Friday, February 10, 2012

Adding a Life

It's the journey, not the destination, they quip.  But you can't ignore the numbers.  The IRS won't let you.  Either will your doctor.

So, this morning when a journalist said her editor wanted to know how many plays?  How many published?  How many unpublished?  What other works?  I fueled up on some coffee and did the math, fingers crossed the numbers wouldn't depress me.

23 TOTAL PLAYS + 8 PUBLISHED MONOLOGUES + 1 SOLD TV PILOT (COMEDY) + 2 SHORT FILMS + 1 NOVEL + 1 SCREENPLAY + 2 PUBLISHED SHORT STORIES

The Published List:
8 PUBLISHED MONOLOGUES, JAC “innerJACtions:  Monologues At the Heart of Human 
Nature 

GOOD MOURNING, AMERICA by Original Works Publishing

JUNK BONDS by Original Works Publishing

ART OF BULLFIGHTING, University of CA at Santa Barbara teaches this 
collection of FIVE (5) short plays (CINDERELLA'S BAWL, HOW NOW BROWN COUCH, 
TRAYF, BULLFIGHTING, (IN)SECURITY) published by JAC Publishing

CONCERTO FOR ORGAN IN B-SHARP, JAC Publishing

BIG RED, LITTLE TIGHER, JAC Publishing

BIRD'S NEST SOUP, JAC Publishing

SCENES FROM A CHINESE RESTAURANT, collection of THREE (3) short plays 
-- THE FAMISHED, SENSUOUS GOURMET & THE SICHUAN PEPPERCORN & SCENES FROM A 
CHINESE RESTAURANT

1 SOLD TV PILOT COMEDY 

1 SCREENPLAY entitled YOUNG AMERICANS
(L.A. residency requirement !) 

2 SHORT STORIES

PEKING DUCK
PROPHET & LOSS

5 UNPUBLISHED PLAYS + 5 COMMISSIONED/WRITER FOR HIRE 

TEEN MOGUL, a new play, adapted from my unpublished young adult novel
DOWN UNDER
NUMBER ONE SON
MOO GOO GAI PAN ASIAN, play in progress
MELTING, inspired by OTHELLO

THREE (3) PLAYS I WROTE FOR HIRE, FOR AN ORTHODOX JEWISH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, they needed material

TWO PLAYS (2) COMMISSIONED FOR LA STORYTELLERS, TAPER FORUM/ L.A. MUSIC CENTER

1 UNPUBLISHED NOVEL, TEEN MOGUL


2 SHORT FILMS
MIKE GRAVEL, THE WORD, a collaboration w/Italian animation director, entry for a 
political ad contest, on youtube
THE PERFECT NIGHT, an homage to Bill Murray, live action short, on youtube

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