tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154542372011-11-27T19:08:19.076-05:00I write plays. I see them, too. I have a boyfriend. He has one, too. I am Filipino-American. Other people are Filipino-American, too. I can write and speak in longer sentences. I'm just not. <BR> <BR> I like to play. Play, Rey, Play. <BR> <BR> Welcome to my blog. Have fun.reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.comBlogger8061100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-79216863745186158192010-08-03T16:31:00.005-04:002010-08-03T16:40:15.287-04:00

I know... it's long overdue. But you may now, at last, visit me at http://www.areypamatmat.com.Feel free to comment where commenting is available, and let me know what you think. The very first post has some very special news, so check it out!!!

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On the 7 train home from work, there were actually a bunch of seats. I stood and waited till everyone who wanted one got one. Luckily for me, there was still another left after that, so I lowered my bag from my shoulder and plopped down.Of course, there were reasons that this seat was left empty. To my left, was a leg-spreader (you know, those guys who think they look more manly if they spread

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I've been in a deep, dark pit of not writing. I haven't written regularly for about three or four months now, and that's a really long time for me. It's not that I haven't been writing at all -- I've been able to come through in a pinch. But it's the regular writing that really counts. That's the stuff that keeps you on your toes, keeps your craft sharp, and is in the end the really fertile

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I've written about it on this blog before, but the reality is that one post doesn't even begin to exhibit the role this movie now plays in my life.When I'm sad, depressed, bored, or feeling aimless, I "Heart" Huckabees is what I pop into the DVD player. That blanket truth thing -- even though I hear it and meditate on it in yoga all the time -- watching it be communicated and play out

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Oh, Peter Milligan. How many times have I blogged about you here? Or mentioned your characters? Or told a friend that you were the best comic book writer EVER? Well, it's time for one more.While my favorite book of Milligan's (and, honestly, my favorite comic series of all time) is and forever shall be the mid-'90's Shade, the Changing Man, it was X-Force and X-Statix that got me to look at

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Speaking of unreliable narrators, Nick Guest takes the cake. As he moves quietly into the life of the Feddens, he makes such sensible, sympathetic, and human observations that you might think '80's conservatives didn't mind having a homosexual in their midst. You might think they were wonderfully fun, darling people. You might even think that Nick himself is a wonderful person just like you or me

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Are they true? Are they false? Do I care? My dick sure doesn't. Nor does my imagination.I'm not talking about blogs that show you a bunch of naked fellows for you to click on so you can be transferred to some professional or amateur or pro amateur site and pay money. I'm talking about those brave souls who have been creating online diaries about who they fuck and when and how.Aside from the sheer

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Everyone's making Top 10 lists for the (observed, although not actual) end of the decade, which makes me go, "I want to make a Top 10 list, too." But of what? All the movie buffs are doing movies. The music folks are doing pop songs. The theater folks are doing plays. I'm not really an expert on any of those things, and although I am a self-professed media junkie, I sort of seek out specific

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I was fortunate enough to get DOLLHOUSE S01 on DVD for Christmas (thanks Michelle and Philip!), and I'm glad that I did. I tend to think of the first five episodes of the show as "the bad episodes," but as I've been revisiting them over the holiday week, I've come to realize that they aren't that bad. Confused, disjointed, slightly obtuse -- sure. But not bad.I think the ultimate problem with the

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We don't always see a movie on Christmas week, but we usually do. The question is, what movie will it be? Anyone want to help me pick?The Imaginarium of Dr. ParnassusSherlock HolmesAvatarSomething else entirely...?Thoughts?

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I'm right in the middle of writing EDITH... and suddenly a new play idea smacks me upside the head.It's kind of annoying. I'm not one of those people that can write two plays at once. But whenever I have a play idea in the middle of another play idea, I usually totally lose it. It doesn't matter what journal I jot it down in or what notes and research I start collecting. Chances are by the time I

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I know everyone thinks that Christmas shopping sucks. In our family, though, it's just not that big a deal. We mostly think of the holidays as a time to get together, eat good food (thanks, Mom!), and play Monopoly or Scrabble. The gifts are nice and everything, but they're not really the center of the Christmas experience for us as they are for some other families.BUT there is one thing I hate

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But this is still cool.

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Okay, at long last: RACISM.Yeah, yeah, I know -- everyone's got their hackles up now. My own friends (many of whom like MAD MEN) have been all nervous around me, thinking I'm going to accuse them of being heartless, KKK-supporting bigots just for watching a god damn TV show. So let me start off by saying:1) I'm not (accusing anyone of being a heartless, KKK supporting bigot).2) That doesn't mean

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!Sorry about not finishing up that MAD MEN post, but this pesky thing called playwriting got in the way. However, I have plenty of time over the holiday weekend to relax and do some writing, and I hope to do exactly that.After stuffing my face, of course.I believe I've said it on here before, but it bears repeating: Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite holiday. All you

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I was originally going to do this as one long post, but it appears that I have a lot to say about my experience thus far. So let's call this Part 1 of 2 for now...Okay, I finally watched the first 3 episodes of Mad Men after countless recommendations and repeated urging by some people whose opinions I value and trust. But, you know what? I just can't get into it. It's pretty well-written, I enjoy

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So I've been working on this script, a new one, called Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them. It's been going pretty well. There was a reading of it on March 8th as part of Ma-Yi's LabFest III, during the 2nd National Asian-American Theater Festival.Right now, I'm doing something I've never done before. Facing a unique challenge. The structure of the play is very intuitive, relative to the strict

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Start here.And my thoughts...1) Universal health care can only be the product of an evil alien plot? FAIL.Help! Everyone else on this show is absurdly white!We're all alone!!!2) Everyone in New York is white, except one black dude who is actually an alien? You have a mothership in every major city in the world. You could expand the scope of the show and have the plotting happen on an

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I originally posted this to my Ashtanga diary, but there's a little bit about my playwriting process in it, too.I don't know why I decided to start a whole new blog during one of the busiest periods of my entire life, especially since I wasn't even posting regularly on my main blog.Anyway -- I'm back!I still can't do Marichyasana D. The horrible truth it's making me face about myself is also

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So after four months of go, Go, GO, GOOOOO! it's finally happened. I am totally out of it. All I do all day is watch TV and read comic books. I haven't written a word in two weeks. And I even know what I want to do with my new draft; I just don't want to do it.I'm totally zonked.Aren't you glad I started blogging again at this really unexciting juncture?

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It's Peter Milligan's fault.I heard that my favorite comic book writer of all time was getting a new monthly DC/Vertigo series called Greek Street. Great concept -- update Greek myths and set them in London's Soho on, naturally, Greek Street. It's been okay so far. Not yet as good as Human Target and not even close to the greatest ongoing comic series of all time ever in the history of the

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Bill Thompson: Politics as UsualMike Bloomberg: Dictator For Life as Usual

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I know I'm late coming to this party, but what can I say? I haven't been blogging.OMG - RICTOR AND SHATTERSTAR KISSED! FINALLY!!!I think it's kind of great that Marvel has really stepped up it's, ahem... gay agenda. It always did make more sense for there to be queers in the Marvel Universe (given the X-men and the outsider status of all superpowered individuals there). Plus, with the Friends of

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Okay -- so I'll be the first to admit that the first several episodes of Dollhouse, Season 1 were rocky at best, and disgustingly awful television at worst. But in the middle of last year, the show did a complete turn around and became a mind-bending sci-fi romp about identity, existentialism, and social Darwinism. No, I'm not kidding. It really is one of the most creative and adventurous shows

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I end up feeling all this pressure that I have to blog about something really cool or clever.

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...if I started blogging regularly again?

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Here are a few pics, as promised! Of course, none of this is in costume and the set isn't entirely dressed, but here's a little glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes. This is totally, like, DVD extras kind of $#!%.Our director and designers, hard at work!Teching one of the "dreamy" entrances.The actors watching pole dancing in the dressing room (which I posted about yesterday).I've actually

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This is what I caught my cast watching as "research" for the play during their break.What does this have to do with THUNDER ABOVE...? You'll have to come see to find out :-)

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Run throughs, run throughs, run throughs... fight calls, fight calls, fight calls... line throughs, line throughs, line throughs...I know the actors need these things, and I appreciate all their hard work. But -- YAWN -- it's not exactly all that engaging for me, is it? I'm ready for tech! I want lights! I want storms! I want fabulous dresses to transform Jon into the tranny Gil I've always

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It's been a whirlwind summer, but I'm baaack at last! And just in time to give you all the details about 2g's production of Thunder Above, Deeps Below.In this world premiere production, a trio of homeless kids begs on the streets of Chicago for money to bus westward. But as winter nears, a journey through coffee shops, drag clubs, and mythic Lake Michigan waters brings change of a far queerer

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Thunder Above, Deeps Below will be presented by 2g this September. YAY!!!The play was just read at the Public a few weeks ago, while contracts were still being signed with 2g, and it was hearing it there that I just knew: it's ready. And not just because I think so or want it to be so, but because it IS. I'm sure there'll be a few tweaks and rewrites done in rehearsal once I see it in 3-D with a

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I wish it were a festival as sexual as that headline sounds, but it totally was not.So last night, we were jarred awake at around 1 AM, because firemen were swarming our building and the rest of the block -- sirens, screaming neighbors, the whole nine yards. They got into our building and ran to the basement as the Greek lady upstairs yelled and yelled and yelled. This went on for hours. We

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I have FINALLY finished going through all of my pictures from my London trip and have posted the ones of interest n Kuh-chik. I'm hoping to keep the flood of activity up and get through all of my 2007 photos before I leave for Barcelona on 3/16. We'll see how that goes, since I have a bunch of other junk to do, too.Here are some favorites:LookingThe Cam (Ideally, this triptych would be viewed one

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And I need you to be there! On top of the judge's award, there's an audience award, and the best way to win that is to PACK THE HOUSE, n'est-ce pas? (This is the event I told you about last week here.)Tickets were going fast yesterday, and they stop online ticket sales at noon today. But you can still follow this link for show information and get tickets at the door.And just so you know the most

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So Ishta Yoga, the place where I practice (who, by the way, are having an open house on 2/28), has these changing rooms. In the changing rooms, there's a hook where you can hang up your stuff while your getting ready for class.Lately, the less considerate yogin(i)s have taken to hanging their clothes up in the rooms and leaving them there, as though they are the only people who will ever need the

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Or rather, look at the things I'm looking at! I actually updated the Playtime Picks. Will my updates be more regular? Who the eff knows? But you have to admit, I've been pretty good about blogging this week. I'm trying not to pressure myself too much, so I don't view blogging as a burden, but rather as the tool it was intended to be.As for the picks, here's a bit more on the one's that I haven't

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Okay, so two of the oddest things I've ever written are going up next week. These are totally fun, not at all serious, but still (somehow) as ass-kickingly political as anything else I've ever done. I just can't escape myself.On Monday and Tuesday (2/16 and 2/17), Prospect Theater's Dark Nights are presenting RED ROVER, a children's show/gore fest of ABCs, 123s, and MURDER. The show is fresh from

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Alex and I have been watching The IT Crowd obsessively -- we saw three episodes this weekend alone! It's absolutely hilarious and totally quotable. Kind of like AbFab for nerds. Click here (for some reason the embedding for the clip I want to show has been disabled).And take a look at this one, too:

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The next stop for Kim's Video's amazing collection is Salemi, Sicily. It will be under the stewardship of an anarchist mayor, an alderman of creativity, and an alderman of nothing.Wha - haaa?Yeah, that's what I said. Check out this article in the NYT, though:La Dolce Video, New York Times, February 6, 2009I remember Kim's Underground in that Bleecker Street basement. It was the third branch of

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Dollhouse premieres next Friday, 2/13 at 9PM.

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I posted some pics on Kuh-chik! I totally emptied out my camera's memory card the other day and realized that there are photos from April 2007 that I never sorted through. I've been doing a batch each night, and since some of them were Turing related (and that's basically where I left off with Kuh-chik!) I thought about putting them up.Does this mean I'm back? I don't know. I'm trying not to put

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That is the question.

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Or am I right in interpreting this article as indirect class warfare?Full of Doubts, U.S. Shoppers Cut Spending (New York Times, October 6, 2008)If the article weren't in the New York Times, I probably wouldn't be so sensitive about it. But I'm tired of the one U.S. paper I can count on in terms of news-worthiness being so biased toward the wealthy. It's that very first sentence that does me in:"

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So whatever to all you haters.Watch Deep House Dish in Funny Videos  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.comTuhnay! Tuhnay!

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To say that the James concert I attended last Thursday at The Vic Theater in Chicago was a religious experience, would not be an exaggeration. That band needs to start a cult. Tim Booth is as close to a cult leader as you're going to get. Check this vid of Sit Down out:Okay, so somewhere around 3:10 everyone starts singing with him, and they turn the lights on on the crowd, because we're just

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By which I mean Boston. But I won't be bitter.I didn't know there was a video for Tomorrow. Me likey!

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Holy crap -- I feel like I'm working in a writing sweatshop. This is freakin' ridiculous.So I managed to get the 5 done today, but crap are they bad pages. I mean there's an okay moment here and there, but all in all I've really hit a wall. Thank god there are only two days to go.The good news is that I still haven't written the very end of the piece, and I already know what it is. I wasn't sure

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But I can't believe that I'm actually succeeding at this 5 a day thing. Today was 2 crap pages and 3 good ones, but that's 3 more than I thought I'd get. And I only wrote one of the two moments I have left in my brain, which is really cool. So tomorrow I'll be able to write the other moment, and hopefully from there I'll be able to continue on.I don't think I could do this for more than a week,

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-10883659635933392902008-09-03T08:48:00.007-04:002008-09-03T09:17:11.006-04:00

Girl, you got up at 5 AM to make the 6 AM Mysore class, strutted in like you were THE most important yogini since Krishnamacharya himself, and then made so much noise the intense (and tall) German guy actually shushed you? Really? Then you thought you could do -- oh, I dunno -- just six, maybe seven sun salutations, instead of sweating through ten like the rest of us? And, maybe you can stay in

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-10138569725481656292008-09-02T22:11:00.003-04:002008-09-02T22:18:48.691-04:00

DONE! 5.5 again. I thought I wasn't going to make it, I was procrastinating so much at the end there. But I'm glad I did. A few of them were good, some were quite bad, but 5 pages is 5 pages. There will be time for revision later.The real problem at this point is that I've almost exhausted all of the thinking ahead I had done. I'm pretty sure I know what will happen in the coming pages, but I

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-2288632080721366452008-09-01T21:13:00.006-04:002008-09-01T21:25:09.270-04:00

All right, I've been such an aimless, lazy bastard lately that I've decided I'm writing 5 pages a day all this week. For me, that's a lot of pages.I do write almost every day, but to me "writing" is an umbrella term that covers all kinds of stuff: reading, research, "sketching" (jotting down tiny bits of dialogue or descriptions), journal writing, blogging, watching TV, the newspaper, talking

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-83594228209225790962008-08-31T17:15:00.004-04:002008-08-31T17:38:01.046-04:00

I know, I know. Believe me: I've been watching and reading and seeing and loving all kinds of crap, I just haven't been posting.I'm going to try and keep with the whole blog thing, but I have to confess: between Yelp and Facebook, all of my Internet itches have been getting scratched lately. And I've been writing, like, actual stuff for work and junk. I'm messing around with a TV pilot on my

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-36409272967299808912008-08-18T14:04:00.002-04:002008-08-18T14:04:46.122-04:00

Yes, this really happened. Five pandas were arrested when all was said and done and numerous boom boxes destroyed.

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-43218815685284727042008-08-18T11:31:00.002-04:002008-08-18T11:32:34.281-04:00

Anything that can make me scream the above sentence, filled with joy is worth posting on the blog. And so -- even though I like the video in my brain more than the actual video -- here 'tis.HEY, ASHURBANIPAL!

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-33650709285170885552008-08-15T21:16:00.002-04:002008-08-15T21:50:04.615-04:00

I'm seeing James at Radio City on September 19. I'm trying to decide whether to make a trip earlier in the week to catch them at a smaller venue in Boston as well. But I think that might be a little too crazy teenage road trip for me... I can't decide.Anyway, enjoy this ridiculousness. SO GOOD.

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-8702667770070533692008-08-10T21:40:00.004-04:002008-08-10T21:52:27.067-04:00

Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and The Tangerine This weekend we headed to Film Forum to catch this documentary. I've been a fan of Ms. Bourgeois for some time, and I took Alex to a show of hers at Cheim and Read in the early 2000s. He's been a fan ever since.To be frank, though, despite our love of the subject, the doc left much to be desired. The filmmaker seemed more interested in

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-56366657935747859642008-08-08T09:55:00.009-04:002008-08-08T18:49:29.493-04:00

Alex and I are both primarily visual people, so it didn't faze me at all when he accidentally brought home Tropicana Heart Healthy O.J. with Omega-3s instead of the Tropicana Ruby Red. We differentiate Tropicana's by the colored stripe on the carton, and their two stripes are pretty damn similar in shade.I drank some yesterday, and to be frank it tastes kind of gross. The juice can't cover up

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-13897018284207874922008-08-04T23:21:00.002-04:002008-08-05T11:51:00.985-04:00

It's been a week of gourmet goodness at home and in restaurants, all to cure myself of the O'Neill's less than delicious cuisine (bagel for breakfast, salad and cake, salad and cake...). On top of my aforementioned golden beets and zucchini fritters (which I coated in a Guinness batter), Alex made garlic hummus; a delicious red potato, grape tomato, long green pepper, and purslane hash; and

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-13691064890910857082008-07-29T11:31:00.004-04:002008-07-29T11:46:10.021-04:00

There's no place like it.So the O'Neill was awesome, but we aren't really supposed to talk about it online (so as to ensure it's remaining a safe place for play development, and all that), but here's what I'll say:1. I loved it.2. I was so lucky to have an awesome cast, creative team, and space.3. I'm so glad to have met everyone I met.I'm home now, and adoring it. I've unpacked, gone through the

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-67179835179666965012008-07-01T16:46:00.003-04:002008-07-01T16:54:23.699-04:00

Okay, so there's this game, and it's called Mafia, and I totally suck at it. Perhaps you know it: three mafia, two detectives, at least five townfolk -- more is better. Through interrogations, accusations, defenses, and murders, the townfolk have to execute the mafia before they get knocked off.My problem? Everything I'm feeling is revealed on my face. In a game all about plotting and strategy,

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-60418601568909380262008-06-29T17:25:00.004-04:002008-06-29T17:50:35.942-04:00

Look, I'm all happy and honored and stuff to be part of this O'Neill thing and whatever, and I totally did some great writing this morning and have been able to sleep and relax and practice yoga and meditate everyday like I'm some artist and junk, but there is a very important question that no amount of artistry or enlightenment can answer for me right now:WHAT HAPPENED TO DONNA AND WHAT ABOUT

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-11497432867548016412008-06-27T17:26:00.004-04:002008-06-27T17:53:37.122-04:00

Wow -- it's been almost a month since I've posted. Sorry about that folks, but June was utter madness. 1) I went to the National Asian-American Theatre Conference (which went well, thanks!), 2) my dayjob threw it's annual Gala (which also went well, thank god!), and 3) I had to prep for the O'Neill. Which is where I am now.So far, so good, but I'd be lying if I didn't say it was overwhelming.

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-14253526623758178052008-05-30T10:18:00.005-04:002008-05-30T10:21:47.896-04:00

How Governor Set His Stance on Gay Rights, New York Times, May 30, 2008I get made fun of because fictional things never make me cry (no movies, no books, no nothing -- ever), but real stories -- like the eff-ing newspaper -- actually get the waterworks going. No matter how simple or mundane, sometimes I just can't stop myself.Thank god for Governor Paterson, Uncle Stanley, and Uncle Ronald.

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-23776839715408796712008-05-07T15:55:00.003-04:002008-05-07T15:59:42.007-04:00

An interesting article about UK TV casting on the Guardian, featuring my sci-fi goddess Freema Agyeman:Why the Dickens shouldn't costume dramas be ethnically diverse? (The Guardian, May 7, 2008)

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Last October, when I went to the Pansy Division concert, I mentioned that they played two totally new songs "Twinkie Little Star" and "20 Years of Cock." Well, here they are! Apparently, PD set up a YouTube page for our viewing pleasure. AWESOME!!!Twinkie Little Star, Pansy DivisionThis is actually a rehearsal vid, so the song itself starts at 3:50 if you want to skip ahead.20 Years of Cock,

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-19716459285794720922008-05-01T13:10:00.004-04:002008-05-01T13:25:32.831-04:00

Which is why you really, really, really have got to get your hands on James' new album Hey Ma. No joke.BubblesTake an axe to your pastTo your family treeCarve a face from the woodAn effigyMake wings from the leavesHide from the barkKindlingfor the hairRose for his heartSomeone to draw you rightSomeone to catch the lightDraw the blue from the skiesinto his eyesCarve the lines on his faceA map of

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-84270477457268190302008-04-29T08:46:00.002-04:002008-04-29T08:49:51.289-04:00

Get all the info at my original post here.Reserve tickets here.It's a free reading, but reservations are highly recommended as SPACE IS LIMITED.I'm off to rehearsal now, and hopefully I'll see you tonight!

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-79199936420204632052008-04-22T16:31:00.002-04:002008-04-22T16:49:14.661-04:00

With a play by Vampire Cowboy Qui Nguyen. GO! GO! GO!Details here.And for info on my reading, April 29 @ 7PM check out this post from last week.

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-56255905185778089822008-04-20T10:09:00.004-04:002008-04-20T10:15:26.457-04:00

And Catherine Tate, too.Okay, so Planet of the Ood was one awesome episode of Doctor Who. I loved it thematically and I was totally grossed out by the transformation at the end -- which I won't go into so as not to spoil anything (no, the Doctor didn't regenerate, something else happened).More than anything, though, I've got to say that on the subject of Catherine Tate as the new companion: I'm

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-50186752076627443292008-04-17T14:59:00.005-04:002008-04-17T16:04:01.756-04:00

Okay, remember how I hinted about something here and here that I couldn't tell you about till it was all set and official and stuff? WELL NOW IT IS!!! Check it out here:Pulitzer Winner Letts to Be O'Neill Artist in Residence; Playwrights Conference Announced (Playbill, April 17, 2008)I'm so glad no one figured it out with the little pic of Eugene O'Neill I slipped into this blog entry, heh heh

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-80368785458617536392008-04-17T11:35:00.003-04:002008-04-29T08:49:28.950-04:00

Those of you who missed Pure the first time around, when it was workshopped at Ensemble Studio Theatre, can now catch a reading presented by Ma-Yi Theatre Company. As you know, I'm a resident playwright in their writer's lab, and this is our 2008 presentation of works in progress from the Lab.There are plenty of plays to see and the Lab is chock full of talented, adventurous, and hilarious

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-84887789552430743892008-04-16T17:50:00.005-04:002008-04-17T07:59:12.280-04:00

I've totally been stalking the comments sections of the places I've found that wrote up the Turing play, to see what other AMT fans come out of the woodwork. Nothing too exciting yet, but you know I've been checking like every two hours. Aside from yesterday's SciAm article, Towleroad wrote a short piece linking back to SciAm. Thanks to Fastlad for the heads up on that.New Play About Gay Enigma

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-25727937557280487582008-04-15T16:44:00.003-04:002008-04-15T16:47:31.385-04:00

Here's the link to the aforementioned SciAm article. Thanks to Melinda Wenner for saying such positive things about the play and for bringing even more attention to Mr. Turing, States-side. Yippee!Alan Turing Comes Alive (Scientific American, April 15, 2008)

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Shortly after I wrote this post, I had a phone interview scheduled. Basically, some woman at the presentation last night sat in front of me, turned and said she enjoyed it, and could she ask me a few questions later on? She introduced herself and said where she was from, but I was so flustered by all the goings on of the event that I didn't really hear her.She called me this afternoon. She is a

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-53264358460543618192008-04-12T12:59:00.003-04:002008-04-12T13:01:52.263-04:00

Mention of my play totally made it onto the SciAm calendar for April. Okay, so it isn't actually me or my name, it's just Mr. Turing, but who cares? It's still eff-ing cool.Click here.

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-8040505448768031212008-04-11T06:59:00.005-04:002008-04-11T07:06:59.762-04:00

A.K.A. the electronic stored-programme digital computer. Although I think homo's devil machine has a nice ring to it. I mean, if you had to choose between an iMac, a ThinkPad, and a Homo's Devil Machine, which would you go for? That's right -- HDM, all the way, baby!We've been having a great time in rehearsal, and I've made some nice changes to the script (although there's still more work to do).

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-37753523653542242012008-04-09T22:14:00.002-04:002008-04-09T22:20:11.834-04:00

If you are able, just always put it in the present tense. Really. It's better. It really, really is.

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-87475538167173622402008-04-08T20:31:00.002-04:002008-04-08T20:33:26.709-04:00

But just listen to this oldie of there's from my favorite James album called Seven. The video is nothing to write home about, but just listen and feel this song.When you let me fall,Grew my own wings,Now I'm as tall as the sky.When you let me drown,Grew gills and fins,Now I'm as deep as the sea.When you let me die,My spirit's free,There's nothing challenging me.

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-10048259967001467932008-04-08T19:06:00.006-04:002008-04-12T13:04:04.275-04:00

Today was the first rehearsal of Pure at E.S.T. My god, there is nothing like a first rehearsal to make you feel like an artist again. For a first read, the actors dove right in. It, of course, took them a little time to work out the computer talk, but I have faith that they'll pick it up in the rehearsals to come. Here's a picture of Christopher Morcom, Turing's first love.So far, I need to take

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-49434704507368425472008-04-05T07:27:00.005-04:002008-04-12T16:08:19.349-04:00

Honestly, I think it's songs like this that made it hard for James to catch on in the U.S. It sounds like a self-aggrandizing pop song (like so many American Pop/R&B/Rock/Hip Hop songs), but it moves from ironic to absurd to critical to liberating with a The Smiths like fluidity that I don't think the casual radio listener can pick up on.Or am I underestimating American listeners? Even if I am

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-52034583456610892352008-04-04T14:28:00.005-04:002008-04-04T14:51:55.546-04:00

Hooray! The workshop of Pure is cast! Here's how it looks:Ean Sheehy as Alan TuringwithScotty Bloch as Sara TuringSteve Boyer as Christopher MorcomJulie Fitzpatrick as Joan ClarkRyan Karels as James Atkins/Neville JohnsonThis is my first ever all-white play. Isn't that weird? It sure is to me. I'm just happy that my all multi-cultural play with an all non-white cast (Thunder Above, Deeps Below)

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-17596396753576436612008-03-27T14:08:00.006-04:002008-04-11T07:11:06.431-04:00

Okay! Everything is all set and official-like! The workshop of Pure (the Alan Turing play) will happen in a couple of weeks with a public reading on April 11, 2008 at 7PM. Carlos Armesto is directing. Ean Sheehy will be playing Alan with Scotty Bloch, Steve Boyer, Julie Fitzpatrick, and Ryan Karels.Here's a link to the First Light 2008 page on E.S.T.'s website. Come see everything!PureBy A. Rey

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-24466696220522301082008-03-26T07:14:00.004-04:002008-03-26T07:21:49.581-04:00

Alex totally got me a sonic screwdriver for my birthday.It really is the little things, sometimes. The Doctor doesn't need guns, and I don't need ridiculous gifts -- just the right companion and a sonic screwdriver for us both, thank you very much.

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-40716598480321182912008-03-23T11:56:00.004-04:002008-03-23T21:43:24.052-04:00

Here's a great article from The Times about James' new album and their return to touring (in the UK, not here, alas):New album and sell-out tour make James the comeback kings (The Times, March 22, 2008)And here's the YouTube video they ref in the article.This song is also the first track on the new album (coming April 7th in the UK).

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-39241197210190574192008-03-20T09:44:00.003-04:002008-03-20T09:59:07.728-04:00

I am one of those few people who passes the age of 21 and STILL likes their birthday. Why, you moribund folks, ask? Here's why:1) I'm so totally still alive. STILL. Who'd've thought it would be so?2) My life is pretty damn good already. I've done and seen and experienced a lot of exciting, amazing things. That means that everything from this point forward is gravy.3) I get to make people hang out

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-13650455134029455792008-03-19T07:27:00.004-04:002008-03-19T07:55:55.609-04:00

Wow - I'm suddenly busy again. Hooray!So this is kind of like a save the date card, and I'm sure you'll treat it the same way (give it a glance and then chuck it in the trash), but it'll also help me get my head together.To start, that workshop of Pure is happening on April 11, 2008 at the Ensemble Studio Theatre. The details are still being worked out, but it is happening.Next, at the end of

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-86575225881237119022008-03-13T12:40:00.003-04:002008-03-13T12:46:36.682-04:00

Eliot Spitzer and Sally Kern all in one week -- I'm blogging up a storm over at BQ! I also did a piece on Lawrence King last month that I never plugged. Find 'em all by clicking on these nifty links:Mysterious Question, Obvious Answer (February 19, 2008)No "Did He or Didn't He?" — He Did... I Just Don't Care (March 10, 2008)Gays BETTER Than Terrorists (March 13, 2008)Enjoy!

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-80591847405084437662008-03-13T10:22:00.007-04:002008-03-23T21:45:35.078-04:00

OMG - look at this!!!The Open Road Anthology and my two contributions to it -- Ain't Meat and 1260 Minute Life -- are at last in print in this nifty little volume. Buy one here! These are the Humana commissions, in case you forgot. I don't think I get any real royalties and junk, so I'm not telling you to buy this so I can rake in the dough. I'm just telling you to buy it because I can't believe

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-71737834386654755042008-03-11T10:25:00.004-04:002008-03-11T10:32:58.209-04:00

My lovely little play about my hero Mr. Turing is getting a workshop as part of E.S.T./Sloan's 2008 First Light Theatre Festival.YAY!I have to be frank: I thought they had written off the play. Although I acknowledge the first draft needed help, I felt like they didn't recognize the potential in it. But once free of the deadline, I was able to do the work I needed to do, and it seems to have

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-17817168071808561462008-03-10T11:32:00.003-04:002008-03-10T11:37:53.344-04:00

Look at this!April 8 release in the UK. You can listen to a track called Whiteboy from the album on James' MySpace page. I like how the brass is prominent again; it reminds me of Seven.So far, so good. AHHHHH!!!

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-89600827469273381012008-03-05T12:59:00.003-05:002008-03-23T21:57:29.661-04:00

So the Beautiful Day reading went marvelously well. Hooray! My marvelous cast deserves showers of affection -- the audience was really into their performances and mentioned their nuanced character interpretations in the talkback that followed. All in all, a lovely evening.Talkbacks weird me out. Suddenly all these people want to ask me questions, and I want the play to speak for itself or for the

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-83630694248417339532008-03-05T11:56:00.000-05:002008-03-05T11:57:18.252-05:00

...is so damn fun.

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-4848552049536044562008-02-29T12:02:00.006-05:002008-02-29T12:25:18.291-05:00

Hey peeps - so Beautiful Day is being read as part of 2g's (annual?) festival of new work ELEVEN next Monday. If you've been following my stuff, you might recall that my short play Don't Ever Leave (with the Robotech stuff and the monster and the Sesame Street/Elmo on the beach monologue) was performed at 2g's TEN last year. 2g are also the folks who were awesome enough to give me a workshop of

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-10126175869013074742008-02-29T10:51:00.004-05:002008-02-29T11:15:08.060-05:00

Le geek, c'est chic!Uh, so I came into work this morning to find this written on a post-it stuck to my computer screen.Talk about awesome.Alex and I are in the midst of Series 3 at the moment. I think I liked the first two series better. The episodes are still good, but we're both a little shockified by how it transformed from the frumpy, BBC geek show to the gorgeously hot people running around

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-79520788002735747452008-02-08T15:03:00.000-05:002008-02-08T15:05:43.504-05:00

But it probably helps. From The Onion:GM Introduces New 2008 Line of LayoffsHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-8856881690657972982008-02-07T11:03:00.000-05:002008-02-07T12:00:07.806-05:00

More news on American spending habits in the New York Times, both very interesting...Economy Fitful, Americans Start to Pay as They Go, (New York Times, February 5, 2008)Retailers Report Week January Sales, (The Associated Press via Nytimes.com, February 7, 2008)Hooray! Come on, everyone, keep on NOT SPENDING. No, I'm not some crazy anarchist intent on toppling the U.S. economy. I just think that

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-8565871256839754772008-02-06T20:11:00.000-05:002008-02-06T20:13:25.367-05:00

Ianto's so pent up and awkward... ADORABLE.

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As if I didn't have enough weirdness just being a gay, Filipino-American playwright who grew up on a farm and is currently writing a math play, I now find that I'm enjoying Doctor Who.I've officially achieved the pinnacle of geekiness. At first, I was just watching them so I could fully appreciate Torchwood, but I have to admit that one and a half seasons into the latest incarnation of the Doctor

reyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406509497923890474noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15454237.post-43331323390587308292008-02-05T17:12:00.000-05:002008-02-05T17:26:11.507-05:00

I saw Jill Sobule perform at Joe's Pub last night. It was pretty crazy, whimsical, and very fly by the seat of your (or her) pants -- just like...yadda yadda yadda. She didn't have a set list, she had a buddy improvising on piano, and every once in awhile she'd yell into the audience, "What should I sing next?" Along with her satirical tunes, she'd also inject some political commentary to much

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