Update for Jan, 1987
Places Small Town Sent
Morristown Theatr„ild (1/7/87)
Old Log Theatre (1/7/87)
Places Murder Sent (1/7/87)
American Theatre of Actors
Apple Corps theatre
Evelyn barron
Nicholas Benton
Berkeley Rep Theatre
Ensemble Studio Theatre
Equity Library theatre
Mary K. Frank
Gene frankel Theatre
Highlight Theatre
Stage Three
Stonewall Rep Theatre
TRG Co.
Vortex Theatre Co.
Zephyr Theater
Robert Lussier
Millbrook Playhouse
Alonzo Players
I'm holding off on further copies until about Feb 15 for Murder, since I
expect some quick rejects back from the above. Hopefully I will have
another 5-10 copies of Murder and Small Town out in February.
I welcome Matt into The Pact. I think we can be someone Matt, and call
if you ever need to talk. I'll call soon even if you don't.
Came out with a lousy draft of MIB. Haven't yet seen Mike's response,
but hope to be well onto the final draft for next month.
Rejects for this month:
BORING CLASS
New Kent Quarterly--Doesn't do essays
STAR TREK PARAPHERNALIA
Stardate--moved, no forwarding address
Fantasy Review-doesn't use fiction
FACES/ PATTERNS + T.O.
Twilight Zone--pretty long shot anyway
No word on plays. Kinda scary. Enclosed 2 books of stamps for Mike as I
was remiss last month. Adios as our fine brothers would say..OP
Update for February, 1987
REJECTS
PLAY THEATRE REASON
Small Town Coldwater Community Theatre Contest (we lost)
" Manhattan Punch Line Form (kept resume)
" Hudson Guild Form (kept resume)
Murder Mary Frank (producer) No unsolicited works
(kept resume)
" Stonewall Rep Theatre Form (kept resume)
" Equity Library Theatre Refused
" Robert Lussier (producer) Addressee Unknown
" Frankel Theatre Moved, Not forwardable
" M-Square Entertainment Form (kept resume)
" Lion Theatre Form (kept resume)
SENDER-OUTERS
PLAY THEATRE DATE APPROXIMATE LOCATION
Small Town Lyceum Theatre 2/8/87 MO
" Indep. Script Con. 2/28/87 NJ
" Contemporary Theat. 2/28/87 NY
Murder Salt Lake Acting Co.2/28/87 SLC
" Theatre 138 2/28/87 SLC
" Pioneer Theatre Co. 2/28/87 slc
" Co-lab theatre " CA
" Cal Arts Theat " "
" Bathhouse theat " WA
" Richard Barr " NYC
Worked on MIB. Got a poem accepted by Hob-Nob. Talked to Matt about the
pact. THERE ARE PENALTIES MIKE, FOR MAKING FUN OF PLAYS YOU DON'T WORK
ON. LEAVE MY BOY ALONE. Don't forget to put POET's CORNER on the resume
in the next iteration. Sent Prentice-Hall proposals for books. Revised
"The Helical Waveguide" for use in a technical journal.
Next month: Finish MIB, work on pact. Send out slew of MIB. Find more
addresses for Murder, although we still have enough for probably two
months more.
Everything progressing as well as can be expected (said the nurse to the
family of the terminally-ill patient). SUBMISSION UPDATE FOR APRIL, 1987
THE FOLLOWING WERE REJECTED:
PLAY THEATRE DATE REASON
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SMALL TOWN ALBUQUERQUE LITTLE THEAT 4/1/87 FORM
" ARROW ROCK LYCEUM THEAT. 4/11/87 Contest Rejection
" INDEPENDENT SCRIPT CONS. 4/27/87 Shut down
MURDER THEATRE GROUP 4/1/87 DON'T DO PLAYS
" BATHHOUSE THEATRE 4/1/87 FULL
" Nicholas Benton 4/11/87 NONE GIVEN
" RICHARD BARR 4/26/87 FORM REJECT
MIB COUNTERSTAGE 4/26/87 CLOSED DOORS
" ALBUQUERQUE LITTLE THEAT 4/27/87 FORM REJECT
THE FOLLOWING PLAYS WERE SENT OUT:
PLAY THEATRE DATE
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SMALL TOWN NEW HAVEN STAGE CO. 4/1/87
" UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 4/1/87
" Shazzam Production co. 4/11/87
MURDER MAXWELL ANDERSON PLAY 4/1/87
" COUNTERSTAGE 4/1/87
" M & M PRODUCTIONS (L.A.) 4/1/87
" M & M Productions (Hollywood) 4/11/87
M.I.B. GALLERY PLAYERS 4/1/87
" SALT LAKE ACTING CO. 4/1/87
" THEATRE 138 4/1/87
" HALE CENTER THEATRE 4/1/87
" PIONEER MEMORIAL THEAT. 4/1/87
" AMERICAN STAGE DIR. 4/11/87
" AMERICAN THEAT. OF ACT. 4/11/87
" ALBUQUERQUE LITTLE THEAT.4/11/87
" APPLE CORPS 4/11/87
" ARIZONA THEATRE CO. 4/11/87
" ARTHOR CANTOR 4/11/87
" RICHARD BARR 4/11/87
" EVELYN BARRON 4/11/87
" BERKELEY REPERTORY 4/11/87
" CAL-ARTS THEATRE 4/11/87
" CO-LAB THEATRE 4/17/87
" COLDWATER COMMUNITY 4/17/87
" COUNTERSTAGE 4/17/87
" ENSEMBLE STUDIO (NY) 4/17/87
" FERNDALE REPERTORY 4/17/87
NOTE: Remove Nicholas Benton from the MIB list. He didn't even read our
last play.
RESUMES TO THE FOLLOWING PLACES WERE SENT OUT:
Overseas Artists Ltd.
Panda Agency
Philadelphia Lt. Agency
Allen L. Greene
Mary Hardin, Bret Adams limited
Jack Tantleff, Agency for the Performing Arts
Susan Breitner Literary Assoc.
Alyss Barlow Dorese
Bertha Klausner Lit. Agency
Lucy Kroll Agency
RESUMES WERE RETURNED FROM THE FOLLOWING PLACES:
Overseas Artists Ltd.-- closed doors
Panda Agency -- Requested "Small Town." Thank God I got one back in time.
FOREIGN MARKETS
m.i.b. The Entertainment Machine Theatre Co. LONDON 4/17/87
SMALL TOWN Odyssey Theatre Club LONDON 4/17/87
MURDER Bush Theatre LONDON 4/17/87
My busiest submission month to date. Everything happening at once. I
have a feeling things are coming down. Finished the pact. I heartily
object to the whining in the update, simply because if I had put that in
any of my updates, I would be thoroughly chastised for it. Things are
bad all around. What do you want me to do about it? What can I do? I
send out as much fucking things as I can afford. I'm writing to my
limit. My cards are maxed out too. Fate is in other hands, not mine.UPDATE FOR MAY, 1987
PLAYS SENT TO THE FOLLOWING PLACES:
PLAY THEATRE DATE
MIB HIGHLIGHT THEATRE 5/9/87
" RICK HOBARD "
" HUDSON GUILD "
" KILGORE COLLEGE "
" MILLBROOK PLAYHOUSE 5/23/87
" NANTAHALA PLAYERS 5/23/87
" OLD LOG "
" PENNSYLVANIA STAGE "
" STEPHEN GRAHAM "
smalltown TRENTON THEATRE GUILD 5/19/87
I submitted MIB to the following addresses which aren't listed on my
"PROPOSED ADDRESSES FOR M.I.B." list:
NIGGLI 5/23/87
LAKEWOOD LITTLE THEAT "
THEATRE EXCHANGE "
PLAYHOUSE 51 "
PLAYS RETURNED FROM THE FOLLOWING PLACES:
PLAY THEATRE DATE REASON
MIB Richard Barr 5/9/87 none given
" Hale Center Theatre 5/20/87 Family theatre
" Ensemble Studio Theat 5/20/87 Form reject
murder counterstage 5/9/87 shut down
smalltown Shazzam Produc. Co. 5/9/87 wrong address
AGENT PACKS RETURNED FROM THE FOLLOWING:
LUCY KROLL AGENCY not accepting manuscripts
BERTHA KLAUSNER wants money
BRET ADAMS LIMITED wrong address
Agency for the Performing arts Doesn't like "terms" of our letter
Susan Breitner Lit. Assoc. Moved, no forwarding available
miscellaneous:
BORING CLASS-- ALLEGHENY REVIEW 5/19/87
I've officially run out of resumes. Speaking of which, be sure to
include the following on the next version:
Spell "Separate" correctly.
IEEE Journal of Vacuum Electron Devices
Amherst Review
Poet's Corner
Green Feather
Quixote
Currently working on my book contract. Let us hope I can pull this one
off. We're getting little bits of hope here, and there, let's not give
up now.
Finished my draft of the pact. I am holding Matt to the June 15
completion date as promised. I know you can do it Matt...
Broken Gopher, INK update, july 11 1986:
* Submitted Small Town to three places in Salt Lake. Have one
more place here to send it, then I start elsewhere. No comment
from anyone yet.
* Submitted query letter to Skeptical Inquirer on possible
article.
* Submitted letters to Univers. of Utah and Univ. of Colorado
asking if they'd be interested in publishing an alumnus' work
(plays).
* Procrastinated on letter to Dramatist Guild. It's at the top of
the list now.
*Submitted over works of individual and collaborative fiction to
over 100 places. These are the places that rejected our work:
F=FORM REJECT; N=NICE REJECT
GARGOYLE
Randall Larson, Threshold of Fantasy- F
Merritt Clifton
Rampike magazine, Canada- F
Ansuda Publications -N
Space and Time- 'a Series of jokes does not a story make'
Liked,though
MAD- No prose
Utah Holiday- N (publishes no fiction)
Galactic Discourse -No Comment
Gargoyle Mag- N (not reading now, suggested other markets)
Antaeus -F
Swift Kick- 'Ick is alright if it's nutzy enough, but this is just Ick'
Writers West- Liked story, but too backed up
Granta, England- F
Pulpsmith- no comment
Twisted- Liked Bio
Fiction Network- F
Pangloss Papers- Great reject, sent mag
DICTATOR CARL
Randall Larson, Threshold of Fantasy- F
Merritt Clifton
Ansuda Publications -N
Space and Time -N
MAD- no prose
Humor Mag- F
Galactic Discourse - no comment
Swift kick- see above
Pulpsmith- no comment
Twisted- see above
Pangloss papers- see above
BORING CLASS
Aura -N (Considering one of my short stories)
Westwind- Only accepts from UCLA students
Ball State University Forum -Considering
DeKalb Literary arts- F
Humor Mag -F
Quarterly West- No comment
Coydog review- F
Gargoyle Magazine -N
South Dakota Review- no comment
STAR TREK PARAPHERNALIA
ALPHA ADVENTURES- No 'media' material
Galactic Discourse -No comment
One-acts (Toilet OVerlord, HBO)
Amelia- only publishes winner of their contest
Alpha Adventures- going out of bus. Like Toilet Overlord,
though
SUMMARY- All things considering, a fairly productive month, as
far as submissions go. This month will be devoted more to
creating new works instead of just submitting. I have some ideas
on how to refine my submission procedure because the way it is,
I'm having trouble keeping track of everything. Tally-Ho.
UPDATE FOR THE MONTH OF JULY,1986
Since my last update was about two weeks ago, there's not much to
report.
The following places rejected our work:
STAR TRECK PARAPHERNALIA
Exquisite Corpse- no comment
Bellinham Review - only reads Sept-May
BORING CLASS
Exquisite Corpse- no comment
Denver Quarterly- reads only between sept-may
*Heard back from both University of Utah and University of
Colorado. They cannot publish plays.
*Submitted about thirty different bitch letters, including one to
the Dramatists Guild. Shit should hit the fan soon on this one.
*Sent rabid bat into Matt's apartment.
*Currently working on play outline for Murder in the Men's Store.
I'm procrastinating some, but plan to finish it this last week in
July (first draft).
*Had two more copies of Small Town made up.
*Sent one to Perry Shepard, Painted Word,
401 So. 400W., Salt Lake City, UT 84101
I think we have a good chance with this guy
because he is looking for original material,
and is just really starting up. He sounds OK on the
phone also. Doesn't sound gay, so he probably won't like
Matt.
*Sent the other copy (obviously) to Actor's outlet theatre.
Will try to send 2-3 copies/month out of Small Town, just
going down my list. I will exhaust my list in about 1 year.
ETC=1year (Estimated Time to Completion)
*Haven't heard back from any Salt Lake theatre. I'm
optimistic, though.
*Sent MATT $15.00 this month. $5.00 was for my monthly stamp fee,
and $10.00 was for The Dramatists Bible. So you two haggle over
how you're going to come up with the rest of the money (unless
you think I should give more.).
*Sending Matt $5.00 enclosed in his play update letter for my
monthly stamp fee and trust fund.
FUTURE ENDEAVORS
*Send more bats to Matt's apartment.August Playwright Update
Form # 339305867
File # 57896544
Re: Rf: K to mkw, ml
mg: tk: fp:
SMALL TOWN SENT TO (8/29/86)
Alburquerque little theatre
Arthur Cantor, producer
Coldwater Community Theatre
All quiet on the small town front. Haven't got any back.
will probably regret making as many copies I have when I finally
get them all back.
The following rejected our work:
BORING CLASS
FORUM- Ball State Univ. - Nice
Descant- doesn't take articles
Comet Halley- giving up on life
Gargoyles
Humor mag- form
Not much else to report. Made first draft of Murder outline, but
progress slow.
sincerely slo blo.op
play Update for september 1986; 9/23/86
Small Town sent to (9/18/86):
Jack Essex Productions
Ferndale Repertory Theatre
Pioneer Memorial Theatre (Salt Lake)
Haven't gotten a single copy of Small Town back. I hope they all
get produced because I dread the day when 2000 copies end up on
my doorstep.
Haven't gotten anything else back except my own personal
writings. Finally getting 'Night Watchman' published by Mind in
Motion.
I don't have anything else to report. I'm in the middle of Murder
in the Men's Store, and I gotta get back to it.
I assume that I still have to send a book of stamps each month. I
forgot last month, so I've enclosed two. Sorry. Our play policy
changes so quickly, it's hard for the Salt Lake branch to keep up
sometimes.
writers in their underwear.op
UPDATE FOR OCTOBER, 1986 A.D.
The most notable achievement of this month was finishing Murder
in the Mens' Store. I think we can learn from this play as to how
to do some things right. God knows we've done enough to know how
to do things wrong. We clicked on this play, and this was due to
several factors:
Mike trusted me. I can't tell you guys how much this helped and
how much I'm grateful for this. We're all great writers as well
as adults, and we should be responsible for ourselves. This trust
has shown me that Mike is working towards 'psychic equality' on
his end.
We communicated and set a unified direction for our play, before
we started. Many times I wanted to fall back into habit and hide
things from him, hoping he wouldn't notice what I was doing until
a draft was in his hands and then it would be too late. I
realized how stupid this was. With two or three writers we have
to pull in the same direction. You see what two people can do
pulling in the same direction, and I think our results would be
incredible if we can become unified on at least one play.
I trusted Mike and didn't get bogged down in detail. If you look
at the draft I did initially, and the final draft, you'll see
massive changes. Usually I balk, but I didn't really care that
much this time when I realized how good the play actually is. The
overall picture didn't change, so details didn't matter.
Well I know we can get it together, and WE NEED YOU MATT. PLEASE
CALL HOME, YOUR WRITING PARTNERS ARE WORRIED. I think the success
of Cedar Chips shows that Matt is the equal of any of us, al
though I think it proves it to Matt more than anyone. We never
had doubts.
*************REJECTS**********REJECTS**************REJECTS*******
Gargoyles
Denver Quarterly--Form reject
Expresso Tilt--Thought it had imagination.
Pig Iron Press--Form reject
Boring Class
California Quarterly--Form reject
Dictotor Carl
The Sunshine Press (illinois) Form reject
Expresso Tilt (see below)
Star Trek
Expresso Tilt "Sorry dudes"
Toilet Overlord and Faces Patterns/ HBO
Red Cedar Review--Form reject
********SUBMISSIONS***********SUBMISSIONS**************SUBMISSIONS**
SMALL TOWN
Stephen Graham 10/17/86
Hudson Guild Theatre 10/17/86
MURDER
Actors' Space 10/27/86
Acting Group 10/27/86
I plan to use the time I have off cranking up the mass-o-submit
machine with Murder. So look for new and better addresses in next
month's edition of PLAY UPDATE, 1986.
Finis, as Rob would saySUBMISSION UPDATE FOR NOVEMBER, 1986 ANNA DOMINGO
Well this month was a busy month for me.
*Dramatists Guild letter
I sent out another 5 of these letters to dramatists
magazines. They might not accept it, since I assume some of them
read the quarterly, but it's worth some exposure. I still have
lots of the letters out. Unfortunately, I sent it out as a
letter, with no return envelope (I've corrected this since) and
if they don't publish it, I'm sure they just throw it away.
That's ok. We got what we wanted out of it.
*Sign of the Times, Goofus--short story, etc.
*Poet's Corner, Green Feather, Unknowns--Three poems to be
published (1987).
*Sent out about 70 submissions of poems. It was a lot of work,
but it has already paid off. It does good for ego-boosting, and I
would recommend Matt, that you try it. You can get addresses from
me and spike of the ones who are nice to us.
*Sent out Star Trek paraphernalia to 5 places, which I included
in Spike's copy of the update. Security Check (the magazine
devoted to Chekov) and In a Different Reality still have the
paraphernalia. I still have faith that we'll get some of this
crap published.
*Finished Skeptical Inquirer article and sent that off. I have
faith that old Kendrick Frazier will treat us right.
*Started MIB ideas.
*Sent out total of 5 copies of Murder. Will wait for January to
swamp the market to allow time for the contests to complete.
Acting Group - moved. Looked shady.
Actor's space - same.
Arizona Theatre ?Co. Sent out( 11/11/86) and acknowledged receipt.
University of Alabama/University (sent 11/1/86)
ERASE VICTORY GARDENS THEATRE. Negotiates future rights.
Blech.
*Have about 12 copies of Small Town in circulation. No word
back.
Kilgore College Theatre (Sent 11/1/86)
Manhattan Punch line (Sent 11/11/86)
Off Center Theatre (Sent 11/1/86)
Paper Mill Playhouse (Sent 11/11/86)
Pennsylvania Stage Co. (Sent 11/11/86)
Snowmass Rep Company (Sent 11/11/86)
Spokane Interplayers Ensemble (Sent 11/1/86)
*Graciously copied a play I had no part in.
Well I've been one busy bee this month. I have a proposal for
matt:
Matt, since you're not going to be writing with either spike
or me for awhile, certainly not playwrighting for quite awhile,
how would you like to work on The Pact for the next six months
and get a first draft out? You can do basically anything you want
with it, change title if you want, and I'll even defer first
credit (if you get a first draft out, that is.). You'll have a
play with your name first, with plenty of time to mull over. You
can build your confidence, and we can get some preliminary bonds
established between us. It waould be easier on this than on a new
play, and since a draft exists, you would have something to work
for. Let me know.
I'm pleased with how things are going. I know losing the
contest was tough, but it wasn't my play, so what the fuck.
Anyway, it looks good on the resume.
Finis
SUBMISSION UPDATE DECEMBER, 1986
Not much happening this month since the Xmas mail cut into
my submission process.
MURDER
Arizona Theatre Co.--"I found your play interesting to read
because of the perspective from which you wrote it, [but] the
cast size prohibited serious consideration for production. I also
think that it is growing more difficult to produce three act
plays. We have found that our audience just does not want a
second intermission." The kept the resume, by the by.
The University of Alabama Theatre--Form reject
Dan Fisher--Didn't even look at the fucking thing.
SMALL TOWN
Little Oscar Theatre-- Moved, no forwarding address.
Off Center Theatre-- Only does local playwrights. Remove
from lists.
DICTATOR CARL
Aldebaran--rejected form letter
Whiskey Island University--rejected no comment
Twilight Zone mag--liked a lot
Life & Times-- ceased publication
MAAT- stopped publication
GARGOYLE
Whiskey Island U. -- no comment
Twilight zone--liked a lot
BORING CLASS
Whiskey Island U. -- Fun, but not our style
Metrosphere-- form reject
Portland Review-- publishing student work only
STAR TREK PARAPHERNALIA
Thrust mag--Reject, form
Fantasy--Not publishing now
Space and Time--Not a trek fan. Kill him.
Well, I'm getting ready to crank up the play submission
machine. Look for it in next month's update. 1986 was a good
year, and I think 1987 could be better.`````^Z
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