While there’s a lot of stuff coming in 2025 that I’m super not-thrilled about, I recognize that there are things in the world I have control over, and there are things I don’t. So, my plan for next year is to focus on what I can control.
Gregory Crafts
Actor • Playwright • Designer • Producer • Director • Game Master
29 Excellent Playwriting Resources for Playwrights and Theatricians in 2024!
I’ve been compiling a list of playwriting resources for playwrights and theatricians. Here’s a list of twenty-nine so far. I’m always looking to expand this resource, so if you have any favorites, please post a link in the comments!
Dime Store Detective Stories and Hitchcock Lane to premiere at the 2023 Hollywood Fringe Festival!
The Hollywood Fringe Festival is almost upon us! From June 8th to June 25th, over two hundred and fifty individual productions will be going up at venues across Hollywood.
Back from the Theatre Unleashed Writers’ Den Spring 2023 Writing Retreat
Just got back to LA after spending another lovely weekend up in Pine Mountain Club. I love our quarterly Theatre Unleashed Writers’ Den Writing Retreats. It’s so nice to get out of town for a few days, leave all of our normal routine concerns behind, and focus exclusively on creation.
It’s MLB Opening Day, Get The Boys of Spring and Fall and Pink Hat Blues today!
Happy Opening Day to those who celebrate, and Let’s Go Red Sox! In honor of the occasion, I’m offering two of my ten-minute plays, The Boys of Spring And Fall and Pink Hat Blues for free today only on Amazon.
Super Sidekick: The Musical premieres in Alaska at Cyrano’s Theatre Company!
That’s right! The Ninja Koalas are headed to The Land of the Midnight Sun! Cyrano’s Theatre Company in Anchorage, AK has licensed an eight-performance run of Super Sidekick: The Musical, running Saturdays and Sundays at noon until April 23rd!
Self-Producing: Playwrights & Actors, Why DIY Can Be the Best waY
As a playwright, I’ve struggled with landing production opportunities for my new plays the traditional way. So I taught myself the art of self-producing.
Encore! Encore! $h!+heads and 25 Plays Per Hour are winners!
Well, we’ve survived another Hollywood Fringe. I mean, barely. But we survived. This year’s festival was one of the most stressful I’ve ever experienced as a venue manager. However, as an actor, a producer, a designer, and a playwright, it was a complete success!
Catch me in $h!+heads by Chambers Stevens, and my words in 25 Plays Per Hour presented by Theatre Unleashed!
I’m thrilled to be a part of this year’s festival not only as a designer, playwright, and venue manager, but also as a performer! That’s right, ya boy’s performing in a show this year, and I’m super stoked for you to come and see it!
Guesting on James Elden’s Playwright’s Spotlight, a Playwriting Podcast
Last week, I had the pleasure of being a guest on James Elden’s Playwright’s Spotlight, a theatre podcast about playwriting. His show usually runs a solid hour to ninety minutes, and it’s a “writers on writing” podcast. However, we did a full two hours!
Gregory Crafts
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- Creative Multi-Hyphenate
- Theatre Maker
- Coffee lover
- Cat Dad
- Professional Dungeon Master (yeah, that's a thing!)
- Emerson Mafioso
- Gonna be on your favorite TV show one day
- Let's Go Red Sox!
