reilly (Sirius), Anna Diamond (Gamma), and Mallory Kosiba (Canopus). Photo by Amy Livingston) Amazing news Wednesday!! I won Pioneer Drama Service‘s’ Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest for CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Pioneer Drama for this huge honor. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/06/17/new-draft-of-my-body-on-new-play-exchange/ Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:37:30 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/06/17/new-draft-of-my-body-on-new-play-exchange/ Working these days has been strange (to say the least), and I'm maybe a 25% as productive as I normally am… And that might even be pretty generous. But a bright spot has been working on my ten-minute play MY BODY for Concord Theatrical‘s 45th Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival! In normal years I'd be headed out to NYC in a few months for a production of the play, but this year is anything BUT normal. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/06/10/45th-annual-samuel-french-off-off-broadway-short-play-festival/ Wed, 10 Jun 2020 08:19:20 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/06/10/45th-annual-samuel-french-off-off-broadway-short-play-festival/ Exciting news: MY BODY has been selected as a top 30 play in Concord Theatrical‘s 45th Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival! I've been applying to this festival for years and years, and I am THRILLED to have been selected this year. This year is a bit different than typical years, because there won't be an actual production of the play in New York City (cool, cool, cool Coronavirus), but they will still be selecting the top six plays and those will still be published in an anthology! https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/06/01/black-lives-matter/ Mon, 01 Jun 2020 11:57:09 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/06/01/black-lives-matter/ What a week. This country is very good at breaking hearts. If you're looking for ways to help, I suggest checking out the NAACP and Black Lives Matter websites. If you want to know more about the historic systemic racism in this country (because, honestly, I can say that MY public school education left A LOT out) read more about it: Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates Jr. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/05/29/burst-cast-for-monday-reading/ Fri, 29 May 2020 08:30:08 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/05/29/burst-cast-for-monday-reading/ I have my first rehearsal for the reading of BURST in PlayGround‘s Zoom Fest today and I am so excited! I'll be honest… Zoom and I haven't always been seeing eye to eye these past few months, but I am so thrilled to be working on this play despite the plague, AND I get to do so with a phenomenal group of artists. Yes, I would love to be in a physical room with everyone, but I am very happy to at least have this. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/05/26/new-playwright-on-instagram/ Tue, 26 May 2020 12:27:59 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/05/26/new-playwright-on-instagram/ I did it, I have joined Instagram! To celebrate my very late adoption of this incredibly popular platform I'm posting my top ten playwriting moments in reverse chronological order! What made my list? You'll have to check in every day to find out! The first post is up now, check it right here: https://www.instagram.com/playwrightbublitz/. Follow me! I'll follow you! We'll go in many circles, but there will be nice pictures to look at while we get dizzy. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/05/19/joining-lauren-gunderson-to-teach-an-online-class-june-5/ Tue, 19 May 2020 13:42:44 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/05/19/joining-lauren-gunderson-to-teach-an-online-class-june-5/ I really LOVE being able to share such exciting news! I will be teaching an online class with the one and only Lauren Gunderson, the most produced living playwright in the USA! We will be analyzing my award willing play RIPPED, and talking craft and career. Catch us LIVE on Facebook June 5th at 11am (PST)! For more details, or to RSVP, check out this event page. In the mean time, you can download and read the script on the New Play Exchange. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/05/05/burst-selected-for-playground-zoom-fest/ Tue, 05 May 2020 13:48:13 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/05/05/burst-selected-for-playground-zoom-fest/ My full-length science play BURST has been selected for PlayGround‘s 2020 ZOOM FEST, which will kick off later this month on May 11th! It's of course sad to not be able to head out to the Bay Area, and work in a room with these brilliant artists, but I am SO pleased that PlayGround found a way to make this year's festival work within the stay-at-home limitations. How does a Zoom Festival work, you ask? https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/04/23/the-subtext-excerpts-from-a-lost-spring/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:20:09 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/04/23/the-subtext-excerpts-from-a-lost-spring/ The days are long and the days are weird. I know yesterday and today I've spent trying to climb out of giant sad hole in the ground, while trying to stay SO positive to help my kids climb out of their sad holes and it's just hard. But, even with the sad holes, there are a number of bright spots along the way… And one of those was just published today… https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/04/21/so-pumped-for-presenting-super-cat-and-reptile-robot-in-plan-b-theatres-school-tour/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:08:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/04/21/so-pumped-for-presenting-super-cat-and-reptile-robot-in-plan-b-theatres-school-tour/ Poster designed by Aaron Swenson. Good news Tuesday! So thrilled to announce the cast for my Free Elementary School Tour play with Plan-B Theatre!!! I get DOUBLE the cast too! They'll (hopefully) be kicking off the tour in September of 2020 and will run the show through May of 2021! The play…. PRESENTING: SUPER CAT & REPTILE ROBOT IN THE TREMENDOUS TICKLE TROUBLE was written specifically for 2nd-4th graders, and I just can't wait to share this play with all those kids! https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/04/07/funny-like-an-abortion-a-double-semi-finalist/ Tue, 07 Apr 2020 07:41:59 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/04/07/funny-like-an-abortion-a-double-semi-finalist/ Pleased to announce FUNNY, LIKE AN ABORTION was a semi-finalist for TWO things! Playwrights Foundation named the play a semi-finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and B Street Theatre for their annual comedy festival! Playwrights Foundation even wrote me a recommendation on the New Play Exchange: "Playwrights Foundation enthusiastically recommends this play FUNNY, LIKE AN ABORTION, as a Semi-Finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2020. We were moved by the quality of the writing and the relevant and compelling themes that spoke to the mission of our festival. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/04/02/monologue-from-funny-like-an-abortion/ Thu, 02 Apr 2020 10:24:24 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/04/02/monologue-from-funny-like-an-abortion/ I am going to hold off on posting the rest of my Relentless Playwriting Workshop, at least for this week. But I've been seeing so many calls for material for sheltering-in-home actors to work on, play with, that I thought, I can do that! SO! Once a week, maybe twice a week, I'll post a monologue from my work! Feel free to print it, read it, perform it, stream it, zoom it, whatever will help you right now. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/03/25/relentless-playwriting-part-two-finding-your-community/ Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:43:26 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/03/25/relentless-playwriting-part-two-finding-your-community/ Hello hello! Welcome to part two of my Relentless Playwriting blog series! Today I'm going to be talking about finding your artistic community. Theatre is, after all, all about collaboration. We create stories and invite other artists in to bring them to life. From dramaturgs, actors, designers, directors, and an audience, us playwrights depend on a lot of other people. That's why finding a community to develop and grow both your work and your craft is so important. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/03/19/relentless-playwriting-part-one-how-do-you-tell-stories/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:33:08 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/03/19/relentless-playwriting-part-one-how-do-you-tell-stories/ Back in January I posted about a workshop I lead (my favorite) called Relentless Playwriting. I got a few messages from folks all over the country wishing they could attend (I was teaching it during the KCACTF Region 5 conference in South Dakota). After, I thought about starting a new blog series, laying out what I talk about in the workshop but I kept not having the time to fit it in to my routine. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/03/18/burst-reading-with-mach-33-festival-canceled/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:14:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/03/18/burst-reading-with-mach-33-festival-canceled/ The reading of BURST which was set to be a part of the 2020 MACH 33 festival of new science driven plays with CalTech and Pasadena Playhouse has been canceled. Not a shock, as lots and lots of things are getting canceled now. And I imagine I'll have more news of more canceled events over the next few months as the pandemic stretched on. The good news is the good people involved with MACH 33 still want to develop BURST and support the play through science dramaturgy over the internet. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/03/15/the-night-witches-canceled/ Sun, 15 Mar 2020 11:39:40 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/03/15/the-night-witches-canceled/ The first production of the new full-length version of THE NIGHT WITCHES has been canceled in response to COVID-19. The Egyptian YouTheatre plans to reschedule the production once it is recommended to do so. The full-length draft is up on the New Play Exchange, you can find it right here if you'd like. I will post updates about as soon as I have them. For now, be well, be safe, wash your hands! https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/03/10/poster-for-burst-reading-at-pasadena-playhouse/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 14:21:29 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/03/10/poster-for-burst-reading-at-pasadena-playhouse/ So happy to share this wonderful poster for BURST, which will be coming to the Pasadena Playhouse April 3rd, a part of Caltech's MACH 33; festival of new science driven plays! The reading will be directed by Miranda Stewart, and will start at 7:30pm. I've had the luxury of working around the country on BURST, and I've been using notes from all over to streamline the play. This go around I've also gotten to bounce ideas off of a real live chemist, Aidan Fenwick, and so watch out science! https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/03/04/announcing-production-of-the-night-witches-this-fall-at-the-university-of-utah/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 11:06:24 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/03/04/announcing-production-of-the-night-witches-this-fall-at-the-university-of-utah/ THE NIGHT WITCHES is getting produced at the University of Utah this Fall (the eighty minute version)! Alexandra Harbold will direct again, and I am THRILLED to continue my collaboration with her on this project (as we look for more and more and more projects down the line!). We had auditions over the past few weekends, I made it to callbacks this past Sunday where I was blown away by the talent. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/02/27/two-new-drafts-and-one-new-title/ Thu, 27 Feb 2020 11:31:39 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/02/27/two-new-drafts-and-one-new-title/ This may be the year of rewrites, but, since I chose to be a writer, perhaps all my years will forever be years of rewrites. Good thing rewrites are the best! I have many a play to tackle this year with rewrites, and so far I have two under my belt: FUNNY, LIKE AN ABORTION and BURST. I'm itching to get in a room with both of these plays with actors and a director, I think they both have so much potential! https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/02/19/ripped-wins-2020-glickman-award/ Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:13:29 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/02/19/ripped-wins-2020-glickman-award/ Yesterday felt like a pretty normal day. I went on a freezing 3 mile walk in the morning, was nose deep in fascinating/frustrating internet research (more on that later) most of the afternoon, and I got to announce the great news that THE NIGHT WITCHES will be published by Dramatic Publishing. So wonderful, but also, things I knew about. And then I got my daughter from school. And we got home, she was having a snack and getting ready for swimming. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/02/18/big-flipping-flapping-news-the-night-witches-to-be-published-by-dramatic-publishing/ Tue, 18 Feb 2020 14:29:07 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/02/18/big-flipping-flapping-news-the-night-witches-to-be-published-by-dramatic-publishing/ I AM GOING TO TRY HARD TO NOT SHOUT THIS ENTIRE BLOG POST, BUT I MAKE NO PROMISES, BECAUSE…. THE NIGHT WITCHES IS BEING PUBLISHED BY DRAMATIC PUBLISHING! THREE CHEERS! HIP HIP HOORAY! TIME TO PAINT THE TOWN! SMOKE ‘EM IF YOU GOT ‘EM! I am so THRILLED! I am jumping over the earth, moon, and stars excited to have THE NIGHT WITCHES join Dramatic Publishing's catalogue. BOTH the 60 minute version AND the 80 minute version will be available and there will be instructions on how to cut down the 60 minute version for a 35/40-ish minute version for those one-act competitions. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/02/12/tickets-now-on-sale-for-the-night-witches-in-park-city/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 08:58:59 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/02/12/tickets-now-on-sale-for-the-night-witches-in-park-city/ Hip hip hooray! You can purchase your tickets for THE NIGHT WITCHES today! We have an amazing cast, Alexandra Harbold is back to direct, and the script has two more characters and has been expanded into a full-length! If you were able to see the show at the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival, you know how special it is, and you won't want to miss it this time around. AND, if you were one of the folks who wasn't able to get tickets (because we SOLD OUT OUR ENTIRE RUN - WOOHOO! https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/02/11/new-headshots-by-ashley-lake/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:58:02 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/02/11/new-headshots-by-ashley-lake/ It's that very special time, NEW HEADSHOTS! My good friend Ashley Lake also happens to be a wonderful photographer and agreed to update my headshot for me. She's taken a ton of family portraits for us, and I love how she always manages to capture so much personality with her work. She took a pretty epic shot of my son once, and I was looking to have a picture with a similar amount of gravitas. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/02/10/announcing-third-production-of-ripped/ Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:39:14 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/02/10/announcing-third-production-of-ripped/ Here's some great news to start the week: RIPPED will receive a San Diego premiere this Summer with Loud Fridge Theatre Group! RIPPED will run June 18 through June 28 at On Stage Playhouse in Chula Vista, CA. I am thrilled to have the play in San Diego, where half of it is set. Can't wait to see how many of my San Diego jokes land! I hope if you're in the area you can find time to make it out for the production. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/02/07/its-her-say-anthology/ Fri, 07 Feb 2020 07:02:34 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/02/07/its-her-say-anthology/ My short play I SAID RUN. has been selected for a new play anthology with Stage Partners; IT'S HER SAY a collection of plays by women who teach drama! I'm thrilled! Did I mention already that one of my goals for the year was to get more plays published/licensed??? Here's a list of the full collection: Some Things Never Change by Jane Best I Said Run. by Rachel Bublitz The Woman's Land Army by Stephanie Buckley https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/02/06/goals-for-2020/ Thu, 06 Feb 2020 09:20:05 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/02/06/goals-for-2020/ Usually I lay out my goals closer to the beginning of the year, but so far 2020 has been kicking my butt. Last month I spent a week in South Dakota, acting as one of the guest artists for Kennedy Center's American College Theatre Conference for Region 5, and when I got home came down with the flu! And, lucky me, as the flu was leaving an infection moved in. It was so awful that I'm still not back to feeling like myself again. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/01/27/burst-reading-scheduled-for-april-3rd-at-pasadena-playhouse/ Mon, 27 Jan 2020 08:47:42 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/01/27/burst-reading-scheduled-for-april-3rd-at-pasadena-playhouse/ The date for the reading of BURST in Cal Tech and Pasadena Playhouse's MACH 33; a festival of science driven plays, has been announced! Mark your calendars, your agendas, your planners, because the evening of April 3rd you are now officially booked up. BURST will have a staged reading Friday, April 3rd at 7:30pm at the Pasadena Playhouse. Read more about BURST (which, by the way, might be about to blow up out the box (pun intended)): https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/01/09/so-much-love-for-the-z-space-production-of-ripped/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 13:52:46 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/01/09/so-much-love-for-the-z-space-production-of-ripped/ I was treated to a few wonderful surprises as 2019 came to a close… The Z Space production of RIPPED landed on THREE Best of 2019 Bay Area Theatre lists!!!!! Here's what folks had to say: “The Best Bay Area Theater of 2019” by Nicole Gluckstern on KQED Arts "Show Most Likely to Provoke Intense Debate: “Ripped” by Rachel Bublitz at Z Space "The genius of “Ripped” is that of all the plays I saw this year, this one kept me questioning my own reactions to it, even six months later. https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/01/07/the-year-was-2020..../ Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:43:55 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2020/01/07/the-year-was-2020..../ And everyone who was anyone had a flying car. Well, not really. But it is 2020! I hope the last bit of 2019 was joyous and restful for you, and that a nice cup of hot tea was always within an arm's reach. I have SO many things to tell you! Unfortunately not all the beans are quite ready to be spilled, but but but a bunch are!… Another Staged Reading of BURST BURST was selected for the Mach 33 Festival of New Science-Drive Plays presented by Pasadena Playhouse and Caltech! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/12/12/a-look-back-at-2019/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 13:25:50 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/12/12/a-look-back-at-2019/ 2019 is coming to an end. Are you ready for it? I'm not sure I am, though I am very excited to kick back and spend time with my family consuming all the rich foods I can think of. But, before the eating and the saying farewell to 2019, I'd like to take a moment and reflect on how grateful I am for having such a phenomenal year of playwriting. I am an incredibly lucky human and artist! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/12/04/heading-to-south-dakota-next-month-as-guest-artist/ Wed, 04 Dec 2019 10:30:29 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/12/04/heading-to-south-dakota-next-month-as-guest-artist/ I really really love my job. Through playwriting I get to tell all sorts of stories, collaborate with creative and (mostly) wonderful human beings, travel to lots of brand new places, and return to spots I love. In 2019 I went to Eugene, OR, San Francisco, CA again and again and again, Salem, OR (Oregon could not get enough of me in 2019!), Los Angelos, CA, and Davis, CA. I'm really looking forward to all the places writing plays takes me in 2020, and I'm kicking it off with a (most likely) very chilly trip to Sioux Falls, South Dakota next month! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/12/02/october-and-november-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 09:13:50 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/12/02/october-and-november-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Welcome to December! The countdown to 2020 is almost at its end. Time to curl up with hot cocoa and some great plays and read, OR go to a theater near you and fall into a whole new world. And if you're looking for those great plays to fall in to, let me point a few out to you… Here's what I read and/or saw, and loved over the past two months on the New Play Exchange: https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/11/19/three-productions-of-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-this-month/ Tue, 19 Nov 2019 08:44:24 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/11/19/three-productions-of-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-this-month/ One of the best parts of getting a play published is that it starts to have a life of its own. You don't have to answer all the production requests or paperwork or contracts, you can just sit back and check in to see what's new (or not!). It is very exciting, and laid back, and wonderful. Not constantly working for your work is a beautiful luxury. This month, for example, CHEERLEADERS VS. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/11/18/the-night-witches-will-ride-again/ Mon, 18 Nov 2019 10:05:51 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/11/18/the-night-witches-will-ride-again/ I've been given the green light to announce one (of possibly three) future productions of THE NIGHT WITCHES! Coming March, 2020 the Egyptian YouTheatre will produce THE NIGHT WITCHES in their brand new black box space up in Park City, Utah. And, even more exciting, I'm expanding the script to a full-length for this production and adding in two additional characters! It's been so rewarding working on this play, and while I don't think I have any other piece that would work like this, THE NIGHT WITCHES will eventually have a total of three different lengths… A thirty five minute version (very popular for those one-act competitions! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/11/01/reading-burst-with-playground-tomorrow/ Fri, 01 Nov 2019 11:57:56 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/11/01/reading-burst-with-playground-tomorrow/ Finally get to announce the exciting addition to my Bay Area trip this weekend!…… PlayGround is having a table reading of BURST tomorrow morning! It's been a while since I've had the chance to work with PlayGround, and I can't wait to see everyone tomorrow. And on top of working with the awesome folks of PlayGround, this'll be the first time I've heard this new post-Ground & Field Theatre Festival draft! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/10/30/last-nights-reading-was-a-hoot/ Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:11:59 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/10/30/last-nights-reading-was-a-hoot/ Last night I trucked up the mountain to Park City to hear the first draft of THE SUMMER I HOWLED, my brand new werewolf summer camp horror comedy for high schools. The readers really related to the characters and were ALL IN on the story line. It was really fun to sit in the new Egyptian YouTheatre Black Box, which is nearly ready, to hear it as well, as this is where it'll be preformed next year. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/10/29/first-reading-of-the-summer-i-howled/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:10:31 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/10/29/first-reading-of-the-summer-i-howled/ Tonight I get to hear my weird and messy first draft of THE SUMMER I HOWLED up in Park City with the good folks at the Egyptian YouTheatre. I'm equal parts excited and nervous. I know there are many kinks to work out, but I also am eager to hear the laughs and see where I'm already on the right track. And, to add to the exciting aspect, my daughter has volunteered to be one of the readers tonight! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/10/25/playwright-anxiety/ Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:02:54 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/10/25/playwright-anxiety/ Recently a college reached out to potentially produce BURST next year. BURST had been submitted for a previous contest or festival there, and it didn't place or win, but it was still on the mind of one of the professors. It's an exciting and wonderful type of email to get, but then I had to do something that makes my playwright skin crawl…. I had to let them know I had an updated draft of the play, and ask if they'd like to read it before we talk further…. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/10/21/first-messy-draft-of-the-summer-i-howled/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:03:46 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/10/21/first-messy-draft-of-the-summer-i-howled/ Whenever I teach writing I remind everyone in the room that first drafts are supposed to be bad. That's their only job. They are messy and strange and too long and too short and often pretty terrible. First drafts, to me, are barely a step above an outline. You're still getting to know your characters, you're finding out if your pre-imagined plot points make sense, and sometimes you find yourself going off on unexpected tangents that you can't explain why logically are happening, but you let it happen because, after all, this is just a first draft. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/10/11/more-than-52-plays-by-women/ Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:33:17 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/10/11/more-than-52-plays-by-women/ Hip hip hooray! I met and exceeded reading and/or seeing 52 Plays By Women this year! Play #51: I read A Play about David Mamet Writing a Play about Harvey Weinstein by Mathilde Dratwa on the New Play Exchange. It's incredible to say the least. Here's my recommendation: "“You know, I spent my twenties having sex with boys to be polite. Because it was easier than saying no.” "This line, along with SO many other lines of Dratwa's play knocked me on my ass. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/10/10/ground-and-field-festival-wrap-up/ Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:59:56 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/10/10/ground-and-field-festival-wrap-up/ Home again, home again! I was out in the big wide world last week for a workshop production of BURST in Davis, California, and what a fantastic experience it was! This was Ground & Field Theatre Festival‘s third year, a product of UC Davis’ Department of Theatre and Dance, and Ensemble Theatre & Dance. Centered on sustainability as well as environmental and/or social issues and themes, the Ground & Field Theatre Festival is a few months worth of workshops, rehearsals, readings, and performances. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/10/01/september-new-play-exchange-recommendation/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 07:47:38 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/10/01/september-new-play-exchange-recommendation/ Last month I was kept pretty busy with teaching, writing/rewriting FUNNY, LIKE AN ABORTION, speaking in three different University of Utah theatre classes, opening RIPPED at Good Company Theatre, submissions, and living life in general (which is mostly shuttling my kids to/from school and/or swimming). All of this to say…. I was not very active on New Play Exchange. However, I did manage to write one for Claire Rice‘s historical play THE EFFECT OF ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, about Roger Arliner Young, the first African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in zoology in the United States. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/30/triple-show-weekend/ Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:02:57 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/30/triple-show-weekend/ One of the untold superpowers of playwrights: Being in multiple places at once. This weekend parts of me will be in New York City, Ogden, Utah, as well as Davis, California. I'm magic!… Closing weekend of my award winning full-length play RIPPED at Good Company Theatre! Final performances: Friday, October 4th at 8pm Saturday, October 5th at 8pm And closing night: Sunday, October 6th at 4pm Click here for more information and tickets! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/27/announcing-third-commission-from-egyptian-youtheatre/ Fri, 27 Sep 2019 07:27:22 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/27/announcing-third-commission-from-egyptian-youtheatre/ Jamie Wilcox and the Egyptian YouTheatre are bringing me back for a third commission! Premiering in October of next year, THE SUMMER I HOWLED, thank you to Megan Cohen, yet again, for being a brilliant sounding board and a friend with a knack for fantastic word combinations. THE SUMMER I HOWLED is a full-length horror comedy about growing up, Summer Camp, and werewolves. I've been working out outlines and treatments for the play since this past July, and next week I'll be diving into the first draft. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/25/shows-i-wish-i-was-in-the-bay-area-to-see/ Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:00:33 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/25/shows-i-wish-i-was-in-the-bay-area-to-see/ There is a metric ton of amazing shows happening in the Bay Area right now, and I am green green green with jealousy living so far away. Checking in on social media has been torture, seeing all the posts of things I can't see. Sigh. But maybe you can see them in my absence? Maybe you MUST see them in my absence… Killing My Lobster‘s Model Minority Report, directed by Phil Wong, runs September 26th-28th at PianoFight, and October 4th and 5th at Dragon Theatre. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/23/z-space-production-of-ripped-a-finalist-for-seven-theatre-bay-area-awards/ Mon, 23 Sep 2019 09:49:05 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/23/z-space-production-of-ripped-a-finalist-for-seven-theatre-bay-area-awards/ I moved to San Francisco in 2005 with my soon-to-be husband. We moved into a studio apartment at 6th and Taylor, next to the Golden Gate Theatre. My second job in the city (I had a brief stint at the Old Navy on Market), the one that I kept for the remainder of my undergrad, was at City Box Office. I'd applied for the job hoping to get connected to more theater people, and while that didn't so much work out, I did meet some of my favorite people on the planet, and got the chance to see a ton of events that I wouldn't have been able to afford any other way. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/20/opening-night-of-ripped-at-good-company/ Fri, 20 Sep 2019 07:30:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/20/opening-night-of-ripped-at-good-company/ It's the day of the show y'all! RIPPED opens its Utah Premiere tonight with Good Company Theatre in Ogden! I was really impressed with dress rehearsal Wednesday night, and I can't wait to see how the show has grown in the in between. "Lucy, a freshman in college, is torn between her excitement about the new people in her life and having to leave her old life and loves behind. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/19/lucky-ducky-playwright/ Thu, 19 Sep 2019 14:31:03 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/19/lucky-ducky-playwright/ I am SO tired! It was too late last night, while I was driving home from Ogden, that I realized I should have just stayed with a friend in Ogden instead of making the drive back again first thing this morning. Oh well, c'est la vie. But, on top of being tired, I am also one LUCKY freaking playwright. I have just uploaded a brand new draft of FUNNY, LIKE AN ABORTION to the New Play Exchange. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/17/my-body-gets-two-new-readings-with-afterthebans-project/ Tue, 17 Sep 2019 13:13:47 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/17/my-body-gets-two-new-readings-with-afterthebans-project/ If you've been crossing your fingers and just hoping for a performance of my ten-minute play MY BODY to happen in a theater near you, this might just be your lucky day!…. MY BODY joins the work of playwrights around the country in an evening of plays about body rights. #AfterThe Bans is the brainchild of the brilliant writer Alyson Mead, who collected work, put it together in a cohesive package, and stared submitting it out to theaters. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/16/buzz-buzz-buzz-busy-busy-week/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:08:29 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/16/buzz-buzz-buzz-busy-busy-week/ Hoo-boy do I have a week ahead of me! RIPPED opens with Good Company Theatre on Friday, I'm driving back and forth from Ogden, Utah a total of FOUR times, I have table readings of THE NIGHT WITCHES AND a new bonus reading of FUNNY, LIKE AN ABORTION (which I need to rewrite by Wednesday…. so lots of rewrites too!), emails to write, getting ready for my upcoming trip to UC Davis for the BURST performances, teaching my classes, and on top of all of this I'm expected to also be a human and eat, sleep, and take care of my kiddos. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/14/toxic-selected-for-wet-paint-new-play-festival/ Sat, 14 Sep 2019 17:06:26 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/14/toxic-selected-for-wet-paint-new-play-festival/ Chris and Brandon, the two teenage football playing characters from my one-act TOXIC will get a chance to live again on stage, this time in New York City! Wet Paint New Play Festival ‘19 runs September 26th - October 6th at The New Ohio Theatre. My director has been confirmed, AC Horton, the Associate Artistic Director at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and soon soon soon we will have a cast! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/10/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-available-with-pioneer-drama-service/ Tue, 10 Sep 2019 13:57:04 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/10/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-available-with-pioneer-drama-service/ IT'S HAPPENING! RIGHT NOW! TODAY! You can now head over to the Pioneer Drama Service website and not only buy many many copies of CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS, you can also license a production! I am over-the-moon, thrilled, pumped, excited, jazzed! I'm running around my uneven ceiling-ed office and whooping. This is my very first published full-length play! My very first published full-length play OF my very first full-length TYA play! Eeeeeeeeeeeeee! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/05/august-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Thu, 05 Sep 2019 08:41:39 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/09/05/august-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Welcome to almost Fall! Last month I tried to get back to reading more plays, and for the most part I was successful! I read some terrific new work that I'm very excited to tell you about. I hope very much that I can keep it up this month, but I'm not holding out hope. So far September has been completely insane! But that's for another post entirely…. Here are my New Play Exchange recommendations for the month of August: https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/08/28/brand-new-terrifying-play/ Wed, 28 Aug 2019 06:57:03 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/08/28/brand-new-terrifying-play/ I think I've probably said this every single freaking time I've finished a first draft of something… It's exciting/terrifying, nerve wracking, maybe brilliant, dang it makes me nervous…. But this time…. This play takes the whole entire freaking cake/pie/bakery. Back in February I was chatting up a theater who was interested in reading my plays for a spot in their season. They said to complete their season they're were looking for a comedic two-hander. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/08/25/52-plays-by-women-number-50/ Sun, 25 Aug 2019 10:47:32 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/08/25/52-plays-by-women-number-50/ One of my favorite weekend activity is reading new plays, and thanks to the New Play Exchange, I have a plethora of new plays at my finger tips. If you're a playwright, or any kind of theater artist, a membership is worth its weight in gold… Or at least in new plays. Yesterday, while my kids fought at our rec center pool, I sat in the shade and dug into the world of Geetha Reddy‘s play FAR, FAR BETTER THINGS. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/08/23/ripped-at-good-company-theatre-cast-director-and-new-dates/ Fri, 23 Aug 2019 07:03:38 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/08/23/ripped-at-good-company-theatre-cast-director-and-new-dates/ Happy August 23rd! It's the day of my Mother's birth, so before I get to RIPPED announcements, Happy Birthday Momma! Hope Hawaii is swell! Now, back to business… RIPPED will have its second production, and that production will kick off in less than a month! Good Company Theatre, in Ogden, Utah, has started rehearsals for a September 20th opening. So for all my Utah friends who couldn't make the San Francisco trip, now is your chance! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/08/12/52-plays-by-women-check-in-tally/ Mon, 12 Aug 2019 13:41:55 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/08/12/52-plays-by-women-check-in-tally/ I've been taking a break from posting the new plays by women I've been reading/seeing, only being home a few days each month has a few draw backs. But I'm home! For now! And I think it's just about time to check in and see how I'm doing in the 52 Plays By Women challenge! So far the plays by women that I have seen/read/listened to include: Jump by Charly Evon Simpson SOMEONE by Emma Goldman-Sherman Hashtag Jones by Liv Matthews Abortion Road Trip by Rachel Lynett The Thing on the Floor by Megan Tripaldi Apple Season by E. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/08/06/the-night-witches-opening-and-new-draft/ Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:22:19 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/08/06/the-night-witches-opening-and-new-draft/ This past Saturday was opening for THE NIGHT WITCHES, produced and commissioned by the Egyptian YouTheatre, at the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival! And we sold out! We were full up for both of our weekend performances, in fact. I saw the play on Sunday, and was so impressed by all the hard work put in by EVERYONE involved with this incredible show. I'd like to start with my incredible cast, pictured below: https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/08/05/july-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Mon, 05 Aug 2019 10:57:46 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/08/05/july-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ This summer is keeping me busy, but thankfully last month I was able to carve out a bit of reading time. I was particularly struck by the three new plays I read and recommended on the New Play Exchange… July Reads Door to Balloon by Greg Romero CREAM! by John J. Caswell, Jr. - which I am SO excited to hear is getting produced in Phoenix! Frank Talk by Sharon Goldner Please read these plays and produce these plays! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/08/02/thank-you-thank-you-road-theatre-company/ Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:51:53 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/08/02/thank-you-thank-you-road-theatre-company/ Well, last night was AWESOME! Last night was the reading of RIPPED at The Road Theatre Company‘s Summer Playwrights Festival 10, and fun was had by all, especially the playwright typing up this blog post. The reading was incredible, my director, Lauren Murphy Yeoman, made such smart choices with the staging aspect, which gave the audience a taste at the physicality of the play without sacrificing the language, because after all, the actors were still all on book. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/07/29/getting-busy-this-week/ Mon, 29 Jul 2019 07:47:21 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/07/29/getting-busy-this-week/ This has been an incredibly busy summer for me, filled with theater and family. But this week takes the busy cake. TODAY I have an application due that I've been working on nearly non-stop for the past two weeks. It includes a treatment for a new (soon to be announced!) large cast play for high school. Today on the docket is, get feedback from a friend who read it over the weekend, figure out how to use the feedback, take one final pass through, and then finally upload that puppy. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/07/24/help-out-with-a-brand-new-play/ Wed, 24 Jul 2019 09:21:26 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/07/24/help-out-with-a-brand-new-play/ I'm working on something brand new and exciting (details and title will come soon, I promise) and I'd love to hear from all of you out there who spent any time at a sleep away camp! It's a quick ten questions about the summers you spent away from home around a campfire. I think? I don't know! That's why I'm asking!… Any and all answers are super helpful. And if you know of anyone who went to a camp, please please please send them this way! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/07/18/burst-selected-for-uc-davis-ground-field-theatre-festival-this-october/ Thu, 18 Jul 2019 08:16:24 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/07/18/burst-selected-for-uc-davis-ground-field-theatre-festival-this-october/ BURST has been selected for a workshop production with the UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance and the Theatre & Dance Ensemble's Ground & Field Theatre Festival coming up this September and October! Which means I will be headed back to California this Fall to develop BURST, a play that is picking up a lot of attention. BURST was a semi-finalist three times this year, had three readings last year, and this will be the second workshop of BURST in six months! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/07/03/ripped-heading-to-the-road-theatre-company/ Wed, 03 Jul 2019 15:58:29 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/07/03/ripped-heading-to-the-road-theatre-company/ Poster for RIPPED in The Road Theatre Company's Summer Playwrights Festival Taking a break from the tail end of this epic family road trip to announce the awesome news that RIPPED was selected for The Road Theatre Company‘s 10th Summer Playwrights Festival! Also, timing has worked out that I will be able to be out there in person in North Hollywood for the reading, and some of the other readings in the festival! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/06/21/new-work-up-on-monologue-bank-and-hitting-the-road/ Fri, 21 Jun 2019 07:32:20 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/06/21/new-work-up-on-monologue-bank-and-hitting-the-road/ Hey hey! I've got three more monologues up on MonologueBank, bringing my total of available monologues up to nine! As of this week you're able to download BLUE, THE RED TRUCK, and, one monologue from my recently premiered play, RIPPED. So, if you are an actor looking for new material to audition with, be sure to check these out on MonologueBank! And feel free to use discount code BUBLITZ50 for half-off any purchase you make of my work (good for two purchases). https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/06/18/dates-for-the-night-witches-at-the-great-salt-lake-fringe-festival/ Tue, 18 Jun 2019 11:05:24 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/06/18/dates-for-the-night-witches-at-the-great-salt-lake-fringe-festival/ Great news, I have dates for the production of THE NIGHT WITCHES in the 2019 Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival later this summer! So go grab a pen and your calendar, you won't want to miss this world premiere, commissioned and produced by the Egyptian YouTheatre! THE NIGHT WITCHES by Rachel Bublitz directed by Alexandra Harbold Saturday, August 3, 4:30 PM Sunday, August 4, 1:30 PM Friday, August 9, 6:00 PM https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/06/15/closing-night-of-ripped/ Sat, 15 Jun 2019 07:14:29 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/06/15/closing-night-of-ripped/ Tonight is your LAST chance. Tonight is closing night of Z Space‘s world premiere production of RIPPED. To say I'm proud of this production doesn't even begin to cover it…. This is my first experience where what I imagined when writing was vastly surpassed by its production. My fellow artists eclipsed my imagination! When does that ever happen? I count myself as one of the luckiest playwrights, and this whole journey is one that I will cherish throughout my career. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/06/14/recommendations-and-a-fantastic-review-for-ripped/ Fri, 14 Jun 2019 07:58:57 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/06/14/recommendations-and-a-fantastic-review-for-ripped/ Krystle Piamonte (Lucy) and Edwin Jacobs (Bradley). Photo by Lorenzo Fernandez-Kopec. WE ONLY HAVE TWO PERFORMANCES LEFT! Tonight and tomorrow at 8pm and then the world premiere of RIPPED at Z Space closes! Now is the time to put all of your life on hold while you figure out how to make it to one or the other. Art is at stake! Yesterday we received a glowing review from David John Chávez on Bay Area Play, here's a snippet: https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/06/13/page-to-stage-with-wasatch-theatre-opens-next-week/ Thu, 13 Jun 2019 10:54:21 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/06/13/page-to-stage-with-wasatch-theatre-opens-next-week/ The summer keeps on moving, and the new plays keep on coming! If you're in or near Salt Lake City, please join me for Wasatch Theatre Company‘s Page-to-Stage 2019 Festival which opens next Friday, June 21st! The evening is made up of short work by five of the six members of the Utah Playwrights Collective. The full line-up is: "Open" by Nicholas Dunn "Lucy and the Statue" by Jennifer Kokai https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/06/12/oregon-here-i-come-and-first-night-of-burst/ Wed, 12 Jun 2019 07:29:15 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/06/12/oregon-here-i-come-and-first-night-of-burst/ Heading out in a few hours to the airport for my next writing adventure: the workshop of BURST in Theatre 33‘s Summer Season in Salem, Oregon! Here are all the details in case you happen to be in the area: BURST by Rachel Bublitz directed by Theresa Robbins Dudeck June 12th (that's today!), 13th, 14th, and 15th at 7pm June 15th and 16th at 2pm All performances will be held at M. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/06/11/final-week-of-ripped-at-z-space-we-must-close-the-15th/ Tue, 11 Jun 2019 07:36:04 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/06/11/final-week-of-ripped-at-z-space-we-must-close-the-15th/ Tomorrow will kick of the final week of RIPPED at Z Space! That means you only have FOUR chances left to see (or re-see) this groundbreaking new play. Don't just listen to me on the matter though… From playwright and co-founder of Those Women Productions, Carol Lasof: "I was still thinking about it this morning - even before I got your email. I found Lucy to be a very engaging and well-drawn character. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/06/07/the-elves-published-and-available-at-youthplays/ Fri, 07 Jun 2019 06:43:47 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/06/07/the-elves-published-and-available-at-youthplays/ I need to make more room on my shelf, because my ten-minute Christmas horror-comedy THE ELVES has been published! This will be my third play published with YouthPLAYS, they also published and license CLEVER CATHERINE, a thirty minute fairy tale play, and NO TALKING ALLOWED!, which is available as a stand alone play OR in this groovy anthology: It's Elementary! Twelve Short Plays for Upper Elementary School Actors. I'm so excited to have this strange Christmas play available for young performers. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/06/03/may-new-play-recommendations/ Mon, 03 Jun 2019 10:21:55 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/06/03/may-new-play-recommendations/ Our May days are over, hello June! I recommended four outstanding full-length plays over the last month on the New Play Exchange, and I think you should check them out as well….. Priapus Pie: An American Tragedy by Stacey Rose Sweetheart Come by Melissa Leilani Larson Hyannis by Kari Bentley-Quinn The Last Ring by Ashley Lauren Rogers All the plays I recommended this month also went toward my 52 Plays By Women goal for the year, where I see or read one play per week by a woman! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/29/sign-up-now-for-the-night-witches-auditions/ Wed, 29 May 2019 11:55:22 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/29/sign-up-now-for-the-night-witches-auditions/ Summer is almost here, which means we're getting closer to the Egyptian Youtheatre workshop and world premiere production of THE NIGHT WITCHES at the Salt Lake Fringe Festival! I'm excited, are you excited? More about my play, THE NIGHT WITCHES: "Inspired by the real-life unsung heroines of WWII… "The first women ever to fly in combat flew for the Soviet Union during the Second World War, they were known as the Night Witches. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/28/ripped-has-opened-and-its-amazing/ Tue, 28 May 2019 13:44:38 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/28/ripped-has-opened-and-its-amazing/ Photo by Lorenzo Fernandez-Kopec. Holy cow we opened! RIPPED at Z Space opened three days ago and my heart is still pounding from the joy and excitement of it all. First of all, THIS PRODUCTION IS 100% FREAKING AMAZING. Every piece of it, from the actors, to the direction, the gorgeous transitions, the set, the costumes, the lights, the sound (OH MY GOD, the LIGHTS and SOUND!), the choreography, EVERYTHING IS GREAT AND AMAZING. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/23/interviews-and-count-down-to-ripped-opening-night/ Thu, 23 May 2019 07:27:13 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/23/interviews-and-count-down-to-ripped-opening-night/ Opening night for RIPPED is only TWO flipping days away. Can you believe? We are in previews tonight and tomorrow, and last I heard opening night is thisclose to completely selling out! If I were you I would be racing over to www.zspace.org/rippedshow and getting my tickets pronto. I was also interviewed by Lily Janiak with the SF Chronicle, check that out here, or pick yourself up today's paper! I love the title of the article Lily wrote, “The radical openness of playwright Rachel Bublitz. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/21/52-plays-by-women-week-21/ Tue, 21 May 2019 12:32:06 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/21/52-plays-by-women-week-21/ Another double play week for me! I flew out to San Francisco for the opening of RIPPED at Z Space (we open this Saturday, May 25th!), and had lots of time on my flight to read some new plays on the New Play Exchange for 52 Plays By Women! I read THE LAST RING by Ashley Lauren Rogers, and HYANNIS by Kari Bentley-Quinn. Two very different plays, one, THE LAST RING, about women wrestlers, the other, HYANNIS, about addiction, love, and relationships. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/15/only-one-week-until-the-first-preview-of-ripped/ Wed, 15 May 2019 10:05:30 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/15/only-one-week-until-the-first-preview-of-ripped/ SHUT THE FRONT DOOR! THERE'S ONLY ONE WEEK UNTIL THE FIRST PREVIEW OF RIPPED AT Z SPACE! I'm not yelling, you're yelling. Well, maybe I am yelling, but just a little…. Only because THERE'S ONLY ONE WEEK UNTIL THE FIRST PREVIEW! That's seven days. That's 178-ish hours! I am so proud to share this play. And to have its World Premiere with an amazing place like Z Space is unbelievable. Nothing would make me happier than packing the house each and every performance. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/14/52-plays-by-women-weeks-19-20/ Tue, 14 May 2019 09:37:42 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/14/52-plays-by-women-weeks-19-20/ I was off in San Diego last week celebrating Mother's Day with mi familia and couldn't share the two plays by women I read for week 19 of 52 Plays by Women…. They were: STRAIGHT WHITE MEN by Young Jean Lee and HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS AND THEN KILL THEM by Halley Feiffer. I received STRAIGHT WHITE MEN in my DPS Book Club which I highly reccomend you sign up for… Four times a year you get seven mystery plays in a box shipped to your home. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/13/toxic-production-with-wasatch-theatre-company/ Mon, 13 May 2019 07:45:56 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/13/toxic-production-with-wasatch-theatre-company/ My one-act play TOXIC will join the line-up for Wasatch Theatre Company‘s annual Page to Stage short play production! Very excited to see this one-act fully up on its feet. I wrote it a few years ago for a specific festival, and when it wasn't selected have had a hard time finding it a home. But no more! Here's a synopsis for TOXIC: "Football is life, and boys are men in this twenty minute one act about gender roles. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/07/another-production-for-my-body/ Tue, 07 May 2019 10:12:29 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/07/another-production-for-my-body/ My ten-minute play MY BODY is the little play that could, let me tell you. It's had productions around the country, last summer it was in the UK, and next month it's coming to Canada! Central Alberta Theatre will add MY BODY to its annual CAT's One-Act CATnips Festival 2019 in its Black Box theatre. Central Alberta Theatre is in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, and the dates for the festival are June 7, 8, 14, and 15. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/06/buy-tickets-to-ripped-at-z-space/ Mon, 06 May 2019 08:04:37 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/06/buy-tickets-to-ripped-at-z-space/ Photo by Lorenzo Fernandez-Kopec, Krystle Piamonte as Lucy and Edwin Jacobs as Bradley We are only two weeks and two days away from the WORLD FREAKING PREMIERE of RIPPED at Z Space! My actors and director are working away at rehearsals, my designers are putting together our world, and I'm twiddling my thumbs going slightly insane from anticipation. Not really, but close… I'm around to answer script questions, and I'll be video conferencing into rehearsal this week to go over a scene as in person as I can with everyone, thank you FaceTime. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/04/52-plays-by-women-week-18/ Sat, 04 May 2019 16:35:48 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/04/52-plays-by-women-week-18/ Just finished reading a hilarious and amazing play for week 18 of 52 Plays by Women, Priapus Pie: An American Tragedy by Stacey Rose! It is such a well crafted and funny play. You should read it too! And produce it! Preferably somewhere near me…. Here's my full recommendation from the New Play Exchange: "I am in love with this play. It is devious, devastating, delicious, and above all hilarious. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/02/april-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Thu, 02 May 2019 06:55:05 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/05/02/april-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ It's already the second day of May! RIPPED opens at Z Space in only 20 days (eeeeeeeeeeeeee!)… But also, this is a great time to look back and see all the plays I recommended over the month of April on the New Play Exchange! My April New Play Exchange recommendations: Esther Choi and the Fish that Drowned by Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters Two Henrys by Kenneth Jones The Way North by Tira Palmquist Art & Class by Matthew Ivan Bennett Four new full length plays that I encourage you to check out! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/30/new-draft-of-ripped-available-on-new-play-exchange/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 08:34:16 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/30/new-draft-of-ripped-available-on-new-play-exchange/ Photo by Lorenzo Fernandez-Kopec Hot off the presses after a phenomenal first week of rehearsal at Z Space in San Francisco I have a brand new draft of RIPPED uploaded on the New Play Exchange! I was already incredibly excited for this world premiere, but after working with my director, Lisa Steindler (the executive artistic director of Z Space) for the week I am in a whole new place that the word excited can't even begin to cover. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/27/52-plays-by-women-week-17/ Sat, 27 Apr 2019 09:45:30 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/27/52-plays-by-women-week-17/ This has been an amazing week of collaboration, rewrites, and little sleep, and I'll go into all that in a later post after my brain has had time to settle… Because in addition to working hard in this first week of RIPPED rehearsal at Z Space, I saw some Bay Area theater during some of my nights off!… Thursday night I caught ACTUALLY by Anna Ziegler at Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/22/more-monologues-up-on-monologuebank/ Mon, 22 Apr 2019 08:57:59 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/22/more-monologues-up-on-monologuebank/ Oh hey! I have two new monologues available on MonologueBank! All those actors out there looking for new audition material, or teachers looking for monologues for their students to work on, check it out! One of the monologues is from the about to be published play CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS (available soon from Pioneer Drama Service!), the other is from LET'S FIX ANDY. If you're curious how MonologueBank works, or want to give it a try, use my discount code, BUBLITZ50 for half-off any purchase you make of my work (good for two purchases). https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/19/more-great-news-the-night-witches-will-be-in-the-great-salt-lake-fringe-festival-this-summer/ Fri, 19 Apr 2019 09:50:39 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/19/more-great-news-the-night-witches-will-be-in-the-great-salt-lake-fringe-festival-this-summer/ So much good news today! Very excited to announce that the application for THE NIGHT WITCHES to join the 2019 Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival was approved! We're going to the Fringe, baby! It's been a goal of the Egyptian Youtheatre‘s artistic director, Jamie Wilcox, to take a show on the road for some time now, so when I pitched THE NIGHT WITCHES the plan was to bring it down to Salt Lake in some fashion. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/19/second-production-for-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens/ Fri, 19 Apr 2019 06:57:23 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/19/second-production-for-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens/ I have some great news to share: CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS will have its second production this summer with Chicago Park District's summer theater program! In case you're in the Chicago area and love super fun plays, it's running July 29th - August 1st at Berger Park Coach House Theater. They'll be performing a one-hour version of the play that I modified specifically for them. Stay tuned for photos from this production, and other awesome updates. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/18/52-plays-by-women-week-16-a-twofer/ Thu, 18 Apr 2019 12:28:52 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/18/52-plays-by-women-week-16-a-twofer/ This week I get to see not one, but TWO readings of plays written by women! On Monday I attended a table reading of Jennifer Kokai‘s new play, SINGING TO THE BRING SHRIMP, which will have its World Premiere production next February with Plan-B Theatre. It's a highly imaginative, clever, and funny script that I can't wait to see brought to life. Here's my recommendation on the New play Exchange, which I posted after reading this script last year: https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/15/ripped-world-premiere-postcard/ Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:04:09 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/15/ripped-world-premiere-postcard/ Postcard has been designed! Take a moment out of your day to check out this beautifully designed postcard for the world premiere of RIPPED at Z Space, opening next month: Design by Kara Frame, photo by Lorenzo Fernandez-Kopec. Krystle Piamonte as Lucy. It's getting really really real! A week from tomorrow is our first rehearsal, I can't wait to dig into this script with my brilliant director, Lisa Steindler, and fantastic cast, Krystle Piamonte, Edwin Jacobs, and Daniel Chung! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/12/first-peek-at-art-for-the-night-witches/ Fri, 12 Apr 2019 09:44:42 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/12/first-peek-at-art-for-the-night-witches/ Graphic by Sarah Garrett It's ALMOST summer, which means it's ALMOST time for the production of my second commissioned play with the Egyptian Youtheatre, THE NIGHT WITCHES! As we're gearing up and getting ready, (the reading of the second draft is happening this coming Tuesday!) I wanted to share this awesome graphic to get everyone excited about the show. I know it's getting me excited! Want to know more about the play? https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/11/support-ripped-at-z-space/ Thu, 11 Apr 2019 08:59:48 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/11/support-ripped-at-z-space/ The world premiere of RIPPED at Z Space is around the corner! Previews kick off May 22nd, and opening night is May 25th! While you still have over a month of waiting ahead of you, I am here to offer you a way to get involved with the production right now!… Z Space is currently accepting donations to support this world premiere, if you love bold and risky theater, I hope you'll consider throwing what you can our way! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/10/52-plays-by-women-week-15/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 07:07:05 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/10/52-plays-by-women-week-15/ Another week, another awesome play written by a woman! This week for 52 Plays By Women, week 15, I read ESTHER CHOI AND THE FISH THAT DROWNED by Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters. Reading this so close to reading ANNIE JUMP AND THE LIBRARY OF HEAVEN by Reina Hardy was especially exciting. More coming of age stories about young women! Here's my recommendation posted on the New Play Exchange: ” This play would be so devastating if it weren't for the incredible humor Walters uses throughout for levity. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/08/collection-of-burst-monologues-available-on-monologuebank/ Mon, 08 Apr 2019 12:42:43 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/08/collection-of-burst-monologues-available-on-monologuebank/ Have you heard of MonologueBank? It's a website for actors looking for new audition material, and has tons of awesome brand new plays available. In the mix are four monologues from my full-length BURST! And and and, if any of you out there are itching to give MonologueBank a try, I have a deal for you! You can save on any of my material using the code: BUBLITZ50. The code is case sensitive, so be sure you capitalize all the letters. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/05/pioneer-drama-service-publishing-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens/ Fri, 05 Apr 2019 07:09:04 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/05/pioneer-drama-service-publishing-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens/ I HAVE FANTASTIC NEWS TO SHARE! Pioneer Drama Service is publishing CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS!!! This is incredible turn around, I'd only sent the play out to publishers two months ago in February, and I'd expected to wait at least six months, but I was wrong! And I've never been so excited to be wrong! CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS was commissioned and received its World Premiere with the Egyptian Youtheatre in Park City, Utah. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/04/52-plays-by-women-week-14/ Thu, 04 Apr 2019 10:42:22 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/04/52-plays-by-women-week-14/ Tonight I'm seeing the final show in Plan B Theatre‘s 2018/19 season … OF COLOR! It's an evening of four new short plays by local artists of color. Two of the four plays in the line-up were written by women; DRIVER’S LICENSE, PLEASE by Olivia Custodio and AMERICAN PRIDE by Iris Salazar! The other two plays in this production are ROAR by Darryl Stamp and THE FRAILEST THING by Bijan Hosseini. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/03/march-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Wed, 03 Apr 2019 08:56:36 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/04/03/march-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Happy April! I read/saw/heard some great new plays last month and I'm so very happy to share them with you and encourage you to do the same… My March New Play Exchange recommendations: The Robertassey (Roberta's odyssey) by Kathleen Cahill Better by Michelle Carter One Big Union by Debora Threedy DRY LAND by Ruby Rae Spiegel Silver Sixpence by Jessi Pitts Dust of the Street by Ryan Han when a whale falls by Jay Chavez Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven by Reina Hardy Eureka Day by Jonathan Spector River. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/27/52-plays-by-women-week-13-annie-jump-and-the-library-of-heaven-by-reina-hardy/ Wed, 27 Mar 2019 18:12:22 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/27/52-plays-by-women-week-13-annie-jump-and-the-library-of-heaven-by-reina-hardy/ Lucky week thirteen and I just got finished reading ANNIE JUMP AND THE LIBRARY OF HEAVEN by Reina Hardy on the New Play Exchange! I am tickled pink by this play. It has so much to love, humor, fantastic characters, magic, science, ALIENS, and complex roles for women. Here's my full recommendation I posted on the New Play Exchange: ” I have such a huge soft spot for this play. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/21/52-plays-by-women-week-12-a-raisin-in-the-sun-by-lorraine-hansberry/ Thu, 21 Mar 2019 12:20:03 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/21/52-plays-by-women-week-12-a-raisin-in-the-sun-by-lorraine-hansberry/ This week I re-read the American classic A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Lorraine Hansberry. The play is on my curriculum for the Introduction to Theatre class I'm teaching at Weber State University. Every time I approach this play I'm always struck with the complexity in each of the characters, the amazing journey they each go on individually and as a family, and the love and humor. Lorraine Hansberry had so much care for her characters, and it shows in each page. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/19/birthday-fundraiser-for-the-wyoming-theater-festival/ Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:05:55 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/19/birthday-fundraiser-for-the-wyoming-theater-festival/ I'm turning thirty five years old next month, and to celebrate I've created a fundraiser for one of my favorite arts organizations, the Wyoming Theater Festival! The Wyoming Theater Festival, which takes place in the summer at Sheridan, Wyoming, is in the business of developing new plays and musicals for the theater. They produce developmental productions of new work, where actors, directors, playwrights, and other theater artists get about two and a half weeks in a room together to dig into the scripts. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/18/burst-selected-for-workshop-with-theatre-33-this-june/ Mon, 18 Mar 2019 07:19:49 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/18/burst-selected-for-workshop-with-theatre-33-this-june/ Call me busy this summer, after I open RIPPED at Z Space March 24th I'll be headed up to Salem, Oregon for a workshop of BURST with Theatre 33! Theatre 33, is residence at Willamette University, is a new play development company using resources to workshop new plays, with dramaturgs and directors, culminating in script-in-hand performances that'll include light, sound, costumes, and talk-backs. Deb Vaughn will work as dramaturg, and my director is Theresa Robbins Dudeck. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/14/52-plays-by-women-week-11-wait-by-julie-jensen/ Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:19:35 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/14/52-plays-by-women-week-11-wait-by-julie-jensen/ It's March 14th, Pi Day, and my daughter's 11th birthday! I also read another great play today for the 52 Plays by Women reading/watching/hearing challenge. Today I read WAIT! by the phenomenal Julie Jensen. Julie is a treasured and renowned member of the Utah theater world, one of the first playwrights I met here in Salt Lake City, and an all-around fantastic human. She's a resident playwright at Salt Lake Acting Company, member of the Plan-B Theatre Writers Lab, is the former local Dramatists Guild Rep, is an affiliated writer with the Playwrights’ Center, has had a Rolling World Premiere with the National New Play Network, she's won tons of awards, and has been produced all around the country. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/12/red-days-reading-at-weber-state-university/ Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:33:46 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/12/red-days-reading-at-weber-state-university/ Very pleased to announce the next reading of RED DAYS will be held at Weber State University on Thursday, April 18th! I'm about to start working on its next draft, and then later this month I'm meeting with a real life environmental scientist to figure out more of the nuances and details surrounding the air quality here in the Salt Lake Valley…. And then (I love when there are so many steps! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/11/new-draft-of-the-night-witches/ Mon, 11 Mar 2019 17:36:54 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/11/new-draft-of-the-night-witches/ I have a new draft of my play THE NIGHT WITCHES! And only a few days past when I'd hoped to have had it done by… Better late than never is kinda becoming my March mantra, though I'm hoping to be getting back into my normal swing of things soon… But back to the play, I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW DRAFT!!!! It's draft number two of THE NIGHT WITCHES, which is my second commission from the Egyptian Youtheatre! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/11/february-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:03:56 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/11/february-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Nearly forgot to post about all the wonderful plays I recommended last month on the New Play Exchange! Whoops! Here are all the great new plays I read and recommended: DOMINION: Prelude to an Activist by Brigitte Viellieu-Davis Once I Was a Kingdom by Gemma Cooper-Novack Pay It Backward by Donna Hoke Poetic License by Diane Sampson Ava Maria by Anne Flanagan Swimming with Giants by Liz Kerlin HYPE MAN: a break beat play by Idris Goodwin Blackademics by Idris Goodwin For The Love Of (or, the Roller Derby Play) by Gina Femia If you're interested in new plays, and you're not on New Play Exchange, I would highly recommend you join up…. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/10/52-plays-by-women-week-ten-better-by-michelle-carter/ Sun, 10 Mar 2019 15:40:48 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/10/52-plays-by-women-week-ten-better-by-michelle-carter/ Time was catching up to me this past week! I'm in the middle of rewriting THE NIGHT WITCHES and my daughter was in a three-day state championship swim meet here in Utah. But, I did manage to read a new play by one of my the best writing teachers I ever had the pleasure of learning from, Michelle Carter. Michelle is also an amazing writer, and I loved diving into her play BETTER. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/07/burst-named-semifinalist-for-2019-bay-area-playwrights-festival/ Thu, 07 Mar 2019 06:56:03 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/03/07/burst-named-semifinalist-for-2019-bay-area-playwrights-festival/ While no longer in consideration for the 2019 Bay Area Playwrights Festival, I was pleased to find out (and happy to share with you!) that my full length play BURST was named a semifinalist! It's one of those instances where the universe really knows best since I'd just received notification that another play of mine will be workshopped in July (that news is on its way), and science isn't quite up to the task of having me be in two places at once yet. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/26/52-plays-by-women-week-nine-audio-play-by-gods-mercy-by-colette-victor/ Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:50:42 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/26/52-plays-by-women-week-nine-audio-play-by-gods-mercy-by-colette-victor/ This week for 52 Weeks By Women I listened to an audio play! Another participant in the 52 Plays by Women challenge who I follow on twitter, Hanna Åkerfelt, tweeted about a play available on BBC World Drama as one of the 2018 International Playwriting Competition winners. So today on my long commute I listened to South African writer Colette Victor's radio play BY GOD'S MERCY. The recording will be available for the next six days, so if you're interested give it a listen. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/25/developing-red-days-last-week-at-kcactf-region-7/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:58:58 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/25/developing-red-days-last-week-at-kcactf-region-7/ I am home and a slightly back to normal after my theatre packed week in Eugene, Oregon. It was a delight to develop my new play RED DAYS further at the KCACTF Region 7 Conference. I came in with the second-ish draft of the play, something I would typically not share with a ton of people and I was nervous to have so many eyes on something so fresh, but it turned out my nerves were for nothing… The students and faculty that came together to work on the play were excited about the process of developing new plays, had tons and tons of wonderful questions for me, and were way more enthusiastic about my script than I was at the time, though their enthusiasm rubbed off on me for sure! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/23/52-plays-by-women-week-eight-kennedy-center-actf-style/ Sat, 23 Feb 2019 16:13:53 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/23/52-plays-by-women-week-eight-kennedy-center-actf-style/ This past week was a blur of new plays, energetic and talented students, wonderful conversations, and rain, and I'm planning on relaying ALL the great happenings first thing Monday, but for my eight week of the 52 Plays by Women challenge I wanted to highlight all the new work I witnessed over my days in Eugene, Oregon! I saw a total of eleven readings (not including the reading of my new work RED DAYS), seven out of the eleven were by female identifying writers! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/21/amazing-exciting-ripped-world-premiere-at-z-space-announcements/ Thu, 21 Feb 2019 07:12:22 -0800 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/21/amazing-exciting-ripped-world-premiere-at-z-space-announcements/ WE HAVE A CAST! WE HAVE DESIGNERS! WE GOT AN AMAZING GRANT! I have so much to tell you, but I'm so excited I need a moment to calm myself a bit….. Okay, here we go, I have amazing updates for everyone regarding the World Premiere of RIPPED at Z Space! First up, our cast (headshots to come next week when I'm not in the middle of conference brain): Krystle Piamonte as Lucy https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/18/eugene-oregon-here-i-come/ Mon, 18 Feb 2019 08:29:45 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/18/eugene-oregon-here-i-come/ My bags are (kinda/almost) packed, I'm leaving tonight for Eugene, Oregon and the Region 7 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Conference! It's going to be a packed week of theater including watching invited productions and new play readings, judging/responding to the student written one-act and ten-minute plays, teaching TWO workshops, and seeing both the reading of RED DAYS (Wednesday night, 2/20 at 8pm, at the Oregon Contemporary Theatre!) and the design through dramaturgy projects inspired by the play. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/16/52-plays-by-women-week-seven-for-the-love-of-gina-femia/ Sat, 16 Feb 2019 06:23:12 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/16/52-plays-by-women-week-seven-for-the-love-of-gina-femia/ I purchased a fun-ton of new plays when I was out in New York this past December at the Drama Book Store. This week for 52 Plays by Women, I cracked one of them open…. FOR THE LOVE OF (OR, THE ROLLER DERBY PLAY) by Gina Femia. I have been a HUGE fan of Femia's work for about a year now, I stumbled upon her short plays on the New Play Exchange last April, and have read through a TON of them. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/15/red-days-reading-february-20th-in-eugene-oregon/ Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:37:34 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/15/red-days-reading-february-20th-in-eugene-oregon/ Hip hip hooray, I have the date and time for the very first public reading of RED DAYS! RED DAYS is getting a workshop through KCACTF Region 7's Design through Dramaturgy program and a staged reading during the conference next week in Eugene, Oregon. In the area? Here are the details: Reading of RED DAYS by Rachel Bublitz Directed by Stephen John Wednesday, February 20th 8pm At the Oregon Contemporary Theatre https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/13/make-a-playwrights-valentines-day/ Wed, 13 Feb 2019 09:35:59 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/13/make-a-playwrights-valentines-day/ Hey theater lovers, tomorrow is VALENTINE'S DAY! And what better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than by making a playwright's day (or week/month/year!)? playwright, screenwriter, and board game designer Greg Lam has maybe the sweetest Valentine's Day surprise for playwrights but he needs YOU!…… His idea is that so often literary managers, dramaturgs, artistic directors, and other theater artists read scripts that they love, but they aren't able to use at the moment, and aren't able to tell a playwright how they feel about their script without raising expectations. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/09/52-plays-by-women-week-six-the-thanksgiving-play-by-larissa-fasthorse/ Sat, 09 Feb 2019 09:52:01 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/09/52-plays-by-women-week-six-the-thanksgiving-play-by-larissa-fasthorse/ My trip to New York last December missed Larissa FastHorse‘s THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at Playwrights Horizons by less than a week, and I was pretty sad about that. I'd heard the play and the production were both amazing, but there was nothing to do about it but wait until either the play was published OR time machines became available for general consumer use (and were affordable, am I right?)… BUT THEN, American Theatre published FastHorse's play in their February issue and my need for time travel lessened considerably. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/06/sending-cheerleaders-vs-aliens-out-to-hopefully-get-published/ Wed, 06 Feb 2019 14:03:54 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/06/sending-cheerleaders-vs-aliens-out-to-hopefully-get-published/ Yesterday I did a huge submission blast of my full-length high school sci-fi comedy CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS for publication. As far as I can tell getting this baby published is my best shot at getting it in the hands of high school drama teachers across the country… And now I wait! It's more than a little nerve wracking, because I want the best for this play… Do I go with my first offer? https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/01/january-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Fri, 01 Feb 2019 09:58:09 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/02/01/january-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ I tried to keep myself busy through January, with lots of rewrites, submissions (yes, submissions that I’m NOT counting), teaching, and reading of new plays. And I can say I for sure got a lot of reading done. The 52 Plays by Women challenge helps for sure, but I didn’t stop there… Here are all the plays I recommended last month on the New Play Exchange: Jump by Charly Evon Simpson The Invention of Time by Franky Gonzalez SOMEONE by Emma Goldman-Sherman Hashtag Jones by Liv Matthews A Monogamy of Swans by John Minigan Abortion Road Trip by Rachel Lynett The Thing on the Floor by Megan Tripaldi Talking to Myself by Cameron Houg The Old Playground by Jeremy Cole Apple Season by E. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/28/52-plays-by-women-week-five-ushuaia-blue-by-caridad-svich/ Mon, 28 Jan 2019 11:22:32 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/28/52-plays-by-women-week-five-ushuaia-blue-by-caridad-svich/ I'm in week five of the 52 Plays by Women challenge, this week I read a breathtaking play by Caridad Svich called USHUAIA BLUE. I came upon Svich's play as both her play, and mine play BURST, were named semi-finalists in the 2019 MACH33: The Caltech/Pasadena Playhouse Festival of New Science-Driven Plays. I was floored to see the amazing plays and playwrights who also made the semi-finalist list. Naturally I ran over to the New Play Exchange and added as many as I could to my reading list. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/25/hot-off-the-presses-three-new-drafts-up-on-new-play-exchange/ Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:33:09 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/25/hot-off-the-presses-three-new-drafts-up-on-new-play-exchange/ I've been a very busy playwright, getting new drafts done left and right. In the past few weeks I've revised THREE new plays, and all are ready for public consumption on the New Play Exchange! Here's what's new: Burst, full length Sarah Boyd is an extraordinary human being. Not only did she build her company from scratch using nothing but willpower and fortitude, she also sits on the precipice of truly saving this planet. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/23/first-production-for-break-room/ Wed, 23 Jan 2019 13:57:47 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/23/first-production-for-break-room/ My one-act play BREAK ROOM, written for the 2015 San Francisco Olympians Festival, has been selected for Winthrop University's Spring One Acts happening this April! A directing student found the play on the New Play Exchange (thank you again New Play Exchange!) and I granted them rights to put on the play! BREAK ROOM was inspired by the Greek witch, Circe. In my conception of the play I thought a lot about how our society sexualizes young women, and then punishes them for acting out that sexuality. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/21/52-plays-by-women-week-four-la-mujer-barbuda-by-christina-luz%C3%A1rraga/ Mon, 21 Jan 2019 07:57:10 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/21/52-plays-by-women-week-four-la-mujer-barbuda-by-christina-luz%C3%A1rraga/ Currently watching snow blanketing my neighborhood, but luckily I don't have to go out there to read plays! This week for 52 Play by Women I read Christina Luzárraga's LA MUJER BARBUDA, which I found on the New Play Exchange. I've read shorter works from Luzárraga, so it was really exciting to pick up a full-length and see what her work looks like in long form. And I found out that I'm a big fan! https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/19/shotz-at-pianofight-next-month/ Sat, 19 Jan 2019 11:20:10 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/19/shotz-at-pianofight-next-month/ Exciting/last minute news, I wrote a brand new short play this past week and it'll be performed next month, February 6th, for Shotz at PianoFight! The theme this month is “Hell Hath No Fury,” which I found out is not a Shakespeare quote at all, though it's often attributed to Shakespeare. It is actually a quote from the play THE MOURNING BRIDE by William Congreve. The entire quote, which I'm crazy about, goes: https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/14/52-plays-by-women-week-three-apple-season-by-em-lewis/ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:41:10 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/14/52-plays-by-women-week-three-apple-season-by-em-lewis/ We're are three weeks into 2019, can you believe it? Which means I'm on the third week of 52 Plays by Women! This week I read the gorgeous play APPLE SEASON by EM Lewis which just opened its rolling world premiere at New Jersey Rep. Reading this play on the page made my heart ache for the chance to see it in production, it is just screaming with spectacle and theatricality, something Lewis uses with such a deft and precise hand. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/10/52-plays-by-women-week-two/ Thu, 10 Jan 2019 07:12:10 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/10/52-plays-by-women-week-two/ In case you hadn't heard, this year I have a goal to read or see a play by a woman, womxn, woman+ playwright once a week for this whole year. It's only week two and so far I think this goal is the best ever. Feel free to jump up on the bandwagon and join up! For week two I read another brand new play on the New Play Exchange, Rachel Lynett‘s ABORTION ROAD TRIP…. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/09/reading-of-red-days-in-kcactf-next-month/ Wed, 09 Jan 2019 15:42:10 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/09/reading-of-red-days-in-kcactf-next-month/ Great news, next month in Eugene, Oregon, on top of getting to workshop RED DAYS through the New Play Design through Dramaturgy program, the Region 7 KCACTF Conference will also feature a reading of the play! It'll be my very first time hearing it out loud in front of an audience! I'm so excited/nervous for the reading, and thrilled with how much I know the play will grow over the week with so much special attention. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/04/2019-goal-52-plays-by-women/ Fri, 04 Jan 2019 12:41:10 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/04/2019-goal-52-plays-by-women/ The new year brings new goals, and this year I'm challenging myself to see or read a play by a woman, womxn, woman+ playwright once a week for a year. And I'm not alone, #52playsbywomen is a challenge you can partake in too! I'm starting this awesome challenge with JUMP by Charly Evon Simpon which I read on the New Play Exchange. And wow, what a phenomenal play! Charly Evon Simpson is such a wonderful playwright, I love reading and falling more in love with her work. https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/02/happy-new-year-time-to-check-2018-numbers.../ Wed, 02 Jan 2019 12:12:10 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2019/01/02/happy-new-year-time-to-check-2018-numbers.../ Happy 2019! And with the new year, old challenges come to a close… Who out there is curious about how I did on my #SubmissionMission? I submitted more material in 2018 than I ever had in a calendar year, and though I didn't obtain my stretch goal of 600 scripts, I did make it past the original challenge of 500. But what was the exact number? Time to calculate…. (Insert your favorite counting related song…) https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/12/19/my-favorite-theater-of-2018/ Wed, 19 Dec 2018 09:48:10 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/12/19/my-favorite-theater-of-2018/ 2018 is coming to an end and so what better time to look back and reflect on my favorite theater of the year! I saw a ton of amazing stuff, including a lot of world premieres (including one of my own!), some great touring shows, and my first shows on Broadway. I loved a lot of what I caught, but these five reached me in a profound way. SO! My favorite shows (excluding things I wrote, of course! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/12/18/guest-artist-at-kcactf-region-7-this-february/ Tue, 18 Dec 2018 08:44:10 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/12/18/guest-artist-at-kcactf-region-7-this-february/ 2019 keeps getting more interesting and I'm delighted to announce that in February, 2019 I'll be headed to Eugene, Oregon for the Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Region 7 Conference as a guest artist! I’ve attended this very conference as a grad student three times before, and I’ve meet some of my favorite collaborators, as well as some incredible mentors. It’s wild and amazing that I get to turn around and join the fun as one of their guest artists, but that’s not all! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/12/14/second-2019-production-for-ripped/ Fri, 14 Dec 2018 08:06:10 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/12/14/second-2019-production-for-ripped/ MORE great news! 2019 is going to be insane… RIPPED is getting a second production with Ogden based Good Company Theatre in Utah! Their full season looks incredible, and I am THRILLED to be a part of it, check it out: CONSTELLATIONS by Nick Payne Running January 18 - February 3, 2019 YOU BET YOUR BLACK ASS, BROADWAY A Good Company Theatre Original February 14 - 17, 2019 GLORIA by Branden Jacobs-Jenkids https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/12/12/reading-of-burst-at-keegan-theatre/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 09:51:38 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/12/12/reading-of-burst-at-keegan-theatre/ Great news alert: BURST is going to Washington! Next week, December 18th BURST will have a staged reading with Keegan Theatre in Washington D.C., as part of their Boiler Room Series!! BURST will be directed by Josh Sticklin, and is totally FREE and open to the public! In/near the capital? I hope you'll come out for BURST‘s first East Coast reading! The reading will take place Tuesday, December 18th, and will start at 8pm. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/12/05/young-hot-and-dickensian-december-15th-in-nyc/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 07:18:25 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/12/05/young-hot-and-dickensian-december-15th-in-nyc/ Young, Hot, & Dickensian at Phoenix Theatre Ensemble is coming up lightning fast, if you’re in or near New York City, or really like to travel the world for great new plays, mark your calendar as busy for December 15th! Four playwrights, one of which was me, had the opportunity to take a crack at one of Dickens’ classic works and on Saturday the 15th you'll watch actors cast out of a bag and then perform the plays right there on the spot. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/12/04/director-for-the-night-witches-announced/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 07:45:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/12/04/director-for-the-night-witches-announced/ Dreams do come true… I get to work with my number one choice of director for the world premiere of THE NIGHT WITCHES at the Egyptian Youtheatre!! Alexandra Harbold, local Salt Lake director, actor, dramaturg, professor, and Co-Artistic Director of Flying Bobcat said yes to directing! I've been wanting to work with Alexandra for years, I find her use of space, the detail in the movement created in all the plays she directs, and her overall theater-sense wonderful and so engaging. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/12/03/november-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Mon, 03 Dec 2018 12:08:56 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/12/03/november-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ I read SO MANY PLAYS in November….. Most of which were not on the New Play Exchange. Last month I was a reader for a ten-minute play competition and had over 60 plays on my assigned to me. It was fun to be on the other side of things, but it limited the amount I could read and recommend on the New Play Exchange for sure. BUT, what I did get to I really loved…. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/12/03/november-submission-mission-numbers/ Mon, 03 Dec 2018 11:35:14 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/12/03/november-submission-mission-numbers/ Happy December! Happy Hanukkah! Happy last month of the year! And as it's the beginning of the month, time to check in on those #SubmissionMission numbers for November….. November was pretty slow submission wise for me. I was up to my eyeballs in all sorts of other deadlines and so for 2018 it's my lowest month so far. The number of scripts I got sent out this month is… 14. Like I warned, pretty low. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/11/29/first-draft-of-the-night-witches-complete/ Thu, 29 Nov 2018 10:01:51 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/11/29/first-draft-of-the-night-witches-complete/ I know I still have many drafts in front of me, as well as more research, but I am nevertheless ecstatic to have completed my first draft of my commissioned play THE NIGHT WITCHES this week! Just under the wire too, as it's due December 1st! THE NIGHT WITCHES is a commission from the Egyptian Youtheatre in Park City, they also commissioned CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS. It's very exciting to be asked back and for a very very different type of project. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/11/27/giving-tuesday/ Tue, 27 Nov 2018 07:03:44 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/11/27/giving-tuesday/ Giving Tuesday is today! It's the perfect time to throw whatever money you can spare toward an arts organization. And if you're looking for a few suggestions, you've come to the right spot! Here's my Giving Tuesday Top Picks (and where my donations are going this year): Z Space Awesome Theatre Plan-B Theatre Shotgun Players Killing My Lobster All are uplifting their communities of artists and creating wonderful work while they're at it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/11/21/so-much-to-be-thankful-for/ Wed, 21 Nov 2018 07:34:02 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/11/21/so-much-to-be-thankful-for/ 2018, so far, has been an amazing year, a year full of more… I've gotten to travel more for writing than any other year before going to San Francisco (twice!), Spokane, Chicago, Detroit, and New York City next month. I've had my work performed more this year than any other, with the world premiere of CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS, four productions (and one reading!) of my ten-minute play MY BODY both here in the states as well as one international production, readings heaped upon readings of RIPPED across the country, and tons and tons of other performances of my other work (all laid out here, if you're curious! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/11/19/best-announcement-ever-ripped-to-premiere-with-z-space-in-2019/ Mon, 19 Nov 2018 15:36:55 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/11/19/best-announcement-ever-ripped-to-premiere-with-z-space-in-2019/ RIPPED is getting its World Premiere production in 2019 with Z Space! I have known about this for weeks and have managed to keep a lid on it but now I get to shout it from the rooftops! I AM SO THRILLED! This play has had a lot of false starts and I couldn't be happier that its first production will be with the generous and wonderful artists at Z Space. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/11/09/a-calendar-year-full-of-public-performances/ Fri, 09 Nov 2018 08:18:26 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/11/09/a-calendar-year-full-of-public-performances/ I did it! For this year I will have had a public performance of my work in every single month!!! My wild and crazy #SubmissionMission is to blame of course, at least partly, because I've gotten at least half a dozen requests through folks finding my work on the New Play Exchange and sending me a requests… And probably also my general habit of throwing caution to the wind and asking for things I want (something I highly recommend! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/11/07/check-out-this-interview/ Wed, 07 Nov 2018 09:56:48 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/11/07/check-out-this-interview/ Adam Szymkowicz has interviewed over 1,000 playwrights and he just posted interview #1,015, which just happens to be an interview with me! We chat about my current projects, what started me off writing as a kid, and other fun stuff… Read the whole thing right here! Happy Wednesday! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/11/02/october-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Fri, 02 Nov 2018 15:26:55 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/11/02/october-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ In October I passed a really special milestone…. I met and passed my 200th new play recommendation on the New Play Exchange! That's so many new plays! It makes me so happy to have thousands and thousands of brand new plays ready to go at my fingertips. Thank you New Play Exchange!! And for the month of October, here are the plays I read and recommended: My Cannibal Summer by Claire Rice https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/11/01/october-submissionmission-total/ Thu, 01 Nov 2018 10:13:11 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/11/01/october-submissionmission-total/ Happy November blog readers! October was SO quick! I blinked and then it was gone. It might be because I was writing a brand new full length play (RED DAYS), working on RIPPED through the Problematic Play Fest at Z Space in San Francisco, still teaching, still mom-ing, and out of the four weekends of October, I was only home for one of them… Yeah that might have something to do with it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/10/23/ripped-reading-in-new-york-this-december-with-athena-theatre/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 09:33:38 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/10/23/ripped-reading-in-new-york-this-december-with-athena-theatre/ Wheeeeeee! Came home from an amazing trip with mi familia to Capital Reef National Park to find out that RIPPED has been selected for a reading with Athena Theatre in New York! And even better, they've shifted the date of the reading for when I will be in New York City so that I can attend! My New York trip keeps getting better and better and better. This is a private table reading with the company, so I won't be sharing the details and inviting everyone to attend, BUT, (also good news) RIPPED is being considered for a production with Athena Theatre as well! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/10/15/problematic-play-festival-recap/ Mon, 15 Oct 2018 11:56:50 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/10/15/problematic-play-festival-recap/ The Bay Area trip was, as usual, AMAZING. This was particularly packed with theater, tasty food, rehearsals, late night talks, and nerves…. I don't think I've ever been as nervous as I was during this reading of RIPPED in Z Space‘s Problematic Play Festival, I was actually shaking during the performance. But apart from the nerves, the experience was pretty special. I always love working with new artists, and Z Space is a phenomenally supportive group and space. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/10/09/join-me-saturday-for-ripped-at-z-space/ Tue, 09 Oct 2018 09:51:36 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/10/09/join-me-saturday-for-ripped-at-z-space/ Back in February friend and fellow playwright Alan Olejniczak reached out to let me know about a new festival happening in San Francisco that I should apply for, Z Space‘s brand new Problematic Play Festival. The submission information for the festival requested scripts that were grappling with “off the table topics” and I knew right away that I had to send RIPPED their way. RIPPED balances on a tightrope as the play moves back and forth in time to untangle a night its main character, Lucy, cannot remember. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/10/05/less-than-a-week-until-my-san-francisco-trip/ Fri, 05 Oct 2018 11:56:41 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/10/05/less-than-a-week-until-my-san-francisco-trip/ I will be in San Francisco in less than one week from today!! I have a packed schedule as usual, filled with shows, rehearsals, meetings with theater folks, getting my hair cut, and the consuming of many many many delicious meals, snacks, and desserts… And there are SO MANY GREAT SHOW OPTIONS, you guys! Bay Area is really pulling out all the stops this time. Here's my wish list, we'll see how many of the shows I can squeeze into my four days: https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/10/03/two-plays-in-utah-new-works-theatre-projects-new-works-ten/ Wed, 03 Oct 2018 07:13:37 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/10/03/two-plays-in-utah-new-works-theatre-projects-new-works-ten/ Hip hip hooray! I've got two plays in the Utah New Works Theatre Project‘s New Works Ten! THE GARDEN was named a semi-finalist and will receive a staged reading November 14th at 7pm, and EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH is a finalist and will be produced in a rotating program of full productions November 15-17 at 7pm, with a matinee on the 17th at 2pm, both down in Provo, Utah at The Hive Collaborative. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/10/02/september-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Tue, 02 Oct 2018 06:57:02 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/10/02/september-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Adding on to the submitting, writing, rewriting, rehearsing, and teaching, I also am at my kids’ swim practice a lot. It’s pretty boring stuff, which makes me thankful that the New Play Exchange exists. While my children lap the pool, I get to read and recommend amazing new plays, basically we’re all winning. During the month of September, here are the plays I got around to reading and recommending: Family Planning by John Minigan https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/10/01/september-submissionmission-total/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 06:54:16 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/10/01/september-submissionmission-total/ Time to bust out your jack-o-lantern and leave those spiderwebs be for ambiance because it is OCTOBER! Which means, time to check in on that ol’ #SubmissionMission! I’m pretty happy with the amount of scripts I got out this past month, though it’s low for my Septembers in general…. We’re in the middle of submission season currently with the O’Neill National Playwright Conference, Great Plains Theatre Conference, PlayPenn, Seven Devils Theatre Conference, Playwrights Foundation, Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor, Sundance Theatre Lab, New Harmony Project and more taking their annual submissions right around now-ish, but I’ve been kept incredibly busy with rehearsals, teaching, writing, and rewriting. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/27/a-monologue-for-today/ Thu, 27 Sep 2018 11:21:32 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/27/a-monologue-for-today/ Having a really hard time stomaching social media today, but I wanted to share a monologue that at one point lived in RIPPED. I couldn't just let this one go though, and so I put it up on the New Play Exchange as a stand alone piece. We need to stop enforcing the absurd culture that says it's normal for boys/men to be sex crazed and for girls/women to just get used to it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/25/salt-lake-acting-company-reading-recap/ Tue, 25 Sep 2018 10:45:36 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/25/salt-lake-acting-company-reading-recap/ (From left to right: Adriana Lemke (Jennifer Weaver), Ava Kostia (Sarah Boyd), Lily Hye Soo Dixon (Alexis Lyons), and Rachel Bublitz (playwright… me!).) Last night's reading of BURST was amazing! Thank you Salt Lake Acting Company!!! My actors, Adriana Lemke, Ava Kostia, and Lily Hye Soo Dixon were incredible. They were making new discoveries and finding depth in their character right through rehearsals and into the reading. The final major monologue delivered by Ava Kostia left her almost in tears, and completely took my breath away. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/24/tonight-is-the-night-come-hear-burst-at-salt-lake-acting-company/ Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:27:12 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/24/tonight-is-the-night-come-hear-burst-at-salt-lake-acting-company/ Tonight at 7pm please join me at Salt Lake Acting Company for a reading of BURST, a part of their New Play Sounding Series. Rehearsals have been killer and I am so happy with my rewrites throughout this process! I cannot wait to share this new play with a theater full (I hope!) of people! And you can be one of those people!! And I really hope you will be. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/21/workshop-and-reading-this-december-with-phoenix-theatre-ensemble-in-new-york-city/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 09:16:21 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/21/workshop-and-reading-this-december-with-phoenix-theatre-ensemble-in-new-york-city/ Exciting extravagant excitement! I just signed on to have a public workshop this coming December in New York City with Phoenix Theatre Ensemble! I'd already had a trip planned to New York City, and so I will also be attending the performance! And and and, the theme is short work inspired by Charles Dickens, a writer I love, and so the whole thing feels like fate. The other fantastic writers involved in the workshop are the amazing Topher Cusumano, who has been running 31 Plays 31 Days like a champion ever since Tracy Held Potter and I passed him the baton, and Ashley Lauren Rogers, a playwright I've been reading and admiring from afar via the New Play Exchange! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/20/ripped-cast-for-z-spaces-problematic-play-festival/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 09:55:03 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/20/ripped-cast-for-z-spaces-problematic-play-festival/ The Problematic Play Festival at Z Space is coming up lickety-split, and I can't wait to dive into RIPPED with the fantastic team they've put together for me! Check it out… The reading of RIPPED will be directed by Lisa Steindler, the artistic director of Z Space, and our cast is: LUCY– Nicole Apostol Bruno BRADLEY– James Aaron Oh JARED– Daniel Chung I'm SO EXCITED! Are you excited? Cool. Glad we're in the same place on this one! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/17/my-current-writing-ticket/ Mon, 17 Sep 2018 11:17:59 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/17/my-current-writing-ticket/ My writing ticket is pretty filled up these days. I love it while also wishing for more naps. Such is the life of a writer… Or at least, this writer. I'm like that quintessential image of the angry and drunk male writer, except I will take a blanket over whiskey, making dinner for my kiddos instead of yelling at anyone who enters my writing space, and I am female. Otherwise, it's basically the same. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/13/rsvp-for-salt-lake-acting-companys-free-reading-of-burst-september-24/ Thu, 13 Sep 2018 17:34:24 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/13/rsvp-for-salt-lake-acting-companys-free-reading-of-burst-september-24/ Coming up Monday, September 24th at 7pm is a free (yes, free!) reading of my play BURST through Salt Lake Acting Company and their New Play Sounding Series! And now you can RSVP to this very groovy event on Facebook! Perfect opportunity to show off how cool you are to your friends. Here are alllllll the juicy details: Monday, September 24 @ 7pm General Admission - Chapel Theatre. Doors open at 6:30pm. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/11/more-success-from-the-new-play-exchange/ Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:10:15 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/11/more-success-from-the-new-play-exchange/ More good news via the New Play Exchange! Shaun Leisher, a producer, director, and dramaturg, just reached out to me asking permission to present two of my plays in an reading event later this month! AND where did he find both plays? Yep. The New Play Exchange! BLUE and MY BODY will join the line-up for: Want Change? Vote!: Artists Demanding Action! You can catch both of these plays and the full line-up of readings, poetry, and music, on Tuesday September 25th from 6pm-9pm in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/10/cant-stop-wont-stop/ Mon, 10 Sep 2018 11:57:43 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/10/cant-stop-wont-stop/ September is a busy time for me, and I am so excited to be filling it with so much theater! This week I am…. Teaching my Intro to Acting class at Weber, and a one time Playwriting for Actors Masterclass at the University of Utah. Catching opening night of OSLO at Pioneer Theatre Company this Friday night. Having my brand new theater for young audience play PRESENTING: SUPER CAT & REPTILE ROBOT IN THE TERRIBLE TICKLE TROUBLE read in Plan-B Theatre‘s Lab! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/05/august-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Wed, 05 Sep 2018 07:13:47 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/05/august-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ I did not read and recommend a ton of plays last month on the New Play Exchange, but I thoroughly enjoyed the ones that I did! Here's a list of my August recommendations, please read, recommend, and PRODUCE these plays in a theater near me… "Stand” by Matthew Ivan Bennett "Little Happy Secrets” by Melissa Leilani Larson "Temp” by Nicholas Dunn "Missives” by Elizabeth A. M. Keel "BUG STUDY” by Emma Goldman-Sherman https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/04/august-submissionmission-total/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:27:47 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/09/04/august-submissionmission-total/ Happy September! I have returned home after a great weekend soaking up mom-daughter time and collecting mosquito bites in Colorado! Except for the mosquito bites it was quite a great trip. But August is over, September is here, and we've got business to get to…. #SubmissionMission business that is. And so without further ado………. August was a pretty darn good month for submissions, it's actually only second to March for the year so far… And that August total of submitted scripts is………. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/30/photos-from-the-final-debate-with-plan-b-at-rose-exposed/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 10:05:54 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/30/photos-from-the-final-debate-with-plan-b-at-rose-exposed/ Last Saturday was Rose Exposed: Breaking News, where Plan-B Theatre produced my ten-minute play THE FINAL DEBATE. It was such a fulfilling experience, I was spoiled with a great director, Jennifer Kokai, and three amazing actors; Dee-Dee Darby-Duffin, Katie Jones Nall & Isabella Reeder. Here are some shots from the production: (Isabella Reeder and Katie Jones Nall) (Dee-Dee Darby-Duffin, Katie Jones Nall & Isabella Reeder) It made me miss the ten-minute format, which I haven't been writing as much since I left the PlayGround Writers Pool. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/28/burst-reading-at-salt-lake-acting-company-in-september/ Tue, 28 Aug 2018 07:10:07 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/28/burst-reading-at-salt-lake-acting-company-in-september/ I am absolutely THRILLED to tell everyone that BURST is getting a staged reading with Salt Lake Acting Company next month!!! I get two big rehearsals, with a week in between for rewrites, and then a public reading on Monday, September 24th at 7pm. Here are all the wonderful details: New Play Sounding Series A Free Reading Of BURST by Rachel Bublitz Monday, September 24 @ 7pm Director: Shannon Musgrave https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/24/tomorrow-night-only-rose-exposed-breaking-news/ Fri, 24 Aug 2018 10:17:20 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/24/tomorrow-night-only-rose-exposed-breaking-news/ ONE night only, tomorrow, Saturday August 25th at 8pm don't miss out on Rose Exposed: Breaking News at the Rose Wagner Center downtown Salt Lake! My short play THE FINAL DEBATE, directed by Jennifer A. Kokai and produced by Plan-B Theatre, has an AMAZING cast (Dee-Dee Darby-Duffin, Katie Jones Nall & Isabella Reeder), and will kick off the evening. The whole line-up will feature music from the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation, and additional new short works from PYGmalion Theatre Company, Repertory Dance Theatre, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, and SB Dance! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/22/back-to-school-plays/ Wed, 22 Aug 2018 10:40:50 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/22/back-to-school-plays/ School is either back or almost back in session for most folks around the country, so I thought this would be a perfect time to highlight all the scripts I have available for young performers! If you're a theater educator, or just looking for new theatrical material in general, be sure and check these plays out: Elementary School And Up: NO TALKING ALLOWED!, ten - fifteen minutes Synopsis: Jordan gets kicked out of class for talking. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/21/ripped-in-the-problematic-play-festival-at-z-space/ Tue, 21 Aug 2018 08:42:11 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/21/ripped-in-the-problematic-play-festival-at-z-space/ RIPPED has been selected for Z Space‘s The Problematic Play Festival this October 12th, 13th, and 14th in San Francisco! I can't wait to work on this play with the amazing artists at Z Space, and to spend time with the other playwrights involved! The full line-up is: Rachel Lynett’s “Refuge” Rachel Bublitz‘s (hey that's me!) “Ripped” Cory Hinkle’s “Phosphorescence” The reading of RIPPED is scheduled for Saturday, October 13th. But stay tuned for more (like actors, director, and tickets! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/20/ripped-production-with-outvisible-canceled/ Mon, 20 Aug 2018 07:17:54 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/20/ripped-production-with-outvisible-canceled/ The world premiere production of RIPPED scheduled for July/August of 2019 has been canceled. This is the second production of RIPPED that's not ended up happening, so I'm hoping that the third time is the charm. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/16/back-to-teaching-this-fall/ Thu, 16 Aug 2018 12:33:56 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/16/back-to-teaching-this-fall/ Hey hey, starting in just a week and a half I'm going back to that teaching adventure at Weber State University! I'm only teaching one class, but it's also the most fun class that I've taught in my brief teaching stint thus far - Introduction to Acting! I am SO excited to jump back in with a whole new group of people and (hopefully) get them super excited about theater AND less afraid to speak in front of other people. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/08/publication-in-youthplays-anthology/ Wed, 08 Aug 2018 08:27:35 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/08/publication-in-youthplays-anthology/ My ten-minute TYA play NO TALKING ALLOWED! has been published with YouthPLAYS as a stand alone piece, AND in an anthology! It's a fun and silly short piece for performers of all ages. Here's the synopsis for NO TALKING ALLOWED!: “Jordan gets kicked out of class for talking. But a zero on the test may be the least of Jordan’s problems when a pencil starts to talk—and then a locker and a mop and a slew of other inanimate objects. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/07/moms-ham-selected-for-production-this-november-with-clairemont-act-one/ Tue, 07 Aug 2018 07:36:17 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/07/moms-ham-selected-for-production-this-november-with-clairemont-act-one/ I got some great news over the weekend: MOM'S HAM, one of my ten-minute Christmas plays, has been selected for production with Clairemont Act One this November! Clairemont Act One selected a total of eight plays, all dealing with love and family, for Please Pass The Gravy, which will be produced November 16th, 17th, 23rd, and 24th, in the Clairemont neighborhood of San Diego (my hometown!!). So get ready family, this November, one of my plays is coming to you! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/06/bursts-first-public-reading-with-reach-cabaret-2018/ Mon, 06 Aug 2018 07:02:18 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/06/bursts-first-public-reading-with-reach-cabaret-2018/ (Photo of myself with the wonderful actors who read BURST last Saturday, from left to right: Rachel Bublitz, Daria Redus (Weaver), Veronica Otim (Sarah), and Isabella Abel-Suarez (Alexis).) What a whirlwind weekend down in Cedar City! It was filled with great theater, new friends, delicious food, and pretty epic hiking. I had no idea that the Utah Shakespeare Festival was hiding such wonders; my husband and I are already talking about our next trip down! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/02/july-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Thu, 02 Aug 2018 07:40:35 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/02/july-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Summer has been busy for me beyond just a working respect… Having both of my kids home has kept me on my toes. But after my millionth swim practice, I realized something… I could be reading plays and recommending them on the New Play Exchange instead of just staring at my kids swimming in circles. I blame the smell of chlorine that kept me from this obvious answer for so long. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/01/july-submissionmission-tally/ Wed, 01 Aug 2018 08:03:37 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/08/01/july-submissionmission-tally/ It is August 1st which means TWO things…. 31 Plays in 31 Days has kicked off and it's time to start writing a play a day this month AND it's time to check in on my #SubmissionMission tally for July! Wow, we are busy today, aren't we? Last month I dragged through most of it but rallied at the very end to reach FIFTY TWO SUBMISSIONS! Which is huge, huge, huge, considering summer tends to be a slow for opportunities. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/07/31/actors-for-reach-reading-of-burst-this-saturday-at-the-utah-shakespeare-festival/ Tue, 31 Jul 2018 12:07:34 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/07/31/actors-for-reach-reading-of-burst-this-saturday-at-the-utah-shakespeare-festival/ More to announce! I have the actors signed on for this Saturday night's reading of BURST with REACH at the Utah Shakespeare Festival! Sharing their acting talents for this very first public reading of BURST, I am so lucky to have: Daria Redus Veronica Otim Isabella Abel-Suarez Colleen Baum (stage directions) Here's the synopsis for BURST: "On the brink of her next round of funding, Sarah Boyd, Founder and CEO of Tactix, must hold her company together through a pesky journalist's questions and glaring doubts thrown her way surrounding the promises her company has made. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/07/31/breaking-news-themed-rose-exposed-with-plan-b-theatre-august-25/ Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:49:43 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/07/31/breaking-news-themed-rose-exposed-with-plan-b-theatre-august-25/ Hooray hooray I can finally spill ALL the beans about this year's Rose Exposed! I wrote a ten-minute for Plan-B Theatre‘s slot for this year's Rose Exposed, and now I can share the play, the cast, and more exciting details about the program, like that there will be a LIVE piano player on stage! Eeeeee! Here are those tasty details: ROSE EXPOSED: BREAKING NEWS is music from Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/07/30/first-public-reading-of-burst-happening-this-saturday-with-reach-at-utah-shakespeare-festival/ Mon, 30 Jul 2018 13:55:59 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/07/30/first-public-reading-of-burst-happening-this-saturday-with-reach-at-utah-shakespeare-festival/ File this under EXCITING and LAST MINUTE NEWS…. BURST my new new new play will get its very first reading in front of an audience this coming Saturday, August 3rd at 11pm following the shows at the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City, Utah! The reading is being produced by REACH, which stands for Really Eager Actors Crying Hire, and is a part of a reading series that's a fundraiser for their annual cabaret event. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/07/23/get-ready-31-plays-in-31-days-is-back/ Mon, 23 Jul 2018 09:50:27 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/07/23/get-ready-31-plays-in-31-days-is-back/ July is coming to an end, and for all the die-hard playwrights out there that means only one thing…. The August-packed playwriting challenge: 31 Plays in 31 Days! I had this wild and crazy idea back in April of 2012, blogged about it, and to my surprise many, many playwrights heard the call and took the challenge on themselves. I was astonished, my partner in crime and the one with the idea to make this a public challenge, Tracy Held Potter, was not. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/07/11/my-body-production-this-september/ Wed, 11 Jul 2018 07:35:07 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/07/11/my-body-production-this-september/ I am closer to having a public performance during each month of this year! MY BODY has been selected for production by George Washington University's student run company the 14th Grade Players! MY BODY will have an upperclassmen directing incoming freshman for their “Welcome Back One-Acts” show. The show will run for five performances between 9/27 (8pm), 9/28 (8pm and 10pm), and 9/29 (8pm and 10pm). Now I only need November and December for a full calendar year! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/07/10/cast-for-nasty-theatre-companys-readings-of-ripped/ Tue, 10 Jul 2018 07:35:44 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/07/10/cast-for-nasty-theatre-companys-readings-of-ripped/ Excited to announce the cast for this weekend's readings of RIPPED with Nasty Theatre Company! Drum roll please………….. Lauran Dewey………….. Lucy Gabriel Brown…………. Jared Derrick Denicola………. Bradley RIPPED will be directed by Michelle Roselle, and the readings will happen this Friday and Saturday (the 13th and 14th) at the Whitmore Lindley Theater in North Hollywood at 8pm. Tickets are $10, and you can buy them by clicking right here! Yay! Happy Tuesday! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/07/09/director-and-date-for-bristol-valley-theater-reading-of-ripped/ Mon, 09 Jul 2018 08:10:35 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/07/09/director-and-date-for-bristol-valley-theater-reading-of-ripped/ It is such a small world! Especially when your play is about to be done on the other side of the country, and the director reaches out to chat about the script, you see her phone number also has a San Diego area code, and you find out that she went to the next high school over from yours, and graduated a year behind you. That's what happened to me yesterday, as the director for the upcoming reading of RIPPED at Bristol Valley Theater (waaaay over in Naples, NY) and I chatted. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/07/05/new-play-exchange-recommendations-from-may-and-june/ Thu, 05 Jul 2018 17:54:30 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/07/05/new-play-exchange-recommendations-from-may-and-june/ Even without the National New Play Network challenge, reading plays on the New Play Exchange is a great time. Which is why I didn't stop recommending new plays after April! I'm not putting the same amount of time in– as I have almost no time because of kids and the cruelty/joy of summer vacation– but I wanted to share the plays that I have read and recommended because I want people to read and then produce these plays! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/07/02/hello-july-goodbye-june-and-submissionmission-check-in/ Mon, 02 Jul 2018 09:49:12 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/07/02/hello-july-goodbye-june-and-submissionmission-check-in/ Oh wow, it's July! I don't know how they do this, but having your kids home makes time move super super fast. Which is counterintuitive, because SO often we're playing Sorry or Monopoly or some other long game nearly void of strategy which in my heart I fear will never end. BUT, it's July, and it took all of a snap of a finger for June to end, so apparently time is marching on, and marching at quite a quick pace. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/06/29/tickets-on-sale-for-readings-of-ripped-with-nasty-theatre/ Fri, 29 Jun 2018 07:23:45 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/06/29/tickets-on-sale-for-readings-of-ripped-with-nasty-theatre/ Hey hey, it's your lucky day! Especially if you're in LA! Tickets for Nasty Theatre‘s readings of RIPPED are now on sale! You can pick up your tickets for either July 13th or 14th right here, both readings are at 8pm and will take place at the Whitmore Lindley Theatre Center in North Hollywood, CA. And now I can also announce who'll be directing these readings! Welcome, Michelle Roselle, and thanks for directing my play! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/06/25/egyptian-youtheatre-commissions-the-night-witches-for-2019/ Mon, 25 Jun 2018 07:57:25 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/06/25/egyptian-youtheatre-commissions-the-night-witches-for-2019/ I am over-the-moon excited for my next project with the Egyptian Youtheatre and now I get to tell you all about it!……… After the success of CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS I have a another commission! For a production in 2019 I'm writing a one-act historical play based on the young women who flew planes for Russia during the Second World War, known as “The Night Witches.” Since I wrote my first draft of ONCE A SPY, another Second World War historical and woman-focused play, I've wanted to write a triptych about women during WW 2, and now I get to start in on play number two in my series! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/06/20/cast-and-dates-announced-for-ripped-with-outvisible-theatre-company/ Wed, 20 Jun 2018 07:45:05 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/06/20/cast-and-dates-announced-for-ripped-with-outvisible-theatre-company/ Outvisible Theatre Company announced their dates for their 2018/19 season and their casts for all the shows! RIPPED will close their third season next summer, in a world premiere production! And now I have officially official dates! RIPPED will run July 19-August 4, 2019, and season tickets are now available! Here's Outvisible Theatre Company's full season line-up: UNSPORTSMANLINE CONDUCT (World Premiere) by Jeff Stolzer • September 20-October 7, 2018 TURN OF THE SCREW by Jeffery Hatcher • October 26-November 11, 2018 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/06/19/sending-a-new-play-out-in-the-world/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 08:55:44 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/06/19/sending-a-new-play-out-in-the-world/ I have a new play! Well, I've had it since October of last year, but I have a new draft of this new play, one that I am pumped about. BURST is my first full-length to be told in one scene (and in real-time). It also has three characters, one of whom is an amazing anti-hero making me only want to write characters like her from now until forever, and not that this is a woman's play, but all three of the characters are in fact women (a joke that will make so much more sense to you after you read the play). https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/06/13/so-close-to-a-performance-for-each-month-of-2018/ Wed, 13 Jun 2018 07:07:42 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/06/13/so-close-to-a-performance-for-each-month-of-2018/ After learning the dates for the reading of RIPPED with Nasty Theatre Company this July I realized that I'll have had a work of mine performed publicly every month of 2018 through August! Right now I'm only missing September, November, and December to have the whole year… Obviously not a time to slow down in my #submissionmission! Here's what's been up so far, and the things scheduled for the rest of the year: https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/06/11/ripped-reading-with-nasty-theatre-company-dates-and-venue/ Mon, 11 Jun 2018 12:52:08 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/06/11/ripped-reading-with-nasty-theatre-company-dates-and-venue/ Back from my outside adventures with more details of the reading of RIPPED with Nasty Theatre Company! RIPPED with have two readings next month on July 13th and 14th at the Whitmore-Lindley Theatre in North Hollywood. Tickets will be available soon, and once they are you can grab those here. Casting and director info will be coming up for these readings, so check back for fun updates! Happy Monday everyone! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/06/07/yellowstone-here-i-come/ Thu, 07 Jun 2018 07:03:09 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/06/07/yellowstone-here-i-come/ Summer vacation is only a few hours away! After a half-day at school my kids will be done and we'll head up to Yellowstone for our first trip of the summer! This will be my first trip up to Yellowstone and I am so excited for some SERIOUS outside adventures. I won't be bringing my computer and I hear there's zero cell service in Yellowstone, so after this afternoon I will not be available to contact until Monday the 11th. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/06/04/swallowed-is-a-2018-city-theatre-national-award-for-short-playwriting-finalist/ Mon, 04 Jun 2018 13:15:49 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/06/04/swallowed-is-a-2018-city-theatre-national-award-for-short-playwriting-finalist/ SWALLOWED has been named a finalist for City Theatre‘s 2018 National Award for Short Playwriting! SWALLOWED will have a reading, along with all the other finalist plays, in City Theatre's Summer Shorts Festival Industry Weekend June 22-24! It's exciting to be a finalist, but even MORE so looking over who I'm a finalist with; Lauren Gunderson, Gina Femia, and Eric Pfeffinger to name a few! I can't wait to read all the finalist plays that I can find on the New Play Exchange! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/06/01/may-submission-total/ Fri, 01 Jun 2018 08:52:05 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/06/01/may-submission-total/ It's the first day of a new month, which means…………………… Time to check in on my #submissionmission!!!! I had a lot of writing and rewriting in May (as well as a show opening!), so my submissions were put on the back burner. I sent things out when something easy popped up right in front of me, but I couldn't fit in any days dedicated to only submitting, which I'll usually try to squeeze in at least once a week. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/31/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-productions-photos-are-here/ Thu, 31 May 2018 09:39:55 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/31/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-productions-photos-are-here/ They're finally here! Production photos from the world premiere of CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS at the Egyptian Youtheatre! I was just going to pick a few to share, but there are a millions I have to put out in the world - they are just TOO GOOD! Here's a taste of my favorites: (Left to right: Caroline Waldmann (Ali), Lindsay Miller (Leslie), Katherine Ward (Margaret), Aidan Wilcox (Ellen, mid-cartwheel), Lily Malin (Maya), behind the cartwheel), Amanda Green (Gilda), Chelsea Cowley (Carol), and Amanda Rossi (Samantha). https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/25/favorite-writing-tunes/ Fri, 25 May 2018 10:03:36 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/25/favorite-writing-tunes/ Hello and happy Friday! I have one of those rare and wonderful days where my kids will be taken care of by other people until 5pm (an early Christmas miracle)! I have big BIG plans to get some work taken care of, including tackling my #submissionmission and finally finishing the first draft of a new TYA one-act. On writing/working days like these I gotta bring out the big guns music wise to keep my fingers tapping and the words flowing, here are some of my favorites tunes to write to: https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/24/much-ado-about-mathletes-now-available-to-order-online/ Thu, 24 May 2018 10:15:16 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/24/much-ado-about-mathletes-now-available-to-order-online/ In one of the shortest turn-arounds I've ever experienced, MUCH ADO ABOUT MATHLETES is now available for purchase on Eldridge Publishing‘s website right here!!! And and and, it's also featured in their “In The Spotlight” section of their homepage! So click on over, read about the play, then order one or ten copies of my super fun/silly play that mixes high school, math, and Shakespeare! Happy Thursday everyone! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/22/writing-for-rose-exposed-with-plan-b-theatre-coming-up-this-august/ Tue, 22 May 2018 15:53:23 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/22/writing-for-rose-exposed-with-plan-b-theatre-coming-up-this-august/ Good news of the day! I wrote a ten-minute play (today!) that's scheduled to be produced by Plan-B Theatre this coming August for Rose Exposed! What is Rose Exposed? I'm so happy you asked! "ROSE EXPOSED is an annual event produced by the Performing Arts Coalition to bring audience and artists together. Simply put, we want you to get in the habit of coming to the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/19/production-of-my-body-this-fall-with-reprorights-and-b8-theatre-in-concord/ Sat, 19 May 2018 08:46:29 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/19/production-of-my-body-this-fall-with-reprorights-and-b8-theatre-in-concord/ So happy to announce that MY BODY will be produced in the Bay Area this October with ReproRights! and B8 Theatre! This has been a BIG year for MY BODY, it was a national semi-finalist for the Kennedy Center ACTF National Ten Minute Play Award, and it's been produced with Artistic Vibes and Horatio Productions! I am SO thrilled to be included in this production, I wrote MY BODY for the very first year of ReproRights! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/18/much-ado-about-mathletes-is-getting-published/ Fri, 18 May 2018 09:32:05 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/18/much-ado-about-mathletes-is-getting-published/ Hooray! Another thing has become officially official enough for me to announce! My thirty minute TYA play MUCH ADO ABOUT MATHLETES, first produced with San Francisco State‘s Spring Fringe (directed by the wonderful human Kathleen Lee), is getting published with Eldridge Publishing!!! You'll be able to buy this, in real-life book form soon, so get ready to tell all the high school and middle school theater teachers you know! Happy Friday! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/16/world-premiere-of-ripped-scheduled-for-summer-of-2019-with-outvisible-theatre-co./ Wed, 16 May 2018 13:43:30 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/16/world-premiere-of-ripped-scheduled-for-summer-of-2019-with-outvisible-theatre-co./ BBBBBBBBIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGG NNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWSSSSSSSSSSSS! Ouvisible Theatre Co., which produces the Detroit New Works Festival has just announced that they're moving the World Premiere of RIPPED up to the summer of 2019 because they are so excited about my play and cannot wait to produce it!!! AND I get to keep my cast from the reading! Anna Doyle, Michael Lopetrone, and Scott Anthony Joy are all coming back to reprise their roles! So it's back to Detroit for me next summer! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/15/exciting-things-in-the-works..../ Tue, 15 May 2018 11:40:15 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/15/exciting-things-in-the-works..../ I've got multiple amazing announcements that I have to sit on until the details have been worked out. I also have to wait to post all the beautiful shots from the production of CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS…. Waiting, isn't exactly my thing, but as I really don't have a choice, so… Wait I must. In the meantime I'll be finishing a draft on a new one-act, and revising three of my full-length plays. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/11/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-opening-night-in-all-its-glory/ Fri, 11 May 2018 10:14:05 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/11/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-opening-night-in-all-its-glory/ EVERYBODY! OH MY GOODNESS! Last night was AMAZING! This is the closest thing I've had to my name up in lights! Last night, the opening of CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS was filled with laughter and surprise and all the goofy/silly fun I dreamed of. I have so many people to thank. First up, Jamie Wilcox, artistic director of the Egyptian Youtheatre who said yes when I came to her with this wild and crazy idea and gave me more support than I have ever had with a new play. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/10/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-opens-tonight/ Thu, 10 May 2018 08:00:01 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/10/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-opens-tonight/ (Top, left to right: Chelsea Cowley (Carol),Lindsay Miller (Leslie), Caroline Waldmann (Ali), Lily Malin (Maya), and Katherine Ward (Margaret). Center: Amanda Green (Gilda). Aliens: JT O’Reilly (Sirius), Anna Diamond (Gamma), and Mallory Kosiba (Canopus).) THE TIME HAS FINALLY COME MY FRIENDS! CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS opens at the Egyptian Theatre on Main Street in Park City, Utah TONIGHT at 7pm! I have ALL the butterflies and my heart is go-go-going and I just might puke! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/09/twas-the-night-before-opening/ Wed, 09 May 2018 17:47:34 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/09/twas-the-night-before-opening/ Apparently, on the night before opening I get nervous and adapt old Christmas poetry…. (I also rewrote Clement Clarke Moore's “A Visit from St. Nicholas” waaay back in 2013 before the opening of THE FANTASY CLUB!) But I did it again because, well, I'm a little nervous. My awesome partner ended up in this version. Oh, the things we put our families through…. ‘Twas the night before opening, my heart pounding hard, https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/09/ripped-getting-readings-with-nasty-theatre-company-this-summer/ Wed, 09 May 2018 07:17:18 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/09/ripped-getting-readings-with-nasty-theatre-company-this-summer/ Great news! RIPPED is getting more readings this summer! Two readings will be a part of Nasty Theatre Company‘s 2018 Season in Los Angelos, they'll be directed by Michelle Roselle. Details with cast, dates, and location will be announced soon, so stay tuned!!! And LA isn't the only spot RIPPED is being performed this summer, it's also in Bristol Valley Theater‘s New Works Initiative in June in Naples, New York! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/08/two-days-until-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-opens/ Tue, 08 May 2018 09:01:08 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/08/two-days-until-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-opens/ I might explode! It's only TWO days from the world premiere production of CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS with the Egyptian Youtheatre up in Park City, Utah!!!!!!!!! If you haven't gotten your tickets, NOW is your time, the show will sell out at the door. Planning ahead is a must, here's the link and show times: Thursday May 10th at 7pm Friday May 11th at 7pm Saturday May 12th at 2pm and 7pm Get your CHEERLEADERS VS. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/03/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-opens-in-one-week/ Thu, 03 May 2018 07:05:48 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/03/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-opens-in-one-week/ One week from today the world premiere production of CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS opens with the Egyptian Youtheatre up in Park City, Utah! I am very excited, are you excited? (First row: Amanda Green (Gilda). Second row: Caroline Waldmann (Ali). Third row, left to right: Katherine Ward (Margaret) and Chelsea Cowley (Carol). Forth row, left to right: Lindsay Miller (Leslie), and Lily Malin (Maya). Aliens in the shadows: JT O’Reilly (Sirius), Anna Diamond (Gamma), and Mallory Kosiba (Canopus). https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/02/april-submission-mission-total/ Wed, 02 May 2018 07:19:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/02/april-submission-mission-total/ It’s May 2nd already, and since I had so much other news yesterday I decided my submission mission total for the month of April could hold off a day. But now the waiting is over and you finally get to find out how many submissions I sent out (I know you were waiting on the edges of your seats)….. SO, for the month of April I sent out a total of 43 scripts! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/01/detroit-new-works-festival-recap/ Tue, 01 May 2018 12:11:30 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/01/detroit-new-works-festival-recap/ I am home from the Motor City! Wow, in the past few months I have been in many different time zones, it's kinda a trip. I was in Detroit for Outvisible Theatre Company‘s 2018 Detroit New Works Festival and it was an amazing festival and an amazing weekend! Adriane Galea, Outvisible Theatre Company's artistic director, really knows how to put on a festival, it's only the second year for the Detroit New Works Festival and I was blown away by the talent on every level. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/01/goodbye-april-new-play-reading-challenge/ Tue, 01 May 2018 09:02:56 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/05/01/goodbye-april-new-play-reading-challenge/ Oh wow, it's MAY! The National New Play Network‘s April new play reading challenge on the New Play Exchange is over, here were my last recommendations for the month: "Mountain Law” by Melissa Leilani Larson "ELEVATOR GIRL” by Donna Hoke "Suicide Hotline” by Kelly McBurnette-Andronicos "El Loro, El Gato y El Espiritu Santo (or The Parrot, the Cat and the Holy Ghost)” by Kelly McBurnette-Andronicos "The Show Must NOT Go On! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/26/radioactive-interview-now-available-to-stream/ Thu, 26 Apr 2018 07:07:35 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/26/radioactive-interview-now-available-to-stream/ We were on the radio last night, we were interviewed by one of Laura Jone's co-hosts, Billy Palmer and their intern/show co-host Isabella Sabala! The cast absolutely killed the scenes, they were so great! You can click above to listen in, our interview was shifted a bit and we start right at 32:33 and finish out the episode. Here are the cast members who joined us to share their vocal talent on air: https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/25/eyes-on-the-prize-more-more-more-new-play-recommendations-on-the-new-play-exchange/ Wed, 25 Apr 2018 11:51:26 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/25/eyes-on-the-prize-more-more-more-new-play-recommendations-on-the-new-play-exchange/ I was reading and recommending plays last night, and my husband asked me if the button from the National New Play Network was a little emblem that would go on our New Play Exchange profile, and when I corrected him and let him know it was an actual physical button, he responded: “Ooooh, like a medal!” And now I want it even more! So I've kicked it into a higher gear and have been reading, reading, reading my mornings and evenings away, and writing, writing, writing recommendations for all that I enjoy. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/25/hear-me-on-the-radio-today/ Wed, 25 Apr 2018 08:10:39 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/25/hear-me-on-the-radio-today/ Today is the day! Today from 6pm - 7pm (mountain time!) Jamie Wilcox, artistic director of the Egyptian Youtheatre, and I will be interviewed on KRCL‘s RadioActive! And that's not all! There will also be scenes from CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS being performed by the actors! You can listen to 90.9, if you're in Salt Lake, 96.7, if you're in Park City, or stream the show online at KRCL.org if you're in far off places. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/24/only-three-days-until-i-go-to-detroit/ Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:49:53 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/24/only-three-days-until-i-go-to-detroit/ I'm counting down the days, and there are only THREE left between now and when I leave for Outvisible Theatre Company‘s Detroit New Works Festival! RIPPED is the first in the five play festival line-up this weekend, and my reading is at 2:30 on Saturday. RIPPED will be directed by Mycah Leigh Artis and features Anna Doyle, Scott Anthony Joy, and Michael Lopetrone. And after there'll be a talkback with me and the cast! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/23/april-nnpn-reading-challenge-home-stretch/ Mon, 23 Apr 2018 10:33:15 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/23/april-nnpn-reading-challenge-home-stretch/ It's April 23rd! Only one week left for reading and recommending plays on the New Play Exchange in hopes to get that wonderful National New Play Network button… Yes, I really really like buttons. Here's what I got to recommending over the weekend: "The Woman American” by Samantha Cooper - I really really loved this play! "Retch Gag Spew Hurl Heave Eject” by Samantha Cooper "BROKE/FIX” by Gina Femia "FRIENDS WITH GUNS” by Stephanie Alison Walker "FATIMA & MAAMA: A Ten-Minute TFY Play” by Asher Wyndham "RUFF! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/20/more-new-day-new-play-recommendations/ Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:28:34 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/20/more-new-day-new-play-recommendations/ As much as I want that National New Play Network button, I have to say, reading all of these new plays has been one of the most fun things ever. This week I've discovered new playwrights I never heard of before and have completely fallen in love with their work. I know that I won't always be able to keep up this break-neck pace of reading and recommending new plays on the New Play Exchange, but I'll have to figure out a way to fit it in my schedule because THIS IS SO MUCH FUN! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/19/cast-for-detroit-new-works-festival-reading-of-ripped/ Thu, 19 Apr 2018 13:15:23 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/19/cast-for-detroit-new-works-festival-reading-of-ripped/ I'm a train that keeps on chugging- I leave a week from tomorrow for my first visit to Detroit, Michigan! My full-length play RIPPED is a finalist for the Detroit New Works Festival, hosted by Outvisible Theatre Company! The festival will host readings of five new plays over Saturday the 28th and Sunday the 29th of April, and will announce a winner from those five plays Sunday night. The winner will receive a world premiere production with Outvisible Theatre Company! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/18/april-25-catch-krcls-radioactive-show-on-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens/ Wed, 18 Apr 2018 11:43:44 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/18/april-25-catch-krcls-radioactive-show-on-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens/ One week from today, Wednesday April 25th, at 6pm (Mountain Time), CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS will be featured on KRCL‘s program RadioActive! Jamie Wilcox, artistic director of the Egyptian Youtheatre, and I will be interviewed by host Lara Jones, AND some of the cast is coming down from Park City to perform the scenes LIVE ON THE AIR!!!! Be sure to mark your calendars now and tune in next week! If you're not in the area, you can listen live to KRCL over the internet from anywhere, or if you're busy during that time, you can go back and listen to the show after the fact on the RadioActive homepage! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/17/200th-submission-for-2018-submitted/ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 07:57:41 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/17/200th-submission-for-2018-submitted/ I feel like confetti should be streaming down from my office ceiling as I type this, I suppose I'll have to make do without, because I've just submitted my 200th SCRIPT FOR THE YEAR! Take that #submissionmission! I am waaaaaaay ahead of schedule, if I am able to keep up this crazy pace I just might make it past my goal of 450 and hit 500! And my leave-no-stone-unturned submission approach this year is paying off already with little hits popping up all over! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/16/over-the-weekend-play-recommendations/ Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:05:36 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/16/over-the-weekend-play-recommendations/ As I predicted, I was off my game a bit over the weekend, hard to read and recommend plays with little ones (or in my case, not so little ones) running around screaming all the time. Actually, they hardly do that anymore, now they're both nose deep in Harry Potter and so it's non-stop Harry Potter questions, and/or playing chess. Which, as it turns out, also makes it hard for me to read and recommend plays. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/13/more-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Fri, 13 Apr 2018 11:20:14 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/13/more-new-play-exchange-recommendations/ Happy Friday the 13th! On my hunt for that National New Play Network button I've been reading lots of plays on the New Play Exchange and writing recommendations for all the great ones I come across! I've had to be in catch up mode, since I was gone the first week of April, so I've been trying to write 4 recommendations a day. This has been an excellent distraction for me since I've also been waiting on big news. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/12/march-submission-pie-charts/ Thu, 12 Apr 2018 11:11:46 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/12/march-submission-pie-charts/ Not sure if you know this, but I really love pie. It's kinda my thing. So when fellow playwright Kat Ramsburg asked me for stats on the breakdown of my all my submissions, I knew I had it meant one thing: pie charts. That's right, it's about to get very charty up in here…. These numbers are only for the plays I sent out last month (March, 2018). I sent out 84 scripts last month and I broke down the numbers in four categories… https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/11/national-new-play-network-april-play-reading-challenge/ Wed, 11 Apr 2018 07:15:34 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/11/national-new-play-network-april-play-reading-challenge/ Still in major catch-up mode, and one of the things I'm trying to catch up on is the National New Play Network‘s April Play Reading Challenge! It's pretty simple, read a whole lot of new plays this month on the New Play Exchange, recommend the ones you like, and then fill out the #NewPlay April Reader Responses google form for each play you read and recommend! If you're one of the top twenty readers you'll get a nifty “I ♥ New Plays” button! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/10/promotional-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-photos-are-here/ Tue, 10 Apr 2018 11:21:07 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/04/10/promotional-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-photos-are-here/ Home again and trying to hit the ground running as much as possible as I get back into the grove. I have SO MANY THINGS TO CATCH UP ON! This week I'll be posting a ton making up for my week off, so if you want to be in the know, be sure to check back. Today I have some very exciting things to share…. Promotional photos for the upcoming World Premiere of CHEERLEADERS VS. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/30/byyyyyye-for-now-headed-to-hawaii/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 05:18:14 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/30/byyyyyye-for-now-headed-to-hawaii/ Goodbye for now all my lovely blog readers! I’m off on a family vacation to the Big Island of Hawaii! I’m leaving my computer at home again, which means I won’t be available until Monday April 9th! If you need me, hold that thought and reach out then. Or send it now, with the understanding that I won’t see it until then. I can’t wait for the warm sand, the warm sun, the warm water, time to read and think, and time to hang with my kiddos and awesome husband. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/29/march-submission-mission-total/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 13:48:29 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/29/march-submission-mission-total/ I'm hanging up my submitting hat for the last two days of the month, and the first week of April (vacation!), so I'm posting my numbers for March now… It's big, guys. SUPER big. My total number of submissions sent out for the month of March is…….. (a moment while I triple check the math)………. EIGHTY FOUR! That's the most I've ever sent off in a single month. I am not messing around in 2018, not with submissions anyway. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/27/crashed-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-rehearsal-last-saturday/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:53:25 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/27/crashed-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-rehearsal-last-saturday/ I crashed rehearsal at the Egyptian Youtheatre last Saturday for CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS and I was blown away! The cast and director are blowing me away every time I see them. Unfortunately, I'm about to head out of town again, so it'll be a few weeks before I'm back in that rehearsal room, but I thought I'd share some pictures from some of my favorite moments to tide us both over: https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/26/three-chances-to-catch-my-short-plays-in-april-and-may/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 09:36:25 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/26/three-chances-to-catch-my-short-plays-in-april-and-may/ This year's #submissionmission is already paying off big time with my short plays! And depending on where you live, or how much you like to travel, you'll have THREE chances to catch my short work being performed all over the place in the next two month….. Kicking off April 9th, my awful (yes, I said awful!) play, THE SONGS OF HELL, will be performed in Another Taste of Awful with Cupcake Lady Productions! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/20/ripped-a-finalist-for-unicorn-theatres-in-progress-new-play-reading-series-or-why-you-should-check-your-spam-folder/ Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:51:04 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/20/ripped-a-finalist-for-unicorn-theatres-in-progress-new-play-reading-series-or-why-you-should-check-your-spam-folder/ Had a small heart attack yesterday…. I was sending out submissions like a fiend, when I was checked the Official Playwrights of Facebook page to see if there were any new opportunities posted, on there I caught a post by a fellow playwright who'd almost missed a production because the emails from the artistic director had all gone to her spam folder. Luckily, the artistic director was persistent and eventually they connected and all was right with the world. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/19/lean-in-with-liz-will-be-performed-with-clamour-theatre-company/ Mon, 19 Mar 2018 10:53:04 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/19/lean-in-with-liz-will-be-performed-with-clamour-theatre-company/ Next month my ten-minute play LEAN IN WITH LIZ! will join four other short plays for an evening of new short work at Clamour Theatre Company! Clamour Theatre Company is located in Fleming Island, Florida, and the reading is set for Friday, April 27th- which oddly enough is the day I head over to Detroit for the reading of RIPPED with the Detroit New Works Festival. This will be the third time LEAN IN WITH LIZ! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/15/first-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-rehearsal-this-saturday/ Thu, 15 Mar 2018 08:17:07 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/15/first-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-rehearsal-this-saturday/ I have been waiting for this Saturday to come for a loooooong time, it's our first CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS rehearsal!! I can't wait to jump in with my amazing director, Alicia Washington, and my killer cast, on this script that is so near and dear to my heart. I know on the surface it sounds like a fun and silly play, and it absolutely is, but there's more to it than that, and I can't wait to share it with the world. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/13/im-a-finalist-for-playwrights-foundations-bay-area-playwrights-festival/ Tue, 13 Mar 2018 07:12:29 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/13/im-a-finalist-for-playwrights-foundations-bay-area-playwrights-festival/ Woke up to FANTASTIC news! My full-length Let's Fix Andy is a finalist for Playwrights Foundation‘s Bay Area Playwrights Festival!!!!! I should find out by the end of the month if I make it all the way, but if I'm in I'll be spending a huge chunk of my July at home in the Bay Area! Keep all of your fingers crossed for me! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/12/chicago-was-amazing/ Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:23:51 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/12/chicago-was-amazing/ Cast of the 20% Theatre Company Chicago reading of ONCE A SPY: (from left to right) Laura Harrison, Danny Gadaj, Malcom Callan, Ashlyn Lozano, Arie Thompson, and Samantha Newcomb. Home after my windy city adventure and I gotta say, Chicago sure knows how to show some wonderful hospitality! Every theater artist I met and/or worked with when I was in town was so lovely and open, the food was DELICIOUS, and though it was cold as hell, the flat-flat streets of Chicago made the 29. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/08/once-a-spy-reading-in-two-days/ Thu, 08 Mar 2018 15:57:26 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/08/once-a-spy-reading-in-two-days/ Last night we had the first rehearsal for the staged reading of ONCE A SPY at 20% Theatre Company Chicago! My brilliant director, Erin Kraft, the literary manager for 20% Theatre Company, Rachel Bykowski, and I met in a room with some fine actors and I listened to ONCE A SPY out loud for the first time in years, and now I'm more excited than ever for the reading this Saturday! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/01/february-submission-mission-total/ Thu, 01 Mar 2018 09:57:48 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/03/01/february-submission-mission-total/ Oh hey, it's the first day of March, the perfect time to look back at February and see how I'm doing with my insane submission mission for the year…. This February was so much better than last year's, my 2017 submission total for February was a measly 13! Which isn't unusual, as submission opportunities are often hard to come by in February, they tend to pick up a bunch in March. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/02/28/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-poster/ Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:19:14 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/02/28/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-poster/ Feast your eyes! The poster for the world premiere production of CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS is here: (Poster by Sarah Garrett!) The Egyptian Youtheatre production of CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS, directed by Alicia Washington runs May 10th at 7pm, May 11th at 7pm, and May 12th at 2pm and 7pm, and TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW. We have our first rehearsal soon, if I wasn't so busy with a million other things I'd be going crazy waiting to get into the room with my actors. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/02/27/kcactf-region-7-recap/ Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:19:46 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/02/27/kcactf-region-7-recap/ Last week is a blur of theater, theater, and more theater. It was packed with auditions, new plays, rehearsals, and wonderful conversations. I got to spend time with some of my favorite people on the planet AND meet some new ones. This year's traveling master playwright from the Dramatist Guild was Steve Yockey, who was so insightful with his feedback and also all around a lovely human being, I was especially excited to meet him as I loved his play MERCURY at Salt Lake Acting Company this past Fall (and because I'm a pretty big Supernatural fan (shhhhhh)). https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/02/16/all-the-theater/ Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:58:06 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/02/16/all-the-theater/ I'm about to enter into a theater hurricane of my own making. IT'S GONNA RAIN THEATER GUYS! Not really, but it feels like that looking over my schedule for the next few weeks… Tonight I'm catching opening night of the world premiere production of “i” by Jeff Talbott at Pioneer Theatre Company. Tomorrow I'm doubling up with a morning puppet workshop with Puppets in the City and Plan-B Theatre Company (you guys, PUPPETS! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/02/13/full-detroit-new-works-2018-festival-lineup/ Tue, 13 Feb 2018 07:14:57 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/02/13/full-detroit-new-works-2018-festival-lineup/ The schedule for Outvisible Theatre Company’s 2018 Detroit New Works Festival is set! Directors have been selected! Here’s the full festival schedule and lineup: Saturday, April 28th 2:30pm: Reading of RIPPED by Rachel Bublitz, directed by Mycah Artis ”Lucy, a freshman in college, is torn between her excitement about the new people in her life and having to leave her old life and loves behind. As she struggles to find a balance between the new and the old, a sexual encounter leaves her confused and concerned that she may have been a victim of rape. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/02/12/first-look-at-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-art/ Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:55:08 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/02/12/first-look-at-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-art/ (Promotional CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS image by Sarah Garrett) Eeeeeeeeeeee! CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS had its first cast read through on Saturday, tickets are now on sale, and I now there's promotional art ready for the show! It is all just SO FREAKIN’ EXCITING! I'm telling you, May can't come soon enough. But luckily there's a poster and promo photos in the works which should slightly help in the wait. And, if you're that curious about the play, feel free to download the latest draft on my New Play Exchange page! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/02/10/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-read-through-with-the-cast-and-tickets/ Sat, 10 Feb 2018 15:47:32 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/02/10/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-read-through-with-the-cast-and-tickets/ (Photo of my massive CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS cast gearing up for our first read through) I drove up to Park City this morning for the first cast read through of CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS! And let me tell you, they are KILLER. I got goose bumps hearing it, and those bumps just got bigger and bigger as we heard from the director (Alicia Washington) and producer (Jamie Wilcox) of the show after. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/02/07/once-a-spy-headed-to-chicago/ Wed, 07 Feb 2018 07:31:31 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/02/07/once-a-spy-headed-to-chicago/ Now for my windy city news… My full-length play ONCE A SPY- about real WWII spy Nancy Wake- is getting a workshop and staged reading with 20% Theatre Company Chicago’s DarkRoom Series!! The reading will be directed by Erin Kraft, and after some conversations with Erin, it’s easy to see she’s a new play super stay and I’m so thankful 20% Theatre Company connected me with such a engaging and smart collaborator. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/02/02/january-submission-total/ Fri, 02 Feb 2018 07:17:15 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/02/02/january-submission-total/ Time to check in on my #submissionmission status (drumroll please)……………… For the month of January I submitted 48 times! That is six more submissions than my January total from last year. And while I know submitting like I do is crazy, I'm feeling a ton of benefits already from last year's mission, I have two short plays going up next month, one one-minute play (PEPE LE PEW) in Spokane Stage Left‘s Fast & Furious, a reading of MY BODY in the Kennedy Center ACTF Region 7 Conference which also happens to be happening in Spokane, Washington, I just licensed two children's plays (making dollar dollar bills! https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/02/01/ripped-selected-as-finalist-for-the-detroit-new-works-festival/ Thu, 01 Feb 2018 10:10:05 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/02/01/ripped-selected-as-finalist-for-the-detroit-new-works-festival/ Time to share my amazing news: RIPPED is a finalist for the 2018 Detroit New Works Festival with Outvisible Theatre Company!!!!!!!!!!! I'm delighted and excited and April just can't come soon enough! I've never been to Detroit before, and going there in April will make the fourth straight month in a row of me getting to go to another state to see my work. It also means that from January through May of this year I'll have a public display of my work each month. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/30/i-am-bad-at-waiting/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:28:02 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/30/i-am-bad-at-waiting/ I am bad at waiting. Patience is not one of my special skills. And I realize that my life would be better if I could just relax and let the things I'm waiting on happen when they happen, but I just can't. I'm supposed to be finding out by tomorrow if I'm in a festival, and I really really want in. (Break to check email - nothing new.) Experience has taught me that even though I was told that tomorrow would be the day they'd let me know for sure, it could still be weeks before I get that email. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/29/365-women-a-year-proposals-accepted/ Mon, 29 Jan 2018 10:55:18 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/29/365-women-a-year-proposals-accepted/ Last week I requested to write for the 365 Women A Year: A Playwriting Project, and I was approved to write for both of the women I sent in for! So this year, on top of my other projects, I'll be writing a new play based on Adelaide Herrmann, a magician and Vaudeville performer known as “The Queen of Magic,” AND a play based on Nancy Wake, a secret agent from the Second World War. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/24/amazing-humana-festival-opportunity/ Wed, 24 Jan 2018 11:45:18 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/24/amazing-humana-festival-opportunity/ Would you like a free package to attend one of the Humana Festival‘s weekends this year? Well, it's your lucky day because you can now apply for a Humana Festival Emerging Leaders Grant which would allow you to see a weekend of the 42nd Humana Festival and give you 50% off additional weekends in case you wanted to stay. The deadline for the application is coming up quick on February 9th. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/23/2018-my-year-for-rewrites/ Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:41:51 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/23/2018-my-year-for-rewrites/ Last year was the year of first drafts, I wrote FIVE first drafts of full-length plays, and while I could feel my writer muscles grow because of it, this will be my year for rewriting. I'm planning to tackle a lot of my material from last year, and also some older work that I'm hoping to blow dust off from and get people excited about. I've got a lot of plays on my wish-list to strengthen, as usual I'm thinking big: https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/22/365-women-a-year-a-playwriting-project-is-looking-for-playwrights/ Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:49:59 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/22/365-women-a-year-a-playwriting-project-is-looking-for-playwrights/ Hey there! Are you a playwright or someone who's potentially interested in writing plays? Well then, I'm here to tell you that 365 Women A Year: A Playwriting Project is looking for you! What the heck is 365 Women A Year: A Playwriting Project, you wonder? Well… "This international playwriting project involves over 300 playwrights who have signed on to write one or more one-acts about extraordinary women in both past and present history. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/18/submission-mission-part-two-my-wishes-for-theaters/ Thu, 18 Jan 2018 14:01:32 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/18/submission-mission-part-two-my-wishes-for-theaters/ Last October I wrote a post called Submission Mission Part One: Hey Playwrights! in which I laid out five things a playwright can do to make submission less painful for themselves, and today I'm going to come at it from the other side of the equation… Yeah, that's right, this is my wish list aimed at all the theaters, festivals, and producers who put out calls for playwrights. I may be shunned from the theater community at large for this post, but it's a risk I'm willing to take. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/14/thoughts-after-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-auditions/ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 11:45:52 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/14/thoughts-after-cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-auditions/ We auditioned close to thirty kids yesterday for CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS and while we sat around the table after figuring out the cast it was such a joy to have TEN ROLES WRITTEN FOR YOUNG WOMEN. Yep. Ten! Ten distinct and complex teenage girls. The cast for CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS is twenty total, which includes seven cheerleaders (all female), five football players (4 male, 1 female), two non-cheerleading students (both female), and six aliens (all gender neutral). https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/12/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-auditions-tomorrow/ Fri, 12 Jan 2018 09:56:38 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/12/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-auditions-tomorrow/ Oh gosh, you guys, it's only been a little over a year since I pitched the play CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS to Jamie Wilcox, the artistic director of the Egyptian Youtheatre, about seven months since I sent the first draft her way, six months from our week-long workshop over the summer, AND TOMORROW WE HOLD AUDITIONS FOR THE WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION! This play was my first commission with a guaranteed production, and at every step of the way I tried my hardest not to take that for granted. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/10/great-bay-area-trip/ Wed, 10 Jan 2018 10:10:46 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/10/great-bay-area-trip/ Home again, home again, jiggity jig! I'm back in Salt Lake after an amazing and rainy trip back to the Bay Area. Highlights of the trip include catching up with so many great friends and collaborators, taking the entire day on Sunday to just walk and talk and eat all over San Francisco with one of my best friends (and basically one of the best people on the planet), hearing HAPPILY read before an audience for the first time ever, and a really exciting meeting I had with the artistic director of one of my favorite companies. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/05/2018-submission-mission/ Fri, 05 Jan 2018 09:44:18 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/05/2018-submission-mission/ There's a lot I can't control as a playwright, I always think about that when I'm considering my goals for the coming year. While it's tempting to have a production specific goal, that's one of the many things I don't have a say in, unless I start self-producing. What I do have a say in though, is how many scripts I'm sending out each year… I sent out 416 submissions last year, which was a record for me and my submission mission for 2018 is to break that record yet again. https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/03/cast-announcement-for-happily-reading-with-quantum-dragon-theatre/ Wed, 03 Jan 2018 07:28:42 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/03/cast-announcement-for-happily-reading-with-quantum-dragon-theatre/ I'm heading to the Bay Area Friday! My very new play HAPPILY will kick of Quantum Dragon Theatre‘s Forge reading series on Monday the 8th! Yep, that is this Monday! Time apparently does not stop when you're on vacation. The reading will be at the Shotgun Studios on University in Berkeley, at 7:30pm. You can get a pay-what-you-can ticket here or at the door (if you're reading this on facebook, click through for links). https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/02/good-omens-good-news-and-2017-submission-total/ Tue, 02 Jan 2018 17:56:53 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2018/01/02/good-omens-good-news-and-2017-submission-total/ I'm starting out this New Year with a good sign, I received an email (my first email of the New Year, in fact!) that requested the full draft of Ripped (I'd sent the theater a sample their way a few weeks ago)! I'm taking it as a good sign for 2018. And I closed the 2017 year strong with some exciting news: Ripped is a 2018 Detroit New Works Festival Semifinalist! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/12/20/see-you-in-2018/ Wed, 20 Dec 2017 05:59:49 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/12/20/see-you-in-2018/ I’m leaving on a jet airplane in just a few hours to celebrate the holidays in California. And as a Christmas present to myself, I’m leaving my computer at home! So if you need me, you’re going to have to wait until next year. I hope everyone has a safe and relaxing last two weeks of December! I’ll be announcing my 2018 goals and my submission total for 2017, so be sure to check back in early January. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/12/19/fantastic-failure/ Tue, 19 Dec 2017 07:08:48 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/12/19/fantastic-failure/ Sometime last week it hit me- I wasn't sure if I was going to finish my sixth and final full-length for my six new play goal this year. In the past few weeks I've been grading essays and giving finals for my classes at Weber, doing rewrites on MOMMY DANCES WITH THE DEVIL, BURST and I'm currently in the middle of rewrites for HAPPILY, Christmas and Hanukkah shopping/preparations, script submissions, and so I felt more than a little stress looking over the last few weeks of the year trying to fit in the hours I'd need to get a brand new play complete…. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/12/18/top-five-shows-of-2017/ Mon, 18 Dec 2017 11:20:26 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/12/18/top-five-shows-of-2017/ 2017 is almost a thing of the past, we've only got two weeks until it's the first day of 2018! And while I spend a lot of time on here tooting my own horn, I wanted to take a second to look back at my favorite theatrical performances from the past year. I saw so many shows! I didn't keep count, unfortunately, but it was a lot. From staged readings, to workshop productions, to world premieres, to classics, I saw some shows you guys. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/12/13/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-auditions-in-park-city/ Wed, 13 Dec 2017 09:41:10 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/12/13/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-auditions-in-park-city/ CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS is coming to the Egyptian Youtheatre in May of 2018, to be directed by the incredible Alicia Washington, artistic director of Good Company Theatre. And sign-ups for auditions are now available! If you know any young actors (13+) near Park City who'd be interested in joining the team, please send them over to sign-ups ASAP! Auditions are January 13, 11:30am-1pm, with callbacks that same afternoon between 2-3pm. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/12/12/last-chance-kennedy-center-festival/ Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:47:42 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/12/12/last-chance-kennedy-center-festival/ Toot the horn, ring the bell, I've got one last chance to get to the national Kennedy Center 10-minute play festival this April! My ten-minute play MY BODY has been selected as a Region 7 semi-finalist, which means I'll be heading up to Spokane in February to present the play and attend the conference! You're allowed to participate in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival up to two years after you graduate with your masters degree so this is my final eligible year. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/12/08/end-of-the-semester/ Fri, 08 Dec 2017 08:21:40 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/12/08/end-of-the-semester/ Weber State's semester is winding down, which means I'm almost done with my first full semester of teaching acting. We had their final performances in class yesterday, and I can't fully express in words how proud I was of my students. For a lot of them, this was their first experience with theater, and I saw them go from shaking and barely willing to speak in front of anyone, to nailing their final scenes. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/12/07/starting-final-play-30-days-of-christmas/ Thu, 07 Dec 2017 10:39:25 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/12/07/starting-final-play-30-days-of-christmas/ Time to start my sixth and final play for the year! I'm so tired! I just want to drink hot chocolate and wrap presents and never use my brain again! But, goals! And I've been wanting to write this play for a while. SO, my sixth and final play, 30 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (working title, but I really like it, so maybe it'll stick), will take place at a discount retail shop (like Target) between Black Friday and Christmas Eve- which is (at least for this year) a thirty day period. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/12/03/submission-mission-complete/ Sun, 03 Dec 2017 16:48:21 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/12/03/submission-mission-complete/ I sent out FIVE scripts this afternoons which means that I have OFFICIALLY COMPLETED MY 2017 SUBMISSION MISSION! WOO! A friend of mine was requesting plays on facebook for the university she works for, and she wanted scripts with a majority female and multi-racial cast. I sent MOMMY DANCES WITH THE DEVIL, CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS, and ONCE A SPY her way. BUT what's also super cool is that when I told her about the plays on her post, an artistic director reached out to me because he was also interested in reading MOMMY DANCES WITH THE DEVIL and CHEERLEADERS VS. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/12/01/november-submission-mission-total/ Fri, 01 Dec 2017 08:46:06 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/12/01/november-submission-mission-total/ Slightly anti-climatic, as I'm in the middle of my last-ten-submission countdown, but let's tabulate and calculate and add up all those tally marks (yes, that's my super scientific method for adding up my submissions) for my November #SubmissionMission total!….. For the month of November I sent out 29 total submissions!! Just one shy of one per day, but adding that to my submissions for the rest of the year, I'm up to 397, as noted yesterday in my countdown post. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/30/submission-mission-countdown-submission-397/ Thu, 30 Nov 2017 09:59:45 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/30/submission-mission-countdown-submission-397/ ALMOST THERE! This morning I sent of submission number 397!!! I submitted RIPPED to Druid Theatre in Galway, Ireland, they're taking full-length and one-act scripts through today. They want original scripts in English, and accept international submissions. On their website I couldn't find a mission with more specifics of the type of plays they're looking for, but looking at their production history gave me some hints. I found this opportunity through the always helpful NYC Playwrights Blog, which I can't recommend enough for finding playwriting opportunities. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/28/giving-tuesday-and-submission-mission-countdown-submission-396/ Tue, 28 Nov 2017 10:03:12 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/28/giving-tuesday-and-submission-mission-countdown-submission-396/ It's #GivingTuesday, so before I get to my submission, I'd like to encourage you to find your favorite theater's website and send some $$$ their way. Today I donated to Plan-B Theatre, Shotgun Players, Killing My Lobster, Awesome Theatre, Salt Lake Acting Company, and Good Company Theatre. I could go on giving forever, because I love soooooo many theaters, but my bank account doesn't agree with me. That's why I need you to help out! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/27/submission-mission-countdown-submissions-393-394-and-395/ Mon, 27 Nov 2017 20:23:48 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/27/submission-mission-countdown-submissions-393-394-and-395/ My submission train slowed a little over the holiday, but it's chugging back to it's normal pace now! I just sent off submissions 393, 394, and 395! Getting very very close. Submission #393 was sent off to T. Schreiber Studio for their Schreiber Shorts. There's a $5 fee, which I'm not a fan of, but I'm a complicated human being who makes contrary choices some times. Their theme was: ESCAPE, and I sent them my ten-minute play EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/21/date-and-director-announcement-for-quantum-dragon-theatres-the-forge-reading-series/ Tue, 21 Nov 2017 21:13:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/21/date-and-director-announcement-for-quantum-dragon-theatres-the-forge-reading-series/ Get out your calendars and save the date: I'm returning to the Bay Area for a reading of HAPPILY with Quantum Dragon Theatre January 8th! And, even more exciting, I have a director!! Melinda Marks has signed on to direct the reading and I can't wait! Melinda directed my reading of ONCE A SPY at the Loud & Unladylike festival, and I'm excited to get to work with her again. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/20/submission-mission-countdown-submission-number-392/ Mon, 20 Nov 2017 20:39:17 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/20/submission-mission-countdown-submission-number-392/ I feel a bit like those show-off athletes that run super goofy and slow at the end of a race they're positive they'll win with these submissions trickling down one every couple of days. Normally I'll have a week or so in between huge submission purges, where I'll knockout five to ten a day, for 3-4 days depending on how many submission opportunities I have stashed away. I find these days wonderful breaks from writing and rewriting, as they take very different parts of the brain. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/17/submission-mission-countdown-submission-number-391/ Fri, 17 Nov 2017 10:14:46 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/17/submission-mission-countdown-submission-number-391/ NINE SCRIPTS TO GO! Submission #391: Kitchen Dog Theater is taking submissions through the New Play Exchange through November 21st for their 2018 New Works Festival. They're looking for full length plays with a cast ideally between 1-8 actors, that speaks to their mission: "It is the mission of Kitchen Dog Theater to provide a place where questions of justice, morality, and human freedom can be explored. We choose plays that challenge our moral and social consciences, invite our audiences to be provoked, challenged, and amazed. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/16/only-ten-submissions-away-from-hitting-my-submission-mission/ Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:39:16 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/16/only-ten-submissions-away-from-hitting-my-submission-mission/ This is not a drill! I am only ten submissions away from hitting my 400 submission goal for 2017! TEN SHY GUYS! Should I do a countdown? I think I need to do a countdown… Submission #390 was sent off to Blue Pearl Theatrics. They're looking for un-published and un-produced ten-minute plays with four or less characters, I send them my ten-minute play The Garden. There's no deadline listed on their website, so I'd say the sooner with the sending is probably better. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/15/ripped-selected-for-bristol-valley-theaters-new-works-initiative/ Wed, 15 Nov 2017 11:20:13 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/15/ripped-selected-for-bristol-valley-theaters-new-works-initiative/ I was notified this morning that RIPPED will be included in Bristol Valley Theater‘s 2018 New Works Initiative happening this summer! That means that RIPPED will get a staged reading in early to mid June, with professional actors and a professional director. This is just after I got the best rejection of my life yesterday, which was for RIPPED as well- and I'm not being sarcastic, it was an amazing rejection letter. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/14/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-dates/ Tue, 14 Nov 2017 20:25:24 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/14/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-dates/ The best ever is when you're more and more excited about a project as it moves closer, this is especially true for my commissioned high school play CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS because as the production gets nearer, I get more meetings with two of my favorite gals- Jamie Wilcox, who runs the Egyptian Youtheatre, and Alicia Washington, director of my show, and artistic director for Good Theatre Company up in Ogden. So much tea guys, so many good cookies! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/10/busy-busy-bee/ Fri, 10 Nov 2017 13:29:57 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/10/busy-busy-bee/ Guys, there are only 51 days left in the year. My docket of things to crank out includes: My last new full-length play of the year. New drafts of: Mommy Dances With The Devil, for a table read with Plan B Theatre next month, HAPPILY, for a staged reading with Quantum Dragon Theatre sometime in January, Burst, for upcoming submissions, and probably/maybe Cheerleaders VS Aliens after a reading of the current draft and chats with the designers for the Egyptian Youtheatre Production coming up next year. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/01/october-submission-mission-total/ Wed, 01 Nov 2017 11:05:37 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/11/01/october-submission-mission-total/ It's November! Only TWO more months in the year, which means only TWO months left to reach my submission mission of 400 submissions for the year. How did I do in October, you wonder? Well, quite frankly, I murdered October by sending out FORTY TWO submissions! Adding my October total to all the other months of the year so far, I'm up to 368! Which means, not only am I ahead of schedule to reach my goal, but I've already surpassed my record from when I submitted 366 times in 2014. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/29/bounce-back-sunday-with-two-readings/ Sun, 29 Oct 2017 10:39:27 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/29/bounce-back-sunday-with-two-readings/ I'm bouncing back into action today with TWO readings of new plays! This morning at my friend's lovely apartment, we'll be reading the first draft of my play BURST, so that I can get it ready for a November 2nd submission deadline, and then this evening I'll be working with Quantum Dragon Theatre and hearing my first draft of HAPPILY. Busy-ness is the balm that soothes all that ails me. Plus, since I'm a nervous wreck before I hear any of my plays out loud, my anxiety will distract me from all those other pesky feelings. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/28/bad-news-bears-ripped-production-canceled/ Sat, 28 Oct 2017 10:27:41 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/28/bad-news-bears-ripped-production-canceled/ The time has come to share my bad news, the Owl and Cat Theatre's developmental run of production of RIPPED, which was supposed to open this past Wednesday, was canceled. I don't totally know what happened, being so far away, but it sounds like a lot… They lost their space, and the artistic director, who was directing my play, was removed as artistic director. The new artistic director let me know that she and the cast are still very interested in putting the show up on its feet, but it's all very much up in the air. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/26/first-draft-of-burst-complete/ Thu, 26 Oct 2017 12:32:30 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/26/first-draft-of-burst-complete/ Just wrote my very favorite part of any new play: END OF PLAY! That means I've completed a first draft of FIVE new plays in 2017! One more to hit my crazy goal. And it couldn't come a moment later, as I'm in the middle of putting together a reading of this new play when I leave tomorrow for the Bay Area. Phew! In just under the wire. It does what I set out to do in the sense that it's about the falling apart of a person and a company, and that it takes place in one continuous scene. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/25/heading-to-the-bay-area-this-weekend/ Wed, 25 Oct 2017 11:15:21 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/25/heading-to-the-bay-area-this-weekend/ I'm coming your way Bay Area! I leave Friday with plans to eat everything in sight, and theater stuff too… Probably. No, there will be plenty of theater. I'm catching Cutting Ball‘s production of Paula Vogel's THE MINEOLA TWINS, directed by one of my favorite people/directors ever Ariel Craft on Saturday night, and reading two, yes TWO, of my new plays on Sunday. We'll be reading BURST at a last-minute super informal breakfast jam at my good friend Claire Rice‘s house, and then heading over to Berkeley for the table read of HAPPILY with Quantum Dragon Theatre, a part of their Forge Program for developing new genre theater! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/18/submission-mission-secrets-part-one-hey-playwrights/ Wed, 18 Oct 2017 11:18:50 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/18/submission-mission-secrets-part-one-hey-playwrights/ I try to send out a lot of stuff. I like to think of submissions as a numbers game and the more I submit, the greater the likelihood that I will get produced. There's also the simple truth that for the vast majority of theaters out there if I don't submit I have 0 chance of getting a production, reading, or workshop. They don't know me, they don't know my play, and if I send them nothing to read, they will have nothing from me to read. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/16/ripped-poster-and-me-too/ Mon, 16 Oct 2017 10:06:37 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/16/ripped-poster-and-me-too/ *Photo by Benjamin Brooker. Shannon Berry as Lucy. Over the weekend I was sent this beautiful poster for The Owl And Cat Theatre‘s RIPPED developmental production. I found out that production photos are on their way too, so get ready for more! RIPPED has been on my mind a lot lately, not only because it'll open later this month, but also because today and yesterday my facebook newsfeed was filled to the brim with the “me too” posts. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/11/breaking-pages-on-play-5-of-6/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:47:56 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/11/breaking-pages-on-play-5-of-6/ I just wrote the first line of my new play BURST, which will probably change before anyone will get to read it, but it's a great feeling. Second only to getting to the end of play part of a first draft. I spent my day researching and outlining which never makes me feel as accomplished as being able to clock in those page counts. So, before I signed out for the day and head to collect children and then taxi them around to their various activities, I wrote the first line: “Hi. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/10/moms-ham-in-utah-new-works-theatre-project-10-minute-play-festival/ Tue, 10 Oct 2017 10:37:49 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/10/moms-ham-in-utah-new-works-theatre-project-10-minute-play-festival/ My ten-minute play Mom's Ham, which was written for PlayGround and performed as a staged reading on the Berkeley Rep stage back in 2013, has been selected for Utah New Work Theatre Project‘s 10-Minute Play Festival! The festival will take place in Provo, Utah November 15-18th, and my director is Brittany N. Bohn. I'm always happy to be included in a festival, of course, but I'm really glad to have the opportunity to meet more local theater artists here in Utah. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/09/ripped-cast-and-update/ Mon, 09 Oct 2017 10:30:16 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/09/ripped-cast-and-update/ Just got an email updating me on The Owl And Cat Theatre‘s developmental production of RIPPED down in Melbourne, Australia. The run has been shortened to add in more rehearsal time. RIPPED will now run for two weeks, from October 25th - November 4th. AND, in case you happen to the be in Melbourne, here's the link for tickets (because tickets are now on sale!): https://www.owlandcat.com.au/ripped. Now to the much, much, much more exciting news……… THERE IS A CAST! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/04/research-research-and-outlines/ Wed, 04 Oct 2017 11:01:12 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/10/04/research-research-and-outlines/ I'm a little behind in my quest for writing SIX new full-length plays this year. So far I've gotten out first drafts (and in some cases second, third, and forth drafts) for the following plays that didn't exist before 2017: NO MAP LET'S FIX ANDY CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS HAPPILY Which I'm super proud of. I've been hitting the keyboard hard this year. BUT, I budgeted two months per play, and as I've got two plays left to complete and only 3 months, this challenge just got more challenging. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/09/29/september-submission-tally/ Fri, 29 Sep 2017 12:57:03 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/09/29/september-submission-tally/ September is winding down, we'll start October in just two days, and since I'm heading off for a tiny vacation, this felt like the best time to share my submission total for the month…. It's a good number, I like this number because it gets me closer and closer to my 400 #submissionmission. I've submitted to the Sundance Theatre Lab this month, to the Great Plains Theatre Conference, to PlayPenn, and The National Playwrights Conference at the O'Neill, to Berkeley Rep's Ground Floor, and Playwrights Foundation's Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and many, many, many more. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/09/28/getting-busy-on-the-new-play-exchange/ Thu, 28 Sep 2017 12:18:51 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/09/28/getting-busy-on-the-new-play-exchange/ Last week I was at a Salt Lake Dramatists Guild meet-up with a few fierce and awesome playwrights and the topic of conversation was online marketing… Websites, Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, and the like, and the National New Play Network‘s site New Play Exchange came up. For those of you who don't know, the New Play Exchange is a place where playwrights like me can upload scripts, so that producers and theaters and festivals can find them. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/09/27/first-draft-of-happily-complete/ Wed, 27 Sep 2017 14:08:45 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/09/27/first-draft-of-happily-complete/ Holy crap! I did it! Somehow I managed to pull enough words out of my insides to complete me FOURTH full-length play of the year, HAPPILY. Two more to go folks, two more to go! Now I send off this messy and confusing draft to the patient and wonderful folks at Quantum Dragon and they put together a table read and eventually a staged reading for either the end of the year or early next year. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/09/22/just-hit-300-submissions-for-the-year/ Fri, 22 Sep 2017 17:38:12 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/09/22/just-hit-300-submissions-for-the-year/ In other kicking-butt-and-taking-no-prisoners news, I just hit 300 submissions for the year! I've gotten 29 submissions out this month, and adding that to my end of August count (which was 271), I've hit a huge #submissionmission milestone. Now I've only got 100 more to go to reach 400 for the year! Woooo! Now I'm off to dip some apples in honey with my loved ones and celebrate Rosh Hashanah. L'Shana Tova! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/09/22/ripped-going-up-down-under-with-the-owl-and-cat-theatre/ Fri, 22 Sep 2017 12:20:45 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/09/22/ripped-going-up-down-under-with-the-owl-and-cat-theatre/ Last week I received some pretty AMAZING news that I've had to sit on, but finally the time to share has come…. RIPPED is going up in Australia!!! The Owl and Cat Theatre in Melbourne, Australia is putting up a short run of RIPPED to kick off their 2017 and 2018 season! The artistic director for The Owl and Cat Theatre, Thomas Ian Doyle, will direct the show, and we've been emailing back and forth figuring out how I can be involved from so far away. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/09/18/chris-and-rachel-take-wyoming/ Mon, 18 Sep 2017 10:59:18 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/09/18/chris-and-rachel-take-wyoming/ Last week my good friend, and inspiration for my play LET'S FIX ANDY, Chris Reed and I hit the road for Sheridan, Wyoming. It's an eight hour drive from Salt Lake, and it was fun to experience the trip again and to share some of the untouched parts of the country. The drive was beautiful and filled with out-of-tune singing (me) and stories and funny jokes and bad jokes (also me) and it was pretty much the best ever. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/09/01/booked-my-first-2020-gig/ Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:16:29 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/09/01/booked-my-first-2020-gig/ I have exciting news! I just booked my first gig for the year 2020. The future is coming, guys. No joke. I'll be writing for Plan-B Theatre‘s Free Elementary School Tour! The play will be for kids in 4th through 6th grade, need only two actors, be mobile, and run between 30 and 40 minutes. Oh! And it also needs to have educational tie-in. I am so thrilled! There are so many rules! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/08/31/august-submission-tally/ Thu, 31 Aug 2017 15:46:49 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/08/31/august-submission-tally/ It's the end of the month! August has been packed full of new drafts, rewrites, syllabi, and class prep, but I tried to send out as many submissions as I could. With all I did this month I'm thinking instead of sleep walking I slept-submitted. If that's not a thing I do, I sure hope I can trick my brain into starting. ANYway, even though August kept me busy busy busy, I sent off 33 submissions this month! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/08/28/teaching-adventure/ Mon, 28 Aug 2017 10:37:04 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/08/28/teaching-adventure/ It's true that last semester was my first time teaching a college course, but this semester is my first time doing it from day one. And I have two classes this semester! I wrote my first syllabus, and quickly after, my second syllabus. They probably have way too much information in them, but I feel like (hopefully) too much info is better than not enough? The two classes I'm tackling are Intro to Theatre, an online class, my first online class where I'm the teacher, and Intro to Acting, my first acting class where I"m the teacher. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/08/24/new-headshots-by-vanessa-menendez/ Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:26:35 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/08/24/new-headshots-by-vanessa-menendez/ I had new headshots taken by the amazing photographer Vanessa Menendez while she was visiting Salt Lake City earlier this month. I was nervous as hell, I'm not a huge fan of getting headshots taken. For those of you who've never done it, it's a lot of holding your body and face in weird and uncomfortable positions but trying to keep your face looking relaxed and I try as I might, I usually just look weird and uncomfortable. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/08/21/three-week-count-down-to-the-wyoming-theater-festival/ Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:27:41 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/08/21/three-week-count-down-to-the-wyoming-theater-festival/ Three weeks and counting until I drive up for the 2017 Wyoming Theater Festival! I am super excited for this year's festival for a bunch of reasons, not the least being that the line-up of workshop productions sound pretty fantastic: Hollywood Nebraska by Kenneth Jones, Another Roll of the Dice a new musical by Mark Saltzman, based on stories of Damon Runyon and songs by Frank Loesser The Resolute by Gabrielle Sinclair AND there will be three readings of new plays by Roundabout Theatre Company playwrights! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/08/14/blue-a-monologue-also-fuck-nazis/ Mon, 14 Aug 2017 09:43:20 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/08/14/blue-a-monologue-also-fuck-nazis/ This past January I was asked to write two pieces for Plan-B Theatre‘s (in)divisible, a response to the response of the election. Here's one of the monologues I wrote: BLUE by Rachel Bublitz "I’m thankful my kids don’t look as Jewish as I do, that was, not the first, but pretty close to my first reaction to this dumpster fire. Now this is a terrible thing to think for a lot of reasons, and surprising to me because I’ve never felt ashamed of being Jewish before. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/08/04/breaking-pages-on-happily-my-next-full-length-play-for-the-year/ Fri, 04 Aug 2017 12:46:08 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/08/04/breaking-pages-on-happily-my-next-full-length-play-for-the-year/ Rewind back to 2016. I just moved here to Salt Lake, and I got real life office for the first time. This new development made me feel like I should push myself, after all I now had beautiful and amazing space. Space WITH a door. A door that I could LOCK. No more packing up my computer, notebook, note cards, research books, and whatever else I needed to work when it was time to eat dinner. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/08/01/july-submissions/ Tue, 01 Aug 2017 14:22:47 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/08/01/july-submissions/ On my submission mission to submit more plays this calendar year than I've ever done before (previous best year was way back in 2014 with 366 submissions) and so far I'm on track to get it done! For the month of July I sent 35 submissions out into the world, which brings my 2017 total up to 238! And with 153 days left in this year, if I can stick to my minimum of one play per day I'm on track to submit 391 times this year! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/07/28/mommy-dances-with-the-devil-table-read-next-week/ Fri, 28 Jul 2017 11:31:28 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/07/28/mommy-dances-with-the-devil-table-read-next-week/ The summer train of theater can't stop. It won't stop. Up next I have a table read of my very favorite witch-y comedy MOMMY DANCES WITH THE DEVIL at the Plan-B Theatre Lab. This play is fun and silly and pokes fun at how horrible and hard and isolating being a stay at home mom can be. It also has five great and funny roles for women, because guess what? Women are great and funny. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/07/27/cheerleaders-vs-aliens-recap-and-pictures/ Thu, 27 Jul 2017 10:44:29 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/07/27/cheerleaders-vs-aliens-recap-and-pictures/ I have a new draft of CHEERLEADERS VS ALIENS, which I plan to send out to all my friends teaching high school and college theater soon, but first I want to thank the Egyptian Youtheatre, my co-teachers, Alicia Washington, my director, and Megan Crivello, my dramaturg/design expert, and of course the kick-butt kids that gave up five days of their summer to develop a new play. We had a blast! And we got soooooooooooo much work done! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/07/13/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-week-at-the-egyptian-youtheatre/ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 18:53:58 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/07/13/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens-week-at-the-egyptian-youtheatre/ This week has beeeeeeeeeeen a weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek. The CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS workshop at the Egyptian Youtheatre has kept my fingers tapping away on rewrites nearly non-stop, and since I had the brilliant idea to tell my husband to go off and be at work in Berkeley all week, my kids have also played a huge part in adding all those eee's to my first sentence. It's been wake up (early), theater camp for the kids and new play workshop for me, then swim practice and swim class, and dinner, and laundry, and bedtime, and finally rewrites, which means I've been staying up super late as well as getting up early. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/07/07/cheerleaders-vs-aliens-workshop-with-the-egyptian-youtheatre-kicks-off-monday/ Fri, 07 Jul 2017 14:38:58 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/07/07/cheerleaders-vs-aliens-workshop-with-the-egyptian-youtheatre-kicks-off-monday/ Just saved and sent out draft two of CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS! And thank God because Monday will kick off the five day workshop with the Egyptian Youtheatre! I met with my director Alicia Washington, and my dramaturg Megan Crivello (I feel very fancy to have director AND dramaturg!) to brain storm about the week and I am EXCITED about our plan. The workshop will also serve as a summer camp for high school and middle school students, and so we're dividing our time between teaching the kids about the different aspects of new play development AND the actual developing of a new play. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/07/05/came-home-to-some-awesome-news/ Wed, 05 Jul 2017 11:31:06 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/07/05/came-home-to-some-awesome-news/ I have returned to the United States! Australia was amazing. In my ten days there, I caught a play and a circus, ate some delicious food, and held and/or pet a koala, a kangaroo, a wombat, and a crocodile. I feel incredibly accomplished. The cherry on top of my amazing vacation cake was returning home to find out that my ten minute play REALLY ADULT is a finalist for Actors Theatre of Louisville‘s 2017 Heideman Award! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/06/21/out-for-adventures/ Wed, 21 Jun 2017 11:32:16 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/06/21/out-for-adventures/ I'm going out in the world for adventures! For the next three days I'll be up at a lake with friends, and then Saturday my husband and I leave for AUSTRALIA! YES, THE COUNTRY! We haven't had a trip without our two adorable/demanding children since, well ever, and as they're nine and seven, that's far too long. Well we once got a weekend in Napa, but I got both strep throat AND an ear infection, so it was less than fun. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/06/20/30-submissions-for-june/ Tue, 20 Jun 2017 08:30:17 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/06/20/30-submissions-for-june/ Wrapping up my submission tally early this month because starting tomorrow I'll be on vacation. This past Friday I had a small freak out moment with all the preparations I had looming in my future (I'm allergic to packing for trips), only to realize that if I didn't push myself I was going to have super pathetic submission numbers for the month of June. Oh the horror! So I procrastinated my fun prep with work! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/06/16/send-submissions-this-way/ Fri, 16 Jun 2017 15:41:32 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/06/16/send-submissions-this-way/ I've been writing and submitting away all month so far (16 submission by the 16th day, woo!), but I'm leaving soon for vacation and I was oh-so hoping to have enough submissions under my belt to not worry the rest of the month. SO, theater people, if you have any hot leads on submissions, send ‘em this way. Or if you as a theater professional want to read some of my work, that is also wonderful. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/06/15/writing-writing-rewriting/ Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:39:38 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/06/15/writing-writing-rewriting/ It's summer vacation! Yay! Well, it's summer vacation for my kids, so less so for me. Though most weeks they have some sort of camp, so we're back to YAY! This week busy with science camp, and while they're away all day instead of playing I'm working up a storm with TWO rewrites at once! Hooray for good ideas and taking on all the things! The plays that I'm currently wrestling with are Let's Fix Andy, armed with notes from the last table week of the play, and Cheerleaders VS. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/06/12/only-five-chances-left-to-catch-plan-bs-indivisible/ Mon, 12 Jun 2017 11:33:34 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/06/12/only-five-chances-left-to-catch-plan-bs-indivisible/ Saturday afternoon I finally got to watch Plan-B Theatre‘s (in)divisible and it was so fantastic. I want to gush all over the world about how good this show is. And best news for you! It runs five more times, so you've not yet missed your opportunity to watch some fantastic theater. I was a little nervous sitting and watching, one because I was with my husband who is one of my toughest critics, but also because we were with friends whose political views don't quite match up with ours. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/06/09/happy-opening-to-plan-bs-indivisible/ Fri, 09 Jun 2017 07:35:54 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/06/09/happy-opening-to-plan-bs-indivisible/ Plan-B Theatre‘s (in)divisible opened last night at the Rose Wagner in downtown Salt Lake. The show is a response to the response of the election, 12 local playwrights were charged to write two five-minute plays, one from a liberal perspective, the other from a conservative, without any names named, as in no Clinton, Trump, Obama, Sanders, etc. The plays have been weaved together to create a piece of theater that's hoping to break down the “sides” we've chosen in politics and create space for us to talk to one another like people again. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/06/05/lets-fix-andy-selected-for-2018-wyoming-theater-festival/ Mon, 05 Jun 2017 11:55:25 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/06/05/lets-fix-andy-selected-for-2018-wyoming-theater-festival/ Mark your calendars for 2018, yes the entire year because I don't have the specific dates yet, LET'S FIX ANDY will be in the 2018 Wyoming Theater Festival! Not a reading either, like it's slated to be this year, or RIPPED was last year, it's in for a workshop production! Eeeeeeeeee! That means I'll get to work with a director and cast for two-ish weeks, get the play up on its feet, and put it in front of an audience for the first time. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/05/31/35-submissions-for-the-month-of-may/ Wed, 31 May 2017 14:47:39 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/05/31/35-submissions-for-the-month-of-may/ I'm on a submission mission to beat my all-time record in submitting scripts (which was 366 submitted scripts in 2014). After a rough April (only 19 submissions) I've bounced back this month with 35! Really I just need to submit more scripts than there are days in the month and I'll be good to go. So go May! The 35 scripts from this month brings my 2017 count up to 173. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/05/30/lets-fix-andy-will-have-a-reading-at-the-wyoming-theater-festival/ Tue, 30 May 2017 07:11:31 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/05/30/lets-fix-andy-will-have-a-reading-at-the-wyoming-theater-festival/ I'm heading back up to Sheridan, Wyoming in September for the 2017 Wyoming Theater Festival because the festival is hosting a reading of LET'S FIX ANDY! HUGE thank you to all those great actors who gave me a hand putting a table reading of the play together for the artistic director, DannyLee Hodnett, because it worked! Woo! Also, best of all, one of my favorite people on the planet is coming up with me. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/05/27/a-busy-busy-week/ Sat, 27 May 2017 14:55:21 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/05/27/a-busy-busy-week/ This week has been a big ol’ theater blur. I helped out with the Wyoming Theater Festival 2017 auditions here in Salt Lake, I had another reading of Let's Fix Andy (with two artistic directors in attendance - woo!), AND busted out a draft of my third play in my six new play plan, CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS! I need a nap. And probably some water, theater activities can be very dehydrating in this high dessert. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/05/17/two-pieces-coming-up-at-pianofight-in-san-francisco/ Wed, 17 May 2017 15:52:15 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/05/17/two-pieces-coming-up-at-pianofight-in-san-francisco/ Next month, for one night only, catch staged readings of two of my short plays, *My Body and Swallowed at PianoFight in downtown San Francisco for Boiling Frog Entertainment‘s Staged Resistance! My two plays will join two plays by Kurt Weitzmann co-founder of Boiling Frog Entertainment. Nara Dahlbacka will direct, which is super exciting because I've had my eye on working with her for a while now. More news on casting and other things soon! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/05/16/more-professoring-this-fall/ Tue, 16 May 2017 14:50:26 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/05/16/more-professoring-this-fall/ I just agreed to teach TWO classes this Fall up at Weber State University! So this professor experiment will continue. I'll be teaching an online Introduction To Theater class, and an Introduction To Acting class! That's twice the class I had this past semester, but since I'll have a wealth of time to prepare at this moment I feel pretty optimistic. Come late August, I'll probably be freaking out, but for now I'm pumped. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/05/05/up-next-plan-b-theatres-indivisible/ Fri, 05 May 2017 11:06:28 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/05/05/up-next-plan-b-theatres-indivisible/ Free (yes free!) tickets are still available for Plan-B Theatre‘s (in)divisible! Part of their Script-in-Hand Series, 12 local playwrights were asked to write two new 5 minute plays in response to the election. One is from a liberal perspective, the other conservative, and we weren't allowed to name names (as in, no mention of Trump, Clinton, Obama, Sanders, etc.). Have a lot of feelings about the politics? We do too. No better place than the theater to let it all out. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/05/02/updated-casting-call-for-wyoming-theater-festival/ Tue, 02 May 2017 17:02:53 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/05/02/updated-casting-call-for-wyoming-theater-festival/ Hey hey Salt Lake Actors! The Wyoming Theater Festival has extended its casting call to include all three shows for their 2017 Season! Posted below is their updated casting call, for consideration email your headshot and resume to DannyLee Hodnett until May 10th. Housing and a stipend included. Get on it! CASTING CALL-WYOMING THEATER FESTIVAL ACTORS NEEDED FOR 3 PLAYS 6 Equity contracts and 12 non-Equity contracts are available. Housing is provided for all actors. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/05/02/of-serpents-sea-sprays-final-weekend-starts-tomorrow/ Tue, 02 May 2017 09:38:16 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/05/02/of-serpents-sea-sprays-final-weekend-starts-tomorrow/ The final weekend for This Is Water Theatre‘s OF SERPENTS & SEA SPRAY production kicks off tomorrow, May 3rd and then the play closes May 6th. Which means that if you're in the College Station, Texas area, you only have FOUR more chances to see OF SERPENTS & SEA SPRAY. Or, if you're not in the College Station area, but love to drive/fly long distances for theater, you also only have FOUR more chances to see the show with This Is Water Theatre as well. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/05/01/april-submission-tally/ Mon, 01 May 2017 07:08:46 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/05/01/april-submission-tally/ I don't know about you, but my April flew by. Packing, unpacking, airplanes, openings, new drafts, meetings, final exams, grading papers, and probably a lot more that I can't remember because it all happened way too fast. I barely had time to send scripts off this month, so I'm pretty pleased my number for the month of April is over 0. And what is that magic number? Well, I'll tell you… April I got it together enough to send out NINETEEN scripts! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/04/26/announcing-my-cheerleaders-vs-aliens-director-and-dramaturg/ Wed, 26 Apr 2017 10:25:39 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/04/26/announcing-my-cheerleaders-vs-aliens-director-and-dramaturg/ Yesterday I had the BEST meeting with Jamie Wilcox, the Egyptian Youtheatre Director, and Alicia Washington, Founder and Co-Director for Good Company Theatre. I am SO pumped to announce to the world that Alicia Washington will be directing not only the summer workshop of CHEERLEADERS VS. ALIENS, but also the world premiere production next Spring! I walked away from that meeting bouncing with excitement guys. Also discussed at the meeting, this summer we'll have a dramaturg for our workshop! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/04/25/wyoming-theater-festival-casting-call/ Tue, 25 Apr 2017 15:57:10 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/04/25/wyoming-theater-festival-casting-call/ ATTENTION SALT LAKE ACTORS: Wyoming Theater Festival is looking for YOU! CASTING CALL: The Wyoming Theater Festival is seeking actors for a development production of Kenneth Jones’s new play, “Hollywood, Nebraska,” directed by Scott Alan Evans, artistic director of off-Broadway’s The Actors Company Theater (TACT). Jones’s play “Alabama Story” premiered at Pioneer Theater Company in 2015 and will have had productions in 10 cities by the spring of 2018. “Hollywood, Nebraska” is his latest play. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/04/25/play-three-of-six-cheerleaders-vs-aliens/ Tue, 25 Apr 2017 08:21:54 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/04/25/play-three-of-six-cheerleaders-vs-aliens/ 2017 keeps chugging, and I'm still on track for churning out SIX new full-length plays for my six new play plan for the year. Up now: CHEERLEADERS VS ALIENS, a commission from the Egyptian Youtheatre! This year, on top of writing six new full-length plays, I also wanted to stretch myself as a writer. The first play NO MAP, is a hot mess, but it's also a style of play I've never written, something that plays with time and structure and doesn't follow a typical arc. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/04/24/good-news-plan-b-lab/ Mon, 24 Apr 2017 07:03:26 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/04/24/good-news-plan-b-lab/ Hey hey, I got some good news! I've been officially invited to join the Plan-B Theatre Lab! Listen to their groovy mission: "The Lab is an incubator for new plays, an opportunity for each of the thirteen member playwrights to share whatever script they wish, at whatever stage they wish, in a private table reading for the group. The ultimate goal is two-fold: (1) to continually contribute to the field nationally by strengthening a local community of playwrights and (2) to populate future seasons as often as possible with their work. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/04/23/texas-trip-a-success/ Sun, 23 Apr 2017 12:04:09 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/04/23/texas-trip-a-success/ I have returned from the Lone Star state, and what an exciting trip I had! I met a ton of new theater artists, saw Of Serpents & Sea Spray remounted and reimagined, ate all the BBQ and Tex-Mex I could fit in my belly, and explored some of the nature areas around College Station and Bryan Texas without getting eaten by panthers or alligators! Hooray! Funny story actually, no matter how much the jungle/swamp/forrest areas in Texas look like they have panthers and alligators, they actually have neither. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/03/31/march-submissions/ Fri, 31 Mar 2017 13:13:30 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/03/31/march-submissions/ March is SO over. Well, very soon it will be. And this past month I have been busy with submissions. Busy, busy, busy. I have submitted 64 plays this month. Yep. SIXTY FOUR. That is MORE than two a day. I had to make up for my dismal February performance, I guess. Anyway, adding this month to January and February brings my total to 119 for the year so far. If I keep this up, I may just break my own record for plays submitted in a calendar year, which was 366 submissions back in 2014. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/03/30/of-serpents-and-sea-spray-open-next-month/ Thu, 30 Mar 2017 06:38:11 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/03/30/of-serpents-and-sea-spray-open-next-month/ Next month OF SERPENTS & SEA SPRAY opens with This is Water Theatre! It'll run for three weekends starting April 19th, and I GET TO GO SEE IT! That's right! Watch yourself Texas, I'm coming for you in April. As we get closer there'll be more information, pictures, and general gushing. But for now, plan your trip! We can meet up for opening and eat Texas food before and/or after the show (my show! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/03/23/three-great-bay-areaplaywright-opportunities/ Thu, 23 Mar 2017 12:10:29 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/03/23/three-great-bay-areaplaywright-opportunities/ If you're a playwright looking to get your plays up on their feet and work with some killer Bay Area talent, your time has come! There are three great opportunities on the horizon (and one isn't an exclusive Bay Area opportunity!), and each come with their own community of artists for you to mingle and create with! ###PlayGround - deadline June 30, 2017 PlayGround, the Bay Area's leading playwright incubator, has opened up submissions for their 2017/18 writers pool! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/03/10/my-dude-play-has-a-title/ Fri, 10 Mar 2017 11:27:54 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/03/10/my-dude-play-has-a-title/ I know so many writers that title things without a worry or a care. Writers that have titles for their work pop out to them while they stroll down the street, day dreaming of how wonderful their life is because titling comes so naturally to them. I am not one of those writers. I'm the obnoxious writer that texts and emails her friends choices and choices and choices of titles until past midnight for days asking them to pick their favorite. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/03/02/announcing-indivisible-this-june-with-plan-b/ Thu, 02 Mar 2017 11:57:26 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/03/02/announcing-indivisible-this-june-with-plan-b/ Salt Lake theater company Plan-B, whose mission it is to produce only local Utah playwrights, is producing a script-in-hand series featuring short plays responding to the response of the election. Without and politicians named, the hope is to create a space where people that disagree can talk and actually listen to the other side. I was honored to be asked to write, and have been working furiously on my two short pieces, Red and Blue. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/03/01/february-submissions/ Wed, 01 Mar 2017 13:15:39 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/03/01/february-submissions/ Goodbye February, hello March! My submission total for last month was a meager 13. I'm like the pace they always recommended for you to travel at in Oregon Trail so that one of your comrades wouldn't die from typhoid. But adding 13 to January's robust 42, I get a total of 55 submissions for the year, which is a pretty respectable number. Hoping to pick it up in March. Think organized and dedicated thoughts for me, and I just might make it through. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/02/22/heading-to-denver-tomorrow-for-the-new-play-summit/ Wed, 22 Feb 2017 10:49:15 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/02/22/heading-to-denver-tomorrow-for-the-new-play-summit/ Much rejoicing! I'm leaving tomorrow on a jet airplane to Denver, Colorado for Denver Center For The Performing Arts’ New Play Summit! Last year I caught one of the readings and a world premiere and was more than a little bummed I hadn't seen more. But this year, this year I'm seeing it alllllllll. I go out tomorrow in the morning and I'll catch The Christians by Lucas Hnath in the evening, and then starting Friday I'll be hitting the ground and running through all the great new work Denver has to offer. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/02/18/research/ Sat, 18 Feb 2017 09:05:22 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/02/18/research/ Research time! I've spent February interviewing some of the men in my life, and those conversations have been SO HELPFUL that I've decided to throw a wider net. If you identify as male, and are between the ages of 25-40, please help me out and fill out my survey. It's for art! And it's so simple, just follow this link: MAN DUDE BRO Play Questionnaire The play will not be called MAN DUDE BRO, that's a working title (at least I hope). https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/02/14/happiest-of-valentines-days-to-all-the-playwrights-out-there/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:28:01 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/02/14/happiest-of-valentines-days-to-all-the-playwrights-out-there/ My fantastic friend and fellow writer Tracy Held Potter shared this with me last year, and it still wins Valentine's Day. Hope you're doing what you love today! https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/02/07/new-teaching-adventure/ Tue, 07 Feb 2017 11:58:52 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/02/07/new-teaching-adventure/ The contract has been signed, tons of paperwork filled out, I even taught a class this morning, and so I finally am comfortable spilling the beans in which I've been scared I'd somehow jinx; I'm the newest adjunct professor for Weber State University! One of their professors couldn't finish the semester, and so I was asked to step in and (pretty much) save the day. The class I'll be teaching is an Introduction to Theater class, and I'll be doing a lot of learning on my feet. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/02/06/my-next-play-for-2017/ Mon, 06 Feb 2017 10:56:43 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/02/06/my-next-play-for-2017/ Still not quite ready for the big-big news (check back tomorrow for that), but since NO MAP has a draft out it's time for me to start working on my next full length play for the year. And for that I'm going to be bothering some of you. My next full length is a yet-to-be-titled play about guys and friendship and male body image. I have yet to write a full length with only male characters, and so I expect this to be quite the exciting/terrifying challenge, which brings me to you… I have questions, research for the upcoming play, and I need your answers. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/02/01/january-2017-submission-tally/ Wed, 01 Feb 2017 10:15:27 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/02/01/january-2017-submission-tally/ One month of 2017 is over and we're (mostly) still here. I was busy all last month trying to push out my first draft of NO MAP, (which I did!) but I also filled any down time with sending plays out to folks. I don't have an exact goal for submissions this year, with writing six new full-length I wanted to give myself a break on submissions if I needed it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/30/first-draft-of-no-map-complete/ Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:10:18 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/30/first-draft-of-no-map-complete/ Just typed my favorite three words, “end of play,” on my first draft of NO MAP! It is probably the biggest mess of a first draft I've ever written, but it's finished and I never have to write the first draft of this play again. I've been wanting to write a road trip play for a while now, and while I know it needs a fun-ton of work to get it in any kind of submission ready shape, I'm proud that I got this one out because this play that fought me the whole freaking time. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/26/last-nights-ripped-reading-at-salt-lake-acting-company/ Thu, 26 Jan 2017 17:19:57 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/26/last-nights-ripped-reading-at-salt-lake-acting-company/ Last night Salt Lake Acting Company hosted an in-house reading of RIPPED. It was part of their Starving Students program, which by the way, if you're a student in the area you should be 100% taking advantage of this program; it includes discount tickets to show (super discounted), as well as master classes throughout the semester. Last night was one of those master classes, the students all got the script ahead of time and showed up ready to read. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/25/my-body-a-short-political-play/ Wed, 25 Jan 2017 11:43:02 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/25/my-body-a-short-political-play/ I wrote MY BODY back in 2012 for an evening benefitting Planned Parenthood hosted by Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco called Repro Rights!. It went on to be performed around the country and is currently published in Smith and Kraus’ The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2014 ten-minute play anthology. ##MY BODY by Rachel Bublitz CHARACTERS: Laura, female, 35-55, has an authoritative presence. Patrick, male, 28-35. Sally, female, 20-30. LAURA’s government office. LAURA is on stage. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/21/to-all-the-warriors-marching-today/ Sat, 21 Jan 2017 11:20:03 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/21/to-all-the-warriors-marching-today/ Stay Strong. Stay Sharp. Stay Safe.  https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/18/fantastic-news-egyptian-theatre-commission-newplay/ Wed, 18 Jan 2017 11:04:52 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/18/fantastic-news-egyptian-theatre-commission-newplay/ Are you ready to hear the fantastic news of the day? Great! Yesterday I signed the contract making a commission from the Egyptian Theatre official! One of the 6 plays I'll be writing this year will be silly, campy, and packed with girl power, and it'll be titled: CHEERLEADERS VS ALIENS. Yep, you read right. Cheerleaders fighting aliens. Last year I decided that I wanted to tackle a full length play for high school kids so I starting thinking about a play I'd have liked to have had the option of doing when I was a young theater nerd, and fighting aliens, or playing an alien was the obvious answer. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/10/writing-for-quantum-dragon-theatres-the-forge/ Tue, 10 Jan 2017 10:00:42 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/10/writing-for-quantum-dragon-theatres-the-forge/ And the news just keeps on coming, I'm delighted to announce that one of the six plays I'm writing this year will be for Quantum Dragon Theatre‘s The Forge! The Forge is all about new play development, and will be giving this new play a developmental reading, offer dramaturgical support, and host a staged reading sometime this coming Fall. I love having early homes for plays AND having more reasons for visiting San Francisco. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/09/in-house-reading-of-ripped-with-salt-lake-acting-company/ Mon, 09 Jan 2017 10:59:54 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/09/in-house-reading-of-ripped-with-salt-lake-acting-company/ Very excited to announce the next thing for RIPPED, Salt Lake Acting Company is hosting an in-house reading of the play with their starving artist program. We'll be reading the play with all college students, and mostly college students in the room. I can't wait to see what their take on the play is, especially compared to the surprising reaction I got from the San Francisco Playhouse reading this past October. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/05/first-play-no-map/ Thu, 05 Jan 2017 09:42:34 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/05/first-play-no-map/ With six new full length plays to write and with it already being the fifth day of the new year, I had better get cracking. Up first: NO MAP; three college friends on a after graduation road trip before they spread out in the world and start their adult lives. I'm excited for the challenge of writing a play which takes place only in and around a car, well at least that's the plan for now, we'll see how close I stick to it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/04/lean-in-with-liz-selected-for-greenbrier-valley-theatres-2017-new-voices-play-festival/ Wed, 04 Jan 2017 13:20:50 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/04/lean-in-with-liz-selected-for-greenbrier-valley-theatres-2017-new-voices-play-festival/ My ten minute play Lean in with Liz! has been selected as one of 8 plays to be performed with Greenbrier Valley Theatre‘s 2017 New Voices Play Festival in Lewisburg, West Virginia! The full line-up of plays and playwrights is: a.d.a.m. by Rob Burke Barrage from the Garage by Dan Borengasser Down on Sandusky Road by Jonathan Joy Survival Strategy by Donna Hoke Lean In With Liz! by Rachel Bublitz https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/03/six-play-plan-for-2017/ Tue, 03 Jan 2017 12:53:53 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2017/01/03/six-play-plan-for-2017/ Happy New Years! I hope that your holidays were merry and bright. I quite enjoyed my break from work. I spent a lot of snow filled days trapped inside with my children, there were puzzles and cards and Scrabble Junior and fights and fights and fights and fights and quite a few times when I forced them to play outside and leave me the hell alone. I've learned that when it comes to parenting that phrase “What doesn't kill you makes you stronger,” has never been more true. https://rachelbublitz.com/2016/10/25/last-nights-ripped-reading/ Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:58:40 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2016/10/25/last-nights-ripped-reading/ Wow. So last night Ripped was read in San Francisco Playhouse‘s Monday night reading series. It was an incredible experience. Everyone at the Playhouse was so supportive and generous, and my director, Claire Rice, and cast, Lindsey Schmeltzer, Ron Chapman, and Thomas Gorrebeeck, were absolutely brilliant. I was also very proud of where the script was at, I got laughs and uncomfortable silences at all the spots I'd wanted them. The talkback though, was a little intense. https://rachelbublitz.com/2016/10/03/staged-reading-of-ripped-with-san-francisco-playhouse-october-24th-at-7pm/ Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:49:30 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2016/10/03/staged-reading-of-ripped-with-san-francisco-playhouse-october-24th-at-7pm/ Turns out I can't stay away from the Bay Area that long, I'm coming back toward the end of this month for a staged reading of my play Ripped with San Francisco Playhouse! I have felt so much urgency writing this play, and I can't wait to hear it in front of an audience. ESPECIALLY because I'll be completely spoiled with the other amazing artists involved; Claire Rice is directing, and we have the incredibly talented cast of Lindsay Schmeltzer, Ron Chapman, and Thomas Gorrebeeck! https://rachelbublitz.com/2016/08/01/31-play-in-31-days-kicks-off-today/ Mon, 01 Aug 2016 15:36:33 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2016/08/01/31-play-in-31-days-kicks-off-today/ Back in 2012 I was with my good friend and collaborator, Tracy Held Potter when 31 Plays in 31 Days sprang into being. I had just started to write plays the year before and I had no clue what I was doing. I knew I loved it, I knew I wanted to get better at it, and so the best course of action in my mind was to write more. I decided to challenge myself that year to write 31 brand new plays during the month of August. https://rachelbublitz.com/2016/08/01/reporting-back-from-the-wyoming-theater-festival/ Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:10:39 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2016/08/01/reporting-back-from-the-wyoming-theater-festival/ Last week I hit the road and made my first ever drive through the state of Wyoming to reach Sheridan, where the Wyoming Theater Festival takes place each year. It was intimidating; the drive, meeting a whole boat load of new people, having to teach. The day before I was set to leave I had this whole slow hyperventilating thing going on, where I'd randomly just gasp for air every 20 or so minutes (an unfortunate nervous tick of mine), but I packed my bags, double checked I had all the directions in case of a google map incident, and tried to get as much sleep as I could. https://rachelbublitz.com/2016/07/13/headed-to-the-wyoming-theater-festival-later-this-month/ Wed, 13 Jul 2016 08:34:39 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2016/07/13/headed-to-the-wyoming-theater-festival-later-this-month/ Last month my family and I moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, which was both exciting and terrifying, but has the benefit of being closer to different places. One of those being Wyoming! I met the Artistic Director of the Wyoming Theater Festival, DannyLee Hodnett, at my first Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Conference up in Washington State in 2015. Now that I'm within driving distance to the festival, he's invited me up for a few days, to see the shows, meet the theater people he's gathered from across the country, teach a workshop (eeeee! https://rachelbublitz.com/2016/03/23/the-elves-joins-shortlived-round-5-at-pianofight/ Wed, 23 Mar 2016 13:33:32 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2016/03/23/the-elves-joins-shortlived-round-5-at-pianofight/ Exciting news! My dark Christmas comedy The Elves joins the line-up for PianoFight‘s ShortLived Competition, “The nation's largest, audience-judged theater competition,” according to KQED! I'm in Round 5, which kicks off a week from Thursday, and I need you to go watch and vote so I can move on the finals. If you haven't made it out to PianoFight's new space, now you have the perfect excuse, because it's guaranteed to be an awesome time. https://rachelbublitz.com/2016/01/02/of-serpents-and-sea-spray-opens-next-week-at-custom-made-theatre/ Sat, 02 Jan 2016 14:14:44 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2016/01/02/of-serpents-and-sea-spray-opens-next-week-at-custom-made-theatre/ AHHHHHHH! Nearly two years ago Of Serpents & Sea Spray was commissioned by Custom Made Theatre and it less than a week it will be up on its feet in front of audiences, and I'm feeling all the things in all the places. It is SO strange to have toiled over the words that comprise this play on my computer for so long, in a very single-dimension type of way, to then hand off these words and have people give them costumes and props and sounds and lights and life and all of the elements that up until this point I had just imagined in my head. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/break-room/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/break-room/ The evening spirals out of control for Luke and Chloe, as the two try desperately to hold onto one another as their situation changes. Luke, an almost thirty year old assistant manager at Target, has put together a celebration for his co-worker and girlfriend, Chloe, who happens to still be in high school. Unfortunately, what’s good news for Luke devastates Chloe, and she lashes out with the only weapon she has until a new balance can be reached between them. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/burst/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/burst/ Sarah Boyd is an extraordinary human being. Not only did she build her company from scratch using nothing but willpower and fortitude, she also sits on the precipice of truly saving this planet. Because on top of being one of the fastest growing tech companies in history, Tactix, with Sarah at its helm, will usher this planet into the post-plastic era. A time where we need not worry or fret over the great destruction being done to our world from this non-biodegradable foe. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/cheerleaders-vs.-aliens/ When aliens invade a small town and abduct the Greenville High School football team in order steal their “brain jelly,” it’s up to some cheerleaders, their soccer star friend, a self-proclaimed sci-fi nerd, and “the new girl” to save the hapless boys — and the very world as we know it! https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/clever-catherine/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/clever-catherine/ When a farmer comes across a beautiful golden mortar and decides to present it to the King as a gift, despite his daughter Catherine’s warnings that the King will ask for a golden pestle to match. When the King learns of Catherine's uncanny predictions, it launches a series of riddles going back and forth between the two of them culminating in a royal marriage proposal for the clever girl. But if you marry a clever girl, you get a clever queen, and Catherine cannot help but meddle in the affairs of state. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/codename-white-mouse/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/codename-white-mouse/ When the Germans invade France, Nancy, a rich socialite house wife, isn’t able to sit back and do nothing. Despite her husband's objections, she gets involved with the resistance. For Nancy it’s a slippery slope and soon she graduates from delivering letters to breaking men out of concentration camps. Forced to flee the country with the Gestapo and Vichy on her heals, she is lead to safety over the Pyrenees Mountains. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/employee-of-the-month/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/employee-of-the-month/ A disagreement over what employee of the month Jordan should wear in her honorary photo for the company website is made complicated by the presence of her teenage daughter and every day sexism. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/funny-like-an-abortion/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/funny-like-an-abortion/ Monroe finds herself knocked up, and since abortions are illegal in the United States, she throws a surprise abortion party with her best friend Jade. Monroe prepares over twenty at home abortion options for them to sort through, neither will walk away until they select the best of all of these terrible options. But that's not all! Come on down for juggling, a tap dancing number, and a horrific view at what our future may hold. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/ghost-house/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/ghost-house/ In their quiet afterlife, Bane and Corse play checkers, write songs, and get one occasional thrill: spooking the kids who wander into their house. And as luck would have it, tonight some little live things DO slink in. Gray and a group of pals hope to gain bragging rights by spending the whole night in this, the hauntedest of all haunted houses. Meanwhile Gray's older sibling Royal brings friends to try and scare Gray's group out of their wits. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/holly-jolly-extra-folly/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/holly-jolly-extra-folly/ A ragtag medley of holiday plays set to delight readers and audiences alike. Ranging from hilarious and rhyming to touching and sweet, With a ghost story thrown in to keep you on your feet! Collection includes: Mom's Ham Who's Got Christmas Spirit??? Santa's Old Friend How Gretchen Stole Christmas Warm the Bones Reindeer Games Oy, Oy, Oy, Merry Christmas!. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/i-said-run./ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/i-said-run./ Shadow, Ivy, and Dolores have gathered together to snap their friend Mara out of whatever funk she's been in. Sadly, it might be the last thing they ever do. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/lean-in-with-liz/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/lean-in-with-liz/ A new mom fights with her 13 year-old self about going back to work or staying home longer with the new baby. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/lets-fix-andy/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/lets-fix-andy/ Andy’s best friends, Logan, Marcus, and George decide it’s time they step in after he’s been dumped by his long time girlfriend Megan, to snap him out of his funk. All three of them have different ideas of what Andy actually needs, and so Andy is dragged to the gym, the bar, and a cabin in the woods before things come to a head and he declares that he doesn’t need fixing. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/mommy-dances-with-the-devil/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/mommy-dances-with-the-devil/ After moving across the country, Laurel, the mother of a young child, is desperate to make a friend beyond her cheerio-throwing, Barney-obsessed baby and her over-worked, rarely-home husband, which leads her to jump for a spot in a mommy group with a mysterious reputation. Laurel is cemented in the group before she learns of their devious agenda and is forced to either shut up and join suit, or burn their coven to the ground. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/much-ado-about-mathletes/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/much-ado-about-mathletes/ An all-girls mathletes team (that ponders in iambic pentameter) is shaken to its core when it's asked to do the unthinkable… Let a boy join their team. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/my-body/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/my-body/ In a world in which men are no longer trusted to make decisions concerning their own bodies, women hold all of the cards. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/no-talking-allowed/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/no-talking-allowed/ Jordan gets kicked out of class for talking. But a zero on the test may be the least of Jordan’s problems when a pencil starts to talk—and then a locker and a mop and a slew of other inanimate objects. Maybe Jordan’s going crazy, but Jordan’s not the only one, as soon a hall monitor, the custodian, a teacher and the principal join in as they try to get to the bottom of all the yammering in this comedy inspired by an African folk tale. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/of-serpents-sea-spray/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/of-serpents-sea-spray/ Of Serpents & Sea Spray, tells the story of an orphan named Iro who is the subject of ridicule by other children and punishment by uncaring foster parents. During one of her many tours through solitary confinement in the closet, Iro’s imagination brings her a simple mission: find Pegasus. On her quest, taking with her only books and her imaginary friend Annika, Iro hides herself on an ocean liner, joins a circus, and has many other adventures… and along the way finds the truth about the death of her parents. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/operation-chicken-takeover/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/operation-chicken-takeover/ Attention! General Snowflake rallies the chickens of the backyard for their most daring mission yet: To go inside the house while the humans are away. Even if the chicken troops are a little distracted by some delicious bugs, victory is certain, thanks to a tip from a vain beta fish - that is, until the nervous frog from the same aquarium has a word with the indoor cats. For Storm Cloud and Lightning, even the butter on the counter must wait until they figure out what to do. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/presenting-super-cat-reptile-robot-in-the-tremendous-tickle-trouble/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/presenting-super-cat-reptile-robot-in-the-tremendous-tickle-trouble/ On the brink of the most wonderful/awesome/amazing sleep-over in recorded history two friends grapple with who gets to call the shots and how to tell someone tickling just isn't your thing. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/reading-babar-in-2070/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/reading-babar-in-2070/ In the slightly distant future, a little girl discovers the high price of unchecked human development and story time will never be the same. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/really-adult/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/really-adult/ Julie would love to have a great first day working the Customer Service desk at Target, but maybe not as much as flirting with Frank, the employee assigned to train her. As the two discuss a possible date their personal lives become more and more clear, which leads to awkward territory. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/red-days/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/red-days/ As the air quality in Salt Lake climbs to crisis levels, we follow Dianna through four seasons, trying to balance school, her running team, and pursuing her passion. But as she nears the end of her senior year, she's forced to decide if her running dream truly belongs to her, or if it's more her mother's, while around her the serious effects of the air quality wreak havoc on those athletes who dare breath hard in the open air. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/ripped/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/ripped/ Lucy goes to college. Lucy brings mace. No need for Lucy to actually use it, right? But something happened that wasn’t supposed to happen. Or did it? Oh well, Lucy must be having that quintessential college experience: drinking, boys, and being completely decimated by the people she trusts. Rachel Bublitz’s “Ripped,” about a complicated sexual encounter on a college campus, won the 2020 Will Glickman Award for the best new play to premiere in the Bay Area in 2019. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/swallowed/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/swallowed/ Three young scientists film their own destruction in an attempt to wake up to the world to the reality of climate change. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/the-elves/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/the-elves/ Sandy and Dennis have the perfect plan: crash the “pre-ride” festivities on Christmas Eve at Santa’s Workshop…and make off with more toys than they can dream of. But Santa’s elves have other ideas. Can Sandy and Dennis escape the clutches of these rhyming terrors, or will the two toy-hungry kids find themselves on the post-ride menu…? https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/the-final-debate/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/the-final-debate/ While preparing for their annual debate in front of the whole school, Jaime and Courtlin receive devastating news. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/the-garden/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/the-garden/ While beautifying their neighborhood with a community garden, Lauren and Rose make an unsettling discovery that brings up the racism and elitism that gentrification is so often entrenched in. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/the-night-witches/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/the-night-witches/ The Night Witches, of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, flew in planes made of canvas and wood, and dropped their bombs on their German enemy every fifteen minutes through the night to keep them from sleeping. They were constantly being shuffled and moved to perform new duties; mechanics would become navigators, navigators would become pilots, and pilots would become commanders. Nina and Vera have just finished their training as navigators and are moments away from their first combat mission. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/the-red-house-monster/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/the-red-house-monster/ The story of Hannah Gold, a young lady living on an island off the coast of Massachusetts in the late 1800s, and the night that changed her life. Filled with small town lore, haunted houses, spirits, monsters, pistols, pie, and mysteries, it is a play that will keep you guessing just what is in the Red House, and who, in fact, you should be afraid of. Inspired by the myth of Geryon and Hercules, and Shirley Jackson's “We Have Always Lived in the Castle. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/the-summer-i-howled/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/the-summer-i-howled/ Welcome to Camp Gray Pine where campers spend weeks breathing in fresh air, soaking up nature, and learn the importance of friendship, healthy competition, and curing ancient curses. When seasoned camper Woolf wanders into the woods with new-kid Mike past curfew on the first night of camp, neither of them realize they’re walking under a full moon, or what is creeping near them in the trees, until it’s too late. Woolf is bit forcing her friends to drop everything and figure out how to keep her from going full-fledged werewolf before the next full moon. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/toxic/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/toxic/ Football is life, and boys are men in this twenty minute one act about gender roles. Chris is having a day the worst day of his young life, he’s been dumped by his girlfriend, and is possibly kicked off the football team, when he accidentally hits a raccoon. When he discovers the animal is dead everything proves too much and Chris falls to pieces, which prompts Brandon, his best friend and most true worshiper, to follow suit. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/11/24/tickets-on-sale-now-for-playwrights-foundations-flashplays/ Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:43:48 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/11/24/tickets-on-sale-now-for-playwrights-foundations-flashplays/ Tickets on sale now for Playwrights Foundation‘s FlashPlays, AND if you act fast you'll get the early bird discount! FlashPlays is packed with over forty Bay Area playwrights presenting over eighty brand-spanking-new plays! You have until November 29th to get the discount, so act fast, but also act fast because last year sold out! The festival runs for two nights, Sunday December 6th, and Monday December 7th, at 8pm. All performances will be at Brava Theater Center in San Francisco. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/11/10/aeolus-and-break-room-or-circe-coming-up-november-19-with-the-san-francisco-olympians-festival/ Tue, 10 Nov 2015 11:40:54 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/11/10/aeolus-and-break-room-or-circe-coming-up-november-19-with-the-san-francisco-olympians-festival/ This year's San Francisco Olympians Festival is off to a great start, and I'm feeling on top of the world! Last night my cast for BREAK ROOM, based on the myth of Circe, KILLED in rehearsal. There was even a moment we had to stop and take a break because one of the actors was laughing too hard to talk. Now, it's not all fun and games with this play, there's some serious stuff that goes down for sure, but I love having that juxtaposition of comedy with holy crap, what happened. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/11/09/playwrights-foundations-playfest-december-6th-and-7th/ Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:07:47 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/11/09/playwrights-foundations-playfest-december-6th-and-7th/ Mark those calendars because Sunday December 6th and Monday December 8th, you've got plans. Playwright Foundation is producing PlayFest, an evening of micro-plays! There will be over forty local writers, and over eighty brand new teeny-tiny plays, two of which are mine! Here's a list of all the awesome playwrights participating this year: Aaron Loeb, Aimee Suzara, Alison Luterman, Amy Sass, Andrew Saito, Anthony Clarvoe, Arisa White, Barbara Jwanouskos, Brit Frazier, Carol Lashof, Chistopher Chen, Dipika Guha, E. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/11/08/black-list-re-cap/ Sun, 08 Nov 2015 09:17:36 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/11/08/black-list-re-cap/ The Black List Mini-Lab came and went and I've been so under water on homework and other writing obligations I forgot to let you know how it went! IT WAS AMAZING! But it's not just me that thinks that, check out Scott Myers’ blog to hear from all of the participating writers: http://gointothestory.blcklst.com/2015/11/reflections-of-black-list-san-francisco-mini-lab-writers.html. AND, if you're at all interested in writing for the screen, Scott Myers’ blog is something you should be reading anyway. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/10/12/black-list-mini-lab/ Mon, 12 Oct 2015 13:17:26 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/10/12/black-list-mini-lab/ Huge exciting news! I have been selected to workshop my screenplay, GIRL FRIEND, in a Black List Mini Lab! I know what you're probably thinking, WHAT? I was thinking the same thing, I'll explain… The summer before last, 2014, I wrote my first screenplay in my very first screen writing class. I've worked on and tweaked it over the past year and am working on it again this semester in my current screen writing class. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/09/21/catch-the-garden-tonight-with-playgrounds-alumni-night/ Mon, 21 Sep 2015 09:43:10 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/09/21/catch-the-garden-tonight-with-playgrounds-alumni-night/ I am so proud to have a play in Monday Night PlayGround tonight! It's special for a few reasons, it's Alumni Night, which means any writer who has had a play in Best of PlayGround was invited to submit, it's also the 22nd Season Opener, AND the topic is “Race Matters.” I'll be quite honest, I was scared almost to death of taking on this topic, but I didn't want to miss an opportunity to challenge myself and to comment and think deeply about something I find myself contemplating often anyway. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/08/31/support-the-san-francisco-olympians-festival/ Mon, 31 Aug 2015 16:58:29 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/08/31/support-the-san-francisco-olympians-festival/ Friends and fellow theater artists, you are running out of time. One of the most inclusive and expansive theater events in the Bay Area is in the middle of raising funds, and if you don't act fast, you'll miss your chance to support them. And trust me, you don't want to miss that chance. (GIVE MONEY HERE: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-sf-olympians-festival-vi-wine-dark-sea#/story) The San Francisco Olympians Festival, now in its sixth year, commissions new work from local writers, then gives directors and actors the chance to play with these brand new works. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/08/06/announcing-the-cast-for-of-serpents-sea-spray-with-custom-made-theatre/ Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:33:14 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/08/06/announcing-the-cast-for-of-serpents-sea-spray-with-custom-made-theatre/ I am over-the-moon-ecstatic to finally be able to announce the OUTSTANDING cast that will being the world premiere of my play OF SERPENTS & SEA SPRAY to life in [Custom Made] Theatre(http://www.custommade.org/)‘s 2015/16 season. The auditions made things very hard for us, we had a lot of hard choices with all the talent available, but I couldn't be more pleased with the wonderful actors we got! SO, coming up in January of 2016: https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/07/27/of-serpents-sea-spray-coming-to-new-york-city-monday-august-3rd/ Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:01:30 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/07/27/of-serpents-sea-spray-coming-to-new-york-city-monday-august-3rd/ Coming up in a week, I'll be on the opposite side of the country to present a reading of my play OF SERPENTS & SEA SPRAY in New York City! I can't believe it's come up so quick, and all week I'll be working my little fingers to the bone getting the script in tip-top shape. Are you in New York? You should come to the reading!! It's going to be a great time, my brilliant director, Ariel Craft, is coming out as well, to direct the reading and she's put together a fantastic cast. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/07/21/dramatists-guild-of-america-conference-wrap-up-writechange/ Tue, 21 Jul 2015 17:30:56 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/07/21/dramatists-guild-of-america-conference-wrap-up-writechange/ I am a big ol’ liar. I said I'd blog about the Conference each night, and then I did no such thing. It was so much more intense than I thought it could be! I had a great time meeting theater makers from across the country, and learned a TON from the fantastic panels and discussions each day. Want to know what I made it to? Well… Thursday included: “Copyright: Can I Do That? https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/07/16/dramatists-guild-conference-in-sunny-san-diego-kicks-off-today/ Thu, 16 Jul 2015 09:49:28 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/07/16/dramatists-guild-conference-in-sunny-san-diego-kicks-off-today/ Loud & Unladylike? Please, that was soooooo last week (and by the way, the final weekend was FANTASTIC, we packed both final readings, and thank you, thank you, thank you for all of those that came out and those that made it happen! We'll be back next year, so stay tuned). This week, in my attempt to be too busy for any human to ever be, I'm down in my hometown of San Diego for the Dramatists Guild Conference, AND IT STARTS TODAY! https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/07/10/second-and-final-loud-and-unladylike-reading-of-my-play-inspired-by-nancy-wake-tonight/ Fri, 10 Jul 2015 12:24:19 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/07/10/second-and-final-loud-and-unladylike-reading-of-my-play-inspired-by-nancy-wake-tonight/ Tonight friends is the second and FINAL reading of my play inspired by Nancy Wake in DIVAfest‘s Loud & Unladylike Festival! Weird that I'm not saying the title, right? Well, that's cause I CHANGED IT! See folks, this festival is all about development, and sometimes that means a new title. Curious about what the new title is? COME AND SEE TONIGHT! We'll announce it on stage and after the play you can tell me how much you love/hate it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/06/25/all-my-loud-and-unladylike-fears/ Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:40:44 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/06/25/all-my-loud-and-unladylike-fears/ Maybe you don't know. Maybe you live under a rock, and today you just happen to get out from under your comfy rock, and you see that a festival that I started opens up today. That could be true. But, let's be honest, I've been blasting this show around the web so much that you're probably like, “Okay, yeah, Rachel, I get it.” Well, I don't get it. And that's why I have to tell you again, DIVAfest‘s Loud & Unladylike Festival opens TONIGHT! https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/06/19/reading-babar-in-2070-reviewed-on-huffington-post/ Fri, 19 Jun 2015 12:25:27 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/06/19/reading-babar-in-2070-reviewed-on-huffington-post/ So I guess my Google Alert is good for things other than telling me every time that I write a new blog post, because today it alerted me to the fact that READING BABAR IN 2070 was mentioned on Huffington Post! Here's what George Heymont had to say on my ten-minute play from the Best of PlayGround Festival 19: "Written by Rachel Bublitz and directed by Rebecca Ennals, Reading Babar in 2070 is filled with the kinds of twists and turns worthy of a short story by Guy de Maupassant. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/06/15/divafests-loud-unladylike-festival-opens-in-less-than-two-weeks/ Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:00:40 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/06/15/divafests-loud-unladylike-festival-opens-in-less-than-two-weeks/ People, we're close. WE ARE SO CLOSE. DIVAfest‘s brand-spanking-new staged reading festival kicks off next Thursday. THAT IS ONE WEEK FROM THURSDAY! AHHHHHHHH! I can't wait. Really, I'm so freakin’ excited about all of this, and the only way to make it better would be to cram the EXIT Studio to capacity with bodies so that we can share this crazy idea with as many people as possible. And that includes you! https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/06/02/more-yes-more-bay-area-summer-shows/ Tue, 02 Jun 2015 08:53:09 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/06/02/more-yes-more-bay-area-summer-shows/ I posted yesterday about the overwhelming number of awesome summer shows, and I forgot some! That's right folks there are MORE. Many, many more. And so, another list… #RACHEL'S GUIDE TO SUMMER THEATER AWESOMENESS PART DEUX ##JUNE ###City Lights Theater Company presents EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR by Lauren Gunderson, directed by Steve M. Boyle Running now through June 14 at City Lights Theater in San Jose! "Nan wants to teach her abusive husband, Kyle, a lesson. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/06/01/so-much-great-bay-area-theater-happening-this-summer/ Mon, 01 Jun 2015 12:08:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/06/01/so-much-great-bay-area-theater-happening-this-summer/ This morning I sat down to look at my calendar and suffered a panic attack realizing how many amazing things are happening this summer here in the Bay Area. It might seem like it's a good thing to outsiders (really, it is) but I can't make it to everything, hence the heaving and wheezing and general spazing out of my mind and body. OY! Why can't I make copies of myself or build a time machine. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/05/09/playwright-and-director-speed-date-tomorrow-with-the-bay-area-dramatists-guild/ Sat, 09 May 2015 13:53:25 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/05/09/playwright-and-director-speed-date-tomorrow-with-the-bay-area-dramatists-guild/ Tomorrow from 11 to 1 at Tides Theatre join me and the Bay Area Dramatists Guild for their first ever Playwright & Director Speed Dating Event! From the Facebook event page: "Directors can be tremendous advocates for new work being developed and produced. If you feel like you could benefit from knowing more directors, please join the Bay Area Dramatists Guild for a Playwright and Director Speed Dating session! https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/05/04/pre-order-your-best-of-playground-19-anthology/ Mon, 04 May 2015 08:59:50 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/05/04/pre-order-your-best-of-playground-19-anthology/ On sale now, the Best of PlayGround 19 Anthology including new plays by Genne Murphy, Erin Marie Panttaja, Kirk Shimano, Steven Westdahl, Davern Wright, and me! For the dedicated theater enthusiasts among you, I'd recommend the deal where you get 5 copies of the book for $60. Give the other 4 away to your best friends, or make small book forts for your puppets! It's really a win-win. Here's that link: https://www. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/04/21/sign-up-for-custom-made-theatre-co.s-open-auditions/ Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:48:01 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/04/21/sign-up-for-custom-made-theatre-co.s-open-auditions/ Custom Made Theatre is holding an open audition for their 2015/16 season! Of Serpents & Sea Spray, my full length play about a girl's quest to find Pegasus, will be going up next January with the wonderful Ariel Craft directing. If you're interested in being in my play, or any of the great plays going up next season I suggest you snag a spot now before they fill up! Here's the link where you can sign up: http://www. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/04/20/best-of-playground-tickets-on-sale-now/ Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:20:42 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/04/20/best-of-playground-tickets-on-sale-now/ Oh wow! You're in luck, because tickets for next months production of Best of PlayGround are on sale now! Best of PlayGround runs May 7th-24th at Thick House, and now is the time to get your hands on those tickets. If you've forgotten, here's the whole line-up: Reading Babar in 2070 by Rachel Bublitz, directed by Rebecca Ennals Someone by Genne Murphy, directed by Jeffrey Lo Preapocalyptica by Erin Marie Panttaja, directed by Katja Rivera https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/04/07/june-anne-baker-prize/ Tue, 07 Apr 2015 09:47:38 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/04/07/june-anne-baker-prize/ Honored, proud, excited, downright jubilant, to announce that PlayGround has selected me as their June Anne Baker Prize recipient this year! Want to know more about the award? Of course you do! "The June Anne Baker Prize was initiated by John H. Gilman in memory of his late wife. The Prize will be awarded annually to a female Emerging Playwright Award winner representing a gifted new comedic or political voice for the stage, and includes a commissioning grant and development support of the new full-length play. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/04/06/submissions-open-now-for-sf-theater-pubs-pint-sized-v/ Mon, 06 Apr 2015 10:32:18 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/04/06/submissions-open-now-for-sf-theater-pubs-pint-sized-v/ This was announced last week, I was out of town so excuse my lateness, but San Francisco Theater Pub is now accepting submissions for Pint-Sized V! Pint-Sized has a bit of a mythical quality to it for me, it was one of the first shows I saw when I first started getting into the theater scene back in 2013. I will ALWAYS remember Allison Page doing Megan Cohen‘s BEEEEEAAR!. I saw that show twice I liked it so much, and that's saying something because I pay someone big bucks to watch my kids when I'm not at home. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/04/03/reading-babar-in-2070-in-best-of-playground-19/ Fri, 03 Apr 2015 17:46:57 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/04/03/reading-babar-in-2070-in-best-of-playground-19/ Thrilled to announce that my short play READING BABAR IN 2070 is in this year's Best of PlayGround 19 festival running May 7th-24th at Thick House! I wrote READING BABAR IN 2070 last October for PlayGround‘s first collaboration with Sustainable World Coalition! It was presented at Berkeley Rep as well as Stanford for the Planet Earth New Play Festival. I can also tell you that Rebecca Ennals will be my director! https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/03/30/this-week-sf-theater-pubs-on-the-spot-and-pianofights-shortlived/ Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:10:01 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/03/30/this-week-sf-theater-pubs-on-the-spot-and-pianofights-shortlived/ There is SO much happening right now! Tonight and tomorrow are your last chances to catch San Francisco Theater Pub‘s ON THE SPOT! and this coming weekend (April 2nd-4th) may be your only chance to see TO THE MAN WHO SANG BOWIE with PianoFight‘s ShortLived competition! The ON THE SPOT line-up includes new plays by Jake Arky, Gabriel Bellman & Sara Judge, Barry Eitel, Seanan Palmero, Madeline Puccioni, and myself. The directors are Mike Fatum, Neil Higgins, Christine Keating, Charles Lewis III, Rem Myers, and Sam Tillis, and the acting pool includes: Xanadu Bruggers, Andrew Chung, AJ Davenport, Jan Gilbert, Annabelle King, Michelle Navarrete, Annette Roman, Carole Swann, Jess Thomas, Meg Trowbridge, Steven Widow! https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/03/24/dont-miss-pianofights-shortlived-round-five-newplay/ Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:27:28 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/03/24/dont-miss-pianofights-shortlived-round-five-newplay/ My short play TO THE MAN WHO SANG BOWIE has been selected to compete in Piano Fight‘s ShortLived: Round 5! What's ShortLived, you wonder? Wonder no more. ShortLived is “the largest audience-judged theater competition in the nation!” It throws 30 plays into the ring, and after 7 weeks only one will walk out still breathing. And with a nice check! My team is outstanding, I've got the acting talents of Meredith Terry and Andy Strong! https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/03/13/two-chances-to-see-my-plays-this-month-playgroundsf-sftheaterpub-newplay-womenarts/ Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:38:48 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/03/13/two-chances-to-see-my-plays-this-month-playgroundsf-sftheaterpub-newplay-womenarts/ March is shaping up to be a really big month for me! You have TWO chances now to see plays written by me, and that doesn't happen too often. FIRST CHANCE: ###Monday Night PlayGround at Berkeley Rep, Monday March 16th, 8pm My ten-minute play Lean In With Liz! is joining the line-up for this month's Monday Night PlayGround at Berkeley Rep! The topic we were given last Friday was: “HERSTORY: THE GREATEST STORIES NEVER TOLD” And here's the full line-up: https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/02/24/wrap-up-for-the-region-7s-kcactf7-conference/ Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:14:50 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/02/24/wrap-up-for-the-region-7s-kcactf7-conference/ I'm home! Oh it feels so good. I actually caught an early flight home on Sunday and surprised my kids which was priceless. They hugged me for a good ten minutes straight. The festival was really fun, and being around so many theater artists was completely inspiring. Thursday and Friday I enjoyed hearing six one act plays being read (three per day), which included: Jenny Erikson by James Campbell, Em by Olivia Leslie, Gravity Rides Everything by Christopher Quilici, Happy and Birthday by Sondra Williams, Science Night by Stephanie Neuerberg, and The Royal and the Zippo by Jaime Lynn Nathan. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/02/19/so-far-at-the-kennedy-center-american-college-theater-festival-conference-kcactf7/ Thu, 19 Feb 2015 11:33:43 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/02/19/so-far-at-the-kennedy-center-american-college-theater-festival-conference-kcactf7/ So far this week is a blur of early mornings, auditions, rehearsals, workshops and cafeteria food. I haven't been too far off of the Central Washington State campus, but I can tell you that Campus Burger across the street from the school is super delicious. But back to the festival, because like I told myself, I'll not be happy with life if I spend this whole week in bacon burger heaven. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/02/15/leaving-for-the-kcactf-region-7-conference-tomorrow/ Sun, 15 Feb 2015 21:51:20 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/02/15/leaving-for-the-kcactf-region-7-conference-tomorrow/ AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Leaving bright and early tomorrow for a week long theater conference up in Washington State! So excited! And also a little sleepy in anticipation from waking up tomorrow at 4am for my flight. This will be my first time this long away from my kids AND the first time I'll be traveling for theater. My ten-minute play MOM'S HAM is a semi-finalist for best ten-minute play and it will be presented at the conference! https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/02/09/local-opportunities-for-playwrights-sftheater-bayarea-pwopp/ Mon, 09 Feb 2015 15:18:12 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/02/09/local-opportunities-for-playwrights-sftheater-bayarea-pwopp/ It's come to my attention that there are a number of super rad playwriting opportunities for local Bay Area writers right now, and if you don't know about them, you really should. Take a look: ##San Francisco Theater Pub's March Show - ON THE SPOT - deadline March 1, 2015 San Francisco Theater Pub is taking resumes from playwrights, directors, and actors for their March show, ON THE SPOT. I've never not had a blast at a SF Theater Pub show and so I highly recommend throwing your name in the mix. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/02/05/a-brand-new-and-terrifying-play/ Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:51:33 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/02/05/a-brand-new-and-terrifying-play/ For the past week I've been working my butt off to get a first draft done of a brand new play because this coming Sunday I'm having talented folks come together to read it. The play scares the crap out of me. It isn't a horror play either. It's a play about rape. Let me back up for a quick second and say that in all honesty I never in my life intended to write a play about rape. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/02/01/night-terror-to-be-performed-at-ohlone-college-playwrights-festival-newplay/ Sun, 01 Feb 2015 11:06:47 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/02/01/night-terror-to-be-performed-at-ohlone-college-playwrights-festival-newplay/ Happy Sunday! I just got word that my ten-minute play Night Terror, will be performed with Ohlone College's Playwrights Festival this May! May 7th and 8th to be exact. Ohlone College is just down in Fremont, and so I'll be able to actually see this play performed, which is always a plus. More details as it gets closer, so stay tuned! https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/01/28/fanny-pack-will-be-performed-february-2nd-quietlightning-newplay/ Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:29:12 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/01/28/fanny-pack-will-be-performed-february-2nd-quietlightning-newplay/ This Monday February 2nd, my super short, funny, and incredibly creepy play Fanny Pack will be performed for Quiet Lightning! Even better? Claire Rice and Meg Trowbridge are doing the performing! Here's everything you need to know: Quiet Lightning 71 // sparkle + blink 62 at Viracocha San Francisco, 998 Valencia Street, San Francisco. literary mixtape by Sean Taylor + Evan Karp w/readings by Rebecca Foust, Nayomi Munaweera, Jill Kolongowski, Pablo Baeza, Shideh Etaat, Peter Bullen, Suzannah Weiss, Alexander Peterson, Jon Sindell, Kristina Ten, Ari Moskowitz, and Rachel Bublitz, https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/01/22/of-serpents-and-sea-spray-in-customadesfs-201516-season-newplay/ Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:19:55 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/01/22/of-serpents-and-sea-spray-in-customadesfs-201516-season-newplay/ SO incredibly beyond thrilled and excited to announce that my full-length play OF SERPENTS & SEA SPRAY will be produced in Custom Made Theatre‘s 2015/16 season! Keep your January and February clear, because now you've got plans. OF SERPENTS & SEA SPRAY will be directed by Ariel Craft! Here's more about the play: "World Premiere! Jan-Feb ‘15: OF SERPENTS AND SEA SPRAY by Rachel Bublitz. Directed by Assistant Artistic Director, Ariel Craft. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/01/21/clever-catherine-is-being-licensed-through-youthplays/ Wed, 21 Jan 2015 20:07:16 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/01/21/clever-catherine-is-being-licensed-through-youthplays/ My thirty minute children's play CLEVER CATHERINE, adapted from the Italian folk tale “Sly Country Lass,” is being licensed through YouthPLAYS! That means folks from all over can find it on their website or in the catalogs and order it for performance or to read! I just went over the proof copy, fixing the typos with an editor, and soon it will be available for purchase! Rest assured that I will let you know the moment that is the case. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/01/20/love-me-some-collaboration/ Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:26:28 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/01/20/love-me-some-collaboration/ I'm not sure this is true for everyone, but for me, there comes a point when I'm writing a play, usually around the 3rd or 4th draft, when it becomes like gibberish. Like when you say a word again and again and eventually it has no meaning. I like to think of it as “soup brain.” For the past few weeks I've been trying like mad to get a new draft of a play done and to give it a title. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/01/15/loud-and-unladylike-now-accepting-submissions-sfdivafest-newplay-pwopp/ Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:45:07 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/01/15/loud-and-unladylike-now-accepting-submissions-sfdivafest-newplay-pwopp/ As of today Loud & Unladylike, presented by DIVAfest, will be taking submissions for the 2016 Festival! Click right over to the festival's website, http://loudandunladylike.com/, and get all the info and get your proposal in! Don't delay, get on it today! https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/01/10/loud-and-unladylike-submission-info-coming-soon/ Sat, 10 Jan 2015 10:58:28 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/01/10/loud-and-unladylike-submission-info-coming-soon/ Hold on to your hats because on the 15th of January - this coming Thursday! - Loud & Unladylike will be taking for our 2016 festival! In preparation, you should subscribe to our tumblr (http://loudandunladylike.com/), and start thinking about fascinating women from history that most people don't know about. More to come! Are you excited? Because I am SUPER excited! https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/01/07/circe-research-sfolympiansfest-sfolympians6/ Wed, 07 Jan 2015 14:43:19 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/01/07/circe-research-sfolympiansfest-sfolympians6/ I'm knee deep in research at the moment, trying to discover who Circe, the inspiration behind my next San Francisco Olympians Festival one-act play, is. I picked up a book by Giovanni Boccaccio called ON FAMOUS WOMEN, and he has some interesting insights: "She made many men become haughty because of her matchless attraction, and so those who through this wicked woman's deeds appeared to have lost human reason seemed to have been deservedly changed into beasts through their own crimes. https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/01/06/what-i-wrote-in-2014/ Tue, 06 Jan 2015 12:21:18 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/01/06/what-i-wrote-in-2014/ 2014 was busy. And not just a little busy, but like BUSY. I had this constant feeling of being under water on nearly all of my projects, getting a gasp here and there, but mostly just freaking the hell out. But, with it being behind us and all, I thought I'd look back and see what I got done in that back breaking year. And so…. ##What I Wrote In 2014! https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/01/05/2014-submission-mission-365submissionchallenge/ Mon, 05 Jan 2015 15:26:26 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2015/01/05/2014-submission-mission-365submissionchallenge/ IT'S 2015! AHHHHHHHH! Happy New Year! And I hope your holidays were merry and bright, I've been on another planet because of crazy deadlines, finals, my obscene submission challenge, and of course the holidays themselves. Whatever happened to opening toys and playing in boxes on Christmas? Now I help with all the cooking and cleaning, and have less box-play-time. Sigh. But I guess that's what getting older is all about. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/12/11/more-awesome-loud-and-unladylike-ladies/ Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:27:03 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/12/11/more-awesome-loud-and-unladylike-ladies/ It takes a village to raise a child, and this is also true for theater festivals. It takes a village. And so I'd like to introduce you to two additional badasses in the Loud & Unladylike village, Tonya Narvaez and Roxana Sorooshian! Up on our tumblr page we have bios for both our phenomenal production manager, Tonya Narvaez AND our fantastic Literary Manager/Dramaturg Roxana Sorooshian! Click on through and read all about them! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/12/06/kennedy-center-american-college-theater-festival-semi-finalist/ Sat, 06 Dec 2014 11:10:43 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/12/06/kennedy-center-american-college-theater-festival-semi-finalist/ Time for the big/scary news! My ten-minute play MOM'S HAM, finalist last season for Best of PlayGround, is a semi-finalist for Region 7 of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival! That means come mid-February, I'll be up in Washington state for a week working on the play with a director and actors, attending workshops and panels at the conference, and finally watching my play presented on the final day of the festival! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/12/04/loud-and-uladylike-coming-at-you-next-summer-newplay-sfdivafest/ Thu, 04 Dec 2014 10:35:30 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/12/04/loud-and-uladylike-coming-at-you-next-summer-newplay-sfdivafest/ Yesterday we announced a brand new theater festival coming to San Francisco: LOUD & UNLADYLIKE presented by DIVAfest! My partners in crime are Claire Rice and Tracy Held Potter, the three of us are writing brand new plays inspired by historical women. We have a top notch team all around, our Production Manager is Tonya Narvaez and out Literary Manger/Dramaturg is Roxana Sorooshian. ALSO, for the 2016 festival we'll be taking proposal submissions starting this January, a model we're borrowing from the brilliant San Francisco Olympians Festival. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/12/02/why-does-good-news-make-me-feel-so-bad/ Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:09:03 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/12/02/why-does-good-news-make-me-feel-so-bad/ Today I got some good news, it might be kind of a big deal, but I'm not 100% sure yet. And I hate to be vague, I just have to wait for official people to announce things before I can. And the news isn't exactly what I'm talking about anyway, so forget what it could specifically be for a sec, and go with me… I got this good, potentially huge, news, and I… Well, at first I was slightly happy about it, and slowly that faded away until I felt guilty and sad and helpless and anxious, but mostly ashamed at having such a lame reaction. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/12/01/dont-delay-buy-your-1mpf-tickets-today-pwfoundation-newplay/ Mon, 01 Dec 2014 13:54:55 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/12/01/dont-delay-buy-your-1mpf-tickets-today-pwfoundation-newplay/ How did December get here so fast? I was still sleeping off all that turkey! Sadly, whether you're ready for it or not, it's December 1st! This means that you only have TWO WEEK until Playwrights Foundation‘s 5th Annual One-Minute Play Festival! The festival takes place December 15th and 16th at Brava Theater Center! Over FIFTY Bay Area playwrights, TEN Bay Area directors, and a BOAT LOAD of Bay Area actors. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/30/the-best-ten-minute-plays-2014-available-on-amazon/ Sun, 30 Nov 2014 10:07:40 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/30/the-best-ten-minute-plays-2014-available-on-amazon/ A book I have a play in is available on Amazon! MY BODY is ready to be purchased -it makes a great Christmas present- today! So don't delay, go and buy it. Really. Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/Best-Ten-Minute-Plays-2014-Minute/dp/1575258862/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417367035&sr=8-1&keywords=best+ten-minute+plays+2014. I'm in a book! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/19/week-three-of-the-san-francisco-olympians-festival-sfolympiansfest-sfolympians5/ Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:02:45 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/19/week-three-of-the-san-francisco-olympians-festival-sfolympiansfest-sfolympians5/ The third and final week of the 2014 San Francisco Olympians Festival is here! Last chance to get your monster on! Don't miss it! Here's some more info on the last four readings: #Week Three: Femme Fatales ##Wednesday, November 19: Triple Threats - TONIGHT! ###SIRENS or THE SISTERS SIRENE by Amelia Bethel and Christine Keating, directed by Libby Vega The five Siren sisters have been maintaining chaos and bringing sexy back for millennia, but what happens when one sister longs for a new, less brutal, life? https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/18/oy-oy-oy-merry-christmas-to-be-produced-third-holiday-season-in-a-row/ Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:20:10 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/18/oy-oy-oy-merry-christmas-to-be-produced-third-holiday-season-in-a-row/ The James Downing Theatre in Chicago will be producing my short Christmas play OY OY OY, MERRY CHRISTMAS! And I'm super excited! This will be the third year in a row that OY OY OY, MERRY CHRISTMAS! has been produced in a holiday show! Sadly, I won't be making it out to Chicago for the show, but one day I hope to see it produced. If you're in the Chicago area, be sure to check out Father Zamboni's Christmas Shorts December 5th and 6th at 7:30, and December 7th at 1:30. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/17/the-red-house-monster-recap-sfolympiansfest/ Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:41:43 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/17/the-red-house-monster-recap-sfolympiansfest/ THE RED HOUSE MONSTER was this past Saturday, and it KILLED. I was so honored to be one of the artists involved with the night of theater presented by the San Francisco Olympians Festival this past Saturday (11/15). THE RED HOUSE MONSTER was the first play up for the evening, and I was super nervous. I tend to write more comedic plays, and so I didn't no how to gauge the audience's reaction without laughter. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/17/monday-night-playground-tonight-playgroundsf-berkeleyrep-newplay/ Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:13:04 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/17/monday-night-playground-tonight-playgroundsf-berkeleyrep-newplay/ We're only a few hours away from tonight's Monday Night PlayGround at Berkeley Rep! The theme for the plays is: NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, an evening of Gershwin inspired short musicals. And let me tell you, the line-up looks fantastic: Lady Blah Blah by Melissa Keith, directed by Ken Sonkin Someone by Genne Murphy, directed by Gabriel Grilli Ritzy Bathroom (Scene Change) by Jon Wai-keung Lowe, directed by Nancy Carlin https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/15/the-red-house-monster-sfolympianfest-tonight-newplay/ Sat, 15 Nov 2014 09:13:53 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/15/the-red-house-monster-sfolympianfest-tonight-newplay/ The time has come! THE RED HOUSE MONSTER, a play that I've been developing for the past year will be put in front of an audience for the FIRST TIME! Will you be in that influential audience? Well that's for you to decide. My play is spooky and dark, a play about a small town and the monsters and heroes that inhabit it. GERYON or THE RED HOUSE MONSTER will join a brand new one-act by Veronica Tijoe, MINOTAUR or THE STRING'S THE THING, that's right you get TWO plays for the price of one! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/12/check-out-what-sfweekly-has-to-say-about-playgroundsfs-planet-earth-new-play-fest-newplay/ Wed, 12 Nov 2014 10:18:42 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/12/check-out-what-sfweekly-has-to-say-about-playgroundsfs-planet-earth-new-play-fest-newplay/ Lou Fancher from SF Weekly wrote about PlayGround‘s Planet Earth New Play Festival yesterday! You should read it! You should ALSO come out for the next Monday Night PlayGround happening THIS Monday, 11/17 at Berkeley Rep! The topic is: NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT. They'll be announcing the 6 plays Friday so pay attention! While we wait though, here are some highlights from the article: "Perhaps the most delectable aspect of the PlayGround ethos — other than raw expression on intensely relevant subjects — is its affirmation of Bay Area artists. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/10/week-two-of-the-san-francisco-olympians-festival-sfolympiansfest-sfolympians5/ Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:22:36 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/10/week-two-of-the-san-francisco-olympians-festival-sfolympiansfest-sfolympians5/ Had a stress nightmare last night where I was not only late for my SF Olympians reading, but I had to bring my 4 year old son because no one could watch him, which can really mean only one thing, the second week of the San Francisco Olympians Festival V: The Monster Ball is HERE! Rejoice in the streets! Dance a little jig! Have panic-riddled dreams - your choice! Week two is made up entirely of monster battles! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/06/my-short-play-the-happiness-gap-was-selected-for-tables-and-chairs-vii/ Thu, 06 Nov 2014 16:27:39 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/06/my-short-play-the-happiness-gap-was-selected-for-tables-and-chairs-vii/ I got some good news today! My ten-minute play THE HAPPINESS GAP, originally written for PlayGround‘s Math Night, has been selected for Stonington Player‘s Tables and Chairs VII! Where are the Stonington Players you ask? Well they're over in Stonington Connecticut. Performances for Tables and Chairs VII are Nov. 14, 15, 16 & 21, 22! If you're in the area you should check it out and report back to me! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/05/week-one-of-the-san-francisco-olympians-festival-sfolympiansfest-sfolympians5/ Wed, 05 Nov 2014 08:25:42 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/05/week-one-of-the-san-francisco-olympians-festival-sfolympiansfest-sfolympians5/ The moment you've been waiting for is finally here! Tonight the San Francisco Olympians Festival V: The Monster Ball will present the first plays of the festival! And they continue all week! These are all the plays happening this week: ##Wednesday November 5: Nymphs! Nymphs! Nymphs! - WHICH IS TONIGHT! ###ASTERIAE or KING SISYPHUS by Bridgette Dutta Portman, directed by Valerie Fachman When you’re trying to cheat death, it helps to have an immortal star-nymph as a wife. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/03/san-francisco-olympians-festival-announces-writers-for-2015/ Mon, 03 Nov 2014 13:49:02 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/11/03/san-francisco-olympians-festival-announces-writers-for-2015/ The San Francisco Olympians Festival kicked off last Saturday, November 1st, with their annual Opening Night Party and it continues Wednesday, November 5th, the first night of readings for the festival is being presented (NYMPHS, NYMPHS, NYMPHS!), and in the middle of all this excitement the writers for next year have been announced! If you're like me and have been waiting on your computer hitting refresh again and again, the wait is finally over! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/10/31/much-ado-about-mathletes-is-being-produced-next-week-at-a-middle-school/ Fri, 31 Oct 2014 09:43:41 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/10/31/much-ado-about-mathletes-is-being-produced-next-week-at-a-middle-school/ In other fun news, my one-act Much Ado About Mathletes is being produced next Wednesday and Thursday at Redwood Day School in Oakland! I wrote the play with high school and middle school in mind, so I'm very excited to see it in it's intended habitat. And hey, if you're a high school or middle school teacher looking for material, send me an email (Rnbublitz@gmail.com)! I'd love for more students to do this play. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/10/31/geryon-poster-by-rogernald-rusty-jackson/ Fri, 31 Oct 2014 09:10:15 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/10/31/geryon-poster-by-rogernald-rusty-jackson/ One of the things that makes the San Francisco Olympians Festival so dear to my heart is the partnership they strike each year with such a wide variety or artists. The posters for this year's Monster Ball have just been released and there is such a beautiful variety, as there is every year. I am very proud to share the poster inspired by GERYON, the monster that inspired my play The Red House Monster. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/10/30/one-minute-play-festival-december-15th-and-16th/ Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:50:01 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/10/30/one-minute-play-festival-december-15th-and-16th/ Thrilled to announce that I will be writing for the San Francisco One-Minute Play Festival this year! Produced by Playwrights Foundation and Dominic D'Andrea‘s The One-Minute Play Festival, we will be writing the plays over the next two weeks, and you can come and see them December 15th and 16th at The Brava Theater Center! After seeing the festival for the past two years, it will be an honor to be a part this year, and even more exciting, look at the fantastic writers who are also on the bill: https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/10/27/its-the-300th-day-of-the-year-crazygoals/ Mon, 27 Oct 2014 09:12:38 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/10/27/its-the-300th-day-of-the-year-crazygoals/ Today is the 300th day of 2014! Which, if you've been keeping track, would mean that I should have submitted 300 plays by now. I'm still a bit behind, but I'm hoping that today is the day I catch back up. So far to date I've submitted 291 scripts, I only need to send out 9 more scripts to catch up! It also means that I'm coming up on having only 65 more to go! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/10/24/much-ado-about-mathletes-is-going-to-london/ Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:23:03 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/10/24/much-ado-about-mathletes-is-going-to-london/ I got some exciting news this morning, my one-act Much Ado About Mathletes will join Gatton Community Theatre‘s young actor showcase Scratch Scripts! Hooray! This is like the little play that could. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/10/17/see-my-new-play-reading-babar-in-2070-this-monday/ Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:07:52 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/10/17/see-my-new-play-reading-babar-in-2070-this-monday/ Exciting news! My play Reading Babar in 2070 was selected for PlayGround‘s Planet Earth New Play Festival! That means this Monday (October 20th) you, yes you(!), can see it along with five other brand new plays. Isn't it nice to have plans already for those dull Monday nights? Here's the full line up: The Announcement by William Bivins, directed by Rebecca Ennals Reading Babar in 2070 by Rachel Bublitz, directed by Michael French https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/10/10/playgroundsf-topic-announced-is-earth-fked/ Fri, 10 Oct 2014 15:30:25 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/10/10/playgroundsf-topic-announced-is-earth-fked/ PlayGround has released the first topic for their 20th Monday Night PlayGround Season! The six plays selected will be the first play in the brand new Planet Earth New Play Festival, brought to us by PlayGround and Sustainable Earth Coalition. Exciting new stuff! And the topic is…………………………… (insert drum roll here) ……………………… ###IS EARTH F**KED? Curious about what we come up with? Head over to Berkeley Rep October 20th and see the selected scripts. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/10/06/submission-tally/ Mon, 06 Oct 2014 10:30:01 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/10/06/submission-tally/ At the start of this year I gave myself the (maybe impossible?) task of submitting 365 times this year. And I kept up with it until this summer, where turbulence hit in the form of three major projects happening at once; Iro, The Red House Monster, and my first ever screen play, Girl Friend. Since then life and grad school have been getting in the way of me catching up, but I have high hopes that I'll make it (probably). https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/10/04/announcing-the-red-house-monster-cast/ Sat, 04 Oct 2014 10:01:21 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/10/04/announcing-the-red-house-monster-cast/ Oh happy day! The Red House Monster, commissioned by the San Francisco Olympians Festival has been cast! Check it out: The Red House Monster by Rachel Bublitz directed by Ariel Craft Maria Leigh as Hannah Eden Neuendorf as Cora Jan Gilbert as Mother Gold and Geryon Ron Talbot as Sheriff Megan Briggs reading Stage Directions I am over-the-moon ecstatic about working with these folks. This is going to be incredible. So do NOT miss this show! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/09/22/fantastic-final-meeting-before-sfolympians5-kicks-off/ Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:39:03 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/09/22/fantastic-final-meeting-before-sfolympians5-kicks-off/ Last night was the “White Council” meeting for the San Francisco Olympians Festival V: The Monster Ball. All the writers and directors in one room going over festival details, sharing food, drink, and pages from the new plays. Festival VI kicks off on November 1st with the opening night party to be held at The Exit. And then THREE solid weeks of brand new plays! Amazing, isn't it? I think so. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/09/16/excited-to-be-back-for-my-second-year-at-playground/ Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:28:20 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/09/16/excited-to-be-back-for-my-second-year-at-playground/ Very happy to announce that I will join the PlayGround Writers Pool for the second year! You'll probably want to get a subscription, just in case any of my plays make it in… Here's the box office link for that: playground-sf.org/boxoffice/. This year's Monday Night PlayGround series will go up on the following dates: Oct 20, 2014 @ 8PM Nov 17, 2014 @ 8PM Dec 15, 2014 @ 8PM Jan 26, 2015 @ 8PM https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/09/12/moms-ham-to-be-performed-at-the-charles-stewart-howard-playhouse/ Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:34:09 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/09/12/moms-ham-to-be-performed-at-the-charles-stewart-howard-playhouse/ I'm so excited to announce that my ten-minute Christmas play Mom's Ham is bring produced with the Charles Stewart Howard Playhouse in their annual holiday show, Hard Candy Christmas. This will be my second year in a row in this program, last year they produced Oy, Oy, Oy, Merry Christmas! and I am thrilled to be back! Show dates and times will be announced soon so stay tuned! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/09/04/a-new-short-play-fanny-pack/ Thu, 04 Sep 2014 09:40:24 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/09/04/a-new-short-play-fanny-pack/ I'm taking a short play workshop class with Peter Nachtrieb! Our first assignment was to write three 1 - 3 minute plays. This was my favorite of the three. But now I want to write nothing but plays for these two characters. Probably not the best career move, but they're basically the best. Keep reading and you'll see why… ###Fanny Pack a short play by Rachel Bublitz FURIA and PERDITA - both extremely ugly and old females - lounge in chairs around a table, blood covering their faces and dribbling down their front. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/09/02/submit-your-2015-sf-olympians-proposals-now-through-september-30/ Tue, 02 Sep 2014 09:37:28 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/09/02/submit-your-2015-sf-olympians-proposals-now-through-september-30/ The San Francisco Olympians Festival is taking submissions for their 2015 festival: #SAN FRANCISCO OLYMPIANS FESTIVAL VI: WINE DARK SEA If you are a writer and live in the Bay Area, apply. Don't think about it, just do it. This has been one of the most rewarding community of artists that I have ever worked with. So get on it. NOW! Here are all the details from their website: Want to write for the Olympians Festival? https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/09/02/been-a-long-time/ Tue, 02 Sep 2014 09:28:35 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/09/02/been-a-long-time/ Summer is gone! When did that happen? Oy vey. Mine was intense, busy, and productive. I wrote my first screenplay, and put in some major time getting two other large projects further in their development. One could say that I took on too much this summer, and I don't think they'd be wrong. This was my first year that I didn't participate in the 31 Plays in 31 Days challenge. This year I only cheered people on from the sidelines. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/08/01/hurry-only-14-hours-left-in-the-sfolympains-fundraiser/ Fri, 01 Aug 2014 11:03:50 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/08/01/hurry-only-14-hours-left-in-the-sfolympains-fundraiser/ Remember, giving is sexy: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/san-francisco-olympians-festival-v-monsters-ball/x/620044#home Yesterday was huge! And we received more money than any other day in the fundraiser so far! THANK YOU! We still have a tiny bit to go though, $1,278 to be exact. There's only 14 hours left in this campaign, help us reach our goal! Support awesome indie theater! So click on through and GIVE! Then tell your buddies to do the same. Here's that link again: https://www. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/07/31/support-sfolympians-before-time-runs-out/ Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:31:53 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/07/31/support-sfolympians-before-time-runs-out/ Okay folks, this is where we're at… 37 hours left to raise $3,575! We need you! Here's the link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/san-francisco-olympians-festival-v-monsters-ball/x/620044#home Get to it! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/07/29/free-reading-of-iro-take-heart-tonight/ Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:52:26 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/07/29/free-reading-of-iro-take-heart-tonight/ TONIGHT is the night folks! My brand new play Iro, Take Heart is taking the stage for the FIRST time! Commissioned earlier this year by Custom Made Theatre Co., Iro, Take Heart, tells the story of a little girl's quest to find the winged horse Pegasus. I am very happy and very proud to be sharing this new play with the world, I hope that you can join me and be involved with the very important revision process! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/07/29/four-days-and-4659-to-raise-please-help-sfolympians-out/ Tue, 29 Jul 2014 11:22:47 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/07/29/four-days-and-4659-to-raise-please-help-sfolympians-out/ Please give us your money! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/san-francisco-olympians-festival-v-monsters-ball/x/620044#pledges As of 10:23am the San Francisco Olympians Festival still has $4,659 to go! I am confident that we'll make it, but we need YOU! You may not believe me when I say that even a $1 pledge helps, but it does, the more donors we have the more momentum we'll pick up, and right now momentum is what we need. And if you don't have extra money to spare, I understand, but there are still ways that you can help us get there! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/07/28/why-you-should-give-to-the-sfolympians-fundraiser/ Mon, 28 Jul 2014 12:08:02 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/07/28/why-you-should-give-to-the-sfolympians-fundraiser/ (Beautiful postcard by the SF Olympians’ Arts Director Cody Rishell) To donate go here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/san-francisco-olympians-festival-v-monsters-ball/x/620044#home Hello everybody! BIG news, we only have FIVE days left for the San Francisco Olympians Festival fundraising campaign and we still just under $5,000! This is such a great festival, and it completely deserves your support. But don't take my word for it, I asked the other artists involved what makes the SF Olympians Festival so special, here's what they said: https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/07/25/free-reading-of-iro-take-heart-july-29th/ Fri, 25 Jul 2014 16:37:22 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/07/25/free-reading-of-iro-take-heart-july-29th/ Earlier this year Custom Made Theatre commissioned a new play from me for their reading series, and THIS TUESDAY it's all coming together! I hope that you will join me in the first public reading of Iro, Take Heart, the story of a might little girl and her quest to find the great winged horse Pegasus. I have Daunielle Rasmussen as my director, and my wonderful cast includes: Kim Saunders, Ron Tablot, Katie Robbins, Devin O'Brien, Justine Marler, and Cara McQuillen. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/07/01/time-to-give-to-the-2015-sf-olympians-festival/ Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:50:11 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/07/01/time-to-give-to-the-2015-sf-olympians-festival/ Where have you been? It's been weeks! I've been swamped with road trips, summer school, and dental surgery, but the good news is that I'm back now! And good thing because TODAY kicks off fundraising for the 2015 San Francisco Olympians Festival! We need your help to keep this fantastic festival alive. Go to the Indiegogo Campaign Page (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/san-francisco-olympians-festival-v-monsters-ball#home), watch the video and give today! We're raising money throughout the month of July. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/06/09/my-week-in-excellent-theater-pen/man/ship-magictheatre-mutt-impacttheatre-and-crucible-custommadesf/ Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:06:34 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/06/09/my-week-in-excellent-theater-pen/man/ship-magictheatre-mutt-impacttheatre-and-crucible-custommadesf/ Last week I saw three, yes three excellent plays; PEN/MAN/SHIP at Magic Theatre, Mutt at Impact Theatre, and The Crucible at Custom Made Theatre Co.. All were incredibly well done. It was also a nice mix; two dramas, one comedy, two new plays, one classic, two of the productions had actors I know and love, and one had brand new faces for me to get to know. But there were also choices that all the plays made, as if the directors had gotten together and had a huddle before their respective productions, and this was clearest in the transitions. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/06/05/a-new-play/ Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:50:59 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/06/05/a-new-play/ I was reading over Aurora‘s GAP submission requirements, and I realized that I had nothing that fit the bill! How could this be? Well, naturally my solution is to write a brand new full length before the deadline of July 15th. I just added it to my calendar, so it has to happen now. It's on. This isn't a play that came from nowhere, I've been thinking of three technology based full-length plays for a while now, and now I have a reason to start them. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/06/04/30-script-submissions-for-the-month-of-may/ Wed, 04 Jun 2014 14:33:45 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/06/04/30-script-submissions-for-the-month-of-may/ May was a good month, I was only 1 shy of my goal on submitting a script per day. Adding on the 130 submissions I'd made before May, my new total is 160! As of June 1st, there's been 151 days come and gone, so I still have a little wiggle room on my total, but I'm hoping to hit 200 submission before the 200th day of the year (July 19th). https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/06/03/ariel-craft-will-direct-the-red-house-monster-in-the-2014-sf-olympians-festival/ Tue, 03 Jun 2014 09:48:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/06/03/ariel-craft-will-direct-the-red-house-monster-in-the-2014-sf-olympians-festival/ Ariel Craft, Executive Director for Bigger Than A Bread Box Theatre Co., and all around badass, is directing my one-act play, The Red House Monster, for the 2014 San Francisco Olympians Festival‘s Monster's Ball! I'm thrilled. I'm ecstatic. I'm jazzed. My monster is Geryon, and if you want more info about him or the direction my play will take, here's the description from the San Francisco Olympians site: "Geryon, a three-bodied giant, was the son of Chrysaor and Callirrhoe. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/05/29/photos-of-baby-shower-games-at-love-creek-productions/ Thu, 29 May 2014 21:42:13 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/05/29/photos-of-baby-shower-games-at-love-creek-productions/ My ten-minute play Baby Shower Games is being produced with Love Creek Productions’ one-act showcase, The Other Side Of Summer. See the show May 30th, 31st, or June 1st! Here are some shots from the show: Baby Shower Games by Rachel Bublitz, directed by Tanya Fazal with Natalia Ivana Escobar and Fiamma Piacentini. Buy tickets here: http://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/935850 Oh! And if you're seeing this on facebook, click through for the pictures! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/05/29/i-am-a-young-ambassador-for-the-dramatist-guild-dramatistsguild/ Thu, 29 May 2014 16:20:24 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/05/29/i-am-a-young-ambassador-for-the-dramatist-guild-dramatistsguild/ Earlier I posted on my Facebook page about exciting news, and here it is folks: I will be joining the Young Ambassador Program with the Dramatist Guild! What is the Young Ambassador Program, you ask? Great question! Well, it's a new program aiming to get younger playwrights involved in the Dramatist Guild. It's in the beginning stages so a lot of details are still to be worked out, but it seems that I will assist our Regional Rep, Suze Allen with creating events and programs aimed at helping young playwrights! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/05/28/staged-reading-of-my-pegasus-play-july-29th/ Wed, 28 May 2014 11:36:43 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/05/28/staged-reading-of-my-pegasus-play-july-29th/ Do I have a title? No! But that doesn't stop me from having a date for the reading! Yes, you heard right, mark your calendars, Tuesday, July 29th, my new full-length based loosely on the the myth of Pegasus will be getting a staged reading at Custom Made Theatre Co.! Mark them up, and be prepared, because it is going down! I don't have much more info now about the reading, as we get closer I'll let you know who my director is, and who my actors are, and hopefully even what the play is called! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/05/27/tickets-on-sale-for-flashfest-in-new-york/ Tue, 27 May 2014 12:29:33 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/05/27/tickets-on-sale-for-flashfest-in-new-york/ My one-minute play Peeper will have it's debut production next month with Playsmiths’ Flashfest in New York! Are you excited? I'm excited! The performance is June 15th at 7pm at Manhattan Theatre Club. Peeper is the creepiest play I've ever written, if you're in the area, don't miss your chance to see it come to life! Tickets are $15, and you can buy your tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/684168 And for more info on the show, visit the facebook event page: http://www. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/05/14/last-day-of-my-first-year-in-grad-school/ Wed, 14 May 2014 11:21:53 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/05/14/last-day-of-my-first-year-in-grad-school/ This semester is still a blur, so it's hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that today is my last class in my first year of grad school. But it's true, so my head is just going to have to deal with it. I am in the midst of planning for the fall, and also preparing myself for a sumer school class (an online course on writing screenplays! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/05/13/much-ado-about-mathletes-opens-tonight/ Tue, 13 May 2014 08:49:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/05/13/much-ado-about-mathletes-opens-tonight/ Tonight! 7pm! At the Little Theater at SFSU! Much Ado About Mathletes, my 30-minute one-act is going up! I like exclamation marks!!!! Please join me for the fun, my play will close an evening of four one-act plays. Here's a bit about the play, in case you have forgotten: "An all-girls mathletes team (that ponders in iambic pentameter) is shaken to it's core when it's asked to do the unthinkable… Let a boy join their team. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/05/01/20-submissions-in-april/ Thu, 01 May 2014 12:55:12 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/05/01/20-submissions-in-april/ April was a slow month for submitting. I got 20 scripts out, instead of the 30 I was hoping for… But that just means I'll have to bring it extra hard this month. This year's total so far is 130 though, and since we're only on day 120, I'm still a little ahead. May's going to be big though, I can feel it. There are a lot of great competitions with deadlines at the end of this month, so watch out folks… I'm sending plays your way. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/30/baby-shower-games-to-be-produced-by-love-creek-productions-in-nyc/ Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:23:08 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/30/baby-shower-games-to-be-produced-by-love-creek-productions-in-nyc/ Woo! My ten minute play Baby Shower Games is getting it's THIRD production! May 30, 31, and June 1st with Love Creek Productions at The Producer's Club in New York City! Baby Shower Games was originally produced in September of 2013 for All Terrain Theater‘s SF Fringe showcase: Babies, The Ultimate Birth Control (which won Best of Fringe!). This past January Baby Shower Games was produced a second time with Acme Theater Productions in Maynard, Maine. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/28/looking-forward-to-a-great-week-in-theater/ Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:42:22 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/28/looking-forward-to-a-great-week-in-theater/ Mondays are great when you have a week full of awesome to look forward to. Check this guys… Wednesday I get to hear a first draft of my still-not-titled Pegasus play out loud for the first time! I'm presenting it as my final project for my MFA Playwright Workshop Class, and I'm still pretty proud that I got a first draft of it out this semester (considering I started writing it in February! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/25/preparing-to-burn-writeclubsf-to-the-ground-may-20th-at-the-make-out-room/ Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:56:01 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/25/preparing-to-burn-writeclubsf-to-the-ground-may-20th-at-the-make-out-room/ The topics have been announced! Come on down to the Make-Out Room Tuesday, May 20th and see my Write Club SF debut! My topic is fire folks, and I'm going to bring it (not literal fire, literary fire). Here's the full line-up: Ian Edwards with BEGINNING vs Amy Bell with END Rachel Bublitz with FIRE vs Shobha Rao with WATER Steven Westdahl with GEMINI vs Casey Childers with GEMINI Again, that's May 20th (a TUESDAY) at 8pm! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/25/plays-and-picks-for-may/ Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:11:08 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/25/plays-and-picks-for-may/ It's almost May! Need some plans? Look no further… ##My PLAYS: ###Much Ado About Mathletes Written by Rachel Bublitz and directed by Kathleen Lee. An all-girls mathletes team (that ponders in iambic pentameter) is shaken to it's core when it's asked to do the unthinkable… Let a boy join their team. May 13 (Tuesday) at 8pm, May 15 (Thursday) at 8pm, and May 17 (Saturday) at 2pm. Much Ado About Mathletes is in Program One of San Francisco State University's Spring Fringe Festival. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/24/rachels-plays-and-picks-directly-in-your-inbox/ Thu, 24 Apr 2014 13:35:50 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/24/rachels-plays-and-picks-directly-in-your-inbox/ You know what's great? Theater, and lots of it. If you find yourself wishing you knew about more theater, especially theater written by me and/or theater that I don't think can be missed, sign up for my brand-spanking newsletter! It's fancy. You should totally do it. And you can do it right here: PS, this fancy sign up is NOT going to show up on facebook, so click through to my website to get the goods. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/16/rosie-bloody-rosie-tomorrow-with-fresh-produced-los-angeles/ Wed, 16 Apr 2014 10:46:07 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/16/rosie-bloody-rosie-tomorrow-with-fresh-produced-los-angeles/ Oh my goodness, where has April gone? This month is moving by with light-speed! It's already the 16th, which means tomorrow is my big/exciting LA adventure! Tomorrow, in West Hollywood, at 7:30pm, an excerpt of my horror play Rosie, Bloody Rosie will be read, for the first time, in front of an audience! My good friend, Chris Reed is my director! My cast includes: Elitia Daniels, Riva Di Paola, Courtney Clark, Charlie Morgan Patton and Jamie Pettito! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/11/gi60-uk-2013-dealing-with-death-by-rachel-bublitz-gi60/ Fri, 11 Apr 2014 14:16:04 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/11/gi60-uk-2013-dealing-with-death-by-rachel-bublitz-gi60/ Last summer, Gi60 produced a one-minute play that I had written, making me an internationally produced playwright! And now here is proof! Thank you Gi60 for posting videos! I can't wait to see this year's plays! Also, if you're on facebook and want to watch the video, you'll have to click through to my website. Enjoy! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/11/taking-2014-by-storm/ Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:04:50 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/11/taking-2014-by-storm/ I have had SUCH a productive playwriting week this week! It is exactly what I needed after slacking off for two weeks. Oh, it feels so good. SO GOOD! I have a first draft of my not-yet-titled play about Pegasus, that I am completely in love with. I have rewrites for my horror play Rosie, Bloody Rosie, through it's workshop with Fresh Produce'd LA PS, you should TOTALLY come for the reading on Thursday, April 17th! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/03/playgrounds-young-playwrights-contest-deadline-extended-to-april-14/ Thu, 03 Apr 2014 13:05:25 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/03/playgrounds-young-playwrights-contest-deadline-extended-to-april-14/ Attention all high school playwrights, PlayGround has extended the deadline for their Young Playwrights Contest to April 14th! From PlayGround's website: "The following are the guidelines for script submissions for PlayGround’s 2014 Young Playwrights Contest. To be eligible, writers must currently attend high school in one of the nine Bay Area counties. Topic: ‘All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts…’ https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/02/moms-ham-finalist-for-best-of-playground-playgroundsf/ Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:04:55 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/02/moms-ham-finalist-for-best-of-playground-playgroundsf/ I am very proud to announce that Mom's Ham, my Christmas recipe inspired play I wrote back in December for PlayGround, was a finalist for Best of PlayGround! The Best of PlayGround festival is coming up in May, running May 8-25 at Thick House. And the plays in Best of PlayGround are: The Broken Tooth Comb by William Bivins, directed by Katja Rivera When You Talk About This by Patricia Cotter (June Anne Baker Prize), directed by Tracy Ward https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/01/march-submissions/ Tue, 01 Apr 2014 21:52:14 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/04/01/march-submissions/ Posting from Hawaii, so aloha! Last month I was super productive, and I submitted more last month than I have in any other month! Woo! My total was 55! That's right, I submitted 55 plays! I hope I can keep it up, I have 255 more plays to submit this year. I know not a whole lot will be getting done this week, on the island, I'll have to pick up the pace when I get home. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/03/26/much-ado-about-mathletes-performance-dates-announcement/ Wed, 26 Mar 2014 10:30:45 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/03/26/much-ado-about-mathletes-performance-dates-announcement/ That is right folks, get out your calendars, and mark them up: Much Ado About Mathletes has performance dates! Much Ado About Mathletes directed by Kathleen Lee will be preformed May 13th (Tuesday) at 8pm, May 15th (Thursday) at 8pm, and May 17th (Saturday) at 2pm! Got that? Three options for you! So write it down, text it to yourself, set all sorts of alerts and reminders on your phone, because this is not something that you want to miss! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/03/25/my-body-to-be-read-at-swan-day-in-dc-march-29th/ Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:38:07 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/03/25/my-body-to-be-read-at-swan-day-in-dc-march-29th/ I got some great news yesterday, my ten-minute play about bodily rights, My Body, is being read THIS Saturday in Washington DC! It joins the line-up for the SWAN Day Reading Marathon with Nu Sass Productions! All the fun starts at 11:30, this Saturday, March 29th, and it's happening at the National Museum of Women in the Arts! Oh yeah, and it's FREE! Emily Todd, C0-Founder of Nu Sass, is directing, and Danny Rovin, Alexia Poe, and Emily Todd, will be the actors. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/03/19/audition-for-the-san-francisco-neo-futurists-sfneofuturists/ Wed, 19 Mar 2014 09:12:28 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/03/19/audition-for-the-san-francisco-neo-futurists-sfneofuturists/ If you've gotten the chance to watch the San Francisco Neo-Futurists over at Boxcar Playhouse (or in New York or Chicago) you know what a great show it is. If you haven't, what the hell are you waiting for? Really? Anyway, if you've seen it and loved it, or have at least heard how much everyone else loves it, and have been toying with the idea of getting involved, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/03/14/audrey-scare-people-play-on-audreys-birthday/ Fri, 14 Mar 2014 09:16:30 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/03/14/audrey-scare-people-play-on-audreys-birthday/ Today is Audrey's sixth birthday! I could think of nothing better than sharing the first play she ever wrote! She wrote this play last year, right before her fifth birthday. Last year with San Francisco Theater Pub‘s PUB FROM ANOTHER WORLD, Audrey Scare People Play came to life! You can watch the video of that here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L28OHv7_Ec&hd=1. Her video is right after the intro, it starts at the 4:10 mark. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/03/07/shows-to-see/ Fri, 07 Mar 2014 09:24:04 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/03/07/shows-to-see/ LOTS of great shows happening/coming up here in the Bay Area, and YOU should be aware of them! ####Saturday Write Fever XI: OMG THEY HAVE KNIVES!!! presented by San Francisco Theater Pub Tomorrow! Saturday March 8th at 8:30 at the Exit Theatre. This is ALWAYS a good time, one of my all-time favorite theater events in the Bay Area! I can't make it Saturday (seeing another show), so be sure to be there with knives for me! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/03/06/busy-busy-busy/ Thu, 06 Mar 2014 12:37:05 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/03/06/busy-busy-busy/ This funny thing keeps happening to me, I'll be in the middle of a week and just slammed with work, and I'll think to myself, “Don't worry about it, next week things will calm down.” And the thing is, they're not. I've been telling myself that for over a month now, and the stuff keeps on coming. Taking on two commissions at once I think might be fueling that… Also I can't even look at Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats without losing half a day or more. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/03/04/post-game-wrap-up/ Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:46:11 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/03/04/post-game-wrap-up/ Last night was a blast! It was great to hear an ending that I felt really great about. AND, even better, after getting notes and hearing things for myself, I know what I'll be attacking for the next draft! This script is such a fun and engaging world to jump into, and with each reading, and after each new draft it starts to feel more and more alive. It's close guys, it's getting very very close! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/03/03/under-the-gods-golden-cleats-reading-tonight-7pm-at-tides-theatre/ Mon, 03 Mar 2014 15:00:37 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/03/03/under-the-gods-golden-cleats-reading-tonight-7pm-at-tides-theatre/ Tonight! Tonight is the night! Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats will be read at Tides Theatre tonight at 7pm. If you can get there closer to 6:45, that would be great because we'll be starting right at 7pm. I have wine! Chips! Salsa! Cookies! And chocolate covered cherries! So not only will you get to hear the newest draft of my epic football meets the Trojan War play, but you'll get to drink and snack with us too? https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/28/on-the-hunt-for-365-submission-opportunities/ Fri, 28 Feb 2014 18:33:14 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/28/on-the-hunt-for-365-submission-opportunities/ There are 365 days in a year, and that is how many times I plan on submitting plays this year. Crazy? Maybe a little, but I'm in it to win it. Today is the last day of the month, and so I'm catching you up on my number of submissions to date. And that number is……… ####53! 53? What a lot of plays! Unfortunately, I will admit that I've fallen a bit behind (I should be up to 59), but March is all my month, and I'm going go after it with a vengeance. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/26/under-the-gods-golden-cleats-cast/ Wed, 26 Feb 2014 13:58:15 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/26/under-the-gods-golden-cleats-cast/ We have a cast for the 3/3 reading of Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats! And that's good, because the reading is Monday! Here are the actor all-stars we have in the line-up: ###Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats by Rachel Bublitz Directed by Claire Rice Stage Directions read by Karen Offereins Achilles read by Dan Kurtz Patroclus read by Neil Higgins Agamemnon read by Ben Knoll Odysseus read by Adam Reese https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/25/writing-rewriting...-all-the-writing/ Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:27:51 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/25/writing-rewriting...-all-the-writing/ Busy, busy week ahead for me. Rehearsal tonight for Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats (reading coing up Monday 3/3, details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/265759466916913/?notif_t=plan_user_joined), rewrote the last two scenes to The Red House Monster (spoiler alert: crazy things happen!), set up a meeting with a possible director for The Red House Monster reading in November (fingers crossed!), wrote a new scene for my not-yet-titled Pegasus play, and picked up a book of interviews put together by StoryCorps, if you haven't heard of them check it out, that I plan on using for my “adapting from non-fiction exercise” due next week. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/24/gearing-up-for-march-3rd-reading-of-under-the-gods-golden-cleats/ Mon, 24 Feb 2014 10:19:28 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/24/gearing-up-for-march-3rd-reading-of-under-the-gods-golden-cleats/ Holy cow! In one week my epic full-length play that mashes together the Trojan War with Texas high school football will come back to the stage! Tomorrow night we have rehearsal, and today I'll be busy reading through the newest draft, printing that draft, and then picking up snacks for all the awesome artists working so hard to bring this reading to life. Then I get to finish my homework (yay! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/20/staged-reading-of-under-the-gods-golden-cleats-monday-3/3-7pm-at-the-tides-theatre/ Thu, 20 Feb 2014 18:39:04 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/20/staged-reading-of-under-the-gods-golden-cleats-monday-3/3-7pm-at-the-tides-theatre/ Have you heard the great news? Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats is coming back to the stage! Through the Dramatist Guild‘s San Francisco Footlight Reading Series, you have another chance to see the greatest football tournament of all time; Greeks vs. Trojans. Here are all the things you need to know: UNDER THE GODS’ GOLDEN CLEATS by Rachel Bublitz Directed by Claire Rice Cast TBA (stay tuned!) "UNDER THE GODS’ GOLDEN CLEATS mashes up Achilles’ story in the Trojan War with the football culture of modern day Texas, creating a brand new world where cheerleaders are property, and the Gods preside over the games. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/17/updated-description-of-the-red-house-monster/ Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:16:28 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/17/updated-description-of-the-red-house-monster/ Happy Monday! Now that I have a solid draft of The Red House Monster, my one-act play based on the Greek monster Geryon (commissioned by the San Francisco Olympians Festival), I have updated my blurb about it! Curious? You should be! Read all about it here: http://www.sfolympians.com/?page_id=1842, my monster page on the SF Olympians’ website, you'll also get more background on Geryon and my bio (yay!). But, if you're lazy, and can't be bothered with links here's the new description: https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/14/february-17-monday-night-playground-math-night-playgroundsf/ Fri, 14 Feb 2014 16:00:50 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/14/february-17-monday-night-playground-math-night-playgroundsf/ The following plays/playwrights have been selected for the February 17 Monday Night PlayGround MATH NIGHT: The Broken Tooth Comb by William Bivins, directed by Ken Sonkin When You Talk About This by Patricia Cotter, directed by Ginny Reed Dangerous Factors by Ruben Grijalva, directed by Adam Sussman Magic Zhang Ball by Melissa Keith, directed by Jim Kleinmann Colorado by Katie May, directed by Molly Noble The Primes of Our Lives by Kirk Shimano, directed by Rebecca Ennals https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/13/why-i-am-not-good-at-painting/ Thu, 13 Feb 2014 17:37:45 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/13/why-i-am-not-good-at-painting/ I had a friend growing up that was fantastic at painting and drawing, her name was Liz Jackson, and she seemed to effortlessly produce art constantly. We went to an art fair one weekend in middle school, and when we came across easels set up for anyone to use, we ran over immediately to take advantage. I wanted to paint a forrest at night, complete with a full moon overhead. I started, but no matter what I painted it looked nothing like what I thought it should. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/12/teaching-day-18-teaching-how-to-write-plays-is-fun/ Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:07:05 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/12/teaching-day-18-teaching-how-to-write-plays-is-fun/ I'm nearly done with my first teaching adventure. After this week, there will be a week off and then I'll have one remaining week with my students before their play is due. I'll admit, I was scared stiff my first day, but I feel like I've finally hitting my stride and really loving this whole experience. This week we've been workshopping their plays, and by far this has been where I have felt the most helpful. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/11/a-passion-for-primes-playgroundsfs-math-night/ Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:29:46 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/11/a-passion-for-primes-playgroundsfs-math-night/ How was your weekend? And if you're wondering why I'm asking you about your weekend on a Tuesday instead of a Monday, it's because I teach Tuesday - Friday, so today is a Monday for me. So, sorry to interrupt, how was it? Oh, good. Mine was swell. I rested and wrote. Last week was a bit of a crazy week for me (I had evening tasks nearly every night of the week! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/10/mfa-adventures/ Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:55:23 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/10/mfa-adventures/ I'm entering week three of my second semester at SFSU! This semester I'm taking three classes and they are: Playcrafting and Dramaturgy, MFA Playwriting Workshop, and Fringe. Fringe is a mostly student driven force that produces plays by students at SFSU. This coming May my play Much Ado About Mathletes will be produced, and once the dates have been decided I will shout it from the roof tops. I'm excited that this play was selected, it is a one-act comedy that takes place at a High School, and it may be one of my only plays without copious amounts of swearing. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/09/i-am-back-quiet-lightning-and-the-neo-futurists-too/ Sun, 09 Feb 2014 23:24:33 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/02/09/i-am-back-quiet-lightning-and-the-neo-futurists-too/ A technical hiccup in my website kept me from blogging all last week, but luckily I have fantastic live-in tech support so I'm back! And there has been SO much I've wanted to tell you! Last Monday (February 3rd), I made my Quiet Lightning debut, reading my short play Rewind. What a night! I was delighted to join the line-up of writers, and I really loved hearing the work from other writers! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/31/quiet-lightning-reading-monday-feb-3-at-50-mason-social-house/ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:58:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/31/quiet-lightning-reading-monday-feb-3-at-50-mason-social-house/ In other exciting news, I will be reading my short play Rewind this Monday night! Quiet Lightning (they are also taking submissions now for their next event in March, so get on that: http://quietlightning.org/submission-details/, deadline February 12th) has monthly reading events and publishes what is read in sparkle + blink (which is given out to the first 100 guests at the readings!). Come and check it out, here are more details: https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/31/thirty-three-submissions-during-january/ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:50:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/31/thirty-three-submissions-during-january/ My computer broke! I was without it for a week, and that is my only excuse for not posting. I tried to keep busy, and let's see how I did…. Well for the month of January I submitted thirty three times! What? Yep, I'm a little ahead of the game, not as much as I'd like, but what are you gonna do… I am not sure that February will be quite as productive, with working, grad school, taking care of my kiddos, and ya know, being a person… Probably won't be much of a person next month, but that is to be expected some times. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/21/the-custom-made-theatre-co.-is-commissioning-a-play-from-me-custommadesf/ Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:52:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/21/the-custom-made-theatre-co.-is-commissioning-a-play-from-me-custommadesf/ Extremely excited to announce that The Custom Made Theatre Co. is commissioning a new full length play from me! This new play will join their monthly reading series during this coming summer. The play will tell the story of an orphan named Daphne who is the subject of ridicule by other children and punishment by an uncaring caregivers. During one of her many tours through solitary confinement in the orphanage closet, Daphne's imagination brings the god Athena to her with a mission: find Pegasus. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/17/read-peeper-in-vine-leaves-journal/ Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:40:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/17/read-peeper-in-vine-leaves-journal/ My one-minute play Peeper is in the current Vine Leaves Journal! If you're interested in reading, go here: http://www.vineleavesliteraryjournal.com/issue-09-jan-2014.html. Peeper is on page 41, so be sure to click the link and give it a read. Also, if you're interested in submitting, check out their submission procedure here: http://www.vineleavesliteraryjournal.com/guidelines.html, the next deadline is February 28th. Good luck! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/16/submission-opportunity-from-all-terrain-theater/ Thu, 16 Jan 2014 09:50:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/16/submission-opportunity-from-all-terrain-theater/ All Terrain Theater‘s solo showcase Women In Solodarity is gearing up for it's third year! If you'd like to be involved, we're currently accepting submissions, here is everything you need to know: All Terrain Theater is producing its third annual Women in Solodarity showcase and we're soliciting scripts from female writers related to the theme of Modern Lovers: Women and Technology. This showcase was formed in 2012 to counterbalance the overwhelming over-representation of men's stories in theater and other media and to create opportunities for female artists to present and perform their stories. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/14/teaching-day-1/ Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:34:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/14/teaching-day-1/ It's my first day teaching juniors and seniors at Redwood High School in Larkspur, and I thought it'd be fun to give you a play by play of my day. Here we go: 1:16am, wake up. Is it 6 yet? No, go back to sleep. 3:37am, wake up. Is it 6 yet? No, go back to sleep. 6:00am, alarm goes off. Hit snooze button too many times. 6:27am, wake up. Panic. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/13/read-my-self-promotion-article-on-the-sftheatrepub-blog/ Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:29:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/13/read-my-self-promotion-article-on-the-sftheatrepub-blog/ Very excited to be the guest blogger today for the San Francisco Theatre Pub Blog today! If you're looking for ways to promote your work, you should give it a read: http://sftheaterpub.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/theater-around-the-bay-10-ways-for-a-playwright-to-self-promote/ https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/13/teaching-adventure-starts-tomorrow/ Mon, 13 Jan 2014 08:20:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/13/teaching-adventure-starts-tomorrow/ If you haven't heard, I'm teaching high school students how to write plays for a six week workshop! Tomorrow is my first day, and my body is starting to go from excited to nervous and wondering why in the world it's brain signed up for such a thing, but that's part of the fun, right? Right? When I do get very nervous, I remind myself that this is the first job (that pays me money) I've had that's writing related. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/10/plays-selected-for-monday-night-playground-california-dreamin/ Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:38:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/10/plays-selected-for-monday-night-playground-california-dreamin/ The plays have been selected! Join PlayGround this Monday at Berkeley Rep (Jan. 13th at 8pm) for CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’! The line-up is…. Where 101 Becomes The 101 by Ruben Grijalva, directed by Evren Odcikin A Star is Born by Melissa Keith, directed by Tracy Ward Nixon, the app by Jonathan Luskin, directed by Rebecca Ennals Stranger in a Strange Land by Karen Macklin, directed by Margo Hall I Have Found It! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/10/tell-me-about-san-diego-and-salt-lake-city-theater/ Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:33:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/10/tell-me-about-san-diego-and-salt-lake-city-theater/ No, I'm not going insane asking about two totally different places. There's a method to my madness of asking about both the Salt Lake City and San Diego theater scene. In hopes to broaden my theater network, I'm hoping to reach out to theater artists in both San Diego and Salt Lake City! I'm particularly interested in theaters/individuals out there trying to get new plays produced. Since I'm in both Salt Lake (that's where my husband is from and his folks and brother are still there) and San Diego (my home town! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/08/submission-opportunity-with-quiet-lightning-pwopp/ Wed, 08 Jan 2014 16:12:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/08/submission-opportunity-with-quiet-lightning-pwopp/ Quiet Lightning is a monthly reading series and publication sparkle + blink that travels around San Francisco, taking over different galleries, bars, and more to present new writers and their work. They look for all kids of different types of writing (8 minutes or less) and have a rolling deadline. If you're interested in getting involved, you can submit your work here: https://quietlightning.submittable.com/submit/26143, deadline is January 15th. The only catch is that you must be around to present your work. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/07/finished-my-playgroundca-script-now-on-to-geryon/ Tue, 07 Jan 2014 11:47:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/07/finished-my-playgroundca-script-now-on-to-geryon/ Okay, I've sent in my first submission for 2014, only 356 to go! The play was Happy In California, and it was for Monday Night PlayGround! The topic was CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ and I struggled writing the first half of many plays, sticking with two, and in the end went with my gut and punched my favorite one into shape so that I could make the 2pm deadline. This was a hard month for me, not sure if it's lag from vacation, or something else, but I got it in! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/06/2014-goal/ Mon, 06 Jan 2014 15:11:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/06/2014-goal/ I have just one goal this year. In 2014 I plan on submitting 365 plays. That's a play for each day in 2014. So far I'm already behind, as I've submitted zip in the past six days, but I am confident that I'll be able to catch up. Want to see how I'm doing? The last day of each month I'll post my numbers so you can see how I'm doing in the challenge. https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/03/playground-topic-announced-california-dreamin-ten-minute-plays-inspired-by-the-california-experience/ Fri, 03 Jan 2014 08:46:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/03/playground-topic-announced-california-dreamin-ten-minute-plays-inspired-by-the-california-experience/ PlayGround has announced the topic for Monday's (1/13) reading, and it is…… CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’: Ten-Minute Plays Inspired by the California Experience. Both LA and Bay Area writers are writing at the same time! Exciting! The Bay Area writers are in a pool, but the LA submissions are still open to anyone living in Los Angeles (for details go to: http://playground-la.org/submit/). Now get to writing! You only have until Tuesday (1/7) at 2pm! https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/02/a-look-back-at-2013/ Thu, 02 Jan 2014 09:02:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2014/01/02/a-look-back-at-2013/ 2013 is over! 2014 is here! How do you feel about that? I feel pretty great. 2013 was a very exciting year for me. I had a public reading or production in each month of 2013 except for October. That's pretty exciting. I also directed for the first time in years, and I dipped my toes into producing as well. I also got rejected, accepted, and started grad school, which is a funny story all in itself (remember? https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/20/vacation/ Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:24:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/20/vacation/ Tomorrow my family and I leave for San Diego, the city of my childhood. I can't wait to see mi familia and play the usual reindeer games (Jewish people play reindeer games too). I'm going to be taking the rest of the year off from my blog (all less than two weeks of it), so this is it until 2014! Unless I get any great news, that I'll be posting right away. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/19/invest-in-the-artists-give-to-playground-today/ Thu, 19 Dec 2013 17:06:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/19/invest-in-the-artists-give-to-playground-today/ PlayGround is raising money right now in these last few days of their 20th year! From their blog (http://networkedblogs.com/RYHr0): "As we count down twenty days of PlayGround's 20th Season Year-End Campaign, we're pleased to share with you a daily testimonial from PlayGround artists, subscribers and supporters and community leaders. To participate in the Year-End Campaign, make a tax-deductible contribution online at Causes.com or on the PlayGround website, or call us at (415) 992-6677. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/17/moms-ham-was-a-blast/ Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:46:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/17/moms-ham-was-a-blast/ I can't stop smiling today, because I can't stop thinking of last night! Mom's Ham at PlayGround‘s (Twisted) HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA was fantastic! I had a superb group of actors (Lisa Morse, Mark Rafael Truitt, Valerie Weak, Lindsey Marie Schmeltzer, Soren Oliver, and Tyler Kent), and an amazing director, Jennifer King. AND, the house at the Rhoda (at Berkeley Rep) was filled with a wonderful audience. It was the largest audience I've ever had see my work, and adding all those things up together equals a very thankful/happy playwright! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/16/much-ado-about-mathletes-will-be-produced-this-spring-at-sfsu/ Mon, 16 Dec 2013 14:35:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/16/much-ado-about-mathletes-will-be-produced-this-spring-at-sfsu/ More good news today! My thirty minute one-act play Much Ado About Mathletes will be produced at San Francisco State this May! I will announce more details as they come out, so stay tuned! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/16/playgrounds-holiday-extravaganza-tonight-at-8pm/ Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:56:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/16/playgrounds-holiday-extravaganza-tonight-at-8pm/ TONIGHT! TONIGHT is the night! Tonight my ten minute play Mom's Ham will be performed at Berkeley Rep for PlayGround‘s (Twisted) HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA! I love my play and I'm very excited that it was picked and I get to share it with everyone! Which means you should come on out to Berkeley tonight for the 8p show! Can you make it out? I sure hope you can! There will be a pre-show talk starting at 7:10pm also, so show up early and here more about the work from the writers! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/13/buy-your-ticket-for-monday-night-playground-with-my-play-moms-ham/ Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:36:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/13/buy-your-ticket-for-monday-night-playground-with-my-play-moms-ham/ I am so, SO, SO excited! My play Mom's Ham was selected for PlayGround‘s (Twisted) Holiday Extravaganza! I can't wait to see my work preformed at Berkeley Rep, and I do hope that you'll join me! The show starts at 8pm, and is this Monday, December 16th, and the address at Berkeley Rep is 2025 Addison Street in Berkeley. BUY TICKETS NOW! And do that here: http://playground-sf.org/boxoffice/#mondaynightplayground. I hope that I see you there! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/11/one-class-left-in-my-semester/ Wed, 11 Dec 2013 12:52:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/11/one-class-left-in-my-semester/ Tonight, I will partake in the last class of my first semester as an MFA student at SFSU! Yesterday I turned in Clever Princess, my one-act children's play, as well as a poem I wrote for my final assignment in Craft of Translation. Tonight I'll turn in Rosie, Bloody Rosie and have my final Directed Writing meeting and say, “So long school, see you next year!” I'm excited. I'm planning a day devoted to crafting and pointless TV next week to celebrate. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/10/keep-writing-stay-warm/ Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:26:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/10/keep-writing-stay-warm/ Keep writing, stay warm, was my mantra this past weekend. Oh was it chilly. I'm from San Diego, where it's 72 degrees 90% of the time, so 30-40 degree temps are a bit too frosty for me. So, to fight the cold, I wrote! And wore sweaters. I wrote two brand new ten minute plays for PlayGround‘s Holiday Extravaganza (the prompt was HOLIDAY RECIPE, remember?). I could only submit one, but I was glad to have written two scripts. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/09/come-aand-see-san-francisco-theater-pubs-open-mic-night/lemonade-fund-fundraiser-friday-the-13th/ Mon, 09 Dec 2013 11:10:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/09/come-aand-see-san-francisco-theater-pubs-open-mic-night/lemonade-fund-fundraiser-friday-the-13th/ This Friday, December 13th, come to The Exit Theatre on Eddy street for San Francisco Theater Pub‘s Open Mic Night/Lemonade Fund Fundraiser! The show starts at 8pm, and there is a suggested donation from $10-$20, although you should feel free to throw more money in! I'm working with local actor Melissa Keith, she'll be preforming a monologue written by Audrey and me! That's right, Audrey work will be shown on the stage again! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/06/monday-night-playground-holiday-extravaganza-topic-announced/ Fri, 06 Dec 2013 09:36:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/06/monday-night-playground-holiday-extravaganza-topic-announced/ The topic is here! PlayGround‘s Holiday Extravaganza topic is……… ####HOLIDAY RECIPE My husband suggested I make a play pie… Oh that I could, because my pies are delicious. Anyway, if you're interested in writing along with the topic too, remember there's a ten page max, and the deadline is Tuesday at 2pm! Also, you should get on buying your tickets for the 16th! Here's the link: http://www.playground-sf.org/boxoffice/ That's at Berkeley Rep, December 16th at 8pm. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/05/plays-ive-written-in-2013/ Thu, 05 Dec 2013 10:44:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/05/plays-ive-written-in-2013/ As the year comes to an end, I want to look not only at my submissions (did that yesterday, and p.s. I have 6 more submissions bringing my total up to 187, only 13 more to reach 200!) but also at what I've written. With starting my MFA, completing 31 Plays in 31 Days, and writing Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats, commissioned by the San Francisco Olympians Festival, 2013 has been a pretty major writing year for me. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/04/181-submissions-so-far-in-2013/ Wed, 04 Dec 2013 12:31:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/04/181-submissions-so-far-in-2013/ I inch closer and closer to my goal of 100 rejection letters during 2013, but I fear that I will not reach it by December 31st! This goal was 100% stolen from the inspirational/fabulous/phenomenally talented and intelligent Megan Cohen! You should check out her website so that you can start stealing from her as well: http://plays.megancohen.com/. Right now I have a total 181 submissions with 85 rejections (15 to go!), 13 acceptances, and 83 I am still waiting to find out about, for a total of 181 submissions this year! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/03/oy-oy-oy-merry-christmas-being-produced-this-month-during-the-charles-stewart-howard-playhouses-hard-candy-christmas-in-woodland-hills/ Tue, 03 Dec 2013 08:54:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/03/oy-oy-oy-merry-christmas-being-produced-this-month-during-the-charles-stewart-howard-playhouses-hard-candy-christmas-in-woodland-hills/ In other exciting news, I'm excited to also announce that Oy Oy Oy, Merry Christmas, a ten minute holiday play, is being produced in Woodland Hills with The Charles Stewart Howard Playhouse for their second installment of Hard Candy Christmas! The show is at: Harter Hall, (21338 Dumetz Road Woodland Hills, CA 91367). The shows are on Saturday, December 7th at 7pm, Sunday, December 8th at 6pm, and Saturday December 14th at 7pm. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/03/baby-shower-games-to-be-included-in-acme-theater-productions-new-works-winter-festival-2014/ Tue, 03 Dec 2013 08:39:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/12/03/baby-shower-games-to-be-included-in-acme-theater-productions-new-works-winter-festival-2014/ Back from a fabulous vacation, where maybe a little less writing and reading happened, but a whole lot of family time happened, so all is well with the world. And I come back with fun announcements! My short play Baby Shower Games, which was first produced by All Terrain Theater for our SF Fringe show BABIES: THE ULTIMATE BIRTH CONTROL, is moving on to a production in Maynard Massachusetts! Baby Shower Games will join the line-up for Acme Theater Productions’ New Works Winter Festival 2014! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/24/happy-thanksgiving/ Sun, 24 Nov 2013 18:16:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/24/happy-thanksgiving/ Thursday is Thanksgiving, one of my favorite holidays. I am off visiting family and reading/writing (plays) all week! That's right, I'm taking a blog vacation. I will be back next week, and I hope that everyone stays safe and feels thankful! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/21/taking-the-ritual-out-of-writing/ Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:57:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/21/taking-the-ritual-out-of-writing/ We are creatures of habit, and as such, patterns of our activities make us feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Our bodies settle into things, and embrace the rhythm. Nice, right? I'm starting to think that this isn't always optimal for writing. The reason is, is that if you want to write and get paid enough money to live from this writing, you basically have to eat, sleep, and then eat more writing. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/20/so-much-writing/ Wed, 20 Nov 2013 18:18:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/20/so-much-writing/ Today which started out being all about laundry, dishes, and making my house livable again, actually turned into a very productive writing day. Isn't it great when things sneak up on you like that? Yesterday I started putting words down for next year's Monster play Geryon, and then today I fixed what I had written and wrote a bunch more! And even better, I came up to walls because I realized that there were a few choices I needed to make before continuing! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/18/san-francisco-olympians-festival-closing-week/ Mon, 18 Nov 2013 11:25:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/18/san-francisco-olympians-festival-closing-week/ The final four readings for The San Francisco Olympians Festival IV: Trojan Requiem happen this week! If you've made it to see some of the readings earlier in the festival, you already know what a great night of theater these can be, and if you haven't yet made it out, you only have a few chances left! ###Wednesday, 11/20 THE TOOLS at 8pm. Eight new short plays surrounding the objects of the Trojan War (RSVP through facebook here: https://www. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/16/the-dinosaur-and-the-princess-by-audrey-kessinger/ Sat, 16 Nov 2013 16:37:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/16/the-dinosaur-and-the-princess-by-audrey-kessinger/ I'm rewriting, really I am. I was working away in my room when Audrey, my five year old daughter, walked in and announced that she wanted to write a play. Since she can't write or type yet, that means I had to put my script down and write hers. Things you do for love. The Dinosaur And The Princess Play by Audrey Kessinger Characters: Princess, female, six years old, she wears pretty dresses. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/16/big-rewrites/ Sat, 16 Nov 2013 12:00:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/16/big-rewrites/ All week I've been tweaking Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats after hearing it on Saturday, and today, JUST NOW, I've figured out a major problem that has plagued from from day one. Oh, I'm so excited! I'm hoping that the idea pans out and does what I want it to, because then friends, it'll be one step closer to production ready! I'm diving in guys, see you when my next draft is done. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/15/monday-night-playground-announced/ Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:19:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/15/monday-night-playground-announced/ The musical theater month plays have been selected! PlayGround‘s 5th Annual Musical Theatre Night: S'Wonderful! S'Marvelous! will include: A Beautiful Evening by Madeleine Butler (“Love Walked In”) Someone To Watch Over Me by Patricia Cotter (“Someone To Watch Over Me”) Just for the Length of a Sigh by Josh Senyak (“How Long Has This Been Going On”) Love Doctor, Heal Thyself by Tanya Grove (“But Not For Me”) The Man I Love by Tom Swift (“The Man I Love”) https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/11/remembering-my-coach/ Mon, 11 Nov 2013 15:09:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/11/remembering-my-coach/ "Wealth comes from being best at what you are.” Juan Castro I found out today that my acting coach and mentor Juan Castro died from cancer last night. It is safe to say that he taught me everything that I know about acting, and although I stay back stage more often now, his lessons still impact what I bring to my craft. He talked about responsibility and hard work, and he pushed his students to take on roles that were challenging and difficult. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/09/under-the-gods-golden-cleats-tonight-at-8pm/ Sat, 09 Nov 2013 07:55:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/09/under-the-gods-golden-cleats-tonight-at-8pm/ Honor the Gods, Honor your team, Bleed on the field, Silence your scream. IT'S GAME DAY! The reading of Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats is tonight, kickoff at 8pm, $10 tickets (cash only) at the door. Come out and see what I've been working on all year, my version of the legend of Achilles, complete with football, enslaved cheerleaders, and Helen as a bovine mascot. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/08/november-playground-topic-announced/ Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:03:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/08/november-playground-topic-announced/ The topic has been announced for PlayGround‘s November musical theater month, and this time there's a twist! Instead of writing original songs we are to use and/or be inspired by one of 13 songs from Ira and George Gershwin. If you're curious or would like to write your own play based on this prompt, here are the songs: But Not For Me Embraceable You Fascinatin’ Rhythm Funny Face How Long Has This Been Going On Lady Be Good Let's Call The Whole Thing Off Love Walked In Our Love Is Here To Stay Someone To Watch Over Me Strike Up The Band S’Wonderful They Can't Take That Away From Me We will have a piano on stage and a very talented musician, Steve Sanders, playing for us. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/06/first-drafts-stink-and-thats-okay/ Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:04:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/06/first-drafts-stink-and-thats-okay/ I just finished the first draft of my one-act horror play Rosie, Bloody Rosie, and it is awful. It's not all awful, I think the first half has a lot going for it, but I can tell that the last half was just me throwing stuff on the page…. But you know what? That's okay, good actually. You can't have a second draft until you've had a first draft. And most of my scripts start off pretty terrible in the beginning. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/04/theater-is-all-around-go-see-some-shows/ Mon, 04 Nov 2013 18:00:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/04/theater-is-all-around-go-see-some-shows/ November is a great month for you to get out and see some theater, because there are SO many incredible shows happening! So I thought I'd take a minute to alert you to them, so you can go and make that happen! ###San Francisco Olympians Festival, November 6-23rd Yes of course I had to promote SF Olympians! There is a mighty army of artists working as I type to make this year great, and all you have to do is show up and enjoy yourself! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/04/amazing-rehearsal-for-inder-the-gods-golden-cleats/ Mon, 04 Nov 2013 10:50:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/04/amazing-rehearsal-for-inder-the-gods-golden-cleats/ Yesterday was the first rehearsal for Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats! It went VERY well. Everyone was laughing, having a good time, and digging into the script. I made even MORE edits, and now I'm hoping the script will finally be as stream-lined as it needs to be for the reading on Saturday! I took a bunch of pictures, to see them all check out the facebook album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.226955497428804.1073741835.108943545896667&type=1&l=e055546680. AND make SURE you come on Saturday! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/02/some-beautiful-faces-from-last-nights-san-francisco-olympians-opening-night-party/ Sat, 02 Nov 2013 12:57:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/02/some-beautiful-faces-from-last-nights-san-francisco-olympians-opening-night-party/ Last night was the San Francisco Olympians Festival Opening Night Party! There was artwork, chit-chat, and lovely meatballs. I didn't get pictures of all of the beautiful faces from last night, if you want to see more of the fun from the party check out Collin Hussey's pictures here: https://www.facebook.com/colin.hussey/media_set?set=a.10151964403974378.1073741831.693034377&type=1. But here are mine: Above you see Christian Simonsen, Stuart Bousel, and Andrew Chung, giving the opening speech, along with a preview of each of the scripts. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/01/sf-olympians-festival-opening-party-hours-away/ Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:44:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/11/01/sf-olympians-festival-opening-party-hours-away/ At 8pm the artists (writers, directors, actors, and fine artists) involved with this year's festival as the art work for this year is presented, a preview of each play is heard, and free food is served! There will also be drinks, but those will cost you some $. I have a fancy blue dress and some golden slippers ready to go, so join me! Get on your fancy clothes and head down to The Exit! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/31/happy-halloween/ Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:38:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/31/happy-halloween/ To wish you a special Halloween, I'm reposting a super creepy one-minute play I wrote last August. It's called Peeper… ###Peeper, a one-minute play by Rachel Bublitz It is very quiet. TOM is on stage, HE has a pair of binoculars and looks out with them on one specific spot. ####TOM I like to imagine what her name is. I have narrowed it down to 84 possibilities, and I am certain that it is one of them. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/30/tricky-characters/ Wed, 30 Oct 2013 10:36:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/30/tricky-characters/ There are some characters that I write that I instantly understand, these tend to be main characters, and often there's a lot of me in them and that's where the understanding comes from. Or in the case of Achilles and Patroclus in Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats a TON of research was done before I started writing. But sometimes there are characters that you're making up, so it's hard to research them, AND they're essential to something you're working on. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/29/countdown-to-reading-of-under-the-gods-golden-cleats/ Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:15:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/29/countdown-to-reading-of-under-the-gods-golden-cleats/ Eleven days! ELEVEN DAYS guys! In eleven days the San Francisco Olympians Festival will present a staged reading of Under The Gods'Golden Cleats! We start rehearsing this Sunday! I cannot wait to get into the rehearsal room and hear my fabulous actors! This week I've been trying to trim down my script as much as humanly possible. For some reason, I like to use ellipses like they're going out of style. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/28/the-trojan-requiem-is-coming/ Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:34:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/28/the-trojan-requiem-is-coming/ This Friday, November 1st, join the San Francisco Olympians Festival at The Exit in San Francisco for the opening night party! And then come back November 6th - 23rd and watch staged readings of 36 brand new plays all written by local playwrights. It will be a festival filled with fantastic new theatre and you DO NOT WANT TO MISS IT! Here are all the dates and times you need to know: https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/24/zombies-zombies-anthology-with-baby-pie-now-available-for-you-to-purchase/ Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:05:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/24/zombies-zombies-anthology-with-baby-pie-now-available-for-you-to-purchase/ My short play Baby Pie is in anthology called Zombies?! Zombies!! and you can now buy your own copy! How exciting is that? I wrote Baby Pie over a year and a half ago, it's based on a nightmare. And it's one of the strangest things I've ever written. So don't delay, put your order in now and get your copy for Halloween! Here's the link: http://bookstore.iuniverse.com/Products/SKU-000608394/Zombies--Zombies.aspx Happy Thursday! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/23/always-be-watching/ Wed, 23 Oct 2013 13:49:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/23/always-be-watching/ Always be watching! But for what? Submission opps? Well yes, do that, but today I want to talk about something a little different… I have two children, they are 5 and 3. They love watching movies and will basically watch anything that's animated on repeat for hours and hours. I try not to let this happen, but if I'm being honest there are days when a lot of television/movies are consumed. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/22/18-days-until-under-the-gods-golden-cleats/ Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:23:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/22/18-days-until-under-the-gods-golden-cleats/ Guys. GUYS! There are only 18 days until a theater full of people get to watched the staged reading of Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats! I am beyond pumped for this reading, and I do hope that you make it out!… And get there early with cash, because there are NO advance tickets! Cash at the door, and with being such a big cast, AND with it being so awesome I am pretty sure the house will be packed. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/20/submission-sunday/ Sun, 20 Oct 2013 14:59:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/20/submission-sunday/ How's your weekend? Mine has been pretty great. I went to a vintage clothing fair with one of my closest friends, a birthday party filled with MIT geniuses, got my fridge loaded up from a Costco trip, started a expansion of a play (I'm turning You Will Survive Me from a one-act to a full-length), and now I'm relaxing, sending out submissions and doing laundry. Easy, breezy, beautiful. And you should send out some scripts too! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/18/except-when-you-dont.-because-sometimes-you-wont/ Fri, 18 Oct 2013 09:36:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/18/except-when-you-dont.-because-sometimes-you-wont/ Yes, the title of this post is from “Oh, The Places You'll Go!” by Dr. Seuss…. “Except when you don't. Because, sometimes, you won't.” It's true, very true. I love this book, and I love reading it to my kids because there are countless books that paint your adult life just simple as “happily ever after.” How many stories end with, “Then they got married and lived happily ever after”? A lot. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/17/take-breaks/ Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:30:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/17/take-breaks/ I try and keep busy. I feel that no one is going to make me a widely produced playwright but me, and so if I want it to happen, I've got to make it happen. Makes sense, yes? And, on top of writing and keeping up with my homework, I have two little people I'm shepherding through the world. I know a lot of artists have busy lives, and I think for the most part this helps you with your art. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/16/sonnets-sonnets-everywhere/ Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:36:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/16/sonnets-sonnets-everywhere/ Working on my not-yet-titled all-girl math team play, and it's a lot of fun. One of the fun parts is that each of the 8 characters has their own monologues to the audience, where everyone else freezes, and they get to say what's going on in the mind (yes, I know it's nothing new), but the fun (and challenging) part for me is that I'm writing each of these as a sonnet! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/14/just-sent-in-my-first-playground-script/ Mon, 14 Oct 2013 22:04:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/14/just-sent-in-my-first-playground-script/ THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, was announced Friday as PlayGround‘s first topic in the 2013/2014 Monday Night Reading Series. I wrote my first play Friday afternoon, after a great deal of thought and care…. But then, Friday evening roles around and I scrapped the whole thing after reading this infuriating article (PS, if you're reading this via FB, click through for links!). I read that, got mad, and started writing. After a few hours I realized that this new play (now titled The Most Important), was the script I needed to focus on, and focus on it, I did! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/11/playground-topic-announced-the-skin-of-our-teeth/ Fri, 11 Oct 2013 11:28:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/11/playground-topic-announced-the-skin-of-our-teeth/ The topic has been announced! The first Monday Night PlayGround will have the theme: THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH. The whole evening (Monday October 21st) is dedicated to the late Barbara Oliver, who founded the Aurora Theater Company and was a long time member/board member of PlayGround. One of her favorite playwrights happened to be Thorton Wilder, and that's where the topic came from (The Skin Of Our Teeth is a three-act play by Thorton Wilder). https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/10/you-will-survive-me-first-draft-done/ Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:49:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/10/you-will-survive-me-first-draft-done/ It's hard for me to number drafts, because I edit pretty quickly, but I've started to go by it's a first draft until you hear other people read the whole thing out loud for the first time. And this weekend I'll get to hear the first draft of my new one-act You Will Survive Me for the first time! And for the first time, it's not funny. Serious business this play, I set out to write it to see if I could write straight drama (maybe it's tragedy? https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/07/so-many-new-things/ Mon, 07 Oct 2013 11:13:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/07/so-many-new-things/ I have so many new scripts happening right now. It's strange because this isn't the way I normally work. Typically, I write one play until I'm 2 or 3 drafts in, and pleased with it. But now, I have 1st drafts, or half a draft of four plays! They're all one-acts, but they're long one-acts ranging from 30 minutes - 70 minutes, and they're all very, very different. How different? Well, I'll tell you… https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/04/announcing-under-the-gods-golden-cleats-cast/ Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:25:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/04/announcing-under-the-gods-golden-cleats-cast/ Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats is cast! OH MY GOODNESS! I am honored and BLOWN away by the talent who'll be reading my script on November 9th! Yes, that's SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9th! 8pm. Be there, because we're going to rock your world. ###Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats by Rachel Bublitz Directed by Claire Rice Stage Directions read by Karen Offereins Achilles read by Peter Townley Patroclus read by Neil Higgins https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/04/geryon-next-years-monster/ Fri, 04 Oct 2013 10:22:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/04/geryon-next-years-monster/ Next year I'll be writing the one-act about Geryon for SF Olympian Festival (November 15!). Who is Geryon, you might be wondering, well I will tell you… Geryon was a giant who tended cattle off on an island somewhere, minding his own business when Hercules came, stole his cattle, and killed him. It was a part of Hercules’ 12 tasks (the taking the cattle, he killed Geryon just as icing on the cake I guess). https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/03/great-news/ Thu, 03 Oct 2013 13:54:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/03/great-news/ I am so excited to announce that I'm coming back next year to write for the 2014 San Francisco Olympians Festival! I'll be writing the one-act play for Geryon on Saturday, November 15! And I'm sharing the evening with Veronica Tjioe who'll be writing a one-act play based on the Minotaur! It will be an excellent evening of theater, and don't miss it! Here's the line-up for the rest of the festival: https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/02/let-megan-cohen-haunt-your-smartphone-this-month-13pennies/ Wed, 02 Oct 2013 11:03:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/02/let-megan-cohen-haunt-your-smartphone-this-month-13pennies/ There's this fantastic smartphone art project happening all month, and YOU should know about it. Megan Cohen, master playwright, and artistic mega-mind presents you with 13 Pennies, an art project that will spook the pants off of you. What I find so smart about this project is that typically smartphones and other technologies similar to them, are often seen as pulling people apart. Megan is using this very tool (that 99% of us carry around in their pocket every day) to bring art to the people. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/01/completely-blown-away-by-the-sf-olympians-auditions/ Tue, 01 Oct 2013 11:29:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/10/01/completely-blown-away-by-the-sf-olympians-auditions/ There's a reason that Stuart Bousel is known as a power-house in indy theatre here in the Bay Area. He does big things very well. We had over 100 actors audition between Sunday and Monday! Over 100! And I can still function as a human being. For those of you have have audited auditions before, you know how amazing that is. Typically auditions are endless, boring, uncomfortable, and if the actors are working from your play, you usually hate that play for at least a month after. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/29/sf-olympians-auditions-today/ Sun, 29 Sep 2013 10:28:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/29/sf-olympians-auditions-today/ Callooh! Callay! The San Francisco Olympians auditions are today! Oh, I can't wait. They kick off at 2, and I just can't wait to see and hear all the fantastic actors that come in to vie for a spot in all the readings coming up this November. I've heard from actors, playwrights, and directors, that these auditions are unlike most auditions; they're fun, fast paced, and since there will be nearly (or maybe more? https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/27/boa-tonight-and-tomorrow/ Fri, 27 Sep 2013 08:37:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/27/boa-tonight-and-tomorrow/ What are you up to this weekend? I'm excited because I'm seeing the Bay Area One Acts tonight and tomorrow! In fact, I'll be slinging concessions, so come by and buy something from me! Last year I was blown away by the show I saw, and I just know that this year will do the same. The shows are at 8pm and both are at the Tides Theatre. Here are the details of each program: https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/23/i-am-in-the-2013/14-writers-pool-for-playground/ Mon, 23 Sep 2013 21:42:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/23/i-am-in-the-2013/14-writers-pool-for-playground/ I have been sitting on this information for a couple of weeks, and that is HARD for me. But, now I can officially announce that I am in the writers pool this season for PlayGround! I am jazzed. I am pumped. I might be a little bewildered, but I'm working on that… Actually, when I first got the email, I was afraid that there was some mistake. That I would send in the required information and I'd get an email in return that started, “Oh, sorry…” Like a reverse of the SFSU slip up. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/23/rsvp-now-for-reading-of-under-the-gods-golden-cleats/ Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:38:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/23/rsvp-now-for-reading-of-under-the-gods-golden-cleats/ NOVEMBER 9th! 8pm at the Exit Theatre in San Francisco, the San Francisco Olympians Festival presents: ##Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats a new play by Rachel Bublitz The legend of Achilles mashed with Texas football; a world where cheerleaders are slaves and players are encouraged to kill members of the opposing team. Directed by Claire Rice Cast TBA November 9th, 2013 at 8pm Rachel Bublitz’s play will mash up Achilles’ story in the Trojan War with the football culture of modern day Texas, creating a brand new world where cheerleaders are property, and the Gods preside over the games. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/22/babies-wins-two-awards-including-best-of-fringe/ Sun, 22 Sep 2013 11:08:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/22/babies-wins-two-awards-including-best-of-fringe/ All Terrain Theatre‘show in SF Fringe, Babies, the Ultimate Birth Control: Terrifyingly Hilarious Plays about Parenting, a show that I wrote 1/2 of, won TWO awards last night! We won BEST OF FRINGE and one SOLD OUT award! I am proud to have worked on this show, and I'm SO grateful to our cast, director, stage manager, producer, and my partner in crime (Tracy Held Potter) for making this show so wonderful! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/20/sjreals-mixtapes-volume-1-remix-tonight-and-tomorrow/ Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:25:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/20/sjreals-mixtapes-volume-1-remix-tonight-and-tomorrow/ Tonight and tomorrow come on down to San Jose for SJReal‘s Mixtapes Volume One (Remix)! Here are the details: Friday, September 20 | 10:30pm Saturday, September 21 | 10:30pm $Pay-What-You-Will Doors Open 30 min. before showtime | San Jose Rep's Lounge No Advance Tickets | Cash Only Mixtapes Volume 1 (Remix) by Megan Cohen, Rachel Bublitz, Jeremy Cole, Amber Sommerfeld and Peter Hsieh directed by Peter Hsieh A remix of rockin’ short plays inspired by Janis Joplin songs presented in a mixtape format, featuring new works from Bay Area playwrights Megan Cohen, Rachel Bublitz, Jeremy Cole, Amber Sommerfeld and Peter Hsieh. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/19/submission-tally/ Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:58:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/19/submission-tally/ Since I finished playwrightbinge, I thought that I would check in and see how my submissions were going this year…. And see if I'm on track to make my goals…. SO, I have gotten 13 people do say yes to submissions I've sent in, I've had 37 people say now, and I'm still waiting to hear back from 86 folks… That brings my total up to 136 submissions this year! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/18/writing-two-new-plays/ Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:34:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/18/writing-two-new-plays/ Just started work on TWO brand new, very different plays. Different from one another, and different from anything I've ever written. I'm trying to stretch myself and do my MFA all the way! First off, I have (I think it'll be 30-45 minutes) a children's play (yes a play for children!) called either Clever Catherine, or The Clever Queen. It's adorable. And I've only had to stop myself from writing inappropriate things like a dozen times so far. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/17/final-performance-of-babies-at-sf-fringe-tonight-9pm/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 10:14:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/17/final-performance-of-babies-at-sf-fringe-tonight-9pm/ Okay folks, it all comes down to this… If you haven't had a chance to see BABIES, The Ultimate Birth Control, tonight is your last chance! Tonight, 9pm at the Exit, or fantastic actors take the stage for the last time! You don't want to miss this adorable/terrifying set of plays that will make you want to run off and buy all the condoms Costco keeps in stock. Seriously, it's funny stuff. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/16/binge-day-16-30-plays-submitted/ Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:14:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/16/binge-day-16-30-plays-submitted/ 30 plays submitted in 16 days! Oy, I should try this every month, just to get me to keep submitting! But, no… Sanity is important, and without breaks, I'm not sure I would stay sane. I found it interesting that this time I submitted a many plays for publishing opportunities, in the past I've mostly sent things in for productions or readings. Anyway, here are my last submissions: Plays 25 and 26 went to the Independent Actor's Theatre, who are seeking short play (10-12 minutes) by women. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/15/babies-at-sf-fringe-today-at-1pm/ Sun, 15 Sep 2013 08:36:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/15/babies-at-sf-fringe-today-at-1pm/ BABIES, The Ultimate Birth Control happens AGAIN! You do NOT want to miss this hilarious show. AND we have a new comment on our review page: From sfkoolbrit: ”“Terrifyingly Hilarious Plays about Parenting!” – This blurb really sums up this amazing, wonderful and yes, hilarious, set of short plays with brilliant performances by a wonderful cast, not to mention great writing and directing. This show is “not to be missed” so get your tickets today because tonight’s performance (9/14/13) was sold out. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/15/volunteering-at-sf-fringe/ Sun, 15 Sep 2013 08:36:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/15/volunteering-at-sf-fringe/ I spent 1/2 my day yesterday volunteering at SF Fringe‘s hospitality suite, a place to sit back, enjoy some strawberry or cucumber flavored water, make a mask, munch on some fresh popped popcorn, or all three at the same time. The staff at The Exit has gone out of their way to make everyone involved in the Fringe festival feel welcome, and they have done a fabulous job. Yesterday, I enjoyed sandwiches at their SF Fringe party (everyone involved with the shows was invited for a delicious sandwich mixer), got to see a show for free (as a volunteer I can see any show at Fringe for free that isn't sold out), AND I got to catch-up with friends both old and new, and meet new artists. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/14/two-shows-tonight-babies-at-sf-fringe-and-mixtapes-at-san-jose-rep/ Sat, 14 Sep 2013 12:02:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/14/two-shows-tonight-babies-at-sf-fringe-and-mixtapes-at-san-jose-rep/ Tonight you have TWO options to see my plays! In San Francisco tonight at 9pm you can see the hilarious BABIES, The Ultimate Birth Control at the Exit, and in San Jose, you can see Mixtapes Volume One starting around 10:30 (get there by 10:15 to make sure you get a seat!) at San Jose Rep. It's hard choices, I know, picking between these two shows, but rest assured, you'll have more chances to see both shows! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/13/mixtapes-volume-one-tonight-1030pm-san-jose-rep/ Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:42:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/13/mixtapes-volume-one-tonight-1030pm-san-jose-rep/ For four performances only (the first one being TONIGHT) Mixtapes Volume One at SJReal. The show is at 10:30pm, and I will be there! There other shows are tomorrow (9/14), and next Friday and Saturday (9/20 and 9/21) and they are all at 10:30pm. This is a show built off of translated songs. A very fun project thought up by Peter Hsieh. The other writers involved (other than Peter and myself) are, Amber Sommerfeld, Megan Cohen, and Jeremy Cole. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/11/sam-hurwitt-writes-up-babies-the-ultimate-birth-control-for-kqed-arts/ Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:55:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/11/sam-hurwitt-writes-up-babies-the-ultimate-birth-control-for-kqed-arts/ Sam Hurwitt, editor-in-chief of Theatre Bay Area magazine and theater critic for the Marin Independent Journal, brought up BABIES, The Ultimate Birth Control in an article he wrote for KQED Arts, Choose Your Own Adventure at the SF Fringe Fest! Sam writes: "Other shows really highlight the grab bag nature of the Fringe. All Terrain Theater's Babies, the Ultimate Birth Control zooms through seven short vignettes by Tracy Held Potter and Rachel Bublitz about the trials and tribulations of parenting, performed by a versatile cast of four and directed by local actor Elena Wright. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/11/binge-day-11/ Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:27:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/11/binge-day-11/ I have submitted TWENTY FOUR scripts so far. That means I only have SIX more to go to complete this month's playwrightbinge. Completion is so close, I can almost taste it… T. Schreiber Studio seeks full length plays for their New Works Project. Send them a treatment of your play, five pages of sample dialogue, your bio, and your resume. I sent them information and a sample of Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats, and this was submission #14. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/10/two-more-reviews-for-babies-the-ultimate-birth-control-at-the-sf-fringe-festival/ Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:11:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/10/two-more-reviews-for-babies-the-ultimate-birth-control-at-the-sf-fringe-festival/ We have two more reviews for BABIES, The Ultimate Birth Control, woo! Sam writes: “Delightful vignettes! Great timing on the part of all the performers and overall a fun show!” And from Carol Lashof: ““Terrifyingly hilarious” as advertised. Terrifying, at any rate for those contemplating parenthood or who have young children. For empty-nesters and non-parents, just plain wickedly funny.” Only THREE shows left: SATURDAY September 14 9:00 PM https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/09/still-a-few-spots-left-for-the-sf-olympians-festival-iv-auditions/ Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:34:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/09/still-a-few-spots-left-for-the-sf-olympians-festival-iv-auditions/ The San Francisco Olympians Festival IV: Trojan Requiem has only a few spots left for their auditions coming up on 9/29 and 9/30. There are 36, yes 36, brand new plays getting staged readings at the Exit this November, and we need your acting talent. My script, Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats has eighteen characters, can you believe that? Even with double casting, it's a bit of a beast, and there are a number of large cast plays too. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/09/binge-day-nine/ Mon, 09 Sep 2013 12:49:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/09/binge-day-nine/ It's playwrightbinge day 9! I've made 13 submissions so far (trying to finish early, that's kind of my thing). Anyway, my next submissions were all for one spot! Independents Play(w)rights publish new plays! They have a ten-minute play contest going on right now. You can submit one play for each of their categories. And those categories are…. The Female Anti-Hero Refurbished Fairy Tales Deadly Comedies The Empty Space A Night at the Opera The Not so Distant Future… A Question of Life and Death Dear Reader Winning playwrights will be paid $75, and their plays will be published in an anthology. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/09/recommended-show-the-shakespeare-bug-from-killing-my-lobster/ Mon, 09 Sep 2013 12:48:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/09/recommended-show-the-shakespeare-bug-from-killing-my-lobster/ On Saturday after I was delighted with the opening performance of my fringe show (BABIES, The Ultimate Birth Control), I headed over to Stage Werx for Killing My Lobster‘s The Shakespeare Bug by Ken Slattery. What a hilarious show! The script is funny and clever, the cast was incredibly talented, and the effects were impressive too. Thumbs up all around! The show is running through September 29th, you should get your tickets and see it! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/09/babies-the-ultimate-birth-control-is-hilarious/ Mon, 09 Sep 2013 12:47:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/09/babies-the-ultimate-birth-control-is-hilarious/ BABIES, The Ultimate Birth Control killed on Saturday! It was so funny, and just great all around. The actors were all fabulous, and our director really brought all the pieces together in an interesting and funny way… Not that I'm biased or anything. You should come and see it, and you only have THREE chances left. Then it will only be a happy memory in those lucky people's minds who made it out. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/07/mix-tapes-volume-one-extended-now-running-9/13-9/14-9/20-and-9/21/ Sat, 07 Sep 2013 13:01:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/07/mix-tapes-volume-one-extended-now-running-9/13-9/14-9/20-and-9/21/ San Jose Rep‘s Emerging Artist Lab or SJReal for short, loves the [Mix Tape Volume One] show so much, they're giving up another weekend! That means that you have four possible times to see the show. We're also expanding the songs, so that they aren't all just from Janis Joplin. Come and see new translations of some great songs! To remind you how amazing this show will be, let me remind of the other writers involved: Peter Hsieh, Amber Sommerfeld, Megan Cohen, and Jeremy Cole! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/07/babies-the-ultimate-birth-control-today-at-4pm-at-the-sf-fringe-festival/ Sat, 07 Sep 2013 12:47:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/07/babies-the-ultimate-birth-control-today-at-4pm-at-the-sf-fringe-festival/ Today, today at FOUR pm you can see the show we've all been waiting for…. BABIES, The Ultimate Birth Control! I will be there early so watch the great show and see all of your fabulous faces. Here's some things you should know: There is not late seating, so show up early! Fringe shows fill up, so show up early AND buy tickets in advance! The show is hilarious, and you shouldn't miss it! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/06/binge-day-6-7-plays-submitted/ Fri, 06 Sep 2013 22:31:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/06/binge-day-6-7-plays-submitted/ It's September, which means playwrightbinge! That means along with a ton of other playwrights, I'm submitting 30 plays this month!… Or at least hoping to submit that much. It's a nice project to do after 31 Plays in 31 Days because you have to rework all your new stuff and get it out there in the world. It is day six in the binge, and I'm up to seven plays! Woo! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/05/first-draft-of-a-new-play/ Thu, 05 Sep 2013 15:18:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/05/first-draft-of-a-new-play/ Nothing like the scent of a brand new play in the air, don't you agree? I have a first draft of something brand new! It's a 37 page one act that I'm calling (for now that is) You'll Survive Me. It's about mothers and daughters, abuse, and the different forms that it comes in. And other things too, probably. I'm very excited to be working on this play all semester with my Directed Writing class. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/04/i-am-not-a-poet/ Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:28:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/04/i-am-not-a-poet/ I am not a poet. But in my Craft of Translation class, we mostly translate poetry. This is extremely difficult for me, but I kinda love challenges, so I'm sticking to it. Today I translated a poem and for the first time I don't hate what I came up with! I thought I'd share it with everyone… Okay, so I translated a Chinese poem called “Villa At The Foot Of Mount Chungnan” by Wang Wei, and I have no idea if my version is remotely accurate, in fact I'm pretty sure it isn't… But I like it, so there. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/03/babies-the-ultimate-birth-control-opens-in-the-sf-fringe-fest-on-9/7/ Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:25:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/03/babies-the-ultimate-birth-control-opens-in-the-sf-fringe-fest-on-9/7/ Babies, The Ultimate Birth Control in the SF Fringe will have it's first performance this Saturday at 4pm! Buy your tickets soon, because you wouldn't want to miss this laugh-out-loud hour that will scare you out of ever having kids of your own. Here are all the dates and performances: SATURDAY September 7 4:00 PM SATURDAY September 14 9:00 PM SUNDAY September 15 1:00 PM TUESDAY September 17 9:00 PM https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/02/bonnie-clyde-at-shotgun/ Mon, 02 Sep 2013 10:25:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/09/02/bonnie-clyde-at-shotgun/ On Friday night I was lucky enough to see Shotgun Players’ Bonnie & Clyde. Now I've had a pretty serious theater crush on Shotgun for a while now, and Friday night did not help it out. I'm not sure I can recommend the show enough to you. It was fantastic, it was beautiful, it was heart-breaking, and all of the people should go and see it. Joe Estlack (Clyde Barrow), and Megan Trout (Bonnie Parker) command the space, and I feel like all of the design elements (set, lights, sound, costumes) do as well. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/30/mfa-all-the-way-week-one-round-up/ Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:27:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/30/mfa-all-the-way-week-one-round-up/ First week of grad school is under my belt, woo! I thought it was going to be hard, and so far I have not been disappointed. For homework, I have over 150 pages to read by next week, 3 plays to write, 2 poems to translate (one is in a language that I don't speak, and they're POEMS), and the rest of my life to coordinate. I've gotten through half of my reading, and started drafts of two of the plays. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/28/mfa-all-the-way-waiting-for-class-two/ Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:15:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/28/mfa-all-the-way-waiting-for-class-two/ Today is a new day! I got some rest, went for a run, and I am ready to jump back through all the childcare hoops and make it to class! Tonight I have my Workshop in Short Plays class, and I'm hoping there will be no poetry writing involved. This morning I dropped off my oldest at kindergarten for the first time, she was so excited she was dressed and ready for school two hours before it started. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/27/mfa-starts-now-first-class/ Tue, 27 Aug 2013 18:41:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/27/mfa-starts-now-first-class/ Holy crap. I mean, really…. Holy crap. Today I had my first class… And I might have felt every emotion that one can possibly feel…. Woke up early, knot in my stomach. Got the kids up, dressed, and fed. I tried to eat, but that knot in my stomach made it hard. Dropped off my little boy, Jonah, off at pre-school, then ran errands with my little girl, Audrey, until late morning. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/26/school-starts-tomorrow/ Mon, 26 Aug 2013 08:22:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/26/school-starts-tomorrow/ Tomorrow is the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! I have my craft of translation class in the early afternoon. I am very excited about being back in school, and also nervous about if the chid care that I've set up for my kids will work. Time will only tell… Also exciting, Audrey starts kindergarten on Wednesday! This September, my schedule is loaded with awesome theater, back-to-school fun for Audrey, and my graduate classes. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/24/its-almost-september-should-i-binge/ Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:10:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/24/its-almost-september-should-i-binge/ In case you don't know, I'm talking about playwrightbinge, not binge eating donuts or anything… Although right now, that sounds fantastic. No, what I'm wondering if I should try and submit 30 scripts next month. It's an bi-annual challenge, like 31 Plays in 31 Days, except it pushes folks to submit a play for each day. I did it last September, and I did it last March… And I got some productions, readings, and one publication from pushing myself to submit so much… And that's good. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/23/upcoming-shows/ Fri, 23 Aug 2013 09:28:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/23/upcoming-shows/ So much awesome theater going on in the Bay Area, September is packed with it! Here are the shows that I'm most excited about: ###Shotgun Players’ BONNIE AND CLYDE, playing now - September 29th Written by Adam Peck Directed by Mark Jackson "Over one feverish night in an unnamed southern town, a mythic couple comes to terms with their own mortality. With humor, desperation and tenderness, these icons are made human again, resolving their issues and getting their affairs in order. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/22/babies-the-ultimate-birth-control-rehearsal/ Thu, 22 Aug 2013 08:52:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/22/babies-the-ultimate-birth-control-rehearsal/ Last night I was lucky enough to witness rehearsal for mine and Tracy Held Potter‘s upcoming SF Fringe show BABIES, The Ultimate Birth Control! Lucky because I am busy now all the time. It was SO good. It was SO funny! I can't wait for the show opens on September 7th! Everyone will be rolling in their seats with laughter and then immediately stock piling condoms. Here are all the dates and performances: https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/21/bay-one-acts-kickstarter-kicks-off/ Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:57:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/21/bay-one-acts-kickstarter-kicks-off/ Last year I was blown away by BOA 12, see my blog post here, and that's why I'm so excited that this year All Terrain Theater is a producing partner for BOA 13 (Bay One Acts Festival)! BOA kicked off their Kickstarter Campaign yesterday, I gave and so should you! It is a great theater community builder, and the festival is always not to be missed. You have until September 17th to donate, but don't wait! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/19/fun-illustrated-postcard-for-the-fantasy-club-by-rob-dario/ Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:34:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/19/fun-illustrated-postcard-for-the-fantasy-club-by-rob-dario/ Check out this super fun postcard Rob Dario (the actor who played Jacob in The Fantasy Club) did! Isn't it awesome? I'm a big fan. If you're catching this on facebook, click through to see the awesome. Thanks Rob! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/19/the-beach/ Mon, 19 Aug 2013 08:36:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/19/the-beach/ About to head off the the zoo with my kids! Thought I'd post this before I go… This is my 29th play, The Beach for the 31 Plays in 31 Days challenge. I'm done writing my plays, and now I'm posting random plays here throughout the month. This is a play that I think has some potential… I didn't read it through after I wrote it, so there will be mistakes… Plenty of them. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/17/play-23-fathers-birthday/ Sat, 17 Aug 2013 07:47:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/17/play-23-fathers-birthday/ Moving back in time folks. Today I'm presenting you with my 23rd play in the 31 Plays in 31 Days challenge, it's called Father's Birthday. Enjoy! ###Father's Birthday a short play by Rachel Bublitz Characters: Father, m, 35-50, any race. Mother, f, 35-50, any race. Daughter, f, 15-18, any race. Son, m, 10-14, any race. Setting: A dining room. A dinning room. FATHER, MOTHER, DAUGHTER, and SON all sit down for dinner. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/16/play-26-rainbow-the-clown/ Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:04:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/16/play-26-rainbow-the-clown/ Getting closer to that magically number 31! This was one of my first plays that I wrote with a specific actor in mind… That is a fun way to do things, and I highly recommend it. Go and see local shows and get to know your local talent! *Don't read this if you are offended by clowns. ###Rainbow The Clown by Rachel Bublitz Characters: Rainbow, m/f, 36, any race. A sad, tired, drunk clown. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/15/play-24-self-defense-31plays31days/ Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:41:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/15/play-24-self-defense-31plays31days/ And now a one-minute play I call Self Defense. This one was a lot of fun to write. ###Self Defense a one-minute play by Rachel Bublitz Characters: Iris, f, 25 - 65, any race. Helen, f, 25 - 65, any race. Jamison, m, 35 - 85, any race. Setting: A kitchen. IRIS is on stage, HELEN enters. HELEN I came as fast as I could. IRIS It will not do a bit of good. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/15/play-twenty-the-bear-switch-31plays31days/ Thu, 15 Aug 2013 08:55:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/15/play-twenty-the-bear-switch-31plays31days/ I know… It's only the 15th and this post is all about play #20… I'm trying to finish early, okay guys? Take it easy. Here's the 20th play in the 31 Plays in 31 Days challenge: *Oh, and there are swear words in here, you should know that in case you object to swearing… ###The Bear Switch, a short play by Rachel Bublitz Characters: Carol, 30 - 60s, f, any race https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/14/read-play-14-my-night-with-a-hooker/ Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:08:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/14/read-play-14-my-night-with-a-hooker/ This year, part of my strategy for writing 31 plays, is to use themes that come up often, like winter holiday plays, or spooky plays, or plays in a bar! Yes, I'm hoping very much that San Francisco Theater Pub has Pint Sized again next year, because I already have my play ready for them! Here's play #14 in the 31 Plays in 31 Days challenge: ####My Night With A Hooker, a ten-minute play by Rachel Bublitz https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/13/play-ten-hair-battle-31plays31days/ Tue, 13 Aug 2013 09:33:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/13/play-ten-hair-battle-31plays31days/ I am behind on my 31 plays. I'm trying to catch up this week and maybe get even get ahead in the game, we'll see. They Fantasy Club closed on Sunday, so I no longer have a good excuse! So, today I'm writing many plays. Here's my wake up play…. ####Hair Battle, a short play by Rachel Bublitz Characters: Sarah, f, 30s-40s, any race. Barbara’s daughter-in-law. Barbara, f, 50s-70s, any race. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/10/a-second-review-and-only-two-more-chances-to-see-the-fantasy-club/ Sat, 10 Aug 2013 11:25:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/10/a-second-review-and-only-two-more-chances-to-see-the-fantasy-club/ OH MY GOODNESS! Only two performances left! I'm hoping to spend Monday sleeping, but somehow think my children have other plans… Anyway, The Fantasy Club has tonight and tomorrow night, and then it will just be a hilarious memory amongst the lucky folks who got to see it. SO BUY YOUR TICKETS PEOPLE! We have good crowds for both nights now, but we love squeezing in close with our audience, so help us pack the house! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/09/new-project-the-joplin-mix-tapes-at-sjreal/ Fri, 09 Aug 2013 14:43:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/09/new-project-the-joplin-mix-tapes-at-sjreal/ Super excited to announce that I'm on the writing team for THE JOPLIN MIX TAPES at SJREAL, San Jose Rep's Emerging Artists Lab. This September come and watch the after hours show and you'll get to watch Janis Joplin songs that have been transformed into plays! I'm super excited to be on the team with a super solid team! The song I got is “Mercedes Benz”! The Late Night Series of shows on September 13 and 14th @ roughly 10:15pm. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/09/six-hours-until-the-fantasy-club/ Fri, 09 Aug 2013 14:08:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/09/six-hours-until-the-fantasy-club/ We are very close to sold out for tonight's performance of The Fantasy Club! And after tonight you'll only have two more chances before it's gone, gone, gone! Saturday we still have seats, an Sunday is looking similar to Friday. But we hope to get everyone in! Buy your tickets in advance to guarantee your seat! I wish I could say that I was taking a break after The Fantasy Club comes down, but I'm not stopping for nothing! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/08/only-three-performances-of-the-fantasy-club-left/ Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:22:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/08/only-three-performances-of-the-fantasy-club-left/ Tomorrow night kicks off the second AND closing weekend for The Fantasy Club! Right now it looks like Friday and Sunday will be VERY full houses, buy tickets now, if you haven't already! Or, avoid the crowds and help beef up our Saturday night performance! This show will not be extending, so Sunday is your last chance! Buy your tickets now! http://fantasyclub.brownpapertickets.com/ Or here: http://www.goldstar.com/events/san-francisco-ca/the-fantasy-club *There's only ONE ticket left for Friday (8/9) on Goldstar! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/07/sign-up-today-to-audition-for-the-san-francisco-olympians-festival-iv-trojan-requiem/ Wed, 07 Aug 2013 13:32:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/07/sign-up-today-to-audition-for-the-san-francisco-olympians-festival-iv-trojan-requiem/ September 29th and 30th you have the opportunity to audition for one of the most exciting indie theatre festivals San Francisco has to offer! San Francisco Olympians Festival is holding auditions for Trojan Requiem, a festival of new works being read this November! I have loved being a part of the writer's group this year, I've met so many exciting local artists! Which is why you should audition! And here is more info from the event page on how to do just that: https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/07/announcing-the-plays-for-babies-the-ultimate-birth-control/ Wed, 07 Aug 2013 09:59:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/07/announcing-the-plays-for-babies-the-ultimate-birth-control/ VERY excited to share with you the line-up for All Terrain Theater‘s Fringe Show BABIES, The Ultimate Birth Control; Terrifyingly Hilarious Plays about Parenting! And those plays are… The Little Guy by Tracy Held Potter Baby Shower Games by Rachel Bublitz Afternoon Delight by Tracy Held Potter Nap Time by Rachel Bublitz Nanny Conflict by Tracy Held Potter Good-Good Meal by Rachel Bublitz Princess Audrey by Tracy Held Potter It's a hilarious hour planned for you! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/06/a-review-of-the-fantasy-club/ Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:42:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/06/a-review-of-the-fantasy-club/ My first play and now my first review! Sam Hurwitt is the editor-in-chief of Theatre Bay Area magazine and theatre critic for the Marin Independent Journal and KQED Arts, and he reviewed The Fantasy Club! Here are some of my favorite bits: "Pretty much every conversation between Frances and her old crush is exquisitely uncomfortable, as is Sam’s shameless flirting.” "The less-imaginary sex scenes are hilariously awkward in comparison. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/06/play-one-flowers-at-breakfast/ Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:20:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/06/play-one-flowers-at-breakfast/ Oh, I am SO tired and exhausted! Opening a play is busy times! But The Fantasy Club was so much fun this weekend, I hope you get the chance to come this weekend if you missed the show so far. Here is my FIRST play for 31 Plays in 31 Days… Yes, I know I am very behind. I'm not too stressed about it though, my plan is to catch up this week before closing weekend. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/03/only-5-performances-for-the-fantasy-club-left/ Sat, 03 Aug 2013 14:09:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/03/only-5-performances-for-the-fantasy-club-left/ Last night was opening night for The Fantasy CLub and the audience loved the show! I can now breathe normally again. But, there are only 5 remaining shows, and as they get closer they get more heavily sold. If you want to see The Fantasy Club I highly recommend buying your tickets in advance! Tonight we have room for walk-ups, but last night we were at capacity! Hope to see you tonight! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/02/the-time-is-now-the-fantasy-club-opens-tonight/ Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:42:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/02/the-time-is-now-the-fantasy-club-opens-tonight/ The Fantasy Club opens tonight! Will I see you there? I do hope I will! We're very close to be sold out for tonight (I think we have a handful of tickets for walk-up sales), but there are still tickets for the rest of the weekend and next weekend! I'm thinking we may sell out next week, so if I were you I'd get on the advance ticket bus now and pick your tickets up now! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/01/twas-the-night-before-opening/ Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:55:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/08/01/twas-the-night-before-opening/ And now a poem… ##Twas The Night Before Opening Twas the night before opening, and all through the land No creature was resting, none in the All Terrain band. The costumes were finished, the lines were all learned In hopes that fantastic reviews would be earned. The stage manager ran all over the place, Giving all of our fabulous actors great chase. “Do you know where your props are supposed to be? https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/31/getting-what-you-want-is-terrifying/ Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:30:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/31/getting-what-you-want-is-terrifying/ There are a lot of stories out there that deal with the struggle you have to go through to get what you want. Fairytales are a great example of this… The heroes have to be brave or pious, stand up to evil, etc., and then they get to live happily ever after (and yes there's a whole lot of women getting treated terribly, but that's for another day's post). I am, as I think a lot of people are, used to this type of story. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/30/have-you-purchased-your-tickets-for-the-fantasy-club-yet/ Tue, 30 Jul 2013 15:18:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/30/have-you-purchased-your-tickets-for-the-fantasy-club-yet/ Some people need a lot of reminding… Which is why every day until the show ends (or the runs sells out), I'll be reminding you TO BUY YOUR TICKETS FOR The Fantasy Club! Now. Buy them now… Now! Do that ticket-buying here: http://fantasyclub.brownpapertickets.com/ Or here: http://www.goldstar.com/events/san-francisco-ca/the-fantasy-club If you go with Goldstar, there is a limited amount of tickets, so you should really get on that. So you have secured your tickets? https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/29/the-fantasy-clubs-opening-night-is-friday/ Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:17:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/29/the-fantasy-clubs-opening-night-is-friday/ I can't believe it, but opening night of The Fantasy Club is FRIDAY! As in this Friday! The show is going to be HILARIOUS. One that you do not want to miss! I mean, look at this cast: Siobhan Doherty… Frances Tavis Kammet… Max Claire Rice… Samantha Rob Dario… Jacob And with Tracy Held Potter as the director, you know it's going to be good! And to sweeten the pot, you should know this is the LAST show that Tracy will direct before she goes leaves for grad school next month. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/27/my-saturday-postplay/ Sat, 27 Jul 2013 09:59:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/27/my-saturday-postplay/ Day three of our warm up! Today my play came to me when I was out on a run… A park. MOM You're not allowed to sleep in the park! There are children playing, I should call the police and get you arrested. TRAMP At least I don't shit in the park. MOM Excuse me? I would never- TRAMP Your son just shit on the slide. #postplay https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/26/todays-postplay-on-app-net/ Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:33:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/26/todays-postplay-on-app-net/ It's day two in 31 Plays in 31 Days‘s warm up on app.net, and the #postplays keep rolling in! I dreamt my play last night, that is my level of dedication… This #postplay has no title. A backyard. CLOUD Praise me or you will never know the sun's warmth again! MAN The wind will blow, you cannot stop that. CLOUD If that is what you believe, you do not understand the world, and you do not deserve the sun! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/26/the-fantasy-club-tickets-are-now-on-goldstar/ Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:29:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/26/the-fantasy-club-tickets-are-now-on-goldstar/ That's right! You can now buy tickets for the world premiere of The Fantasy Club on Goldstar and save! Basically now you have no excuse, also, there are LIMITED numbers on Goldstar, so if you'd like to save, get on that NOW! There's only one week until opening night, don't miss this show… You'll never forgive yourself. Here's the link: http://www.goldstar.com/events/san-francisco-ca/the-fantasy-club See you there! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/25/postplays-plays-in-256-characters-or-less/ Thu, 25 Jul 2013 10:39:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/25/postplays-plays-in-256-characters-or-less/ 31 Plays in 31 Days starts LESS than a week. What am I doing in while I wait for August 1st? Well, honestly like 1,000 things… But one of those things is warming up for the challenge on app.net. For the next 5 days playwrights will be writing one #postplay a day and then posting them onto app.net. These are plays with 256 characters or less (and I'm talking about letters and punctuations, not the people that are in the play). https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/24/upcoming-shows-that-you-should-know-about/ Wed, 24 Jul 2013 15:38:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/24/upcoming-shows-that-you-should-know-about/ There are a lot of great theatre events on coming up and/or happening now! You should know about them, so you can go! ###Playwrights Foundation's Bay Area Playwrights Festival, now - 7/28 Playwrights Foundation's annual festival is in full swing, and we're entering on it's final weekend. This year features six brand new plays! #####Before & After by Erin Bregman Grapples with memory and afterlife in a metaphysical journey #####The Brothers Paranormal by Prince Gomolvilas https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/23/buy-your-tickets-for-the-fantasy-club/ Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:20:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/23/buy-your-tickets-for-the-fantasy-club/ Have you purchased your tickets for The Fantasy Club? Well, this is your weekly reminder that you SHOULD! There are only 6 performances, and the show opens in 10 days! You remember what happened with the Cat Ladies show, right? Buy your tickets now! Here are all the details: The Fantasy Club by Rachel Bublitz Directed by Tracy Held Potter August 2 – 11, 2013 (Fri & Sat at 8pm, Sun at 5pm) https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/22/new-play/ Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:22:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/22/new-play/ I'm writing something brand new, and it is terrifying. Pretty sure that means it is exactly what I should be working on right now. It's very different from what I thought I'd be writing right now (I was planning on spending the summer working on a science fiction play that would have a giant squid), but it is something that I've been trying to write for a long time… I think sometimes it just takes month for my mind to unlock the secret story within an idea. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/21/aardvark-a-monologue/ Sun, 21 Jul 2013 15:48:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/21/aardvark-a-monologue/ Last night was another wonderful Saturday Write Fever at The Exit in San Francisco. If you're living under a rock, and not yet heard about Saturday Write Fever, I'll give you the run down… 3rd Saturday of the month, go to The Exit at 8:30, and sign up as an actor, writer, both, or just grab a seat. At 9, all the writers are given prompts and put into a room where they'll have 30 minutes to write a 1-2 minute monologue. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/19/announcing-the-cast-for-babies-the-ultimate-birth-control/ Fri, 19 Jul 2013 08:21:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/19/announcing-the-cast-for-babies-the-ultimate-birth-control/ So very excited to be announcing a FABULOUS cast for All Terrain Theater‘s Fringe show BABIES THE ULTIMATE BIRTH CONTROL: Terrifyingly Hilarious Plays about Parenting. We had an amazing turn out for both auditions and callbacks, and some hard choices had to be made. Thank you again for everyone who made it out! And now…. Our cast! BABIES THE ULTIMATE BIRTH CONTROL: Terrifyingly Hilarious Plays about Parenting Presented by All Terrain Theater https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/18/rejection-tally/ Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:37:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/18/rejection-tally/ Yesterday I had a big submission day… In fact I may have fried my brain. I submitted 11 scripts and I emailed 7 theater companies/producers about an upcoming reading (Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats, November 9th!!!). Got me thinking about how close I'm getting to my submission goal for the year. As you may remember, I stole this idea from the awesome Megan Cohen, she mentioned that a goal of hers was to get 100 rejection letters in a year, and so I took it on as my own. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/17/emailing-strangers/ Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:06:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/17/emailing-strangers/ Most of my emails are to people I know, or, when I'm submitting plays, it's to people who've asked for emails from strangers. I'm about to start emailing strangers that did not asked to be emailed at all. I know this is part of being a playwright, writing artistic directors and literary managers and say, “Hi! You don't know me, but I'm awesome, and you should come and see my work,” but I am not a huge fan of doing it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/16/gearing-up-to-write-31-plays-this-august/ Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:03:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/16/gearing-up-to-write-31-plays-this-august/ This August is going to be one wild ride; I'll have my first full-length play up and running (The Fantasy Club), rehearsals for our Fringe show (Babies, The Ultimate Birth Control), grad school starting, oh, and I'll be writing 31 plays and running the 31 Plays in 31 Days Project for all of our lovely playwrights… Not to mention feeding, clothing, and taking care of my kids. In case you're wondering, of all those things running the project is the hardest part. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/15/episode-7-is-here-good-eats-open-all-nite-by-jeremy-cole/ Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:04:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/15/episode-7-is-here-good-eats-open-all-nite-by-jeremy-cole/ Hot off the presses here is Episode 7 with Good Eats - Open All Nite by Jeremy Cole! Enjoy! As always, click through to from facebook to listen, or go to 31plays31days.com https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/15/gotten-tickets-for-the-fantasy-club-yet/ Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:36:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/15/gotten-tickets-for-the-fantasy-club-yet/ It's July 15th! Do you know what that means? Only 18 days until opening night of The Fantasy Club! That's right, opening night is August 2nd! So, now that you know the show is almost upon us, here is my next question… Have you bought your tickets yet? Because friends, this is NOT a show that you want to miss. Tickets are $18.50 ($15 for students/seniors), and there are only SIX performances of the show. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/12/pint-sized-plays-opens-7/15/ Fri, 12 Jul 2013 19:57:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/12/pint-sized-plays-opens-7/15/ Want to know my number one theatre pick for July? The one event you must see this month, no matter how busy you may be? No, it's not The Fantasy Club, that's must-see, but it's in August, silly! I'm of course talking about San Francisco Theater Pub‘s Pint Sized Plays IV! Last year, I laughed until I cried, and I'm pretty positive this year will deliver the laughs again. How do I know? https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/10/only-3-more-weeks-to-submit-for-playground/ Wed, 10 Jul 2013 12:21:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/10/only-3-more-weeks-to-submit-for-playground/ PlayGround is currently accepting submissions for their 2013/2014 writer's pool, but time is running out! I was just reminded today that there are only 3 weeks left. I said it last year, and I'll say it again, I really want to get into PlayGround. If you don't know, PlayGround is a writer's group that throughout the year gives prompts to it's members, the writers then have 3 days to write a 10 minute play, and the best plays get a staged reading at Berkeley Rep. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/09/31-plays-podcast-episode-6-donut-erotica-by-barbara-jwanouskos/ Tue, 09 Jul 2013 13:18:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/09/31-plays-podcast-episode-6-donut-erotica-by-barbara-jwanouskos/ Episode 6 is hot off the conveyer belt! Give a listen to Donut Erotica by Barbara Jwanouskos and try to not crave a donut after, I dare you. Also, if anyone is nearby with any spare donuts, I would happily take them off your hands. :) And as usual, if you're on facebook and you can't see where to listen, click through to my website, or the 31 Plays in 31 Days blog. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/08/summer-is-over-time-to-work/ Mon, 08 Jul 2013 09:41:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/08/summer-is-over-time-to-work/ SUMMER IS OVER! I know it's not actually over, but I feel like mine is. I've been out of town for over two weeks (minus the three days in between trips), and I managed to fit in a lot on those trips…. One might say all of summer… I went on a road trip, went to the beach, ate ice cream, saw summer-time movies, watched fire-works, read a few funny/light books, slept in, stayed up late, went to TWO baseball games, and wore shorts. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/03/31-plays-podcast-episode-5/ Wed, 03 Jul 2013 09:26:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/03/31-plays-podcast-episode-5/ Episode 5 is here! This week we bring you Leap by Nora Vetter. Enjoy! *You have to click through from facebook to listen in. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/02/photos-from-the-2013-sf-olympians-festival-publicity-shoot/ Tue, 02 Jul 2013 19:48:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/02/photos-from-the-2013-sf-olympians-festival-publicity-shoot/ This past weekend I threw on one of my kid's sheets and took pictures with a handful of my fellow writers from the San Francisco Olympians’ Festival at Alamo Square in San Francisco. Claire Rice was our brilliant photographer, and here are a couple of pictures! If you want to see more, check out the San Francisco Olympians’ Festival facebook page for the rest! From left to right; Allison Page, Annette Roman, me, Tracy Held Potter, and Sunil Patel. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/01/pcsf-presents-a-staged-reading-of-terrible-people-tonight-only/ Mon, 01 Jul 2013 13:33:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/01/pcsf-presents-a-staged-reading-of-terrible-people-tonight-only/ Don't let the BART strike get you down! Come out tonight and watch a hilarious one-act play in a staged reading! Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco presents a one night only staged reading of Terrible People TONIGHT! You don't need to buy tickets in advance, you can just show up at the door. You can RSVP, if you'd like! RSVP here! And, since it's so hot, and the world seems to be on strike, I'm making (right this minute! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/01/tickets-on-sale-now-for-the-fantasy-club/ Mon, 01 Jul 2013 13:33:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/07/01/tickets-on-sale-now-for-the-fantasy-club/ The day has finally arrived! You can now purchase tickets for The Fantasy Club! Be sure and scoop up your tickets soon, this is a limited run and I have a feeling it will get very full very fast. Here's the link for tickets: http://fantasyclub.brownpapertickets.com/ https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/29/we-are-victorious/ Sat, 29 Jun 2013 08:49:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/29/we-are-victorious/ The kickstarter campaign is over, and we made it! Isn't that wonderful? I think so. We raised $4,376! We had 90 backers! Thank you Elizabeth Flanagan (one of our last minute donors). Thank you to everyone who donated, and thank you to everyone who shared our project! Because of you lovely folks, The Fantasy Club WILL be produced! There are only 34 days until opening night! And tickets go on sale on Monday. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/28/whirlwind-theater-weekend/ Fri, 28 Jun 2013 13:54:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/28/whirlwind-theater-weekend/ I've just got back from vacation, I was down in Southern California (Santa Barbara, San Diego, and LA) visiting friends and family. I drove home yesterday (one adult + two kids +6 hour drive = stress), and oddly enough I leave again on Tuesday! My life is so busy… Anyway, this is how I'm spending my four days home before I am away again… Tonight I'm seeing Bigger Than A Breadbox‘s production of ‘TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE: A World Premiere Adaptation. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/28/10-hours-left-thefantasyclub/ Fri, 28 Jun 2013 12:30:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/28/10-hours-left-thefantasyclub/ Only TEN hours left to donate money for The Fantasy Club‘s kickstarter campaign! We're currently at $4,200 thanks to our wonderful donors. If we manage to make it to 5k before midnight we will give two The Fantasy Club condoms out to everyone who donated $25 or more. So tell you friends! I would like to thank Mary Lou Torre, Matt Gunnison, Stacey Arthur, Charles Lewis III, and Allison Page, they are our most recent donors! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/27/ive-got-a-new-title/ Thu, 27 Jun 2013 08:01:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/27/ive-got-a-new-title/ Guess what? I'm now the Co-Artistic Director of All Terrain Theater! Effective immediately! I will be producing the play All Terrain Theater will have in BOA this year, and next year I will be picking plays to workshop and (perhaps) produce! Woo! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/27/made-it-to-4k-can-we-push-to-5k/ Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:01:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/27/made-it-to-4k-can-we-push-to-5k/ Yesterday was AWESOME! DOMA and Prop 8 were struck down, a woman standing up for what she believes in was victorious in Texas, and on a much smaller scale, WE MADE OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL! Thank you Kristoffer Alberto, Rob Reeves, Karissa George, Bridgette Portman, Nikki DeBraccio, Allison Stensrude, and Patrick Brennan (who, by upping his original pledge, took us up to the 4k mark!). You guys are rock stars! A huge, HUGE thank you too all the lovely people who have donated so far! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/26/58-hours-left-thefantasyclub/ Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:39:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/26/58-hours-left-thefantasyclub/ We only have 58 hours left on our kickstarter campaign for this August's production of The Fantasy Club and we still have $460 to raise! If we don't meet our 4k goal by Friday at 11:59 pm, we won't get ANY MONEY! That means we need you! Dig deep friends! Give what you can and share with all those lovely people in your life! Together we will make this sexy play happen! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/25/were-close-but-were-not-there-yet-thefantasyclub/ Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:36:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/25/were-close-but-were-not-there-yet-thefantasyclub/ If you haven't already given to The Fantasy Club kickstarter today is your day! We have only 3 days left friends, and we have $485 to go! It's okay if you can't spare a lot, every $1 helps! We also need help spreading the word! So tweet us up (#thefantasyclub), post about us on facebook, and if you're really feeling generous, email friends and family! We will not got any of the money if we don't make it to 4k by Friday, we really need your help! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/24/4-days-and-770-to-go/ Mon, 24 Jun 2013 07:44:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/24/4-days-and-770-to-go/ We're getting so close! And now is the time to really push! So, please consider throwing some money our way and sharing our project with your friends! If you're on twitter, use #thefantasyclub, and I will retweet you! Thank you in advance! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allterraintheater/the-fantasy-club-by-rachel-bublitz https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/24/31-plays-podcast-series-episode-four/ Mon, 24 Jun 2013 07:39:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/24/31-plays-podcast-series-episode-four/ Episode 4 is out! Still Life With Fruit And Lemons by Jennifer Roberts. You can get more information about who helped make this week's play possible by visiting the 31 Plays in 31 Days Blog (if you're on facebook, here's the link http://blog.31plays31days.com/). Enjoy! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/23/5-days-and-only-830-to-go-thefantasyclub/ Sun, 23 Jun 2013 16:43:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/23/5-days-and-only-830-to-go-thefantasyclub/ We're heading into the home stretch of our kickstarter campaign with only 5 days left and $830 to hit our base goal of $4,000! Oh the excitement! I want to thank some of our newest donors, Cynthia Held, Christina Augello, and Jenny Tan! We couldn't do this without you folks! Also, we have some more hilarious videos coming your way, so keep your eyes peeled! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allterraintheater/the-fantasy-club-by-rachel-bublitz https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/22/advertise-in-the-fantasy-club-program/ Sat, 22 Jun 2013 08:05:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/22/advertise-in-the-fantasy-club-program/ Interested in advertising in The Fantasy Club program? I thought you might, here are all the details from our fearless leaders Tracy Held Potter: ####Full Page (7.5” x 4.5”) Color = $250, B/W = $200 ####Half Page Horizontal (3.5” x 4.5”) or Vertical (7.5” x 2.0”) Color = $150, B/W = $125 ####Quarter Page Vertical (3.5” x 2.0”) or Horizontal (1.75” x 4.5”) Color = $100, B/W = $75 Print Quantity: 300 programs over six performances https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/22/thank-you-thank-you-thank-you/ Sat, 22 Jun 2013 07:54:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/22/thank-you-thank-you-thank-you/ We keep truckin’ along on our kickstarter campaign, we have six days and $1,205 to go! A huge thank you to all of those who have already contributed, and a special thank you to some of yesterday's rockstars; Terri Johnson, Linda-Ruth Cardozo, and Sarah Masimore! We will have more funny for in our last week, so stay tuned! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allterraintheater/the-fantasy-club-by-rachel-bublitz https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/21/auditions-for-babies-the-ultimate-birth-control-monday-july-8th/ Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:15:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/21/auditions-for-babies-the-ultimate-birth-control-monday-july-8th/ So excited to announce that we're having auditions for our fringe show BABIES THE ULTIMATE BIRTH CONTROL: Terrifyingly Hilarious Plays about Parenting. How more info, please visit the facebook event, or read below: All Terrain Theater is hosting auditions for “Babies, the Ultimate Birth Control: Terrifyingly Hilarious Plays about Parenting.” This is a showcase of short comedy plays to be performed at SF Fringe this September, including “Princess Audrey,” winner of the Monday Night PlayGround People's Choice Award and Nominated for Best of PlayGround. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/21/tickets-on-sale-for-sf-fringe-babies-the-ultimate-birth-control/ Fri, 21 Jun 2013 07:59:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/21/tickets-on-sale-for-sf-fringe-babies-the-ultimate-birth-control/ *Photo by Rob Reeves. You can now buy your tickets for Tracy Held Potter and my show, BABIES THE ULTIMATE BIRTH CONTROL: Terrifyingly Hilarious Plays about Parenting! Buy tickets here for all of the shows, or go here for ours specifically. Here are the dates and times again: SATURDAY September 7 4:00 PM SATURDAY September 14 9:00 PM SUNDAY September 15 1:00 PM TUESDAY September 17 9:00 PM And, here's the link one more time because I like you so much: http://www. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/20/help-us-hit-4k-by-end-of-day-tomorrow/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:19:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/20/help-us-hit-4k-by-end-of-day-tomorrow/ We have to raise $1,673 to raise to hit our base goal, and wouldn't it be just fabulous if we hit that tomorrow? I think so. Remember our base goal of $4,000 only covers basic costs, and we'll still need to sell advertising and sell out each show to break even. We would ideally like to raise more. And so many of you have already given, and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/19/so-much-rejection/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:59:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/19/so-much-rejection/ Got a lot of rejection letters this week. It's hard to get too upset by them when you're round-the-clock-busy, but I'm not going to lie… Some of them didn't feel so great. But in the long run, there are always more opportunities, and for many of these places that I got turned down from, there is always next year. It's comforting to know that I have a year of practice before I give it another shot. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/19/amazing-and-fantastic-reading-of-the-fantasy-club-last-night/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:06:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/19/amazing-and-fantastic-reading-of-the-fantasy-club-last-night/ Last night my terrific cast (Siobhan Doherty, Tavis Kammet, Claire Rice, Rob Dario) read the updated script of The Fantasy Club! What a blast. The new draft is so good guys, I am extremely proud of my script, and I am so happy with my cast and crew. This show is going to be fantastic! SO! If you haven't donated yet, do! You'll get to be a part of this great show, and it'll make you feel oh so good. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/18/10-days-and-at-least-1808-to-raise/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:29:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/18/10-days-and-at-least-1808-to-raise/ It's getting real, guys. With only 10 days to go, we have $1,808 to go, and that's just our base goal. We could use some help, so please share our project with your friends! They'll thank you, because everyone loves to laugh! And be sure to tell them soon, because there are only 18 more $50 reward packages! Our most popular reward deal, you get thanked online and in our program, two priority tickets to the show, and strawberries and chocolate to enjoy at the show. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/17/we-are-half-way-there-thefantasyclub/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:49:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/17/we-are-half-way-there-thefantasyclub/ We have reached the 1/2 mark in our kickstarter campaign!! We are 52% of the way there, and I have some new wonderful people to thank! Thank you's and cyber kisses for: Mary Watkins Nancy C. Frank Randy Bublitz Jilda L. Roe Clay Woolam and June Wiley And as promised, here's brand new picture to lighten up your gloomy Monday: Here's our director, Colin Johnson, myself, and Siobhan Doherty on the set filming our kickstarter video. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/17/one-night-only-san-francisco-theatre-pub-presents-the-dead-by-james-joyce-translated-by-jeremy-cole/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:21:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/17/one-night-only-san-francisco-theatre-pub-presents-the-dead-by-james-joyce-translated-by-jeremy-cole/ San Francisco Theatre Pub is back doing that amazing thing they do at Cafe Royale, and tonight they present a ONE NIGHT ONLY staged reading of THE DEAD by James Joyce. Jeremy Cole has a new translation of the work, and tonight is the only night you can see it! I'd recommend getting there early, it's going to be full tonight! Here's a bit more about tonight's show from the facebook event page: https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/16/happy-fathers-day/ Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:39:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/16/happy-fathers-day/ Today is both Bloomsday and Father's Day! Which is fitting because my dad love's James Joyce. I just went on a walk with my daughter and husband, she's learning to ride her bicycle without training wheels. It's hard for her because she has to practice, and she wants to be good instantly at everything. I watch as my husband thoughtfully argued against her 5-year-old logic, trying to get back up and try again after she had fallen… In the end, he failed. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/15/sending-thank-yous-and-cyber-kisses/ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:56:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/15/sending-thank-yous-and-cyber-kisses/ Folks we are 44% funded! A big thank you to the folks who donated yesterday: Kat Engh Kirk Shimano Charley Lerrigo Dorothy We still have over $2,000 to raise, please consider chipping in if you haven't already! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/15/31-plays-podcast-series-episode-3/ Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:52:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/15/31-plays-podcast-series-episode-3/ Excited for this week's podcast? Well, wait no longer friends! Here is Meet Smart by Brett Steven Abelman. For details on all the fabulous people that helped to make this podcast happen go to the check out the 31 Plays in 31 Days Blog. Enjoy! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/14/thank-yous-and-more-pictures-thefantasyclub/ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:51:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/14/thank-yous-and-more-pictures-thefantasyclub/ We have some more all-stars joining the list of people donating to our kickstarter campaign! We are grateful to have your support, and we thank you for your generosity! John Held Anna and David Gamboa with A7d Creative Group Melissa Keith Robin D. Silver Colleen Ye Daniel Holloway Carol Lashof Theresa Donahoe Hannah Krawczyk Madeline Puccioni Ramya Vijayan And Carol Hochberg Thank you again, from the bottom of our hearts! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/14/where-does-the-money-go/ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:51:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/14/where-does-the-money-go/ A couple of folks have asked me about money, and why we need it, and where it's going. To that I say, excellent question! I asked the artistic director of All Terrain Theater and director of The Fantasy Club, Tracy Held Potter, and this is what she told me: Rehearsal & Performance Space Rental: $1800 Actor Stipends: $1300 Crew Stipends: $1500 Insurance: $400 "This is the basic fees that we're trying to cover through Kickstarter, this is obviously more than $4,000, but we expect ticket sales to cover some of this. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/13/rsvp-for-the-fantasy-club/ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:04:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/13/rsvp-for-the-fantasy-club/ Tickets are not yet on sale (unless of course you select the $50 donation level on our kickstarter campaign, that includes two VIP tickets AND strawberries and chocolate!), but there is now a facebook event! Show off to your friends that you're coming to see this hilarious show and RSVP today! And if you're talking on twitter about how hilarious our kickstarter video is, be sure and use the hashtag: #thefantasyclub. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/13/thank-you-for-supporting-the-fantasy-club/ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:59:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/13/thank-you-for-supporting-the-fantasy-club/ Yesterday we raised $575! Thank you to everyone who donated, and shared our project! Specially, I would like to shout out to: Katy Kessinger, Peter Townley, Stuart Bousel, Patrick Brennan, Lauren Alise Cooney, Jordan Stanway, Colin Potter, Laylah Muran de Assereto, and Colleen Egan! THANK YOU! There were also a few folks who generously donated that didn't wish to be publicly thanked, we know who you are and we thank you in our hearts! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/12/the-fantasy-club-kickstarter-is-live/ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:51:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/12/the-fantasy-club-kickstarter-is-live/ The moments has finally arrived! The Fantasy Club Kickstarter is live and we're ready to take your money! Any amount will help, but if you ask me the best deal is donating at $50; you get two tickets and chocolates and strawberries to enjoy during the show! I'm not saying the whole run is going to sell out through kickstarter…. But it might. Stranger things have happened. Don't delay, give today! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/10/women-in-solodarity-cat-ladies-tonight-and-tomorrow-only/ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:56:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/10/women-in-solodarity-cat-ladies-tonight-and-tomorrow-only/ Tonight and tomorrow are your absolute last chances to catch All Terrain Theater‘s WOMEN IN SOLODARITY; Cat Ladies. And guess what, tomorrow night is sold out!… Not going to say I told you so… Grab the last tickets for tonight's show by emailing and begging for mercy from Tracy (tracy@allterraintheater.org). Hope you make it out! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/08/31-plays-podcast-series-episode-two/ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 09:39:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/08/31-plays-podcast-series-episode-two/ Yay! Episode two is here! This week's play is Brew Drink Repeat by Bridgette Dutta Portman, and for the rest of the details please see the 31 Plays in 31 Days Blog! And as usual, if you're looking at this on facebook, click through to see all the goodies. Happy weekend everyone! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/07/comedy-vs.-drama/ Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:33:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/07/comedy-vs.-drama/ Many moons ago, when I was working on the first draft of The Fantasy Club, I sent it off to my best friends to read. He's an actor, she's a painter… They're married and it's adorable, but more importantly, I value their opinions a great deal. So after I had a draft of my very first play, they were the first people I sent it to. I'm not sure if there's a feeling that makes you want to puke more… Hearing feedback on something you love so much for the first time… Anyway, I plunged ahead and asked them what they thought of it… And, surprisingly they loved it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/06/tickets-left-for-encore-women-in-solodarity-cat-ladies/ Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:41:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/06/tickets-left-for-encore-women-in-solodarity-cat-ladies/ Not many, mind you… But yes, at this moment you could still buy a ticket for Women In Solodarity: Cat Ladies! There are only two encore performances, and then this wonderful show will be just a happy memory in your mind… That is if you made it out to see it! If you want more info on the show, check out the facebook event page! Alright… Go! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/05/the-fantasy-club-postcards-and-countdown/ Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:17:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/05/the-fantasy-club-postcards-and-countdown/ Postcards came yesterday for The Fantasy Club! They are beautiful, and until I can put them in your hand, I'll settle for showing you over the interwebs…. *Postcards from A7d Creative Group. Aren't they wonderful? There are 58 days until opening night guys, get ready! OH! And you should also get ready for our super sexy Kickstarter campaign coming this month! It includes a hilarious video that is so good you might need to take some days off work… It'll be hard to get anything done when you're watching it over and over again. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/04/announcing-cast-for-staged-reading-of-terrible-people/ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:22:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/04/announcing-cast-for-staged-reading-of-terrible-people/ Terrible People my one-act comedy about ladies who kill is getting a staged reading with Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco, a part of their spring reading series. And now I'm going to make you want to come and watch even more by telling you the cast! Doris will be played by Martha Luehrmann Lisa will be played by Hilda Roe Nicole will be played by Abby Edber Pepper will be played by Erica Andracchio https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/04/waiting-is-the-hardest-part/ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:16:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/04/waiting-is-the-hardest-part/ No matter what the waiting is, it has to be the hardest part of most things. Whether you're waiting to see if you've been accepted into a festival or show, or waiting at your play sitting there before the lights go down wondering, “Will the audience come with me, or rise up against me?” Waiting is just rough. Right now I'm waiting to hear back from two festivals that I have high hopes for… And waiting to see the kickstarter video we made Sunday for The Fantasy Club… And waiting to find out if Horny Like The Wolf will move on to the final round and get produced this fall with Sonoma Stage Works… And so, I wait. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/03/stills-from-filming-the-fantasy-club-kickstarter-video/ Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:05:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/03/stills-from-filming-the-fantasy-club-kickstarter-video/ Yesterday we assembled a rag-tag team to film the Kickstarter video for The Fantasy Club (coming August 2nd-11th to the The Alcove Theater in San Francisco!) and it was a blast! The video will be released later this month, but to whet your appetite, here are two still photos taken yesterday: Photo of Allison Page, playing Barb our hilarious phone sex operator and Siobhan Doherty and Rob Dario under the covers. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/02/my-body-selected-for-production-with-subversive-theatre-collective-in-buffalo/ Sun, 02 Jun 2013 08:14:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/02/my-body-selected-for-production-with-subversive-theatre-collective-in-buffalo/ Woke up to great news! My Body, my ten-minute play dealing with woman's rights was selected for Subversive Theatre Collective‘s short play program sUBVERSIVE sHORTS in Buffalo, New York coming in June and July! Here are the specific dates: ##sUBVERsIVE sHORTs 2013 ###PERFORMANCES JUNE 13 THROUGH JULY 7 THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS @ 8PM SUNDAYS @ 6PM “A” Night Performance Schedule: June 13, 15, 21, 23, 27, 29, July 5 “B” Night Performance Schedule: June 14, 16, 20, 22, 28, 30, July 6 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/01/31-plays-podcast-series-episode-1/ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 19:37:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/06/01/31-plays-podcast-series-episode-1/ Yay! Our first episode for the 31 Plays Podcast Series is up! You can listen here: Or visit the 31 Plays in 31 Days Blog. *There is language that may be offensive in this podcast. I am very excited that my play How Terry Gross Destroyed My Life was given so much life by the talented Sunil Patel (director), Siobhan Doherty (playing Jill), Claire Rice (playing Helen), and Melissa Keith (reading stage directions). https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/31/no-internet-and-announcements/ Fri, 31 May 2013 11:17:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/31/no-internet-and-announcements/ Been a long time, hasn't it? Oy vey. Well, there was a holiday and then the internet vanished from my house! Very tragic, we're hoping to get it back up today, but until then I'm forced to steal the internet of friends for short periods of time. You see my kids are crazy, and internet cafes usually don't welcome them… But I'm here now, and got the sweet sweet interweb juice, so let's catch up! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/25/saturday-shout-out-31-plays-in-31-days/ Sat, 25 May 2013 11:37:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/25/saturday-shout-out-31-plays-in-31-days/ Are you playwright enough? August is sneaking up fast, have you signed up for The 31 Plays in 31 Days Project? Last August was out first year and we had over 400 playwrights sing up to write a play a day for the month of August… Guess what, over 100 playwrights did it! This year, we're all set to do the crazy thing again! Here are the basics about the project: https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/24/playwright-nightmare/ Fri, 24 May 2013 07:30:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/24/playwright-nightmare/ Had a doozy of a nightmare last night… So… In it I have adapted The Fantasy Club into an animated movie… And the characters have all been replaced and changed… Now it's about a scruffy but small little boy and his giant older brother. They work for a gang of angelfish that steal precious gems. Eventually the boys decide stealing is wrong but now they're caught up in the life, and have to fight their way out… Okay, still with me? https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/23/dollar-dollar-bill-yall/ Thu, 23 May 2013 13:24:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/23/dollar-dollar-bill-yall/ The San Francisco Olympians Festival is half way through it's indiegogo fundraiser today, and we still have a little over $5,000 to go. Sounds like a big number, doesn't it? It's not that big though, not really. Not if we get a little here and there from a lot of different folks, and that is where you come in! The San Francisco Olympians Festival is different from a lot of theatre festivals around and here are a few reasons why: https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/22/video-of-audrey-scare-people-play/ Wed, 22 May 2013 09:00:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/22/video-of-audrey-scare-people-play/ As promised, here's the video of Audrey Scare People Play: Her play is up first, after the introduction, right at the 4:10 mark! Enjoy! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/21/audrey-scare-people-play-was-a-hit/ Tue, 21 May 2013 09:43:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/21/audrey-scare-people-play-was-a-hit/ Guess I need to start riding Audrey's coattails, because that girl wrote a hit play! It was so good. So good. There will be a youtube video, and I will make it known once there is, so you can enjoy it all over the world. Audrey had a blast. She read the only word on the program she could read, Audrey, and lit up like a light bulb. And that's nothing compared to how bright she shined during her play! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/20/babies-the-ultimate-birth-control-dates-announced/ Mon, 20 May 2013 13:13:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/20/babies-the-ultimate-birth-control-dates-announced/ *Photo by Rob Reeves. Coming this September to the San Francisco Fringe Festival: Babies, the Ultimate Birth Control: Terrifyingly Hilarious Plays about Parenting! 90% guaranteed to scare you away from ever procreating! All original plays from myself and my partner in crime, Tracy Held Potter! And now we have dates! Be sure and mark your calendars and set time aside, you won't want to miss it, it's sure to be hilarious! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/20/tonight-only-staged-reading-of-audrey-scare-people-play/ Mon, 20 May 2013 13:03:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/20/tonight-only-staged-reading-of-audrey-scare-people-play/ The moment we've all been waiting for is finally here… Audrey Kessinger's breaking onto the theatre scene with a staged reading of her play Audrey Scare People Play. It's going to be fantastic. If you didn't know already, Audrey is my 5 year old daughter and she wrote a play this past March called Audrey Scare People Play. It blew up on the interwebs (seriously, it showed up on boingboing), and tonight the lovely people at San Francisco Theater Pub decided to include it in their evening Pub From Another World! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/17/tickets-for-the-encore-performances-of-women-in-solodarity-cat-ladies-on-sale-now/ Fri, 17 May 2013 11:28:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/17/tickets-for-the-encore-performances-of-women-in-solodarity-cat-ladies-on-sale-now/ Tickets are now on sale for the encore performances of Women In Solodarity: Cat Ladies! Buy your tickets today on Brown Paper Tickets! Seriously… Buy your tickets right now… You don't want to be sorry and miss the show because it sold out again! Monday June 10th at 8pm Tuesday June 11th at 8pm General admission tickets are $10. The address of the venue will be emailed to you after you buy your tickets, email info@allterraintheater. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/16/something-brand-new/ Thu, 16 May 2013 09:34:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/16/something-brand-new/ There is a serious romance that happens whenever I think of a new play I want to write… The honeymoon stage. Next semester (my first semester at SFSU) I'll be taking a class called, directed writing. Basically, a teacher reads a play I'm developing and acts as a dramaturge. I was very excited to sign up for this class, and when I thought about which play I wanted to work on I decided to write something brand new for it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/15/announcing-the-cast-for-the-fantasy-club/ Wed, 15 May 2013 09:53:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/15/announcing-the-cast-for-the-fantasy-club/ Ready for the fantastic news??? The Fantasy Club is cast! And I am humbled by the talent that has signed on for this play, let me tell you… ##The Fantasy Club Written by Rachel Bublitz Directed by Tracy Held Potter Performed by: Siobhan Doherty… Frances Tavis Kammet… Max Claire Rice… Samantha Rob Dario… Jacob And of course… Stage Management by Chelsey Little I am over the moon excited about my cast. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/14/encore-performances-of-women-in-solodarity-cat-ladies/ Tue, 14 May 2013 09:41:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/14/encore-performances-of-women-in-solodarity-cat-ladies/ Excellent news this morning! All Terrain Theater has added two encore performances of their hit showcase Women In Solodarity: Cat Ladies! The shows will be at the same location, a house in Berkeley (for the address you must buy tickets!), and the dates are Monday June 10th, and Tuesday June 11th! The show will be on sale soon, be on the look out because the whole run sold out in a snap the last time! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/13/reading-of-audrey-scare-people-play-on-5/20-with-san-francisco-theatre-pub/ Mon, 13 May 2013 10:00:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/13/reading-of-audrey-scare-people-play-on-5/20-with-san-francisco-theatre-pub/ Time to get real guys… In one week my little girl's play will be staged in a reading for San Francisco Theater Pub‘s Pub From Another World. Haven't heard of Audrey Scare People Play? Click here to read it. Here are all the details: "This strange brew of stories was concocted by Timothy Kay, Audrey Kessinger, Sang Kim, Allison Page, Sunil Patel, Bridgette Dutta Portman, Kirk Shimano, and Marissa Skudlarek. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/12/second-sunday-in-may/ Sun, 12 May 2013 09:58:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/12/second-sunday-in-may/ #Happy Mother's Day! We owe a lot to our mom's, they brought us into this wild and crazy world. Tell her thank you today! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/11/saturday-shout-out-mesa-college-theatre-company/ Sat, 11 May 2013 14:22:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/11/saturday-shout-out-mesa-college-theatre-company/ MCTC of the Mesa College Theatre Company is an amazing theatre program down in San Diego that I was lucky enough to go through. It's a two year program run through a junior college, and no matter what your focus is you get the basic skills to do everything in a theatre. They put on two shows a year, nearly 100% run by students (teachers direct most of the shows), and while you're putting shows on you go back forth taking acting and production courses. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/11/semi-finalist-for-2013-subversive-shorts-showcase/ Sat, 11 May 2013 13:49:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/11/semi-finalist-for-2013-subversive-shorts-showcase/ I was notified this morning that my short play about woman's reproductive rights, My Body, is a semi-finalist for the 2013 sUBVERSIVE sHORTS Showcase! They are handing over the top scripts to the prospective directors, and the directors will have the final say. I feel pretty great it's gotten this far! Stay tuned to see if My Body gets into the showcase! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/10/pulling-teeth/ Fri, 10 May 2013 09:28:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/10/pulling-teeth/ 99% of the time I love, love, love working on plays that I write. 99% of the time. Then sometimes theres a script or a deadline that just gets under my skin. Right now I have a script that I don't want to work on and a deadline that I don't want to meet. I've been avoiding both for weeks. Luckily with me being so busy I can get away with it pretty easily… But there are no swim classes this afternoon (Monday through Thursday I take my kids to swim class from 4-6), and I have nothing else I'm supposed to be writing or working on and so… So, here it goes… I'm ready to pull some teeth and hair, and hate every freakin’ minute of it… I hope in the end the script and I both are better for it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/09/gritty-city-repertory-youth-theatre/ Thu, 09 May 2013 13:44:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/09/gritty-city-repertory-youth-theatre/ The future is children, yes? Whether we like it or not, they are younger and will likely be sticking around after us. That's one of the reasons why I like what Gritty City Repertory Youth Theatre has got going on. Their mission from their website: "Mission: Gritty City Repertory Youth Theatre provides Oakland youth with access to performing arts programs that nurture, stimulate & transform. We create unique spaces where young adults feel inspired to risk and explore, developing leadership, confidence, and empathy for their human family through the production of powerful theatre. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/08/more-reasons-to-give-to-the-sf-olympians-festival/ Wed, 08 May 2013 14:11:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/08/more-reasons-to-give-to-the-sf-olympians-festival/ Isn't that how it always is? Finish a post, then think of more you wish you'd put in there? Well today that's the case for me! I thought of some more things you should know about this year's San Francisco Olympians Festival, and more reasons why you should give: You are helping fund 36 brand-spanking-new plays! Lots of women playwrights! Of the 30 playwrights, 17 of them are ladies. It's also a fine arts festival! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/08/fund-san-francisco-olympians-festival-iv-trojan-requiem/ Wed, 08 May 2013 12:23:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/08/fund-san-francisco-olympians-festival-iv-trojan-requiem/ San Francisco Olympians Festival has kicked off it's fundraising campaign! We need your support to keep this fabulous commissioned theatre and fine arts festival alive and running. Check out the indiegogo campaign here! There aren't a lot of festivals out there that commission work, and that's only one of the reasons why the San Francisco Olympians Festival is so special. As a writer you come across so many opportunities that have a topic or theme but ask for finished pieces, and typically don't give you enough time to complete something new for it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/03/saturday-shout-out-early-and-late-megan-cohen-and-stuart-bousel/ Fri, 03 May 2013 16:16:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/03/saturday-shout-out-early-and-late-megan-cohen-and-stuart-bousel/ Last Saturday I flaked on my new shout out feature because of a wedding, and tomorrow I'll be livin’ up my awesome kid-free weekend down in Arizona so I thought I'd both make up for last week and get ahead for this week. In my first Saturday shout out I talked about the incredibly talented Tracy Held Potter. For this week since I have two I thought it would do well to talk about Megan Cohen and Stuart Bousel… The two work on so many projects together and are both so incredibly awesome they've become a super friend couple in my mind. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/02/gender-parity/ Thu, 02 May 2013 12:01:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/02/gender-parity/ Gender parity is a hot topic right now. It's been everywhere, and I can't help but think about it quite a lot… Being a female playwright and all… I mean here I am, writing plays and I have the most of the world telling me that theatre is dead and that I have no hope in making a career out of it, and then on top of all of that the chances are even lower because I'm a woman. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/01/registration-open-for-31-plays-in-31-days/ Wed, 01 May 2013 07:46:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/05/01/registration-open-for-31-plays-in-31-days/ Today is the day to sign up for the 31 Plays in 31 Days project! Last year Tracy Held Potter and myself invited playwrights from around the world to write 31 plays during the month of August and over 400 writers signed up for the challenge! This year is round two and time for you to find out what all the fuss is about. Here's what you've got to do: https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/30/may-shows/ Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:00:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/30/may-shows/ Tomorrow is May, where did April go? I haven't quite figured that out, but I do know that May has a ton of shows/events going on, and you should know about them! ###DIVAfest May 9th - June 2nd DIVAfest is theatre festival celebrating woman. This year's festival features two new plays, as well as exciting other events. All shows are happening at the EXIT Theatre. Here's the line-up: ####You're Going To Bleed May 9th - June 1st https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/29/love-creek-productions-may-showcase-dates-announced/ Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:07:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/29/love-creek-productions-may-showcase-dates-announced/ My two short plays We're All Going To Die, and Nap Time will be produced by Love Creek Production for their May showcase! The dates for both showcases are May 20th, 21st, and 22nd and all performances will be at The Producers Club. We're All Going To Die is being directed by Jackie Shiffer and will be at 7pm.  Nap Time is being directed by Taylor Phillips and will be at 8:30pm. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/25/the-fantasy-club-dates-announced/ Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:07:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/25/the-fantasy-club-dates-announced/ The Fantasy Club will be going up in San Francisco at The Alcove Theater this August, and I'm over-the-moon-happy to announce specific dates! So people, mark your calendars! Here are the confirmed dates: Friday, Aug 2 @ 8pm Saturday, Aug 3 @ 8pm Sunday, Aug 4 @ 5pm Friday, Aug 9 @ 8pm Saturday, Aug 10 @ 8pm Sunday, Aug 11 @ 5pm The Fantasy Club happens to be my first play. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/23/new-draft-of-golden-cleats-done-and-other-news/ Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:46:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/23/new-draft-of-golden-cleats-done-and-other-news/ I tried to put it down, but that was impossible… So now after tinkering for weeks my full length play about Achilles Golden Cleats (I shortened the name) has a new draft! I LOVE it. Trying to put a living room read together for this coming June, it'd be nice to have one more revision before the staged reading on November 9th (which you all should have in your calendar by now, seriously, write it in). https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/22/update-on-love-creek-productions-may-showcase/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:33:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/22/update-on-love-creek-productions-may-showcase/ Due to casting complications, Her Special Day will not be put up in May. Instead, Love Creek Production is adding We're All Going To Die and Nap Time to the line up! I'm still waiting to confirm the date and location of the show, and I will announce it here once I do, so stay tuned! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/21/saturday-write-fever/ Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:46:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/21/saturday-write-fever/ It's official. I got the fever… I got the fever bad. I'm referring of course to SF Theater Pub‘s Saturday Write Fever. Last night was their second event and it was every bit as good as the first one was. I think it's destined to become a staple in the indie theatre scene. This is how it works… It's the third Saturday of the month, you show up at the Exit at 8:30pm and sign up to either be an actor, writer, or both. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/20/saturday-shout-out-tracy-held-potter/ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:58:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/20/saturday-shout-out-tracy-held-potter/ A new feature! Come back on Saturdays to hear about an exciting person in theatre! It might be someone I know here in the Bay Area, it might be someone I admire, or if I'm feeling especially energized, I just might have more than one! This week, for my inaugural shout out, I'm going to start with my other-half, Tracy Held Potter. Tracy is the Executive Director for Play Cafe, an organization that helps playwright hear their works in a monthly scene night in Berkeley (the second Thursday of the month, bring $10, and 10 pages or less! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/19/rejection-update-and-hat-tip/ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:52:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/19/rejection-update-and-hat-tip/ About an hour ago I was rejected again! For two plays, so that brings it up to 12. Don't think I'll be reaching 100 this year, but it pays to dream big. ALSO! I forgot to say that my goal of 100 rejections letters was 100% stolen from playwright tock star Megan Cohen. She spoke at Play Cafe‘s playwright conference last year and mentioned it as one of her goals, and I thought it sounded like a fantastic goal and took it on as my own. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/19/rejection-tally/ Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:21:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/19/rejection-tally/ One of my goals for this year was to obtain 100 rejection letters. Now we're going to play the fun game of counting up my rejections to see how I'm doing so far in reaching 100! PS, I'm totally counting my SFSU rejection because of all the worry it caused. Okay… Here's the count for this year: From things I've submitted so far in 2013 I've only gotten 10 rejections. This will be harder than I thought. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/18/her-special-day-will-be-produced-in-new-york-this-may/ Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:13:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/18/her-special-day-will-be-produced-in-new-york-this-may/ Exciting news! Her Special Day, the first that got a production will be produced again in New York City! Her Special Day was produced by Wily West for Sheherezade XII in May of 2012, and now it'll be staged by Love Creek Production for their short play showcase next month in May. This also means that I now have productions or readings of my work in every month for a year! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/17/cat-ladies-recap/ Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:34:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/17/cat-ladies-recap/ Women in Solodarity, Cat Ladies is over! Yes I know it closed last Saturday and here it is Wednesday already, but I've been one busy momma. Anyway, it was a fantastic show (that just might come back!) and I was honored to be a part of it. Here are some pictures from closing night, enjoy! Once again all of the shots are from Rob Reeves. Cat ladies! Here I am with Chelsey Little, and Tracy Held Potter. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/11/music-and-writing/ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:58:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/11/music-and-writing/ I've recently learned a lot of respect for music and those who make it… I've always loved music, but being something that I always have access to, I took it for granted. You look confused, let me explain… When researching for Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats, I was struck with a moment that took place in the Iliad. Achilles has quit the war and was hold up in his tent when Odysseus and Diomedes come and try to convince him to come back and fight for the Greeks. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/10/fabulous-reading-at-city-lights-theatre/ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:10:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/10/fabulous-reading-at-city-lights-theatre/ Last night was a blast. Horny Like The Wolf, one of my ten minute plays, joined 7 other short plays for City Lights Theatre spring short reading series. There's a moment in a lot of my plays before they jump into the insane or vulgar, and my stomach usually lurches and I wonder… Will the audience come with me on this ride? Last night they jumped right on the bus and laughed their butts off. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/09/city-lights-theatre-reading-tonight/ Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:04:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/09/city-lights-theatre-reading-tonight/ In case you fell asleep, or forgot, my short play Horny Like The Wolf will join 7 other short plays tonight in evening of staged readings in San Jose at City Lights Theatre! The reading starts at 8pm, and there will be a talk back with the playwrights after. I do hope to see you there tonight! Click here to see the full line-up. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/08/the-clerical-error/ Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:40:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/08/the-clerical-error/ Remember when I said I was rejected by SFSU's MFA program? Funny thing about that, turns out I was accepted! I was notified earlier today, a clerical error had been made and it wasn't caught until now. Crazy, right? Turns out I'll have less time this coming fall than I thought. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/07/semi-finalist-for-sonoma-stage-works-playfest-2013/ Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:41:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/07/semi-finalist-for-sonoma-stage-works-playfest-2013/ I just received an exciting email, my play Horny Like The Wolf (which is getting a staged reading at City Lights Theatre this Tuesday) will also be getting a staged reading in June with Sonoma Stage Works! It has been selected as a semi-finalist in their PlayFest 2013 short-play competition. The readings will be at 2pm on June 2nd! The audience will then vote, and the top plays will receive a full production in September! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/04/women-in-solodarity-cat-ladies-opens-tomorrow/ Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:04:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/04/women-in-solodarity-cat-ladies-opens-tomorrow/ Tonight is the dress rehearsal for All Terrain Theater Company‘s showcase, WOMEN IN SOLODARITY: CAT LADIES and another day in our photo count down to opening night! Here is a set of pictures taken by Rob Reeves, these are all of Colleen Egan rehearsing a solo piece by Susan Sobeloff called Missing: A Cat Play. Enjoy! And these are some photos from the production side of things, also taken by Rob Reeves… https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/03/two-days-until-cat-ladies-opens/ Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:15:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/03/two-days-until-cat-ladies-opens/ Only two days before opening night of All Terrain Theater Company‘s showcase, WOMEN IN SOLODARITY: CAT LADIES. The show is going so well! I hope you have gotten your tickets already! Oh, and if you'd like to advertise in the program, contact Tracy Held Potter ASAP! Today I bring you more pictures taken by Rob Reeves, these are all of performer Ramya Vijayan rehearsing a monologue I wrote called, It's Not You, It's Me. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/02/more-women-in-solodarity-photos/ Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:39:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/02/more-women-in-solodarity-photos/ Here are some more fabulous pictures taken by Rob Reeves to get you ready for the show! All the photos are of the talented Martha Rynberg rehearsing Patricia Milton‘s solo piece Kitty's Prescription. All photos courtesy Rob Reeves. As of this morning there were only 11 tickets left for the whole run! If you want to see this wonderful show, act now! Buy tickets here! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/01/cat-lady-countdown/ Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:30:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/04/01/cat-lady-countdown/ With opening night around the corner, join me in counting down with these fantastic pictures taken by Rob Reeves! Keep checking back all week for more! Tracy Held Potter and myself. Chelsey Little our wonderful and always prepared stage manager. Colleen Egan rehearsing Tracy Held Potter‘s piece The Librarian Who Was Allergic To Cats. Another photo of Colleen Egan rehearsing Tracy Held Potter‘s piece The Librarian Who Was Allergic To Cats. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/30/city-lights-reading-april-9th/ Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:06:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/30/city-lights-reading-april-9th/ Need something to do in between the opening and closing weekend of Women In Solodarity, Cat Ladies? Well, I've got you covered… On April 9th my short play Horny Like The Wolf will join other short plays for an evening of staged readings in San Jose at City Lights Theatre. And I'm super excited to announce that Tracy Held Potter will be directing my piece! Too entice you further here are all the plays set for that evening: https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/29/one-week-until-women-in-solodarity/ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:05:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/29/one-week-until-women-in-solodarity/ We are one week away from opening night of WOMEN IN SOLODARITY, CAT LADIES. The show is great, and you don't want to miss out. The show on April 5th (my birthday) has already sold out! Thank you world for that wonderful birthday present. Anyway, there are still tickets for the other performances, but I'm told that they're filling up quickly. Be sure and buy tickets soon so you don't miss out on this fabulous show featuring new work from local women, preformed by awesome local female talent! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/28/rejected-from-sfsus-mfa-program/ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:41:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/28/rejected-from-sfsus-mfa-program/ Biggest rejection of my life so far; my application was rejected from SFSU and the creative writing MFA program. I found out yesterday, and before you ask, I do not know why… They're sending me a letter via snail mail to let me know. I very much hope that it isn't a form letter… I'm disappointed for sure, but I'll be fine. Whatever the reason… I'm not going for an MFA, at least not this year. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/27/finishing-up-binge/ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:29:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/27/finishing-up-binge/ It was a tedious road, but I am happy to say that I have completed this binge! Is it just me, or does each new month seem busier than the last? I'm scared of starting April… Anyway, here are my last seven submissions: Submission number 25, I sent my ten minute play Baby Pie to Black Ship Theatre Co.. They're looking for short plays and full length plays, for main stage productions and for a series called Black Curtain Submissions. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/27/2013-sf-olympians-festival-call-for-directors/ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:43:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/27/2013-sf-olympians-festival-call-for-directors/ The San Francisco Olympians Festival has just posted a call for directors! If you want to get involved with this exciting festival, this is a great way to do it! If you do decide to throw your hat in the ring, you can see what each playwright is planning to write by visiting the San Francisco Olympians Festival website and clicking on the list of characters under the SF Olympians: The Trojan Requiem bar on the right hand side of the page. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/26/audrey-scare-people-play-joins-the-line-up-for-pub-from-another-world-in-may/ Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:19:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/26/audrey-scare-people-play-joins-the-line-up-for-pub-from-another-world-in-may/ Monday, May 20th is the date, mark your calendars! Audrey's play Audrey Scare People Play will receive a staged reading during Theatre Pub's PUB FROM ANOTHER WORLD! The evening will take place at Cafe Royale in San Francisco and will start at 8pm. Audrey's play will be up first, so that she can come and watch it, so you'll also have the opportunity to meet the playwright! She's very excited about the whole thing, this is going to be good! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/22/cheers-chants-lullabies-and-other-things-im-not-good-at./ Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:29:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/22/cheers-chants-lullabies-and-other-things-im-not-good-at./ Last month when I heard all of Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats out loud for the first time something became very clear… I am bad at writing certain things. Throughout the play there is a cluster of cheerleaders that make up a cheerleading chorus and they have chants and cheers throughout the piece keeping the audience up to date, and to make you feel like you're at a football game. This was part of my original idea, and I wanted to really utilize it because it also gave more lines in the play for women. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/21/binge-day-21/ Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:55:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/21/binge-day-21/ Big day today… Trying to take care of all of my snail mail submissions… Let's see how I did…. The Chameleon Theatre Circle is looking for new full length, one act, and ten minute plays for their 14th Annual New Play Contest. You may submit up to two scripts, they must be mailed, and the deadline is April 31, 2013. I sent in two ten minute plays; Horny Like The Wolf and Mother Of The Year. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/19/back-from-vacation-binge-day-19/ Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:03:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/19/back-from-vacation-binge-day-19/ It's the 19th of March already! Oy, I am behind on my binge. I went away to Southern California last week, my older sister had a baby girl so I came down to help and cook for a few days. But I'm back now, and trying to catch up! Let's see how far I can get… I submitted Mother Of The Year, a ten minute play to SF Theatre Pub's Pint Sized Play Fest. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/14/the-san-francisco-olympian-festival-unveils-the-trojan-requiem-poster/ Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:01:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/14/the-san-francisco-olympian-festival-unveils-the-trojan-requiem-poster/ This amazing poster comes from the art director of the San Francisco Olympian Festival, Cody Rishell. The festival kicks of November 5th, and this poster makes me think November can't come soon enough! Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats, my full length play about Achilles will have a reading on November 9th, but keep in mind that there are THREE weeks of plays, and you should keep your schedule clear so you can make it to as many as possible. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/11/cat-ladies-need-cat-pictures/ Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:43:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/11/cat-ladies-need-cat-pictures/ Meow! Do you have a cat? Do you have pictures of this cat? Great! All Terrain Theater‘s Woman In Solodarity, Cat Ladies need them! Please send us your pictures and our favorites will be displayed at the performances! You can email your photos to me at rnbublitz@gmail.com. Thank you in advance! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/10/updates-happenings-and-remembering-how-to-direct/ Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:44:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/10/updates-happenings-and-remembering-how-to-direct/ There are SO many things happening all at once for me right now, here's a recap of my weekend and things to look for coming soon…. The 31 Plays in 13 Days crew recorded 18 plays this weekend! Tracy Held Potter did a phenomenal job by organizing this epic event and getting all the talent together. And Chelsey Little kept everyone on task like a pro! I'm blessed to be creating with such amazing ladies. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/09/busy-weekend-recording-31-plays-in-31-days-podcast-and-starting-rehearsals-for-cat-ladies/ Sat, 09 Mar 2013 08:48:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/09/busy-weekend-recording-31-plays-in-31-days-podcast-and-starting-rehearsals-for-cat-ladies/ I'm gearing up for my first rehearsal for All Terrain Theater‘s Woman In Solodarity this morning, and across town my partner in crime, Tracy Held Potter, will be recording the 31 Plays in 31 Days podcast. Big things are in happening here in Berkeley! Make sure you keep your eyes out for the podcast, and be sure to buy your tickets soon for Cat Ladies on brownpapertickets.com. Okay, that's all for now. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/08/best-reaction-to-audrey-scare-people-play/ Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:33:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/08/best-reaction-to-audrey-scare-people-play/ Last week Audrey, my soon to be 5 year-old daughter wrote a play called Audrey Scare People Play, and it blew up out the box. People all over the internet were singing it's and her praises, and she loved every minute of it. But the best reaction by far to her play was said to me yesterday by her pre-school teacher. I told her about the play and how many people had read it, and that we'd submitted it for a possible staging and she replied, “Great, like your kid needs any more confidence. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/07/see-garbage-disposal-tonight-and-saturday-in-new-york-city/ Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:39:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/07/see-garbage-disposal-tonight-and-saturday-in-new-york-city/ In New York City? Near New York City? If you answered yes ti either or both questions you should see my short play Garbage Disposal! Thespian Productions will be producing my ten minute play Garbage Disposal for their spring Theatre Madness event at Joria Main Stage Theatre. March 7th and 9th at 8pm. If you are able to make it, let me know what you think! Sadly I'll be missing this production. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/06/binge-day-6/ Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:22:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/06/binge-day-6/ It's playwrightbinge day 6, and I'm behind! Here's what I submitted today to help catch me up… Big Head Productions is seeking plays ranging from 5-15 minutes with the theme dark and twisted fairy tale. I just email over my short play Baby Pie. If you're looking to submit, they'd like you to email your script as a pdf by April 1st. Thespian Productions wants plays less that are less than 15 minutes for their Theatre Madness showcase coming this summer. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/05/march-and-april-events/ Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:53:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/05/march-and-april-events/ The theatre scene in the bay is jammed packed with some fun happenings, and YOU should know about them! Here are some events on the horizon that shouldn't be missed: ###March: ####San Francisco Playhouse presents Our Voices, Our Stories, a reading series of work by women March 10, at 7:30pm, three short plays by Karen Macklin: More Like Messy, Only Forever, and Saving Butterflies. Monday, March 11, 7:30pm, The Queen's Gambit by Iris Kokish. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/04/under-the-gods-golden-cleats-november-9th/ Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:48:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/04/under-the-gods-golden-cleats-november-9th/ Last night the reading of Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats went incredibly well. I felt sick for the first twenty minutes and sweated bullets throughout the night, but it was well worth it! Every time I've heard one of my other long plays out loud, I've had huge scary rewrites following… Rewrites that involve taking the entire script apart, and trying to put it back together again. They needed the work, and were better after, but there's something unsettling dismantling your baby and hopes that it'll be better once it's reassembled. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/03/audreys-play-is-blowing-up/ Sun, 03 Mar 2013 08:26:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/03/audreys-play-is-blowing-up/ That's a picture of an ecstatic little girl. She just learned that her play has gone viral! In fact it was on BoingBoing! I told her that thousands of people have been reading her play, and she smiled from ear to ear. Thanks everyone, you've just made a little girl very happy! If you do read the story on boing boing, read the comments, they're super awesome. Click through from facebook to see the picture. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/03/cant-wait-to-hear-under-the-gods-golden-cleats-tonight/ Sun, 03 Mar 2013 08:07:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/03/cant-wait-to-hear-under-the-gods-golden-cleats-tonight/ The scripts have been copied, hole punched and put into folders… I've figured out how to have a play with 8 male parts and 10 female parts be read by only 8 people (oh, I hope I have at least 8 people….) And the pies have been baked…. I am ready for tonight! Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats is so massive on so many levels, I'm really looking forward to having the entire play read aloud. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/02/second-day-of-binge/ Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:26:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/02/second-day-of-binge/ Today is also the second day of playwrightbinge! During the months of March and September each playwright aims to submit 30 plays within that month. I am a big fan of anything that makes me send my work out, so I'll be participating for sure. I'm already behind though, I don't think I'll get anything in today, and I didn't get anything out yesterday… But never fear! I work best under pressure and I'm confident I'll make up for lost time. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/02/making-pie/ Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:22:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/02/making-pie/ You heard right! I am making pie for all the lovely people coming out for the reading of Under The Gods’ Golden Cleats tomorrow night in Pacifica. It's pluot pie (pluots are a mix between apricots and plums, in case you were wondering). Thank you in advance to my readers, you'll all be reading a lot of different parts! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/01/audrey-scare-people-play/ Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:06:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/01/audrey-scare-people-play/ My little girl just wrote her first play! She's 4 (she'll be 5 in two weeks). It's kinda hilarious… I asked her permission and she told me I could post it on my blog! So, here it is…. ###Audrey Scare People Play By Audrey Kessinger Characters: Scare People, F, very tall, wears a mask, growls, 18 years old. She goes to scare people school. She is an octopus monster with wings. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/01/my-achilles-play-for-the-sf-olympians-festival-has-a-name/ Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:43:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/03/01/my-achilles-play-for-the-sf-olympians-festival-has-a-name/ Finally. I have been struggling for a loooooong time on this one. Naming plays typically isn't this hard for me, but I'm not ashamed to admit that I was intimidated. And there was so much to include! I wanted a flavor of football, some Greek myth reference, and a image for the play. I could put off naming it while I was writing it, and even through some rewrites… But now that I have a draft I'm confidant with my brain naturally set out to name the thing next and I couldn't move past it not being named. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/28/women-in-solodarity-cat-ladies-postcards/ Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:06:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/28/women-in-solodarity-cat-ladies-postcards/ The postcards are out! The table reading on Monday was fabulous, and I can't wait for everyone to come and see the incredible show we're putting together for you! Be sure and buy tickets soon, the space is small and the show has sold out in the past. Dates and times: Friday April 5th at 8pm Saturday April 6th at 2pm and 8pm Friday April 12th at 8pm Saturday April 13th at 8pm https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/27/photos-from-babies-the-ultimate-birth-control-coming-this-fall-with-the-sf-fringe-fest/ Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:49:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/27/photos-from-babies-the-ultimate-birth-control-coming-this-fall-with-the-sf-fringe-fest/ Let it be known that I will be made a fool of for my art… Or a good laugh. Need proof? Check out these pictures (courtesy Rob Reeves, email him to set up your own humiliating photo shoot!)…. *Photo by Rob Reeves. *Photo by Rob Reeves. *Photo by Rob Reeves. You’re not going to want to miss Tracy Held Potter and my show BABIES THE ULTIMATE BIRTH CONTROL coming this September to the SF Fringe Festival. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/26/living-room-read-of-achilles-this-sunday/ Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:52:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/26/living-room-read-of-achilles-this-sunday/ Just got done with my last bit of rewriting of ACHILLES for the living room read this Sunday! I'm excited… Yes I have an obscene amount of people on the stage… Yes it's 136 pages…. And no, I don't have a title for it yet… But this beast will be read, and I need your help to hear it! If you're free, and able to get to Pacifica this Sunday at 6pm (we'll be having a potluck at 6, then reading at 7), please email me! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/25/reading-with-city-lights-theater-company-in-san-jose/ Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:35:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/25/reading-with-city-lights-theater-company-in-san-jose/ Yesterday I was notified that my ten minute play Horny Like The Wolf will be read on April 9th down in San Jose's City Lights Theater Company. Horny Like The Wolf will join 6 other short plays for an evening of staged readings. And there will be a talk back with the playwrights after. For those of you who missed the reading at Masquers Playhouse you have another chance at seeing this hilarious play! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/22/women-in-solodarity-cat-ladies-tickets-available/ Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:20:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/22/women-in-solodarity-cat-ladies-tickets-available/ Great news, you can now buy your tickets for Women In Solodarity; Cat Ladies! The space is very intimate so be sure and purchase your tickets early to avoid sell out situations! Dates/times: April 5th, 8pm April 6th, 2pm and 8pm April 12th, 3pm April 13th, 8pm But tickets on brownpapertickets.com and RSVP on the facebook event page. Do it! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/19/women-in-solodarity-cast-announced/ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:17:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/19/women-in-solodarity-cast-announced/ I know you've been waiting next to your computer hitting refresh on my website again and again, desperately hoping to find out which exciting women will grace the stage for this year's Women In Solodarity showcase… Well friends, the wait is over. Heather Kellogg will be preforming Carol Lashof‘s monologue, The Metamorphosis. Martha Rynberg is going to take on Patricia Milton‘s solo piece Kitty's Prescription. Preforming the solo piece Missing: A Cat Play by Susan Sobeloff as well as the solo piece from Tracy Held Potter will be Colleen Egan. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/18/got-in-to-2013-sf-fringe-fest/ Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:44:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/18/got-in-to-2013-sf-fringe-fest/ Got some fabulous news today… Tracy Held Potter and my proposal was selected through the lottery for this year's SF Fringe Festival! We're going to bring you sixty minutes that make you never want to have kids… That's right! We're bringing you a selection of short plays about the trials of parenting. We're calling our collaboration…. ###Babies, the Ultimate Birth Control: Terrifyingly Hilarious Plays about Parenting Worried your partner is coming down with baby fever? https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/17/announcing-playwrights-for-women-in-solodarity-cat-ladies/ Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:08:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/17/announcing-playwrights-for-women-in-solodarity-cat-ladies/ We are ready to shout announce the playwrights for this year's All Terrain Theater‘s Women In Solodarity: Cat Ladies show. Here are the playwrights with pieces in this year's show: Maura Halloran will be performing a section of her solo show Pussy that was featured in last year's DIVAfest. Theresa Donahoe will also be performing a solo piece that she has written. And our wonderful writers who have contributed pieces that actors will perform include, Tracy Held Potter, Carol Lashof, Patricia Milton, Susan Sobeloff, and me, Rachel Bublitz. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/16/so-pumped-for-women-in-solodarity/ Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:44:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/16/so-pumped-for-women-in-solodarity/ Earlier today we had auditions for All Terrain Theater‘s upcoming showcase Women In Solodarity: Cat Ladies. And while I'm not ready to announce the cast, I will announce to the world how happy I am with auditions! We had some powerhouse performers come in and it's sad that we had to say no to anyone. The other great part of this morning was that for the first time I got to hear these fresh new pieces out loud, and let me tell you, the writing this year is excellent… And I'm not just saying that because I wrote one of the monologues… I guarantee that you will not want to miss this show. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/15/auditions-tomorrow-women-in-solodarity/ Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:14:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/15/auditions-tomorrow-women-in-solodarity/ Auditions are tomorrow and we have a few spaces left! Please email me asap to secure your spot! If you've forgotten, here are the details one more time….. Seeking female actors to perform solo pieces and monologues in All Terrain Theater’s second annual Women in Solodarity showcase. All Terrain Theater is committed to promoting new works by local playwrights featuring strong and interesting female characters. This year’s showcase theme is “Cat Ladies,” showcasing the original work of Maura Halloran, Rachel Bublitz, Carol Lashof, Patricia Milton, Theresa Donahoe, Tracy Held Potter, and more. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/15/trying-to-complete-a-year/ Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:10:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/15/trying-to-complete-a-year/ Trying to complete a year? A year in what? What am I talking about? All good questions… It has come to my attention that I have been fortunate enough to have my plays read or produced in every month since this past September! I am more than a little proud about that, but now I realize that if I'm able to fill in a few months, I'll go an entire year with my work being read or produced in every month! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/14/terrible-people-selected-for-pcsfs-spring-reading-series/ Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:43:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/14/terrible-people-selected-for-pcsfs-spring-reading-series/ Terrible People has been selected for Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco‘s Spring Reading Series. Yay! I'm especially excited to crack it open again and tinker with it. This was the exciting news that I got yesterday, if you're wondering. So if you're into ladies that kill people, be sure to check it out! Not sure when it'll be, could be in May, June, or July… I'll be sure to post about it, so don't worry. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/12/more-submission-opportunities/ Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:52:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/12/more-submission-opportunities/ A fellow playwright friend of mine was asking about opportunities with upcoming deadlines and as I started to compile the list for her I though, why not make a post about it? And since I couldn't think of why I shouldn't… I did! ###San Francisco Theater Pub presents, The Pub from Another World!, deadline is MARCH 1st! Guidelines: Local, Bay Area playwrights only. Exceptions may be made if you are from an alternate universe. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/11/women-in-solodarity-auditions-2/16/ Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:12:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/11/women-in-solodarity-auditions-2/16/ Audition Announcement! Seeking female actors to perform solo pieces and monologues in All Terrain Theater’s second annual Women in Solodarity showcase. All Terrain Theater is committed to promoting new works by local playwrights featuring strong and interesting female characters. This year’s showcase theme is “Cat Ladies,” showcasing the original work of Maura Halloran, Rachel Bublitz, Carol Lashof, Patricia Milton, Theresa Donahoe, Tracy Held Potter, and more. We’re looking for women of all ethnicities and ages (over 18) who can perform monologues as well as solo performances featuring multiple characters played by the same actor (non-equity). https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/10/magic-the-costume-shop/ Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:26:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/10/magic-the-costume-shop/ Free theatre? That's too good to be true! Oh, but it is…. Magic Theatre is holding readings this month at The Costume Shop. Best part is that they are free and open to the public! Other best part? My friend Alysha Oravetz's full length play Bird in House will be read on Friday February 22nd at 8pm. I've read it, and it is twisted, dark, and not to be missed. Here are the other events included in Magic @ The Costume Shop: https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/09/hot-mess-now-its-getting-awkward/ Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:21:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/09/hot-mess-now-its-getting-awkward/ My Friday night was hilarious. I was feeling better than I had all week, and my brilliant theatre mate, Tracy Held Potter, asked if I wanted to join her to see Hot Mess: Now It's Getting Awkward at the New Conservatory Theatre Center. I did indeed. I'd missed their past shows, and I was eager to finally see this relatively new sketch comedy group (they're a year old). Let me say officially, I never want to miss one of their shows again! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/08/5-submission-opportunities/ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:21:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/08/5-submission-opportunities/ Here are some awesome submission opportunities. Now go on, and get your work out there! ###1. Left Coast Theatre Co., deadline 4/1/2013 Attention all Playwrights! Left Coast Theatre Company wants your comedic brilliance for our 2013 Fall show: TWISTED FAIRY TALES The title says it all. Stories inspired by The Brothers Grimm, Aesop’s Fables, Mother Goose Tales, Hans Christian Anderson, Disney, etc. are welcome. Original fairy tale-esque submissions are also welcome. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/07/images-from-oy-oy-oy-merry-christmas/ Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:19:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/07/images-from-oy-oy-oy-merry-christmas/ Remember back in December when my short play Oy Oy Oy, Merry Christmas! was produced over in New York by the lovely folks over at Unity Stage Company? Well it happened, and now I have the pictures to prove it! Check it out!! *If you're reading this on facebook, you'll need to click through to my website to see the images. *Photos courtesy QueensBuzz.com. Actors photographed are: Michael DeNola and Crystal Backoff. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/06/shows-to-see/ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:52:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/02/06/shows-to-see/ Oy vey! I have been as sick as a dog, and since I was just better from the flu, I don't know if I trust this year…. But there's a lot of awesome theatre going on this month, so there's hope. If you're looking to see some fun shows, check out my list… Custom Made Theatre Co. extended Why Torture Is Wrong, and The People Who Love Them by Christopher Durang directed by Claire Rice. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/29/rehearsal-photos-from-staged-reading/ Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:37:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/29/rehearsal-photos-from-staged-reading/ Here are the photos as promised! The pictures are from Rob Reeves, who I highly recommend if you're looking for some awesome looking pictures. If you're interested, email him. *If you're viewing this on my facebook page you need to click through to my blog to see the photos! *All the actors are identified from right to left! Tavis Kammet, Abigail Edber, and Beth Chastain rehearsing Baby Pie. Elgin Jackson, and Tavis Kammet rehearsing Baby Pie https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/28/recap-the-weirdness-of-rachel-bublitz/ Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:59:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/28/recap-the-weirdness-of-rachel-bublitz/ Last night Masquers Playhouse presented staged readings of four of my short plays for their Off The Page series. It was a great delight to hear my plays read by the talented group actors that Tracy Held Potter, my director, put together. My actors were, Jan Carty Marsh, Allison Page, Abigail Edber, Beth Chastain, Elgin Jackson and Tavis Kammet. I loved sitting in the back watching the audience crack during the reading. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/27/masquers-playhouse-reading-tonight/ Sun, 27 Jan 2013 11:39:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/27/masquers-playhouse-reading-tonight/ Yesterday we had a fabulous rehearsal (photos on the way) and tonight is going to be incredibly funny. I know that the theatre isn't the easiest places to get to, but you will not be disappointed if you come! Make a night out of it, there are plenty of cute restaurants in the area! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/25/masquers-playhouse-reading-this-sunday/ Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:43:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/25/masquers-playhouse-reading-this-sunday/ We have rehearsal tomorrow and I just can't wait! This Sunday night at 7pm, you don't want to miss The Weirdness of Rachel Bublitz, Four, Vile, Grim, Hilarious Plays! There will be some hilarious plays, I promise. Here's more info, or click the link above to get to the facebook page. Masquers Playhouse in Pt. Richmond will be presenting four of my one act plays for their Off The Page staged reading series! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/24/a-new-draft/ Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:31:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/24/a-new-draft/ I have been so sick. Since last Saturday I've had a fever on and off and constant aches and pains, it's been no fun. Needless to say, my house is a mess and I haven't gotten a lot of writing done. Today I felt much better and so I edited my draft of my play about Achilles. It's three acts, 127 pages, and finally in a place where I'm not embarrassed to let people read it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/20/what-are-you-doing-monday-night/ Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:56:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/20/what-are-you-doing-monday-night/ Mondays are usually slow night on the theatre scene, tomorrow that is not the case. I know of three super fun indie theatre events going down, where will you be at? First up, put on your most comfortable pajamas and head on down to Cafe Royale for SF Theatre Pub‘s show Pajanuary!. Pa-January! – A Night of Bedtime Stories The holidays are over but 2013 is now here with a New Year of Theater Pub! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/19/extra-ticket-for-trouble-maker-tomorrow/ Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:40:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/19/extra-ticket-for-trouble-maker-tomorrow/ I have a spare ticket for Trouble Maker at Berkeley Rep tomorrow at 2pm! Want to be my date? Email me! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/19/this-post-is-not-about-theatre/ Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:17:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/19/this-post-is-not-about-theatre/ It's true. I've had a crazy couple of days… I've had this manic energy while reworking my play about Achilles, and because of that I've ignored the outside world considerably. Yesterday I finished a new draft (it's a beast with three acts and 127 pages) and I practically collapsed. I finished early in the day and couldn't think straight after. Anyway… This post is not about theatre, so why don't we get right down to it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/16/in-the-name-of-art/ Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:03:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/16/in-the-name-of-art/ I've been talking a lot about the play I'm working on about Achilles. I'm having a blast right now in rewrites, I feel so pumped up and excited about it, there are some nights I wish I had a punching bag so that I get all my excitement out after I write. No joke. But I'm coming up against a problem, and I think I know the answer to it already, but I think it's something worth talking about. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/15/la-petite-morgues-bloody-gorgeous-monologues/ Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:11:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/15/la-petite-morgues-bloody-gorgeous-monologues/ Here's the artwork for La Petite Morgue‘s upcoming showcase of woman's works; BLOODY GORGEOUS MONOLOGUES. A monologue from my one act play Ghost Story will be featured! If you're in New York on February 2nd, be sure to check it out! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/14/masquers-playhouse-reading-cast-announced/ Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:12:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/14/masquers-playhouse-reading-cast-announced/ Coming up on Sunday January 27th at 7pm four of my short plays will be read for Masquers Playhouse‘s Off The Page staged reading series. You remember right? Excellent. We're ready to announce the cast! The evening's work will be read by the talents of…. Jan Carty Marsh Allison Page Abigail Edber Beth Chastain Elgin Jackson and Tavis Kammet I'm so honored to have such great actors reading my work. This is shaping up to be a fantastic evening! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/12/survey-time/ Sat, 12 Jan 2013 20:27:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/12/survey-time/ I have a question for anyone out there reading this… When you hear “warball” what comes to mind? You can email me your thoughts, or respond below. Thank you! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/11/cheers/ Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:23:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/11/cheers/ I'm diving into my play about Achilles, and doing some major editing. This is the most fun part, by the way. I'm also filling in a lot of the blanks, particularly the cheers from the cheerleader chorus. I have a bunch of “classic” cheers that I'm altering with Iliad flavor. It's slow going, but great fun. Want an example? Of course you do… I found this cheer: "Stronger than steel https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/09/first-draft-of-achilles-done/ Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:57:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/09/first-draft-of-achilles-done/ It's all over the place, there are sections that say, write awesome speech here, and the end is awful, but the first draft is done. It's clocking in at 101 pages (damn!), and I'm afraid of hitting that 2 hour mark when I finish some of those monologues. Writing this play, I realized why so many people don't finish or don't try to write… Things are really bad at first. Your ideas are a mess. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/08/this-lingering-life-by-chiori-miyagawa/ Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:40:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/08/this-lingering-life-by-chiori-miyagawa/ Playwrights’ Foundation is hosting a reading of Chiori Miyagawa‘s This Lingering Life as a part of their Rough Reading series. Guess who's helping out? Me! The readings will take place this coming Monday and Tuesday evening (the 14th and 15th). Monday, the reading begins at 7:30 and takes place at Roble Hall in Stanford. Tuesday, the reading begins at 7 and takes place in San Francisco at NOHSpace in Potrero. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/07/images-from-how-terry-gross-destroyed-my-life/ Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:42:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/07/images-from-how-terry-gross-destroyed-my-life/ How Terry Gross Destroyed My Life was produced this past weekend with Love Creek Production‘s fall show, Frost Bite; Winter One-Acts. And now I have proof! Here are two lovely ladies doing my play! At The Producer's Club in New York City, the talent of Celey Schumer (right) and Elizabeth Sher (left). https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/07/monologue-from-ghost-story-la-petite-mourgues-bloody-gore-geous-monologues-a-celebration-of-women-in-horror/ Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:11:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/07/monologue-from-ghost-story-la-petite-mourgues-bloody-gore-geous-monologues-a-celebration-of-women-in-horror/ Very exciting news! Amy's end monologue from Ghost Story will join the line up for La Petite Morgue‘s Bloody Gore-geous Monologues: A Celebration of Women in Horror! The show is coming up on February 2nd at 8pm and will be at Joria Productions Main Stage in New York City. Here's the full line up: ###MONOLOGUES BY: Rachel Bublitz Lisa Huberman Shannon Lippert Lee Masterson Kellie Powell Stephanie Swirsky Chelsea Terris https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/06/garbage-disposal-is-getting-produced-in-new-york-city/ Sun, 06 Jan 2013 09:56:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/06/garbage-disposal-is-getting-produced-in-new-york-city/ My ten minute play Garbage Disposal (one of my 31 plays I wrote last August) will be produced by Thespian Productions this March! Garbage Disposal will join their line up for their spring “Theatre Madness” event at Joria Main Stage Theatre (the theatre is right next to Penn Station, how cool is that??). The show will run March 7th-9th, and it will be preformed twice. Once I know the exact times and other details, I'll let you know! https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/05/potty-training-and-first-drafts/ Sat, 05 Jan 2013 15:31:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/05/potty-training-and-first-drafts/ No, this isn't clever symbolism… It's just what I'm working on this weekend. Trying to potty train my giant son and finish my first draft of Achilles. And name it. Oy, names are hard. I'm 75 pages in and (spoiler alert) Patroclus just died. Now I just need to make big choices and end it so I can fix all the mistakes. My kids are watching The Care Bears Movie, it's so terrible that I have to have headphones on in order to think. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/04/the-weirdness-of-rachel-bublitz-four-grim-vile-horrid-and-hilarious-plays/ Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:26:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/04/the-weirdness-of-rachel-bublitz-four-grim-vile-horrid-and-hilarious-plays/ Masquers Playhouse in Pt. Richmond will be presenting four of my one act plays for their Off The Page staged reading series! The dazzling (and terribly busy) Tracy Held Potter will be directing the evening, and we're working out casting now! Rest assured, I will get you those names as soon as I have them! Want more details? Of course you do! Here's everything that I know…. ##The Weirdness of Rachel Bublitz, Four Grim, Vile, Horrid, and Hilarious Plays https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/03/pacifica-table-readers-date-change/ Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:20:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/03/pacifica-table-readers-date-change/ My new play about Achilles will be read on March 3rd, not February 3rd. Make a note! More info to come. Also, I have something really fun to announce for later this month! Try and keep January 27th evening open, I'll spill the beans once I get approval to do so. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/02/cheap-thrills/ Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:45:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/02/cheap-thrills/ If you're like me, you enjoy things that are both awesome and cheap. In January, The Cutting Ball will be holding it's annual RISK IS THIS…. experimental theatre festival. There will be staged readings of 5 plays starting January 9th, running on Friday and Saturday nights at 8pm until February 9th. Here are the plays: ###Superheroes Written and directed by Sean San José January 11 and 12 at 8PM “Defiant, passionate, and bursting with poetic energy, Sean San Jose’s Superheroes tells the story of a journalist working to separate fact from fiction she investigates the sordid history of the crack-cocaine epidemic. https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/01/box-office-babe-fill-in-pictures/ Tue, 01 Jan 2013 14:53:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2013/01/01/box-office-babe-fill-in-pictures/ Remember when I filled in as box office babe last month? Charles Lewis III snapped some pictures! Check it… https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/31/10-resolutions-for-2013/ Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:16:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/31/10-resolutions-for-2013/ I've said it a thousand times… I even wrote about it on the blog once… I don't like New Years resolutions. I think that if you want to do something, do it… Don't wait for the new year. But that said, I love to set goals for myself, and I might as well set some of those right now. Here we go: See MORE theatre. In fact, my goal for 2013 is to attend 100 theatre related events (readings count). https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/29/football-is-hard/ Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:45:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/29/football-is-hard/ I'm not quite back to the world yet (still in my stay-cation), but I wanted to take a break to tell everyone about life for me right now… I'm 45 pages into my Achilles/football play and this is what I've learned… Writing a scene in which people play football on stage is hard. I know very little about football. I need to catch a game… Listen to the jargon, the rhythm. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/21/merry-christmas/ Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:13:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/21/merry-christmas/ This will (probably) be my last post until the 2013, so I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas… (See what a bad Jew I am? I totally forgot to tell everyone Happy Hanukkah). Anyway, happy holidays! I hope that you find yourself with people that you love. And just in case you feel compelled to buy me something (as I'm sure you do), here's my list: Time to write between now and New Year's. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/20/closing-night-of-2012-sf-olympians-festival/ Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:53:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/20/closing-night-of-2012-sf-olympians-festival/ Tonight is the final night of the 2012 SF Olympians Festival! Tonight features two local playwrights: Megan Cohen‘s play Zeus (which, yes, is about Zeus) will go head to head with Christian Simonsen's play, Chronus (which is about Chronus, you're awfully clever). I was at the show last night, which was completely sold out, and it was a lot of fun; Barbara Jwanouskos‘s play Hera was hilarious (male pregnancy was involved). https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/19/pacifica-table-readers-sunday-2/3/ Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:43:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/19/pacifica-table-readers-sunday-2/3/ Want to hear the new play I'm writing for next year's Olympians? Well you can hear a first draft of it in February! The Pacifica Table Readers have invited me to bring it for a living room read! The date is Sunday, February 3rd! More details will be announced in a couple of weeks, but for now… Mark those calendars! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/18/end-of-year-submission-tally/ Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:52:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/18/end-of-year-submission-tally/ There are 13 days left in the year, crazy, right? I thought this would be a good time to look back on my goals set last year and see how I stack up. On January 2nd, I declared my goals in a post titled, Submissions… Here it is: "Looking to 2012 I have some goals (not resolutions). I want to complete another full length play and 4 more short or one act plays. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/17/update-on-one-minute-play-festival/ Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:20:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/17/update-on-one-minute-play-festival/ If you missed the One Minute Play Festival put on by Playwrights Foundation this past weekend, don't despair! You can watch a recording of the show here on HowlRound‘s #NEWPLAY TV. Check it! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/16/one-minute-play-festival/ Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:11:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/16/one-minute-play-festival/ I had the pleasure of seeing Playwright's Foundation‘s One Minute Play Festival. What a great time! Dominic D’Andrea was there to introduce the the festival, he is the producing artistic director of One-Minute Play Festival and he had some interesting things to say… He talked about how this festival was like talking the pulse of the artists in the city. And I really feel like that's a great way to think of it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/13/box-office-babe-fill-in/ Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:23:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/13/box-office-babe-fill-in/ Busy tonight? If not, be sure and come on down to the Exit Theatre for tonight's SF Olympians show. I'm filling in for Tracy (read all about the festival from her perspective here on the box office babe's blog). Here's the line up for tonight: Tethys or In The Deep by Meghan Kathleen O’Connor, and Demeter or In the Silence of Tangerine Groves by Patricia Milton. I'll be wearing a very frilly dress (the box office babe traditionally dresses up! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/12/pack-olympians-pack-olympians-pack-olympians-move-one-minute-play-festival/ Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:19:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/12/pack-olympians-pack-olympians-pack-olympians-move-one-minute-play-festival/ What's your week like? I'm a tad busy over here… Packing like mad all day… Going to the SF Olympian Fest tonight, tomorrow, and Friday… Moving Saturday! And then hitting up Playwright's Foundation‘s One Minute Play Festival on Sunday… No big deal. I went last Thursday and caught these three new plays at the Olympians Fest: Mnemosyne and Themis, or The Broken Frame by Larissa Archer, Mnemosyne and Themis, or Leaving Earth by Susan Sobeloff, and Athena, The Musical by Roberta D’Alois and Marilyn Harris Kriegel, with lyrics by Roberta D’Alois and Marilyn Harris Kriegel, with music by Roberta D’Alois. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/11/updates-in-plays-and-productions/ Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:36:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/11/updates-in-plays-and-productions/ I just updated some information on my site! If you'd like to know more about my completed plays, please click here or on the “plays” tab above. I've also updated my upcoming productions, and that page can be viewed by clicking here or on the “productions” tab above. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/11/how-terry-gross-destroyed-my-life-show-dates-and-times/ Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:12:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/11/how-terry-gross-destroyed-my-life-show-dates-and-times/ My one act play How Terry Gross Destroyed My Life is a part of Love Creek Production‘s line up for FROST BITE; Winter One Acts. And now I can tell you all the details! Here are the dates and times: Friday, January 4h and Saturday, January 5th at 8:00pm Sunday, January 6th at 7:00pm The location: The Sonnet Theatre at The Producers’ Club 358 West 44th Street (btw. 8th and 9th) Reservations 212. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/09/sf-ballets-nutcracker/ Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:17:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/09/sf-ballets-nutcracker/ My mother in law came to town and took my daughter and I to see SF Ballet‘s Nutcracker. It was magical. My daughter loved it. We were right up front, so she could see everything. She spent her time before the ballet started talking to the musicians in the orchestra, it was her first time seeing most of the instruments and she was very curious. Once the ballet started she was glued to her seat, she didn't even want to get the complimentary box of juice and sugar cookies they offered during intermission; she didn't want to miss any of the dancing! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/06/finding-joy-in-rejections/ Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:09:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/06/finding-joy-in-rejections/ I've been thinking a lot about rejections today. This morning I got an email from Acme Theater Productions… By the way, thanks for actually sending out rejections, a lot of places you never hear anything. Anyway, I'd sent them two short plays for their upcoming new works festival, and I was not selected. In this place I've decided to work, this creative/subjective space rejections are a constant truth. I'm rejected much more than I am selected… That's one of the big reasons why I submit as much as I do, cast a wide net and you get more fish. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/05/started-writing-achilles-today/ Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:18:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/05/started-writing-achilles-today/ I love starting a new play. It's all rosy cheeks and endless opportunities. It's actually quite similar to having a new born, when you look at them, or think about them, you think of all the glorious/amazing/beautiful/inspiring things they have to offer the world. They're fresh and new, and not tainted by anything. And a new play, or any new project is much the same. So I'm in the romantic/honeymoon stage of my play, and I'm trying to milk it for all it's worth. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/04/i-got-achilles/ Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:20:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/04/i-got-achilles/ Super, SUPER, excited to announce that I'll be one of the talented writers for next year's SF Olympians Festival! I'm writing the full length for Achilles, the date is 11/9th! I decided a while back that I was so excited about the play I proposed I was writing it anyway (whether I got in our not), but getting in is really wonderful. I'm currently reading my third book of research for the piece, and I'm glad to be able to tell folks what I'm actually researching! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/04/11-days-to-get-your-scripts-in-for-sf-boa/ Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:47:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/04/11-days-to-get-your-scripts-in-for-sf-boa/ The Bay Area One Acts Festival is one of my favorite theatre festivals. I was blown away by BOA 2012 and I can't wait for this year's festival. Want to be a part of it? If your'e a local playwright, I strongly suggest you get your scripts to them before 12/15! You must be from the Bay Area, the script has to be less than 30 pages, and all you need to do is email them a copy. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/04/mfa-application-in/ Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:31:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/12/04/mfa-application-in/ I had a crazy weekend. We're looking for a new place to live (which is super stressful), and one of my kids was sick (aren't they always?), AND the SFSU MFA deadline was looming over me like a ticking time bomb…. But guess what? Not anymore. Yes sir, I got in all my junk today! And, 11 days before the deadline… Now I can go back to worrying about finding shelter for my kids. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/30/the-white-snake-reviewed/ Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:38:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/30/the-white-snake-reviewed/ The White Snake was by far the most delicate and lovely plays I have ever seen. It has a majestic ease that completely took my breath away. The scenery, costumes, musicians, and lighting were phenomenal. Sadly, I found the script lacking ever so slightly… I really loved Mary Zimmerman‘s The Arabian Nights and so the bar was really high for this play. And in the end, I felt the main character, the White Snake, was too passive. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/28/the-white-snake/ Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:12:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/28/the-white-snake/ Tomorrow night I'm seeing The White Snake at Berkeley Rep, and I am officially excited. I've heard amazing things about the play, AND I was lucky enough to catch Mary Zimmerman‘s The Arabian Nights a few years back… It blew my mind. One of the finest nights of theatre for me. It's also just been extended through December 30th! So you still have over a month to check it out. I will have my full report on Friday. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/27/opportunities-with-sf-theatre-pub/ Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:08:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/27/opportunities-with-sf-theatre-pub/ SF Theatre Pub is currently accepting proposals for their 2013 season. From their website: "So- got an idea for a one night show that works in a bar-space like ours and you think fits in with the new mission statement (and the kind of crowd we tend to attract)? Let us know! We’ll be accepting project ideas for the following dates, all the way up till January 1st! February 18, April 15, May 20, June 17, August 19, November 18 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/26/how-terry-gross-destroyed-my-life-to-be-produced-this-january/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:06:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/26/how-terry-gross-destroyed-my-life-to-be-produced-this-january/ Back from vacation. It was up and down and all over the place. Glad to be home now. Also glad that I got an email from the folks at Love Creek Productions. They plan on including How Terry Gross Destroyed My Life in their January short play series. Will the fun ever stop? I hope not! The show will be in early January, and I'll be announcing dates and the location as soon as I have them. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/20/1/2-mfa-application-in/ Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:43:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/20/1/2-mfa-application-in/ I'm 1/2 way there! Well, 1/2 way turned in. I just submitted my MFA application through SFSU, when I get back from my holiday travel, I'm visiting family in southern California, I will delivery my manuscript, the department application, and my letters of recommendation…. And then the waiting games begin! Make sure and keep your fingers crossed until I hear the news. It's only a few months, don't worry about it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/19/why-submitting-is-the-best/ Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:57:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/19/why-submitting-is-the-best/ You should start, if you don't already, submitting your work as many places as possible. Out of the 30 plays I submitted during this past binge in September, I've had 2 productions! Now, 2 out of 30 might not look like the best odds, but I am really happy by those numbers. Also, the more people who see and know about your work, the more people who know about you! I got an email on Saturday requesting work! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/19/la-petite-morgue-seeking-horror-monologues-by-women-for-women/ Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:52:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/19/la-petite-morgue-seeking-horror-monologues-by-women-for-women/ La Petite Morgue is looking for horror monologues by women for women for Women in Horror Recognition Month (WiHM). Deadline is 12/1. Here's a bit more about what they want from their website: "We are particularly interested in monologues that are active (rather than passive story-telling narratives). And while women being terrorized can make for fascinating monologues, we are far more interested in women who stand up to their tormentors - or who are doing the terrorizing themselves. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/19/date-change-for-2nd-annual-figgy-pudding-short-play-festival/ Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:40:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/19/date-change-for-2nd-annual-figgy-pudding-short-play-festival/ There has been a change to Unity Stage‘s upcoming 2nd Annual Figgy Pudding Festival. The new dates are Thursday Dec. 6, Friday Dec. 7, Saturday Dec. 8 at 8pm, Sunday Dec. 9 at 5pm. Tickets are $20, you can buy them here. All performances are still at Cafe Marlene in Queens, New York. There are only 40 seats in the house, be sure and buy your tickets in advance! My short play Oy Oy Oy, Merry Christmas! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/16/ghost-story-opened-tonight-in-new-york/ Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:44:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/16/ghost-story-opened-tonight-in-new-york/ In New York? Free tomorrow or Sunday night? Have I got the show for you! My short play Ghost Story joined Love Creek Production‘s short play festival, Cranberry Sauce and Pumpkin Pie: Autumn One-Acts that opened tonight! You still have two more chances to catch the show. If you happen to see it, be sure and tell me what you think! Show dates and times are: 11/16 at 8pm, 11/17 at 8pm, and 11/18 at 7pm. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/15/sf-olympians-festival-titans-vs.-olympians/ Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:25:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/15/sf-olympians-festival-titans-vs.-olympians/ If you're like me, you've already submitted for the 2013 SF Olympians Festival… But you don't have to wait to participate! This years festival kicks off on December 5th and they need you to come see all the wonderful plays they've put together this year. I'll be at a bunch, hopefully not going broke from babysitting bills!! All of the shows will be at the Exit Theatre in San Francisco. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/14/the-season-to-be-thankful/ Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:10:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/14/the-season-to-be-thankful/ Thanksgiving is a week from tomorrow. I'm heading down south for holiday and birthday (my sister's 40th!!) celebrations on early Saturday morning. We're also gearing up to move, we're announcing the plays for 31 Plays in 31 Days, I'm also in the middle of a ton of research for my next project (reading for fun and reading for research are very different (research reading is slooooooow)), and a hundred other things. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/10/the-hundred-flowers-project/ Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:03:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/10/the-hundred-flowers-project/ So excited! Tonight is the night I'll finally get to see the full production version of The Hundred Flowers Project. I saw a reading over the summer of it during Playwrights Foundation‘s Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and I was blown away. I can't wait to see it with all the tech support! And it's gotten such amazing reviews…. Tonight is going to be so good! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/09/36-days/ Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:48:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/09/36-days/ That's how long I have to get everything together for my MFA Application. Oy. I still need unofficial and official transcripts from my junior college down in San Diego (you have to request them in person!), thankfully I'm leaving next week to visit family so it's not a big deal… I need to get my CSU application in, pay the fee, finish up my statement of purpose, and finally… Delivery all of it to SFSU! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/08/putting-things-down/ Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:14:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/08/putting-things-down/ I have a hard time with this. But, after the reading of My Sister's Baby this past October, I haven't done a ton with the script. I added a scene, deleted a scene and trimmed up some dialogue… But I just can't bring myself to delve in and do the hard, nitty-gritty work that the script needs at this point. I have lost interest. This isn't the first script I've lost interest in, I have a ton of ten minute plays that are sitting in a drawer, covered in notes, ready for me to save them. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/07/research/ Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:12:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/07/research/ It is official… I am beginning a new full length play. Oh, I am so excited. I am in the middle of reading the first of three books that will be the bulk of my research for the play. Research! I know… This will be my first time writing a play that I'll need to do research to write! Now I am realizing how much of a nerd I actually am… I am excited by research. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/06/submission-update/ Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:08:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/06/submission-update/ The year is winding down… Looking back to 2011, I made this statement here on my blog: "Looking to 2012 I have some goals (not resolutions). I want to complete another full length play and 4 more short or one act plays. I want to make it to 150 submissions, and I’d like 10 theatres or publishers to use my work. I would also like to read one play a week. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/05/oy-oy-oy-merry-christmas-is-getting-produced-in-new-york/ Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:33:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/05/oy-oy-oy-merry-christmas-is-getting-produced-in-new-york/ My ten minute Christmas play Oy Oy Oy Merry Christmas! is going up in New York! Queens to be exact. I got the email yesterday getting off an airplane…. Unity Stage Company selected it for it's 2nd Annual Figgy Pudding Short Play Festival. Needless to say, I'm jazzed. The festival has four performances; Nov. 29th, 30th, and Dec. 1st at 8pm, and the final performance will be at 5pm on Dec. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/02/sf-olypians-2013-festival-submissions-now-open/ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:21:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/02/sf-olypians-2013-festival-submissions-now-open/ San Francisco Olympians Festival is now accepting proposals for their 2013 festival. This years theme is the Trojan War. The deadline is November 30th, 2012. They are looking for shorts (10-15 minutes), one acts (25-75 minutes), and full length plays (60 - 120 minutes). There is a list of subjects on their website. Playwrights should be local. Email your proposal to Stuart. They're announcing next years line up on 12/12/12. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/01/big-writing-weekend/ Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:30:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/11/01/big-writing-weekend/ I can't wait for this weekend! I'm going to be visiting friends and family without my kids! I've had quite the month with them… Sickness, lice, and I've had three weekends with my husband away. All of this has lead to me falling behind a bit. I've been reading a ton of exciting plays, for The 31 Plays in 31 Days anthology and staged reading… Reading takes the least amount of brain capacity… After that it's writing, and editing takes the most. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/31/photos-from-rob-reeves/ Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:59:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/31/photos-from-rob-reeves/ For a very long time, the picture that I used to represent myself on the interwebs was one that my husband took. I loved it. It was arty, and different…. And apparently terrible at representing what I actually look like. Can't have it all, can we? Luckily, my friend Rob Reeves is a photographer and helped me out. We did this earlier this month, and thought I would share them with you! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/30/shows-you-should-see/ Tue, 30 Oct 2012 19:09:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/30/shows-you-should-see/ As usual there are a lot of great theatre happening right here in the Bay Area… Want some hot tips on what to see? Excellent, it seems you came to the right place… ###The Hundred Flowers Project, running from now until 11/17. This past summer I saw a reading of The Hundred Flowers Project by Christopher Chen, with Playwrights Foundation‘s Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Let me tell you, my socks were knocked right off. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/26/mfa-application/ Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:05:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/26/mfa-application/ If you hadn't heard, I'm applying for an MFA from SFSU in playwrighting… And, I fully intended on being complete with the application process by October 15th. Best laid plans, you know. And here I am, it's almost November and I haven't done a damn thing. I have until December 15th, so I'm not too stressed, but starting one of the applications today I already hit a road bump. I need my old SFSU transcripts, and I need my SFSU password to get those, and since I don't have it I need to go to the bursar's office to show them my ID to get it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/25/knee-deep-in-submissions/ Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:16:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/25/knee-deep-in-submissions/ The fun never ends! Right now I'm working on submissions around the clock; submissions that I'm reading for the 31 Plays in 31 Days‘s anthology and staged reading and submissions of my own work. We have 96 plays to consider, and I plan on reading them all. I've nearly made it through the F's (I'm going in alphabetical order from last name). And while I'm not going to tell you how I feel about the writing at all, I will say that it's a lot of fun thinking about how this little silly project of mine and Tracy's has transformed into what it is today. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/24/cranberry-sauce-and-pumpkin-pie-autumn-one-acts/ Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:11:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/24/cranberry-sauce-and-pumpkin-pie-autumn-one-acts/ As I posted earlier, Love Creek Productions is including my short play GHOST STORY in their evening of one-acts for next month! The show has three performances; November 16th at 8pm, November 17th at 8pm, and November 18th at 7pm. And the performances will take place at The Producer's Club in New York! This will be my first work done in New York, and I'm pretty excited. If you're in the neighborhood, check out the show! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/23/slut-tonight/ Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:15:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/23/slut-tonight/ For all of those folks who missed the great show put on by Playwrights’ Center of SF last night, don't worry! You can still catch MY BODY (my 10 minute play dealing with woman's rights) tonight! That's right, and it'll be really easy if you already happen to be in the Washington DC area. If you can't make it out, but would like to help, The Disreputables are taking donations here. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/22/repro-rights-tonight/ Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:45:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/22/repro-rights-tonight/ Tonight is the night for Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco REPRO RIGHTS!. I wasn't able to make last night's rehearsal, but I heard from the producer that the show is going to be amazing. Remember, we're raising money for Planned Parenthood, all the money raised tonight is going directly to them! BUY TICKETS NOW! Here are the details for the show, in case you've forgotten: Playwrights Center of San Francisco is sponsoring “REPRO RIGHTS,” a timely, entertaining, and thought-provoking evening of staged readings of original short plays and monologues on the topic of reproductive rights and bodily autonomy. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/20/ice-capades/ Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:28:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/20/ice-capades/ Last night I took both kids to Disney On Ice: 100 Years of Magic. And I will give this to the ice capades… THEY HAD A WHALE ONE STAGE! Oh yes. They also captivated my kids, which is a slight miracle. Although it must be said that they do a horrible job of mashing up scenes from their own movies. They should hire me, I'm awesome at that. I adapted ALICE IN WONDERLAND in high school for our drama department from five or six different versions and it was awesome. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/19/ten-minute-play-workshop/ Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:49:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/19/ten-minute-play-workshop/ On Wednesday the Ten Minute Play Workshop read my short play GHOST STORY and then had a critique session. To hear the podcast, go here. It was a lot of fun, I hope that I have the opportunity to participate again in the future. You can also sign up to give feedback on the sessions, if you're interested. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/19/i-hate-my-imagination-or-sf-opera-last-night/ Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:31:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/19/i-hate-my-imagination-or-sf-opera-last-night/ Last night was the night I've been waiting for for months; ever since I saw that SF Opera was putting on MOBY DICK, the opera. That's right, I got to see Moby Dick, the opera. Overall, it was well done. Some of the performers were brilliant (particularly Morgan Smith (playing Starbuck) and Jay Hunter Morris (playing Captain Ahab)) and the music was fabulous, which is to be expected… The set was brilliant, and the use of lights and projections was incredibly creative. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/17/theatre-week/ Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:37:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/17/theatre-week/ I know, every week is theatre week… But this week I seem to be running the gamut on the theatre experience so I thought I'd share… Last night I saw Theatre Pub‘s show LOVE IN THE TIME OF ZOMBIES at Cafe Royale in San Francisco. It's a very fun show that'll put you in the Halloween spirit, so don't miss it! There are still 3 more performances; Mon. 10/22, Mon. 10/29, and Tues. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/15/how-to-get-your-work-produced-panel-from-play-cafe-10/27/ Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:36:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/15/how-to-get-your-work-produced-panel-from-play-cafe-10/27/ ###HOW TO GET YOUR WORK PRODUCED Panel Discussion Saturday, October 27, 2012 2pm - 6pm $35 admission includes pizza and beer! Featuring Advice and Experience from Stuart Bousel, Anthony Clarvoe, Megan Cohen, Judith Offer, and Don Reed Moderated by Tracy Held Potter, Norman Gee, and Jamie Greenblatt Our panel represents decades of experience from playwrights who have had their work produced locally, regionally, and nationally, self-produced, gotten work accepted into festivals, and have been invited to write on commission. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/14/repro-rights-10/22/ Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:05:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/14/repro-rights-10/22/ Have you purchased your tickets for Repro Rights! yet? I hope you get on it. Not only does it feature eight local writers (including me!), but it's also for a wonderful cause; all of the money raised for this event goes to Planned Parenthood. Go here to buy your tickets. The show is at 7:30 on October 22nd, and there are three ticket prices; $100 premiere, $25 general, and $10 student/senior. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/13/the-fantasy-club-a-new-draft/ Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:45:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/13/the-fantasy-club-a-new-draft/ I'm currently reworking THE FANTASY CLUB, and I am just so excited about it. I have to get it all polished up to submit with my application to SFSU (I'm applying to join their MFA program next fall). I wrote a brand-spanking-new scene this morning, and it was so much fun. I won't spoil the surprise, it's a bit of a new development. THE FANTASY CLUB is scheduled to be produced Fall of 2013 through ALl Terrain Theater, so you can come and see what all the fuss is about! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/11/production-of-ghost-story-in-november/ Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:10:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/11/production-of-ghost-story-in-november/ I got the best email this morning! Love Creek Productions, located on the other side of the country in Long Island, will be producing my short play GHOST STORY next month! They accept on going submissions of plays with good roles for women under 25 pages. I submitted during this past binge, so driving myself nuts for a month submitting 30 plays has already paid off! Plus, it was a mail in submission! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/08/tribute-to-lenore-kandel-last-nights-litquake-event/ Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:24:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/08/tribute-to-lenore-kandel-last-nights-litquake-event/ It's LITQUAKE time people! LITQUAKE started the 5th of October and goes until the 13th, be sure and check out some of the events. Last night I attended North Atlantic Books’ tribute to the wonderful beat poet Lenore Kandel. I had such a wonderful time! First of all, there was no traffic! And so I've decided that Eventpocalypse was not as scary as we all thought it would be. I rode in with the wonderful Kat Engh, one of the organizers of the event. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/05/draughts/ Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:35:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/05/draughts/ It's not writer's block… It's motivation block really. This whole week I've not felt like tearing it up like my normal self. Maybe I burnt myself out a bit with 31 Plays in 31 Days followed by my super busy September… Maybe I have a cold. Maybe it's all of the above. I'm lame this week. I couldn't even play hooky from scene night correctly (check out last night's posts about not getting in to see ASSASSINS). https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/04/assassins-update/ Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:29:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/04/assassins-update/ As it turns out, I was not meant to see ASSASSINS tonight. The show was super sold out, and I was sadly one person past the lucky folks on the wait list that made it in. C'est la vie. So I bought a ticket for a later date, and let me tell you… They might just sell out the entire run. Yes! So, if you want to see it, buy your tickets asap! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/04/assassins-tonight/ Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:18:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/04/assassins-tonight/ Ever had a day when you just don't feel like doing all the things you are supposed to be doing? Welcome to my week. It's like a crazy procrastination bug I caught or something. So, instead of going to scene night in the city, I'm playing hooky. I'm heading over to the preview of Shotgun Players’ preview of ASSASSINS. I will be back with a full report tomorrow… That is if I feel like it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/02/fabulous-reading-last-night/ Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:00:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/02/fabulous-reading-last-night/ Big thanks again for everyone who made it out last night for the developmental reading of MY SISTER'S BABY. It was great to finally hear the whole thing out loud, and even better to hear feedback. Now it's back to the drawing board on the play… I need to have it ready within a few weeks for more submissions. I might give myself one day off before I start in on it…. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/01/my-sisters-baby/ Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:12:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/10/01/my-sisters-baby/ I sure hope you're coming out tonight for the reading of MY SISTER'S BABY. The banana bread is baking in the oven as I type, and it smells delicious. Come down, give me your two scents, and eat some tasty food! It starts at 7:30, and it's $10 at the door. See you there! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/29/2-days-until-reading-of-my-sisters-baby/ Sat, 29 Sep 2012 20:42:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/29/2-days-until-reading-of-my-sisters-baby/ What are you doing this Monday evening? I'll tell you what you should be doing… You should come on over the San Francisco and check out the developmental reading of my full length play MY SISTER'S BABY! It's a comedy about sisters and babies and you will laugh and enjoy yourself, I promise. Plus, I need you feedback! That's what developmental readings are all about, so come and contribute your two scents. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/29/submissions-29-and-30/ Sat, 29 Sep 2012 20:20:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/29/submissions-29-and-30/ Here we go… Coming up on finishing the binge for this month. It was harder than I thought. This was the first time I've kept up with it, I can't wait to try again this coming March. If you didn't know, playwrightbinge happens ever March and September. I sent #29 (TERRIBLE PEOPLE) off to Phoenix Stage Company. They are looking for one-act plays (30 minutes max), previous productions are alright as long as they were limited, and you can email or snail mail your plays. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/26/zombies-at-theatre-pub-and-submission-update/ Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:59:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/26/zombies-at-theatre-pub-and-submission-update/ The awesome folks over at Theatre Pub are bringing us Love in the Time of Zombies by local playwright Kirk Shimano. I'm excited, are you excited? Here are all the gritty details: October 15, 16, 22, 29, 30, 2012 Cafe Royale, 800 Post St. San Francisco, CA 94109 7pm: Pop-up Kitchen (Mon: BBQ, Tues: Sushi) (YES, not only do you get to see awesome theatre, you get awesome food! The pop-up bbq I had last time was killer! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/25/more-submissions/ Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:32:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/25/more-submissions/ 10 submissions left to make with 6 days left to go… I had a busy morning though! Let me tell ya…. I submitted to the New Harmony Project MY SISTER'S BABY for submission number 21. They want full length plays, and you can upload it directly to their website (easy-peasy). The deadline is coming up though on October 1st. Submission 22 went to Castillo Theatre. I sent them MY BODY (in the future I'll never name a play something that creates so many ridiculous sentences). https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/24/submission-20/ Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:47:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/24/submission-20/ I just submitted OY OY OY, MERRY CHRISTMAS! to Unity Stage Company. They're looking for unsentimental, comedic, plays about Christmas ranging from 1-12 minutes. The deadline is the 29th of October. Only ten more to go, and less than I week to go! Will I survive the binge and meet the challenge of submitting 30 plays in the month of September? Stay tuned to find out! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/24/lessons-learned-and-news/ Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:31:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/24/lessons-learned-and-news/ Yesterday was FRUSTRATION, the benefit for Play Cafe. I directed one of the pieces, and an excerpt from TERRIBLE PEOPLE was featured as well. I learned a few things from my experience over the weekend that I like to share… First off, I stayed for most of the rehearsals, and I wasn't needed at all. In fact, I was probably in the way (as people without tasks in theatre often are) a lot of the time. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/22/binge-catch-up/ Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:07:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/22/binge-catch-up/ My glorious plan is proving more complicated than I had thought. I figured if I wrote a ton of plays in August (31 plays to be exact…) I'd have a ton to submit in September, and binge would be a snap. This has not been the case. I'm still playing catch up. Submissions take huge chunks of my time, if not all of my writing time up… And so, if I'm in the middle of rewriting (which I have been with both MY SISTER'S BABY and TERRIBLE PEOPLE) I just can't do it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/21/30-pages/ Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:31:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/21/30-pages/ Five days ago I started rewriting MY SISTER'S BABY (which there is a reading for coming up on October 1st at 7:30, click here for all the details)… I got some notes from the literary committee at PCSF and I wanted to try and fix as many of those problems before the reading as I could. So, rewriting. I moved scenes and rewrote almost all of the second half of the play…. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/20/frustration/ Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:53:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/20/frustration/ ##FRUSTRATION, a benefit show for Play Cafe Yep! It's coming up! If you forgot the line up, let me refresh your memory…. TERRIBLE PEOPLE by Rachel Bublitz THE RITUAL by Rhoda Curtis THE TROUBLE AT TABLE 23 by Charles Lerrigo TWO BEDS by Tracy Held Potter THE BORDERLAND by Bret Rohmer BACKSLIDING by Earl T. Roske DON'T LOOK by Lynn Snyder and MARRY ME, MOMMY by Ron Weaver If you know and love me you'll have TWO reasons to come out for the show… Not only will TERRIBLE PEOPLE scene #2 be read (super funny play by the way), but I'll be directing the piece from my work wife Tracy Held Potter! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/19/endings/ Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:42:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/19/endings/ Endings are hard, maybe the hardest part of writing… At least for me. So far I've written one play that when it came down to finishing it I immediately knew how to impact-fully wrap it up and tie it with a bow. I love the ending of that play, love, love, love. Sadly, for reasons other than the ending, I'm not so sure it'll ever see the light of day. Alas. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/18/upcoming-shows-im-seeing/ Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:37:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/18/upcoming-shows-im-seeing/ There is so much exciting theatre going on right now, I'm bummed that I'm missing so much of it. If only my kids would hurry up and be old enough to either leave home or bring with me (yes I know I will wish them to little again when they are old enough for that). But I am pretty lucky to be able to see what I am seeing. What am I planning on seeing? https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/17/my-sisters-baby-rewrites/ Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:00:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/17/my-sisters-baby-rewrites/ Two weeks away from the developmental reading of MY SISTER'S BABY! I can't wait! I have a few days before I have to turn in the script for the reading, so that means I have a few days for rewriting it! The first act is pretty strong, but I need to shuffle and fix the second half. So I have my mellow music on, my kids are destroying the backyard, and I'm typing as fast as my brain and hands will allow. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/16/amazing-news-my-body-in-another-reading/ Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:16:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/16/amazing-news-my-body-in-another-reading/ This afternoon I got the best email ever…. "Dear, Ms. Bublitz. Your play MY BODY is clever, skillfully written, and one of the most effective >gender-reversal analogies of the reproductive rights issue that we've ever encountered. In >other words, we love it and we would be delighted and honored to include it in our SLUT >staged reading festival! Please confirm that you would still like to have My Body included in SLUT, and we will >follow up soon with more details. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/15/20-hours-into-the-24-hour-playfest/ Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:44:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/15/20-hours-into-the-24-hour-playfest/ Four hours until show time! I can't wait. It was a trip to write a play in one night. Last night the playwrights each drew a number (I drew #2, and I was so pleased), the number indicated how many actors we'd get. After numbers, we drew the actors (I'm working with Rob Dario and Scott Ragle), directors (I pulled Diana DiCostanzo), and finally my daughter dressed in a sparkly Vanna White dress picked the theme… THAT'S NOT TRUE. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/14/three-minutes/ Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:39:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/14/three-minutes/ Today, I'm submitting to Writer's Week (that brings me up to 9!). Click the link above, read the rules. Basically you pick a prompt, write something (anything really), post it online and enter the link. And you're entered! Here's my entry…. ###Three Minutes A three minute play by Rachel Bublitz Characters: June, female, 45-65 years old Felix, 20 years old JUNE and FELIX are on stage. FELIX has an IV in his arm, and is strapped to a hospital bed. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/13/pcsfs-24-playfest-is-selling-out/ Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:49:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/13/pcsfs-24-playfest-is-selling-out/ ###BUY TICKETS HERE You might still have time, but you'll have to move fast! If you miss out on the show, there will still be a reception after (party!) with many awesome things to win in the wonderful raffle. I hope to see you there on Saturday night, it's going to be a damn good show! ###BUY TICKETS HERE https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/12/play-lab-with-super-powers/ Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:52:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/12/play-lab-with-super-powers/ While reading over NYC Playwrights Blog this evening, I was struck by one of the calls for submissions. It's for a short play lab in October… And apparently they have the ability to read and decide on plays before you send them in! Under the “easy-peasy” rules, they state: "Deadline is Oct. 7. Notification will be immediately after submission, if not sooner.” I'm going to repeat that in case you didn't catch it… “Notification will be immediately after submission, if not sooner. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/11/9th-play-submitted/ Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:44:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/11/9th-play-submitted/ Catching up, slowly but surely… I submitted MY BODY as a comedic political writing sample to Thistle Dew Theatre in Sacramento. They're looking to put together a team of playwrights. Send them up to 3 10-20 minute plays (all political and comedic) with your resume by October 30th if you're interested in working with them. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/11/my-awesome-monday/ Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:30:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/11/my-awesome-monday/ I got a completely random email from a theatre company in LA yesterday. It said, we're considering THE FANTASY CLUB for our Fall show and are doing a cold read of the script tonight. I emailed back (quick like a panther), “I'm in Ventura, mind if I join you?” They did not mind. They were excited. The reading went really well, and now it's up to a director to decide. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/10/cast-announcements/ Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:23:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/10/cast-announcements/ I'm very excited to announce the cast for two of my upcoming shows! I'm pleased to be working with such talented folks, and I hope you can make it out! ###MY SISTER'S BABY: ####October 1st, 7:30pm A developmental reading presented by Playwright's Center of San Francisco. Margaret…………..Livia Demarchi Henry……………..Galen Murphy-Hoffman Julia……………..Alysha English Elijah…………….Adam Roy ###MY BODY: ####October 22nd, 7:30pm MY BODY is a part of, REPRO RIGHTS! Playwright's Center of San Francisco presents a timely, entertaining, and thought-provoking evening of staged readings of original short plays and monologues on the topic of reproductive rights and bodily autonomy. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/09/hedda-gabler/ Sun, 09 Sep 2012 17:25:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/09/hedda-gabler/ Just finished Ibsen's Hedda Gabler. Blew… My… Mind. Why had I never read this play before? Why? Why did no one bring this to me when I loved to act (and had time to act)? Hedda Gabler has to be one of the best roles I have ever read. I am completely in love with her complicated, terrible, yet somehow endearing ways. If you have not read this play run out (yes now) and buy it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/09/after-party-for-24-hour-playfest/ Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:54:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/09/after-party-for-24-hour-playfest/ There has been a slight change of plans for Playwright's Center of San Francisco‘s 24 Hour Playfest (coming up on the 15th of September). Instead of two shows, they've opted for one show plus an after party! There will be refreshments for sale, as well as a raffle! I'm thinking I might just bake one of my delicious cherry pies for the raffle, so it's an event you cannot afford to miss. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/07/the-benefit-of-feedback/ Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:04:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/07/the-benefit-of-feedback/ Last night I attended PCSF‘s scene night. I'm better than I used to be, I used to be terrified bringing anything in to be read. And far from enthusiastic when hearing the feedback from my fellow playwrights. Each time it got better, and now I only get a few butterflies in my stomach. But it was worth all the struggle in the beginning, last night I got some pretty terrific feedback that really gave me some energy for re-writes today. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/06/readings-and-re-writes/ Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:51:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/06/readings-and-re-writes/ Last night I had five talented ladies in my house, and we had a reading night. It was great. I got to hear all of TERRIBLE PEOPLE out loud, and spent all morning working on it. The BOA is coming up (September 15th to be exact) and I'm working hard to get my play in tip-top shape. I found it interesting that the opening scene of my play was kinda flat (it has always been super funny) and the closing scene, the scene I've worked with the least really worked well. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/05/day-5-of-binge/ Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:17:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/05/day-5-of-binge/ I have been running behind on my submissions! Oy! I've done a bit of catch up today, submitted three scripts and now I'm all caught up. I have a ton I need to print and mail off, hopefully getting to those before the weekend… I'd like to stay ahead of the game! Here's what and where I submitted today: I emailed “Nap Time” and “How Terry Gross Destroyed My Life” to Acme Theater. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/05/buy-your-tickets-for-pcsfs-24-hour-playfest/ Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:17:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/05/buy-your-tickets-for-pcsfs-24-hour-playfest/ We're less than a week and a half away from the 24 Hour Playfest! This is PCSF's big fundraiser, if you didn't know, Playwright's Center of San Francisco helps and supports playwrights in the bay area. I found them close to a year ago, and I can say they've helped me learn a lot! I've had a staged reading, and coming up on a developmental reading with PCSF, and I regularly attend their bi-monthly scene nights. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/04/thank-you-a7d-creative-group/ Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:18:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/04/thank-you-a7d-creative-group/ Huge thank you to A7D Creative Group, especially Anna Gamboa for designing this great postcard for Repro Rights! Tickets are on sale now! [BUY TICKETS NOW!](https://www.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?e=405c60cb11c033b51ae7b8251f643dab&t=tixBecome a donor! Contact us PCSF at playwrightscentersf.org) https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/03/repro-rights-tickets-on-sale/ Mon, 03 Sep 2012 13:27:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/03/repro-rights-tickets-on-sale/ Tickets are no on sale for Repro Rights on October 23rd at 7:30. Here's all the info: ABOUT REPRO RIGHTS Playwrights Center of San Francisco is sponsoring “REPRO RIGHTS,” a timely, entertaining, and thought-provoking evening of staged readings of original short plays and monologues on the topic of reproductive rights and bodily autonomy. Our benefiting organization is Planned Parenthood. This event is driven by Bay Area playwrights, producers, directors, actors, volunteers, sponsors, and donors. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/02/binge-day-2-3-plays-submitted/ Sun, 02 Sep 2012 14:42:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/09/02/binge-day-2-3-plays-submitted/ I had a sick in bed day yesterday, so today I've got to come out swinging! After all, I've got 30 plays to submit this month (not to mention check over 4,000+ plays for 31 Plays in 31 Days). Today I've sent three plays to a new play festival in Iowa. City Circle Acting Company is looking for 10 minute plays. They give priority to playwrights from Iowa, and plays that haven't been produced yet. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/31/from-one-challenge-to-the-next/ Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:24:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/31/from-one-challenge-to-the-next/ It is August 31st, and I'm more than a little emotional. I've gotten a lot of emails for playwrights just saying thank you. Thank you for the challenge, the encouragement, the community, and it feels amazing. We've generated over 4,000 new plays this month and it's not yet midnight. Some folks have some catching up to do, we might just hit 5,000. I talked about my month on the 31 Plays in 31 Days website, if you'd like to read more about mine and Tracy Held Potter's experience, read it here. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/30/production-panther/ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:29:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/30/production-panther/ I'm applying for Playwright Foundation‘s associate producer position and so I've spent most of my day writing a cover letter and trying to make my resume look respectable. It actually pays (not a ton), and getting paid for doing theatre is the direction I'm hoping to head off in to. My resume does look a bit funny, I have a four year gap in it. I don't think you can really list stay at home mom on a resume, and that is a pity, because it is one hard job. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/29/im-still-here/ Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:50:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/29/im-still-here/ I took a vacation from writing and posting, but I'm back and ready to fire it up again! I have a lot coming up in the next few months: 24 Play Festival with Playwright's Center September 15th Play Cafe's Benefit Showcase September 23rd Developmental Reading of MY SISTER'S BABY October 1st Repro Rights with PCSF October 22nd Super busy, super exciting! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/24/an-illiad-at-la-jolla-playhouse/ Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:23:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/24/an-illiad-at-la-jolla-playhouse/ Because I am down in San Diego (this week it was one of my sister's, my mom's, and my grandma's birthdays) and because I try and take advantage of all the free theatre I can (my good buddy works at La Jolla Playhouse) I saw AN ILLIAD last night. It's a one-man show based on Homer's Illiad, and it was excellent. I appreciated how much it was related to modern day warfare without shoving the comparisons into our faces. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/17/free-advice-for-actors/ Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:24:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/17/free-advice-for-actors/ Last night I went to an especially engaging scene night over with the folks at Playwright's Center of San Francisco. The actors were spot on, and the interesting thing is that two of those actors I'd seen days before at an audition and neither had blown me away. So, here's my advice to all you actors out there: Find and attend scene nights. It's a great way to get to know new playwrights and for them to see your versatility. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/16/gearing-up-for-scene-night/ Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:55:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/16/gearing-up-for-scene-night/ No new plays today. I've been busy gearing up for a road trip (driving to Santa Barbara tomorrow with my kiddos, and from there we're heading down to San Diego on Sunday), and trying to fix up a play for tonight's scene night with PCSF. I'm actually a little nervous. I'm bringing in play #10 from the 31 Plays in 31 Days challenge, it's called Lily and Eric Are Monsters. Not only is… Well, it's very different, stylistically than what I normally write in a lot of ways. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/15/the-31st-play/ Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:19:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/15/the-31st-play/ And just like that (snap your fingers) I've written 31 plays. I don't think I'm going to stop. I've really enjoyed pushing myself to write nearly every day. This play isn't my favorite play, I think being the 31st play had a lot of pressure on it. I'm happy to be done with it, and now I can write plays without counting (who am I kidding, I'll still be counting). https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/15/day-15-play-30/ Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:32:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/15/day-15-play-30/ After finishing KURT VONNEGUT, The Last Interview and Other Conversations yesterday, his words haunted my dreams. In the last few interviews he talked a lot about how we're completely destroying the earth and at this point there's nothing we can do about it. Bummer, right? Well I wrote a play about it, pretty short… 3 pages, and it's pretty preachy, but I kinda like it. As usual, please ignore errors, I just wrote it! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/15/tickets-on-sale-for-pcsfs-24-play-festival/ Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:32:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/15/tickets-on-sale-for-pcsfs-24-play-festival/ Tickets are now on sale for Playwright's Center of San Francisco‘s 24 hour Play Festival. I'm one of the writers, so please be sure and reserve your ticket today! Tickets are $15 +service charge. Go to Brown Paper Tickets today! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/15/exciting-things/ Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:03:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/15/exciting-things/ A theatre requested I send them “The Fantasy Club” today! How exciting is that? Very, very. I send out a lot of samples of plays, lots, and I usually (or until today) have never heard from anyone again. But today I got an email asking for the entire script. And, since their theatre looks for work that hasn't been done in Colorado (it's a Colorado based theatre), I think it's just fine that a production is already coming together here. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/14/dead-mans-cell-phone-by-sarah-ruhl/ Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:53:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/14/dead-mans-cell-phone-by-sarah-ruhl/ Finished a non-theatre book today (KURT VONNEGUT, The Last Interview and Other Conversations), which for the record is both heart warming and crushingly depressing) and so I picked up Dead Man's Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl. I haven't been doing a ton of reading lately (hello, I've been writing 31 plays!) so my mind sucked it all up and I read it in a snap. The thing I found most interesting about the play was that I spent the play not asking what does Jean (the main character) want, I desperately wanted to know why she was doing what she was doing. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/14/day-14-play-28/ Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:44:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/14/day-14-play-28/ For the past two weeks my plays have varied in length… I have some 4 page plays, and I think 20 pages is the longest. I've had a few one page monologues, but today I wrote and submitted my first one page play. It was harder than I thought going in. I wrote a much longer play and had to continue to chop it down, I had to say a lot with very little. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/13/pcsf-24-hour-play-fest.-9/15/ Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:06:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/13/pcsf-24-hour-play-fest.-9/15/ I was selected to participate in Playwright's Center of San Francisco‘s 24 Play Festival! I should say that I did nothing to be selected, it was selection at random…. Doesn't change the fact that I'm totally amped up for this! Basically, on September 14th, I'll be given a topic, and actors ay 8pm. I will have until 9am (I think) on the 15th to get the script to the director and actors. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/13/lucky-day-13-play-23/ Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:59:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/13/lucky-day-13-play-23/ So close! I'm inching closer each day. I'm hoping to wrap this up before I leave on my California road trip (leaving this Friday), we'll see how many plays I can write while I avoid packing and actually preparing for that trip. I thought of today's play while out for my run this morning. ###We’re All Going To Die, a short play By Rachel Bublitz CARLY is on stage. She is making notes in her notebook, she stops, checks over her work and puts the notebook down. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/12/click-clack-moo/ Sun, 12 Aug 2012 14:07:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/12/click-clack-moo/ I took my two little monsters to see “CLICK, CLACK, MOO” at Fairyland today. They actually sat and watched all 90 minutes of it, impressive! It got me thinking about children's theatre though. I always assumed that it's something I wouldn't ever be able to write for (I have a hard time not using profanity) but after seeing one of my kid's favorite books adapted I'm thinking it just might be possible. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/11/day-11-play-22/ Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:44:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/11/day-11-play-22/ Had an easy day today, I only wrote one play! True, the night is still young, but I'l about to head off to see Pat Milton‘s new play BELIEVERS at Stage Werx. It's playing until August 25th so you'll still have chances to see it! I might get home and write play #23 tonight, but I doubt it. I feel much more relaxed about the whole thing now that I have less than 10 plays to go. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/10/play-21-terry-gross-destroyed-my-life/ Fri, 10 Aug 2012 20:31:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/10/play-21-terry-gross-destroyed-my-life/ Had to share this one… It's incredibly formulaic, but I find it funny. I should say that it's also 100% fictional. Any resemblance of real people or situations is pure coincidence. Enjoy! ###How Terry Gross Destroyed My Life, a short play By Rachel Bublitz JILL and HELEN are on stage. JILL I have news. HELEN Good news? JILL Very good news. HELEN Are you sure the news is good Jill? https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/10/day-10-play-20/ Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:40:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/10/day-10-play-20/ Shoot me. Shoot me right in the face. Please? Fine. I just finished writing my 20th play. Oy vey. I'm having a hard time coming up with names for my characters. The other thing I've realized is that I write a lot about either sex or death, and sometimes both sex and death. Really trying to push myself to write anything else at this point. Here's a quirky monologue about a woman (Phoebe, good name, huh? https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/09/day-9-play-18/ Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:33:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/09/day-9-play-18/ Today I wrote plays 17 and 18. Play 17 was the first play that I thought I'd stick in a drawer and never look at again, but it inspired me to write this play, which I think with some fine tuning could be pretty funny. Remember… It's a first draft! ###Ain’t No Party Better Than A Princess Tea Party, a ten minute play By Rachel Bublitz The stage is set for an incredibly elaborate tea party. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/08/day-8-play-16/ Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:50:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/08/day-8-play-16/ I've been thinking of this play “God Damn Pandas” for nearly a year. Today, with nothing to lose, I wrote it out. It was my third play today, trying to push through to get closer to the end! 31 is a lot of plays. But I'm really enjoying myself. It's great to write without worrying if there's anything that I can do with it, or if the idea will even work. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/07/article-from-theatre-bay-area/ Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:11:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/07/article-from-theatre-bay-area/ Trevor Allen, a guest blogger for Theatre Bay Area, wrote up a post about 31 Plays in 31 Days! Here are some highlights: "Although the concept isn’t entirely new, it is an excitingly fresh take on new play creation. It’s as if someone took the National Novel Writing Month model and Suzan-Lori Parks’ 365 Days/365 Plays concept, threw in a couple of 24-hour, 10-minute and one-page festivals and did a mash up. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/07/day-7-lucky-play-13/ Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:25:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/07/day-7-lucky-play-13/ One of the plays I submitted today is called “Garbage Disposal.” It made me chuckle. If you'd like to read it, here it is: ###Garbage Disposal, a ten minute play ####By Rachel Bublitz BOYFRIEND is on stage. He is doing the dishes. BOYFRIEND Hey! I need some help in here! GIRLFRIEND enters. GIRLFRIEND What’s up? BOYFRIEND Can you check the garbage disposal for me? GIRLFRIEND Can’t you just do it? https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/06/project-lohan/ Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:44:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/06/project-lohan/ Last night I laughed my butt of at ACT's Costume Shop seeing PROJECT LOHAN by D'Arcy Drollinger. The show is incredibly funny, and I loved that except for D'Arcy Drollinger, each actor had about ten different roles to play. The actors were phenominal at this. PROJECT LOHAN starred Michael Patrick Gaffney, Cindy Goldfield, Sara Moore, Allegra Rose Edwards, Elizabeth Irene Anderson, and D'Arcy Drollinger. It was directed by Tracy Ward. The staging was also outstanding. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/06/day-6-play-10-31plays31days/ Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:32:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/06/day-6-play-10-31plays31days/ Being out late last night AND coming home and writing play #9, I have been having a very sleepy Monday. It doesn't help that my boy is super grumpy and I had to go to Costso today. But I wrote a play that I'm super excited about. It might just be the first non-comedic play I've ever written! At least I hope it is. I've tried in the past, and usually it comes out funny, but I think that I got it today. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/05/my-body-selected-for-repro-rights/ Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:31:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/05/my-body-selected-for-repro-rights/ I'm thrilled to announce that my ten minute play “MY BODY” will be included in Playwrights Center of San Francisco‘s Repro Rights! A night of staged readings of short plays about the politics involved with our lady parts. It'll be at Brava! in San Francisco on Monday, October 22, 2012 at 7:30 pm. Here's the full line up: My Body, by Rachel Bublitz Prisoner of Love, by Dana Sack Lunch at the Cafe Ova, by Margy Kahn https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/05/day-5-play-8/ Sun, 05 Aug 2012 14:31:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/05/day-5-play-8/ Just finished my play for today “Woman With The Cats.” When I started it, I was thinking it'd be a fun piece to submit for All Terrain Theater‘s show coming up this April, Women in Solidarity with Cats, but it took a strange turn, and I don't know anymore. Curious? Read on, but know that I didn't check for typos and that it's probably disturbing. ###Woman With The Cats, a monologue https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/05/its-all-in-the-mix-last-night-and-project-lohan-tonight/ Sun, 05 Aug 2012 13:28:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/05/its-all-in-the-mix-last-night-and-project-lohan-tonight/ I had a great time last night at VAMP for Barbara Jwanouskos‘s new play “It's All In The Mix”. I was engaged and laughed heartily. I though act one was especially well written. I also was impressed with all three actors, especially Courtney Nicholson who played June. There are three more performances for you to see the show, August 9th at 8pm, August 10th at 8pm, and August 11th at 8pm. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/04/its-all-in-the-mix-by-barbara-jwanouskos/ Sat, 04 Aug 2012 15:05:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/04/its-all-in-the-mix-by-barbara-jwanouskos/ So excited for tonight! Tonight I'm seeing a new play by Barbara Jwanouskos called “It's All In The Mix” (click title for FB event). My husband and I are celebrating our SEVEN year anniversary tonight, and since he was as excited as I was about this play (a bit of a Christmas miracle really) it made perfect sense for evening tonight (plus we're cheap skates who can afford only so much babysitting). https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/04/day-4-play-7/ Sat, 04 Aug 2012 15:00:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/04/day-4-play-7/ I just submitted my seventh play today. It would be another installment of the full length I'm now working on “Things We Can't Say Out Loud.” I've actually had this play in the back of my mind for a long time and just banged it out today because I had to write something! That's the beauty of the 31 Plays in 31 Days Project you just have to do it. I have 24 more plays left to write. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/03/day-3-play-4/ Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:57:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/03/day-3-play-4/ Yesterday my fellow co-founder of 31 Play/31 Days Tracy posted this awesome blog about how you could still develop a full length within the confines of our challenge (that can be found here). It really got me thinking. I wrote a short play a few months back called “Nap Time” and I decided to add on to it… I'm going to try and write some other plays in the same vein and piece them together. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/02/day-two-play-three/ Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:13:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/02/day-two-play-three/ That's right… I'm on play three. I wrote two plays yesterday (and I'm not sharing one of them!). I'm trying to do two a day so that I can have days off if I need them. Plus it would be nice to be done early so I can manage all the website stuff easier. Anyway, today my play is called “To Tuck Or Not To Tuck.” It's an eight pager… https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/01/play-1-day-1/ Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:48:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/08/01/play-1-day-1/ So, things did not go as planned today. I like to write first thing (after working out and a shower), but I was flooded with emails, and I had all sorts of things to post and I also had a few interviews (31 Plays/31 Days is blowing up out the box!), so I didn't write my play. I wrote it when the kids were home (key dramatic music). The boy is napping, the girl follows me around making funny noises… But I wrote anyway. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/31/just-breathe/ Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:09:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/31/just-breathe/ I'm frantically getting everything ready for tomorrow… Emailing playwrights, creating a playwright blog bundle, adding names to our ever growing playwright list, writing blogs, organizing interviews, and answering so so so many questions. What have I done? Oh, August is going to be BUSY. Sure, I'm writing 31 plays… That's nothing compared to organizing all of this. But it's for the greater good, right? I think that in order to get more people into theatres to see plays we need to shake things up. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/30/dont-hate-me-in-august/ Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:04:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/30/dont-hate-me-in-august/ The insanity will begin on Wednesday. I wanted to let everyone know that I will be blogging throughout the process, and I'll try to put up some of the plays I'm writing throughout the month. But, I also might ignore emails, calls, and texts. I'm a busy lady, with the kids, the husband, running 31 Plays/31 Days, and writing the 31 plays myself. So, family, friends, and everyone else… Please have patience with me. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/29/directing-for-all-terrain-theater-this-spring/ Sun, 29 Jul 2012 20:45:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/29/directing-for-all-terrain-theater-this-spring/ I will be directing All Terrain Theater‘s 2013 Women In Solidarity coming up this spring. Exciting, right? I really enjoyed the show last April, and I can't wait to work some more with Tracy Held Potter and all the other folks involved. More details as we get closer! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/29/upcoming-auditions-with-pcsf/ Sun, 29 Jul 2012 20:39:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/29/upcoming-auditions-with-pcsf/ Coming up on Sunday, August 12th Playwright Center of San Francisco is holding auditions for their fall reading series. This includes the developmental read of my full length play “My Sister's Baby.” Curious? Go here for all the details. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/27/developmental-reading-oct-1-for-my-sisters-baby/ Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:20:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/27/developmental-reading-oct-1-for-my-sisters-baby/ Playwright's Center of San Francisco has selected my other full length play to be a part of their fall reading series! Yay! So, October 1, MY SISTER'S BABY will get a developmental reading. What is a developmental reading? Oh, I'm so glad you asked…. A developmental reading has no rehearsal, the actors will get the script about a week in advance and will read it out without practice or guidance. It's helpful for me to hear the piece as a whole, and hopefully this will gear me up for my next draft of this play. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/26/31-plays/31-days-taking-off/ Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:42:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/26/31-plays/31-days-taking-off/ Today is the day we push The 31 Plays in 31 Days Project. We're attempting to create an internet storm of interest, and so far so good… We were at 211 last night, and we've jumped up to 228 over night. We have 6 days until the 1st, and we need your help to spread the word! Sign up, if you haven't already… Or, if you're not a playwright, tell people about us! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/25/dramatists-guild-of-america/ Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:47:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/25/dramatists-guild-of-america/ I am an official, card carrying member of the Dramatists Guild of America! I actually have a card and everything, it came along with some other materials in the mail today. What other materials you ask? Well, I'd love to tell you… Bill of Rights, not from the constitution… But still impressive. The Dramatists Guild Resource Directory, 2012. My previously mentioned member card. And last, but not least, The Dramatist, The Journal of the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/23/production-for-the-fantasy-club/ Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:31:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/23/production-for-the-fantasy-club/ I am overjoyed to announce that next (2013) fall, All Terrain Theater will be producing “The Fantasy Club!” How rad is that? We don't have dates yet, but I will shout them from ALL the roof tops when we do, giving everyone plenty of times to mark their calendars and eliminating your ability to miss my show! As the details are worked out, I'll be posting them here, so stay tuned! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/22/the-hundred-flowers-project-at-bapf/ Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:46:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/22/the-hundred-flowers-project-at-bapf/ I had the pleasure to see “The Hundred Flowers Project” by Christopher Chen at Bay Area Playwrights Festival. I loved it! And, I learned after that it's getting a full production this October at Crowded Fire Theater, so keep your eyes out for it. If you have a chance next weekend, there will be another staged reading at 6pm on Sunday July 29th. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/22/interview/ Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:47:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/22/interview/ Ha! Tracy Held Potter and I were interviewed on this past Wednesday about The 31 Plays in 31 Days Project! Want to check it out? I know you do… Check it! Arts in The Valley Radio Show, interview with Rachel Bublitz and Tracy Held Potter https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/21/grounded-by-george-brant-at-bapf/ Sat, 21 Jul 2012 13:47:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/21/grounded-by-george-brant-at-bapf/ Being the luck that I am, and having won a flex pass for this year's Bay Area Playwrights Festival I saw a staged reading of “Grounded” by George Brant last night. It was so incredibly good. It's about a female fighter pilot who gets taken off the front lines and is forced to “fly” drone planes in Afghanistan. Mollie Stickney plays the pilot in this one person play (not a one person show) is captivating and holds your attention for the entire 90 minute show. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/19/bay-area-playwrights-festival/ Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:37:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/19/bay-area-playwrights-festival/ As I said yesterday, I won two flex passes to the Bay Area Playwright's Festival put on by the Playwright's Foundation and I am pumped! Here are the readings I'm going to this coming weekend: GROUNDED by George Brant tomorrow, (July 20th) at 8pm. BRAHMAN/I: A One-Hijra Stand-Up Comedy Show, by Aditi Brennan Kapil on Saturday (July 21st) at 4pm. and… THE HUNDRED FLOWERS PROJECT by Christopher Chen on Sunday (July 22nd) at 12pm. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/18/interviews-and-winning/ Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:39:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/18/interviews-and-winning/ Tracy Held Potter and myself were interviewed this morning for the Arts in The Valley radio show! Arts in the Valley, hosted by Kim McMillon on 1480 KYOS in Merced, CA, and we'll be on it this coming Saturday. Oh man, I was so nervous this morning. But we did a good job. We were promoting The 31 Plays in 31 Days Project, which has gotten up to 167 playwrights! There are still 13 more days left until the challenge begins, so be sure to register soon. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/17/pint-sized-plays-iii-with-the-san-francisco-theater-pub/ Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:15:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/17/pint-sized-plays-iii-with-the-san-francisco-theater-pub/ The beautiful thing about theatre (and life really) is that one night you're seeing a play that utterly disappoints you, and the next you're seeing work that has you jumping for joy. Last night I went to Cafe Royale to see the San Francisco Theater Pub‘s Pint Sized Plays III. It was fan-freakin’-tastic. You must go and see Pint Sized Plays III. It was en extremely fun night of theatre. My favorite piece (hard to pick one) was Megan Cohen‘s play “BEEEEEAAR! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/16/marat/sade/ Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:25:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/16/marat/sade/ Last night I went and saw MARAT/SADE at Brava in San Francisco. I don't have a ton to say about it… Here's what I got, and take from it what you will: Surprise musical. I really must learn read descriptions better. Some of the solo songs were excellent, and Aaron Malberg, who played Jean-Paul Marat was quite good. Mental institutions have lost their “edginess.” Well made set and beautiful costumes. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/13/terrible-people/ Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:44:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/13/terrible-people/ Scene nights are amazing. Yesterday I was ripping up and starting my script over, and over, and over again. I was in a trap, that looked endless and hopeless. I was about to give up on the script altogether, but I took what I had to Play Cafe, and after hearing it read aloud from the talented actors present, and the feedback from my fellow playwrights I was set free! I wanted to stay up all night writing (I didn't), but since it's a preschool day, I banged out the WHOLE SCRIPT! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/12/starting-from-scratch/ Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:00:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/12/starting-from-scratch/ Sigh. I've been putting a lot of hours in on a one act play lately. It's working title is “Mother's Day” (I need a better one). I was tightening up the first scene when it struck me that I was doing something very wrong. Not wrong for everyone, but wrong for me. And even though I spent all night last night, and all of this morning getting it ready for scene night at Play Cafe, I'm going to have to scrap it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/11/the-merchant-of-venice-from-custom-made-theatre-co/ Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:03:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/11/the-merchant-of-venice-from-custom-made-theatre-co/ *Disclaimer, I'm feeling sick today. My review will be short and sweet, and this is because I'm feeling badly, not because I don't have a ton of wonderful things to say about the show. Last night I went and saw The Merchant of Venice directed by Stuart Bousel from Custom Made Theatre Co.. I was really impressed. This was my first time seeing The Merchant of Venice (I haven't read it either) and I was able to follow along with the story with ease. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/10/literary-agents/ Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:35:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/10/literary-agents/ A year ago I started writing my first play. Since then I've learned a considerable amount about how to be a playwright. How and where to workshop your work, getting in contact with actors, and I've even started to crack open the door to getting produced (ever so slightly). But there's still an element I'm still confounded by; literary agents. This is not a post about literary agents, this a post listing my questions about literary agents, in hope someone will read this and show mercy on me and shed some light. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/09/synopsis-update/ Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:26:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/09/synopsis-update/ I received some wonderful advice… Here's the new and improved synopsis: Who says men own the monopoly on sex fantasies? Pull the sheets off of one stay-at-home-mom's dirty little secret in “The Fantasy Club.” Frances has just started to discover who she is outside of being a wife and mother. Mothers need to redefine who they are, squeezing their old self into a new role. And as your children grow—needing you less—what can you take back as your own? https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/09/the-dreaded-synopsis/ Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:00:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/09/the-dreaded-synopsis/ I hate writing synopsis’. Especially for “The Fantasy Club.” I'm not sure if it's because it's my first play, or because I've written and rewritten them so many times that I'd rather shove sharp objects in my eyes than work on it ever again. But, sigh, I want to get “The Fantasy Club” produced, and an awesome, eye-popping, attention-grabbing synopsis can help with that, and sharp objects will only lead to hospital trips (and that leads to hospital bills). https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/08/eve-enslers-new-play-emotional-creature-vs.-magic-mike/ Sun, 08 Jul 2012 14:04:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/08/eve-enslers-new-play-emotional-creature-vs.-magic-mike/ I had an interesting day yesterday…. I saw a movie and a play! Here's a bit about my experience… Let’s start out with my experience seeing Eve Ensler’s EMOTIONAL CREATURE at Berkeley Rep. One of the songs they played before the show started was “We Are Young” yes, the very same song that I wrote about before my vacation. You know the one about giving his lover a scar and not wanting to apologize for it? https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/07/one-year-anniversary/ Sat, 07 Jul 2012 10:57:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/07/one-year-anniversary/ Not sure of the exact date, but we're close enough so I'm calling it. Happy anniversary to me! I've been writing plays for a year now! Not a bad year, here's what I've done: I've written…. 2 full length plays 2 one act plays 9 10 minute plays I've had… 1 play published (Bill and Kelly) 1 play produced (Her Special Day) 1 play read in a staged reading series (The Fantasy Club) And 1 play going to be read in a staged reading series (Abomination) https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/06/first-draft-of-a-new-one-act/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:59:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/06/first-draft-of-a-new-one-act/ “Mother's Day” (still a working title) has a finished draft. My next step is to print the whole thing out and take a red pen to it. Not sure why I have to print it, maybe it's more satisfying, or maybe it's helpful to see it in a different way (in your hand versus on the computer screen). After I butcher it, and sew it back together I'll read the whole thing out loud a few times to myself. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/05/scene-nights/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:57:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/05/scene-nights/ I'm pretty excited for tonight. I haven't been to a scene night in over a month, and tonight I'm heading into the city for a scene night with the Playwright's Center of SF. Italy was great and all, but it's time to go back to work! Tonight I'm bringing in the second half of the first scene opening ACT II of “The Fantasy Club.” I've reworked nearly all of Act II (I combined Act II and III), and I'm jazzed about where it is now. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/03/routine/ Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:59:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/03/routine/ After my daughter was born, everyone recommended that I get her on a schedule as soon as possible. Books, doctors, other parents, friends, strangers, everyone. For some unknown reason, I was completely offended by this notion and I tried to fight back. In the end, nature won, and we settled into a routine, and once we had it down my daughter flourished. To this day it's still incredible to me the difference in my children that I see when they're on schedule compared when they're not. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/02/dawn-of-a-new-era/ Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:53:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/02/dawn-of-a-new-era/ Today things have changed. My son who is 2.5 years old started up at preschool. He'll go in the mornings 5 days a week. I will have 4 hours and 45 minutes to myself M-F now. That's 1,995 minutes without kids a week. I worry (very slightly) that without having to chase my kids around I'll have less fire to get work done. Here's to proving myself wrong! Next month will kick off The 31 Plays in 31 Days Project and if anything can keep me focused, it's that. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/01/shows-shows-and-more-shows/ Sun, 01 Jul 2012 15:46:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/07/01/shows-shows-and-more-shows/ Planning on seeing quite a lot of shows in the next couple of months…. Here's my list so far: ###Emotional Creature from Eve Ensler at Berkeley Rep Currently running, ends July 15th. ###Believers written by Patricia Milton, produced by Wily West Runs Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from August 2nd - 25th. All shows at 8pm at Stage Werx. ###Pint Sized Plays III Runs July 16th, 17th, 23rd, 30th and 31st. Cafe Royale at 8 PM. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/30/im-back-and-submission-tally/ Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:19:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/30/im-back-and-submission-tally/ I am home from my weeks in lovely Italy. I had a wonderful time. And I even got (a very small) bit of playwrighting done! I did some fixing up of “The Fantasy Club” and I'm getting very excited about the ending. Brace yourselves, my protagonist might actually end up learning something! Didn't know how I was going to work that in, and then on one of my very early mornings (couldn't sleep because of the time change), I took advantage of my alone time and got to work. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/21/a-night-at-the-opera/ Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:38:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/21/a-night-at-the-opera/ This past Tuesday night, I went to see “A Midsummer Night's Dream” at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. I've never seen a Shakespeare play as an Opera, and I've never seen an Opera in Rome, so this was pretty special. We went after a powerhouse sightseeing day in Rome in which we took in the Trevi Fountain, Colosseum, the Pantheon, Saint Peter's Basilica, roman ruins, The Spanish Steps, and a few smaller churches. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/10/vacation/ Sun, 10 Jun 2012 19:57:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/10/vacation/ I leave shortly for Italy! Going with my family for just short of three weeks. This will probably will be my last post until July. I will be seeing an Opera in Rome and I'll be sure to share my experience when I return. Go see some theatre while I'm gone! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/08/i-did-the-damn-thing/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 22:37:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/08/i-did-the-damn-thing/ That's right, I took the problems in THE FANTASY CLUB and (hopefully) kicked them to the curb. I feel pretty good about things tonight. We'll see how things are looking in the cold light of morning. It's days like this that I desperately wish I had a secret room in my house dedicated to store talented actors that I could pull out at a moments notice and they would read for me. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/07/song-lyrics/ Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:29:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/07/song-lyrics/ I'm straying from a strictly theatre post today, but I hope to bring it all around in the end so stay with me. There's this song that's driving me crazy. It's in my head, it's on the radio, it's everywhere I go. The worst part? I like it. The song I'm talking about is “We Are Young” from the band Fun. I do not want to like this song, but at this point I have so much vested interest in it I don't know if I have a choice. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/06/hard-times/ Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:12:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/06/hard-times/ Re-writing is hard. Hard, hard, hard. Also rewarding. Anyone out there find that it's harder to re-write than to write? I can write all day long with my kids going nuts all around me, but I have to have time and space while re-writing. Not getting much of that today. But that's okay, there's always tonight! Oh, here comes a crying baby boy… Off to mother… https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/05/re-writes/ Tue, 05 Jun 2012 21:57:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/05/re-writes/ I know I said I'd give it a few days, but I just couldn't. I started diving into re-writing THE FANTASY CLUB a few hours ago, and I find myself excited and terrified. This play has gone through some major changes from it's first draft. Each time I take it apart it gets better, without a doubt. But, I always have this feeling in the pit of my stomach, what if it doesn't get better? https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/05/the-31-plays-in-31-days-project/ Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:03:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/05/the-31-plays-in-31-days-project/ Here's what is next: The 31 Plays in 31 Days Project. I'm pledging to write 31 plays in the 31 days of August. Anyone crazy enough to join me? Go to the website and sign up! Really, right now, go and sign up right now. It's going to be hard, but all good things are. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/05/the-fantasy-club-reading-huge-success/ Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:25:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/05/the-fantasy-club-reading-huge-success/ Last night was the staged reading of THE FANTASY CLUB. It was a blast. Not only did I get a ton of great feedback after the show during the talk-back (facilitated by the awesome Patricia Milton), but I learned a lot from just watching the audience react. I won't name names, but I had a favorite audience member last night, she was on the edge of her seat practically the whole play, and at one point she tried to talk the main character out of something. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/04/the-fantasy-club-reading-tonight/ Mon, 04 Jun 2012 10:49:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/04/the-fantasy-club-reading-tonight/ Tonight is the night my friends. Tonight, “The Fantasy Club” my (first) full length play will get a staged reading! I'm tremendously excited, and strangely much less nervous from yesterday. Right now I feel pretty damn confident that my actors and director will knock this one out of the park. I'm hoping for a crowd, it is a comedy so I need folks in chairs to laugh! I know it's raining, but this will be better than an evening in front of the TV! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/03/off-to-rehearsal-for-the-fantasy-club/ Sun, 03 Jun 2012 08:14:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/03/off-to-rehearsal-for-the-fantasy-club/ I've just had my Sunday morning waffle, and now I'm off to the first rehearsal for the staged reading of THE FANTASY CLUB. I'm excited and incredibly nervous. For some reason, I'm much, much, much, much more nervous than I ever was speaking in front of large quantities of people. Go figure. Well, I really need to get dressed now. Wish me luck! Oh, and be sure and come by the Off Market Theatre TOMORROW at 7:30! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/02/the-fantasy-club-reading-2-days-away/ Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:59:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/02/the-fantasy-club-reading-2-days-away/ That's right folks! You've been waiting for months and weeks, and now we're finally down to just days! Two days until the staged reading of THE FANTASY CLUB! Tomorrow we have our first rehearsal! I am so excited to be working with so many talented artists. I hope that you can make it out, and tell everyone you know that produces theatre to be there too! Here are the details, in case you've forgotten: https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/01/awkward-moments/ Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:48:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/06/01/awkward-moments/ I was with my kids at a family's house down the street. It's one of those perfect situations where we moved in close by and their little girl is my daughter's age and their little boy is my son's age and everyone gets along. I really like the mom, she's super laid back. We were chatting, and she asked me what I had been up to lately. “Well,” I said deeply regretting that she had asked, “A play that I wrote is getting a staged reading this Monday so I've been doing prep work for that. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/31/what-to-submit-for-playground/ Thu, 31 May 2012 13:26:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/31/what-to-submit-for-playground/ PlayGround posted their submission guidelines today for their writers pool. I'm not going to lie to you, I want to be in the writers pool. I want it bad. For those of you who aren't sure what PlayGround is, I'll break it down for you. PlayGround has playwrights submit to be in their writers pool, they select the top 36 to form their pool. Then, throughout their season they send prompts out to the writers, and the writers write. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/30/another-submission-opp-for-bay-area-playwrghts/ Wed, 30 May 2012 14:48:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/30/another-submission-opp-for-bay-area-playwrghts/ The Playwright's Center of San Francisco is accepting 10 minute plays and 5 minute monologues for Repro Rights, a staged reading of plays on, “reproductive rights and bodily autonomy issues” (from PCSF's website). Here are the details: We receive a ton of plays to critique in a short time, so please, we beg you, follow our submission requirements. We have good reasons for all of them, we promise. Deviation causes delays, frustration, and insanity! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/30/submission-opportunity-for-bay-area-playwrights/ Wed, 30 May 2012 10:32:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/30/submission-opportunity-for-bay-area-playwrights/ The folks over at Wily West who brought Sheherezade XII to life are seeking scripts for Spooky Cabaret, a staged reading of short plays in October. Here are the details: SPOOKY CABARET DEADLINE: July 31st, 2012 *submissions@wilywestproductions.com *We are currently looking for one act plays that feature stories about ghosts, hauntings, and the supernatural for our Spooky Cabaret staged reading series. * *The Spooky Cabaret will run for 4 days at Stage Werx Theatre in October. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/29/the-fantasy-club-staged-reading-almost-here/ Tue, 29 May 2012 09:10:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/29/the-fantasy-club-staged-reading-almost-here/ We are days away from the staged reading of “The Fantasy Club!” It's happening this coming Monday, June 4th at 7:30 at the Off Market Theatre in San Francisco. You can visit THE FANTASY CLUB Facebook event for all of the details. Make sure and RSVP! Now that I'm done with my rewrites, I get to spend the day wrestling with my printer, hoping it will obey me and print off 7 copies of my 93 page script! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/28/how-i-came-to-write-plays-and-book-recommendation-the-playwrights-guidebook-by-stuart-spencer/ Mon, 28 May 2012 13:58:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/28/how-i-came-to-write-plays-and-book-recommendation-the-playwrights-guidebook-by-stuart-spencer/ 10 months ago I'd never written a play. I wrote a lot of poetry (very bad poetry), some dark short stories, and countless entries in many a journals starting at the age of eleven. But never plays. In addition to writing in middle school and high school, I did a lot of acting and directing. Yep, I was a total drama nerd. In college, I kept it up and was convinced upon graduation I would enter the theatre world and take it for my very own. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/27/jose-riveras-36-assumptions-about-playwrighting/ Sun, 27 May 2012 15:28:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/27/jose-riveras-36-assumptions-about-playwrighting/ I got Jose Rivera's 36 Assumptions About Playwrighting in my playwrightbinge daily email this morning. The person posting it had found it on this blog: All Bleeding Stops Eventually. I think it is an excellent list to aspire to. Also seriously curious if Jose Rivera still teaches playwrighting classes… I imagine that would be an incredible experience. For those of you who don't know, Jose Rivera is a Puerto Rican playwright. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/26/3-day-weekend/ Sat, 26 May 2012 12:48:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/26/3-day-weekend/ Three day weekend! Actually, for a stay at home mom, three day weekends typically equal more work, but I get to sleep in slightly. A bit of a wash really. Anyway, this weekend I'll be in the thick of my rewrite for “The Fantasy Club,” submitting some short plays to festivals, and working on The 31 Plays in 31 Days Project. I need to get the website information written, and make clear what we are offering to playwrights and what we expect in return. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/25/31-plays-in-31-days-project/ Fri, 25 May 2012 11:33:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/25/31-plays-in-31-days-project/ Had two wonderful conversations this morning concerning the 31 Plays in 31 Days Project! We'll be launching the website in June, probably close to the beginning (hopefully the 1st). You'll be able to sign up for the challenge of writing 31 Plays in 31 Days, find out what and why we're doing it, and see other ways you can help us out. Right now we need people who'd like to help get this project off the ground and running. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/24/shows-to-see/ Thu, 24 May 2012 17:43:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/24/shows-to-see/ There are a lot of shows coming up that I'm incredibly excited about. I'll be out of town starting on June 11th, so I'll be missing most of these, but you shouldn't! ###Marriage Equality Plays Marriage Equality Plays is an evening of short, original plays benefiting the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER). Produced by Tom Bruett Monday, June 11, 2012 8pm TICKETS $50- Limited number of VIP Reserved Seating $25- General Admission http://www. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/24/another-sheherezade-xii-review/ Thu, 24 May 2012 09:48:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/24/another-sheherezade-xii-review/ Annette Lust, who runs The Fringe of Marin reviewed Sheherezade XII! This is what she had to say about “Her Special Day”: "Her Special Day by Rachel Bublitz depicts the preparation for a wedding during which the mention of the Mayan prediction of the end of the world seems as if it will ruin the bride's special day but rather takes on a comic turn through the reactions of the bride's mother who at one point suggests they flee to Mexico and then concludes that they only have a couple of weeks left anyway. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/23/diving-back-into-the-fantasy-club/ Wed, 23 May 2012 11:01:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/23/diving-back-into-the-fantasy-club/ Here I go. My reading is coming up, and I have some issues that I need to address. If I don't surface within a day or so, please send out a search party! Seriously though, I'm actually pretty excited about cracking open “The Fantasy Club” and ironing out some kinks. I worked on it straight from last August until December, and I've let it sit since then. I think that there are times when time can help, at least it helps me. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/22/submission-tally/ Tue, 22 May 2012 12:07:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/22/submission-tally/ So, as of today my submission tally for 2012 is 58. Considering we're almost half way through the year and I haven't reached the half way mark on my goal of 150 I'm realizing that I need to force myself to submit more. If I don't submit my work it won't get done. There might be a day that I can just let all of my adoring fans come to me and demand scripts, but until that day I've got to write cover letters and get all the paperwork and order and send scripts out. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/21/and-now-re-writes/ Mon, 21 May 2012 11:31:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/21/and-now-re-writes/ Last week I wrote 5 plays in just 5 days, this week? Re-writing! Very exciting stuff I know. Actually, I kinda love rewriting so I'm excited. First on my plate is the short I wrote with all gender neutral characters for this opportunity I came across a few weeks ago. I'm also hoping to work on several other short plays so that I can send them out soon. And finally, I would love to get to work on “The Fantasy Club” before the weekend. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/20/5-of-5/ Sun, 20 May 2012 16:15:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/20/5-of-5/ Yes! Just finished my last script for my warm up. I think it has potential, but the ending (to me the hardest part) needs some TLC. I hope to make an announcement in the next couple of weeks about 31 plays in 31 days. The month is set for August, so get ready! I'll be looking for some crazy playwrights who want to join me on my quest! Alright, now it's time to enjoy the beautiful weather. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/20/abomination-getting-staged-reading-in-september/ Sun, 20 May 2012 08:06:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/20/abomination-getting-staged-reading-in-september/ Now that the dates and venue have been ironed out I can announce that my short play “Abomination” will join the line up for Play Cafe's yearly staged reading! We'll be in the Live Oak Theatre here in Berkeley, and the reading date is set for September 23rd. Stay tuned for more details. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/19/4-of-5/ Sat, 19 May 2012 15:02:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/19/4-of-5/ Today I learned that this 5 day warm up to 31 plays in 31 days was brilliant. I also learned how hard this undertaking is going to be. I'm excited for the challenge, and now I see how hard it's going to be. Today I wrote a pretty bad 7 minute play about new parents fussing over a new baby. It's nice I suppose, but it doesn't set my pants on fire or anything. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/18/3-of-5/ Fri, 18 May 2012 15:09:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/18/3-of-5/ New play done! I had intended it to be a ten minute, but it's at 21 pages right now. Much more of a one act as it turns out. It needs a lot of love and care though. I tried playing with time and I really have no idea if it worked or not. My play is called “Best Friends Forever” and it follows the friendship of two girl friends. One of my dearest friends from childhood is a drug addict and there's probably very little left in her of the girl I loved. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/17/pay-what-you-can-night-tonight-for-sheherezade-xii/ Thu, 17 May 2012 14:54:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/17/pay-what-you-can-night-tonight-for-sheherezade-xii/ That's right folks! Tonight you can pay what you can for Sheherezade XII! Make your way down to Stage Werx tonight at 8pm! Here's the address: Stage Werx 446 Valencia Street @ 16th Street in San Francisco If you make it out let me know what you think of the show and of my piece “Her Special Day.” https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/17/day-2-of-5/ Thu, 17 May 2012 12:28:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/17/day-2-of-5/ Today I wrote a new play! It's called “Ghost Story” and it's scary as hell. At least I think so. A few months back I wrote a ten minute play based on a nightmare, it's called “Baby Pie” and it's a farce, not scary at all. “Ghost Story” gave me chills while writing it. It weighs in at 12 pages, so it's technically not a ten minute play but a one act. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/16/sheherezade-xii-reviewed/ Wed, 16 May 2012 18:42:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/16/sheherezade-xii-reviewed/ Sheherezade XII was reviewed! Here an excerpt talking about my play “Her Special Day.” Click the link below for the whole article. And don't forget, there are still two more weekends of Sheherezade XII! Go here for tickets! "Rachel Bublitz's play, “Her Special Day,” explores the nuanced relationship between mother and daughter on the daughter's wedding day.” From the article, “When local playwrights consider the meaning of the Mayan year 2012, Pacifican Ann Thomas signs on to direct,” by Jean Bartlett a Pacifica Tribune Correspondent. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/16/nap-time-a-ten-minute-play/ Wed, 16 May 2012 14:15:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/16/nap-time-a-ten-minute-play/ In an effort to warm up for my 31 plays in 31 days extravaganza this August, I'm writing one play a day for the next five days. (It's like running, you can't just decide to run a marathon the day of the marathon!) Today I wrote a short play called “Nap Time” I'm hoping to submit it to Fringe of Marin. Want to know more? Shoot me an email, I'd love to get some feedback on it. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/11/sheherezade-is-here/ Fri, 11 May 2012 10:34:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/11/sheherezade-is-here/ Tonight is opening night for Sheherezade XII! I'm so excited. Dress rehearsal last night was awesome. I was slightly emotional, seeing something that I'd written completely transformed for the first time. Kat Kneisel is my brilliant director who really gave my piece life. I'm so very pleased at what she's done with “Her Special Day.” And, my two wonderful actors, Abby Edber and Diana Brown blew my mind. This has been a very special experience for me. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/10/keep-me-in-the-loop/ Thu, 10 May 2012 14:58:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/10/keep-me-in-the-loop/ I am primarily a playwright, and this blog is here for my shameless self promotion… Mostly. After getting such great feedback from my BOA post, I wanted to let people know that I will gladly promote projects from local theatre in the Bay Area! If you have a show you want me to come and see or think I should promote on my blog, send me an email and I'll be happy to help you out! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/10/the-6-things-i-learned-at-boa-program-1/ Thu, 10 May 2012 09:58:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/10/the-6-things-i-learned-at-boa-program-1/ I went to BOA Program 1 last night. I want to start out by saying how much I didn't want to go. I had woken up on the wrong side of them bed, and never seemed to fully wake up. And all day my four year old kept begging me not to go out. But my ticket had been purchased and it was the only night that I had to see BOA. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/07/sf-footlights-staged-reading-tonight/ Mon, 07 May 2012 16:18:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/07/sf-footlights-staged-reading-tonight/ What are you up to tonight? I'm going to SF Footlights staged readings of “Finding Alice” by Jennifer Roberts and “Dry Rot” by Suze Allen. You should come too! It's free and both playwrights are local women (yay!). About the plays: ###DRY ROT by Suze Allen A Seattle couple comes to terms with their marriage in the rainiest season on record. Allie is molding—literally—and Renny is writing a food column and hiding a colossal secret. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/05/back-to-theatre/ Sat, 05 May 2012 10:39:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/05/back-to-theatre/ I've been posting about some big ideas lately. This is a post telling you what's going, and some suggestions for show to see. ###Bay Area One Acts! The BOA festival is going strong. It opened last weekend, and runs through Saturday May 12th. There are two different programs to see, and all of the plays are by local playwrights. Go here for their schedule, and here for tickets. ###Tenderloin at Cutting Ball https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/05/on-suicide/ Sat, 05 May 2012 10:17:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/05/on-suicide/ For those of you who don't know, Junior Seau killed himself a few days back. When I first heard about his death, I was unaware that it had been a suicide. Yesterday, I read a blog post from a friend of mine, Christopher Reed (an actor on the tv show “Son's of Anarchy”) about the affect of Seau's death. We both grew up in San Diego, Chris is a die hard football fan and Seau was a legend to him. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/04/the-artist-and-truth/ Fri, 04 May 2012 13:48:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/04/the-artist-and-truth/ I've had an idea for a new play bouncing around my head since January. I've started it at least ten times, and each time it fizzles out. I put it on the back burner when “My Sister's Baby” really started gelling in February. But, since I'm at a place with “My Sister's Baby” that I need to hear it out loud, there's not a lot of writing for me to do on my own. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/02/gender-neutral-short-play-opportunity/ Wed, 02 May 2012 11:14:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/05/02/gender-neutral-short-play-opportunity/ Came across an interesting opportunity today. Papercut Theatre (located in England) is looking for short plays, 15 minutes max, on any subject and within any genre. The wish only that you not specify the genders of any of the characters. If your play is selected two different directors will direct your play for Papercut's upcoming festival. I think this idea is incredibly interesting, and not just as a writer. I think the actors and directors will have a lot of space to play around here, and the audience will get to see two different interpretations of the same script. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/30/pcsfs-fall-reading-series/ Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:15:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/30/pcsfs-fall-reading-series/ Just submitted “My Sister's Baby” to the Playwright's Center of San Francisco's fall reading series. Their deadline has been extended to May 6th at midnight, visit their website for submission details. Playwright's Center of San Francisco Good luck! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/29/bought-your-tickets-to-sheherezade/ Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:43:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/29/bought-your-tickets-to-sheherezade/ Have you purchased your tickets yet? Sheherezade 2012 will feature “Her Special Day” one of my ten minute plays along with seven other plays by local playwrights. The show is a benefit of the Playwright's Center of San Francisco and is a Wily West Production. This will be the first time a play of mine is being produced, so I am especially excited. Please show your support by coming out to the show! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/28/playwriting-cage-match/ Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:03:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/28/playwriting-cage-match/ I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that a short play cage match is the best idea ever. That's what I'm thinking. The good ol’ folks over at THe Douglas Morrisson Theatre in Hayward are doing just that. That's right, you heard me… It's a short play cage match! Intrigued? Submit a short play! There's a $50 prize! Click here for the rules and regulations, the deadline is June 18, 2012. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/25/script-requests/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:52:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/25/script-requests/ Interested in publishing or producing one of my scripts? Here's what you need to do: To request any of the scripts listed above send an email to: Rnbublitz@gmail.com Please have “script request” in the subject line of the email. In the body include which play or plays you are interested in and the theatre or school requesting the script. This information can also be found in the “Contact Me,” as well as the “Plays” section of my website. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/24/submission-tally-update/ Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:56:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/24/submission-tally-update/ For those of you out there paying attention, here's my submission tally for 2012 so far: 44! My goal for 2012 is 150. I slowed down in April, but watch out May, I'm coming for you!! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/20/31-plays-in-31-days/ Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:38:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/20/31-plays-in-31-days/ I just had a wild and crazy idea. And, since it's very hot in Oakland today I'm going to go with it… I am going to write 31 plays in 31 days! Yes I am setting a goal, and a tremendous challenge for myself. In the month of August, I am going to write a ten minute play each day. This is especially hard for me, because I have a hard time with ten minute plays. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/16/womens-bodies/ Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:26:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/16/womens-bodies/ I discovered something sad and confusing this weekend. For those of you who don't know, I'm a mom. I have two little ones, and I spend my time at home with them. Over the weekend I had my first break in four years. I went to visit a friend far away from diapers and sippy cups. The weekend was great, this post isn't really about that, but I had so much fun that I think that should be stated. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/12/women-in-solodarity/ Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:02:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/12/women-in-solodarity/ There's a show coming up at the end of this month that you should know about! Here's all the info: Women in Solodarity: It's a Woman's World is All Terrain Theater's first showcase dedicated to presenting the work of female Bay Area writers and performers. Recent studies have indicated that although women make up half of the population and about 50% of playwrights, only 20% of productions are written by women. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/09/the-fantasy-club-staged-reading-cast-announced/ Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:23:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/09/the-fantasy-club-staged-reading-cast-announced/ I'm very excited to announce the cast for the Staged Reading of “THE FANTASY CLUB” coming up this June. Cast: Frances………………..Siobhan Marie Doherty Max……………………Tony Cirimele Samantha……………….Carlye Pollack Jacob………………….Galen Murphy-Hoffman* Stage Directions………..Vahista Vafadari *Stage Actors Guild Member Additional information: The Playwright's Center of San Francisco Presents: THE FANTASY CLUB by Rachel Bublitz Directed by Tracy Held Potter Staged Reading Who says men own the monopoly on sex fantasies? Pull the sheets off of one stay-at-home-mom's dirty little secret with The Fantasy Club. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/09/sheherezade-2012-tickets-on-sale-now/ Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:18:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/04/09/sheherezade-2012-tickets-on-sale-now/ Tickets for Sheherezade 2012 are on sale now! Go here for tickets! Tickets are $20, but if you purchase before April 21st you'll receive a discount! Don't delay, buy today! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/03/30/the-week-of-no/ Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:02:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/03/30/the-week-of-no/ Some weeks I get good news. Back in February, I found out I would be getting a staged reading of my full length through PCSF, getting a production of one of my shorts also through PCSF, and that I was a semi finalist in another short play festival. Most weeks I hear nothing. I get all aflutter whenever I get a new email. For the moment I see the (1) in my Inbox, to when I read the email my mind reals with possibilities. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/03/16/a-new-full-length/ Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:00:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/03/16/a-new-full-length/ I've been working on a new full length play for the past month and a half. I feel very confident in Act I, it's another story for Act II and Act III. But that's what rewriting is for, no? It's about a woman who wants a child but can't physically have children. Her younger sister gets pregnant on accident and comes to her to take care of her. I don't have a title just yet, but I've been mulling over “My Sister's Baby. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/03/16/sheherezade-2012-cast-announced/ Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:03:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/03/16/sheherezade-2012-cast-announced/ Via Wily West Productions: Wily West is very pleased to announce our dynamic and talented ensemble cast for Sheherezade XII: 2012 Abigail Edber, Ben Ortega, Diana Brown, Edward Kimak, Lila Tavelli, Linsay Rousseau Burnett, Melissa Keith, Philip Goleman, and Wesley Cayabyab They will be featured in 8 new works by Patricia Milton, Gaetana Caldwell-Smith, Bridgette Portman, Candice Benge, Jordan Puckett, Kristin Anundsen, Rachel Bublitz, and Rod McFadden Directed by Kat Kneisel and Ann Thomas https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/03/15/the-vagina-monologues-is-selling-out/ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:18:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/03/15/the-vagina-monologues-is-selling-out/ I just heard that tonights performance will sell out! Haven't got your tickets yet? Click here for tickets. Last night the wonderful women in this performance brought down the house! Don't miss this performance! Make sure to come early to get good seats. Hope to see you tonight! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/03/14/the-vagina-monologues-tonight-and-tomorrow-only/ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:30:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/03/14/the-vagina-monologues-tonight-and-tomorrow-only/ I'm preforming in The Vagina Monologues tonight and tomorrow night with some incredibly talented ladies! The production is at the Uptown in Oakland and the both performances are at 8pm, tickets are $15. Hope to see you there! Click on the production link for more information. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/03/13/great-table-read-tonight/ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:40:00 -0600 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/03/13/great-table-read-tonight/ Tonight was a table read for Sherezade XII 2012, which my short play “Her Special Day” will be a part of in May. I was blown away by the talent! The other seven plays are well crafted, and the actors were wonderful! I'm excited for the first production of one of my plays! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/03/05/the-anniversary-has-been-selected-as-a-finalist-in-lakeshore-players-8th-annual-ten-minute-playwrighting-contest/ Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:35:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/03/05/the-anniversary-has-been-selected-as-a-finalist-in-lakeshore-players-8th-annual-ten-minute-playwrighting-contest/ “The Anniversary” has made it to the next round in the Lakeshore Players’ competition! I just received this email: Your play is one of only 20 out of over 350 entries to make it to the final round. On March 24, 2012, we will be announcing the winning plays. The winning plays will then be produced and performed from June 7th through 10th, at our 8th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/02/28/general-auditions-for-playwrights-center-of-sf-spring-season-3/11/ Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:51:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/02/28/general-auditions-for-playwrights-center-of-sf-spring-season-3/11/ My full length comedy “The Fantasy Club” will be a part of this reading series. Here's the information for any of you interested in audition for it: General auditions for the Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco’s (PCSF) spring season will be held on Sunday March 11, from 12 to 3 p.m. at the Ray of Light Studios, 965 Mission St. Suite 350 in San Francisco. Actors will be seen by producers, playwrights and directors for three staged readings and six developmental readings held in San Francisco this April and June. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/02/24/the-fantasy-club-june-4th/ Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:16:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/02/24/the-fantasy-club-june-4th/ The staged reading of “The Fantasy Club” has a date and a director! The reading will be June 4th in San Francisco, so SAVE THE DATE! I am also pleased to announce that the talented Tracy Potter will be directing my staged reading! I'm extremely excited, and I hope you are able to make it! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/02/24/sheherezade-xii-audition-notice/ Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:10:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/02/24/sheherezade-xii-audition-notice/ I received this in an email this morning, my short “Her Special Day” is in this show! Here's all the audition information you'll need! Wily West is pleased to be producing Sheherezade in benefit for the Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco.Be part of the 12th annual production of this fun bennefit production of 8 new short plays! WHAT: Auditions for Sheherezade XII: 2012 Benefiting The Playwrights’ Center of SF § 8-short plays, two directors, one ensemble cast (6-8 actors, multiple parts, work with both directors) § All ages 18+, ethnicities, body types encouraged! https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/02/21/monthly-submission-update/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:57:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/02/21/monthly-submission-update/ Alright folks, here's your monthly update on my submission tallies. For this year, I have 37 total submissions, bringing my total up to 98. Of those submissions, I've been rejected 20 times, accepted 3 times, and 1 maybe. A lot of theatres only notify you if you've been selected, so more than likely I have quiet a few rejections. I'll light a candle though, and hope to hear something until that no longer makes sense. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/02/20/her-special-day-is-getting-produced/ Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:06:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/02/20/her-special-day-is-getting-produced/ Fantastic news! I found out that my short play “Her Special Day” will join the line up of Sheherezade XII:2012! Sheherezade is a benefit show for Playwright's Center of San Francisco produced by Wily West Productions. “Her Special Day” will be directed by Kat Kneisel. I am extremely excited, this will be the very first production of one of my plays. We have auditions this weekends and rehearsals begin in April. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/02/11/pcsf-staged-reading/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:04:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/02/11/pcsf-staged-reading/ Great news in the inbox today. The Playwright's Center of San Francisco has selected “The Fantasy Club” to be in their Spring Reading Series. Some of the comments I received: “The dialog sparkles.” “I look forward to seeing this one as a staged reading. It is clear the playwright has reworked this piece and it is very producible. Nice work.” “The characters are diverse and likable. Good arcs present and the protagonist's obstacles many times lie with herself. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/01/23/semi-finalist-in-lakeshore-players-8th-annual-ten-minute-playwrighting-contest/ Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:30:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/01/23/semi-finalist-in-lakeshore-players-8th-annual-ten-minute-playwrighting-contest/ Yay! “The Anniversary” is in the top 40 our of 350 submissions for the Lakeshore Players’ 8th Annual Ten-Minute Playwrighting Contest! They'll be announcing the top 20 in March, and the top 20 will receive a full production in June. It's in Minnesota, and I think if I get in I'll be trying my hardest to get out there for the performance. This would be the first time my work has been produced. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/01/10/submission-update/ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:07:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/01/10/submission-update/ So far this year I've submitted “The Fantasy Club” 15 times! I am on a role. I'm going to smash my goals to the ground. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/01/09/auditions/ Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:44:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/01/09/auditions/ Last week I auditioned with the Actors Ensemble of Berkeley. They are a company that does staged readings of plays. I auditioned for Pirandello’s “Henry IV” and “Proof” by David Auburn. I won’t lie, I was nervous. I had already chickened out of an audition a few months ago. I haven’t acted in over four years, and the thought of getting back into it sent chills up my spine. I still don’t really understand why. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/01/02/submissions/ Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:16:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/01/02/submissions/ I just made my first submission of 2012! I submitted to The Well, a theatre company in New York. They used my favorite method for submissions. Emailing just the script. So many theatres want so much extra information, I sometimes feel that I write more essays about the theme, characters, or the synopsis of my play than actual words in my script. I doubt that’s true, but that’s how I feel. https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/01/01/rockford-review/ Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:42:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2012/01/01/rockford-review/ I got my copy of The Rockford Review, the “Underneath” edition which includes my short play “Bill and Kelly” in the mail a few days ago. It’s pretty awesome, let me tell you. I enjoyed seeing my words in a magazine very, very much. If you haven’t already, go and buy a copy! You can get one here: The Rockford Review I was proud and excited until my husband came home. https://rachelbublitz.com/2011/12/24/slow-and-the-wild-bride/ Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:53:00 -0700 https://rachelbublitz.com/2011/12/24/slow-and-the-wild-bride/ December 17th (I know I’m getting to this late!) I went out to dinner and a show by myself. My daughter was vomiting, and so the babysitter I had scheduled bailed and my husband was stuck at home. I’m home with the kids 24 hours a day, and because I was so very excited to see “The Wild Bride,” I decided to go out stag. That is of course after calling/emailing/texting practically everyone on earth to see if they would join me. https://rachelbublitz.com/contact-me/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/contact-me/ Contact Me Email: Rnbublitz@gmail.com Script Requests To request any of my unpublished work, send an email to: Rnbublitz@gmail.com Please have "script request" in the subject line of the email. In the body include which play or plays you are interested in and the theatre or school requesting the script. If you are interested in a script that has been published, please find it with the publisher. Thank you. Facebook page Rachel Bublitz's Facebook Page TwitterRachel Bublitz's Twitter https://rachelbublitz.com/old_plays/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/old_plays/ Script Requests To request any of the scripts listed below send an email to: Rnbublitz@gmail.com Please have “script request” in the subject line of the email. In the body include which play or plays you are interested in and the theater or school requesting the script. Find a more complete list of my work on the New Play Exchange. Thank you. The Night Witches The first women to fly in combat flew for Russia during the second world war, they were known as the Night Witches. https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/the-book-women/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://rachelbublitz.com/plays/the-book-women/ In the midst of the Great Depression, in a community crushed by the collapse of coal, and isolated by the very mountains they call home, a group of determined librarians take to their horses to reach the people of Eastern Kentucky. With a dedication equal to the US Postal Service, these “Book Women’’ deliver more than the books and magazines they carry in their saddlebags. They bring hope. They bring dreams.