"I wrote all the time. Everywhere. When I wasn't writing, I was thinking about it or continuing to 'write' in my head. . . . I wasn't very good company. At that time, a major critic commented that I wrote 'disposable plays,' and in some sense he was probably right. But nothing mattered to me then except to get the stuff down on paper. . . . There was never a sense, in all this, of evolving a style or moving on to a bigger, longer, 'more important' form. Each play had a distinct life of its own and seemed totally self-contained within its one-act structure."
-- Sam Shepard
Morning:
Today and tomorrow, we're going to be writing ten-minute plays or one-act plays.
- A good ten-minute play is not a sketch or an extended gag, but rather a complete, compact play, with a beginning, middle and end. It typically takes place in one scene and runs no more than ten pages. (source)
- One-acts can run anywhere from fifteen minutes to an hour or more...Arguably the most popular length for one-acts is around a half-hour. (source)
Excerpt from (Three-Act) The Importance of Being Earnest
Afternoon:
Workshop
Daniel, Jack, Mick, Megha, Paige
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