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!
Gregory Crafts
Actor • Playwright • Designer • Producer • Director • Game Master
My DIY No-Stain Washable Fake Blood Recipe!
As anyone who dabbles in theatrical effects knows, cheap stage blood is very unforgiving and will stain your skin and clothes if you look at it the wrong way, whereas most commercially available bottles of “washable fabric-safe fake blood” come in tiny bottles that are prohibitively expensive. So, how do we keep the cleaning budget from ballooning out of control? By making it ourselves using my tried and true, super-sexy, fabric-safe, no-stain washable stage blood recipe, that’s how!
Is Fallout MGM+ Prime’s New Breadwinner?
What’s up, Wastelanders? Greg the Ghoul here with the latest installment of The RADical Wasteland Podcast, the bi-weekly Fallout podcast presented by SciTrek. This week, Harris and I are joined by Jay Rixom, founder of SciTrek, as we discuss Amazon MGM Studios’ hit television series, Fallout.
Now I’m Going Home With a Story To Tell
Y’know, running my own event venue, sometimes I feel like a barefoot cobbler. I help everyone else get their shows up, but I don’t get to perform much myself, and if I do, it’s almost always a project I spearheaded myself.
Goals and aspirations for 2025
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.
Something Awesome with critically acclaimed Filmmaker Jennifer Zhang
Today, I’m thrilled to share with you my interview with Jennifer Zhang, an incredibly talented, tenacious, and multifaceted filmmaker, performer, musician and martial artist. She was featured in Deadline in 2021 for writing, shooting, starring in, and editing a complete feature film on her iPhone 8 during lockdown, and since then her films have been tearing up the festival circuit around the world! If that’s not Something Awesome, I don’t know what is.
Playing “With A Bang, Or a Whimper,” a Fallout 2d20 RPG One-Shot
Tonight, I lead the Brute Squad out of the depths of Avernus and into the Wasteland of The Commonwealth. That’s right, we’re swapping our polearms for power armor, and playing a Fallout RPG one-shot: With A Bang, Or A Whimper!
Playing DROW HARD: Three Levels of Sheer Adventure!
Happy Holidays, friends! ‘Tis the season to celebrate family and friends through a variety of unique traditions. Some of us sing holiday songs. Some of us cook incredible feasts. Some of us believe the season doesn’t officially begin until Alan Rickman falls off the top of Fox Plaza in Century City.
Something Awesome with Author & Playwright LaDarrion Williams
This week, I want to introduce you to the incredibly talented LaDarrion Williams. I met LaDarrion years ago through mutual connections within the LA theatre community, and I’ve been a fan of his ever since. Through the tangled web that is social media, I’ve seen him struggle and strive and build a name for himself as an author and playwright, and through pure tenacity and determination, he’s demonstrated that he is someone to watch.
Brandie June contributes two original stories to graphic novel anthology Cthulhu Is Hard To Spell
My friend Brandie is a talented author, playwright, and librettist (and a burgeoning theatre producer). So, when I saw her post that she was doing a signing at Comic Con this weekend, I wasn’t surprised. What caught me off guard was that this signing wasn’t for her YA Fantasy duology, Gold Spun. Instead it was for a project I hadn’t heard about: a trio of graphic novel anthologies titled “Cthulhu is Hard to Spell.”
6 Things You Can Do to Support the WGA Strike
Let me start this off by stating that I am not a member of the WGA. I’m an actor and a member of SAG-AFTRA, Actors Equity, and the Dramatists Guild. I’ve seen a lot of posts about What Actors Should Do During the #WGAstrike. Erica S. Bream and The Casting Directors Cut both put out great guides back in May. And I love them! But there was one thing that bothered me about those guides.
Gregory Crafts
he/him
- 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!
