Green Light

Ya-ta! I got a green light to produce my play "Garden of Dreams" for April 25-27 at Sacramento City College. Unfortunately, there might be some things that might block this dream from happening but I look at this as just another obstacle and a challenge. One of the other challenges happen to be that the play is to happen in Sacramento which is about 150 miles away. I've turned down this opportunity before because taking the advice by one of my mentors, and by a couple of books I've read and playwriting podcasts I've heard, was not to direct my own play. Another obstacle. But you know what, it needs to be done. I'm not even sure if I'll have my original reading cast. Another obstacle.

Given these, I honestly feel like the deck is stacked against me but for the first time in a long time, I am determined more than ever to get this done. Even if it's in a park with puppets... wait, maybe not that far, but close. The other thing working for me is that I have a lot of friends who can help me... i hope.

The other thing that is going to get me through is the example that the artists of Bindlestiff Studio have led. They are about my age, but ever since I started watching their productions, they have done it themselves. They had a support system that I marvel at and more importantly, inspired by.

As time goes on, taking Robert Rodriguez's book, Rebel Without a Crew, as an example, I'll create a journal, maybe a blog on its own, on the process of the production.