Three Things: Monologue Show, Good Jew, and Stage THIS! Book Review

The Monologue Show, November 6 & 7
E-MergingWriters.com had a successful first preview of The Monologue Show on October 17, 2009, and are now sharing a few more preview performances this Saturday and Sunday, November 6 and 7.  SmartTix.com will be glad to help you purchase your tickets.
The Monologue Show is currently at Stage Left Studio, [...]

Checking in Before Fall Takes Over

After the successful book release, E-MergingWriters.com didn’t take much time off, it just might seem that way.
First, two solo shows will be going into pre-production/development in the next few months.  These Monologues What I Wrote:DRAFT, written and performed by Frank Blocker and directed by Helena Gleissner will be given its first test drive on October [...]

Book Release Celebration Re-cap and Audience Award Winners

An amazing cast, amazing plays, fantastic theatre space, and an afternoon that turns into evening all helped make the Book Release Celebration for Stage THIS! Volume 3 a huge success.
The readings were performed in two segments: monologues 5:00 pm-6:30 pm, then short plays at 8:00 pm, followed by a wine reception.
From Stacie Theon’s brilliant performance [...]

Stage THIS! Reading and Book Release Party

The Public Reading and Book Release Party for Stage THIS! Monologues, Short Solo Plays and 10-Minute Plays will take place at The Vortex Theater, 164 11th Ave. (@ 22nd St), New York, New York.  For those of you in the area, that’s right across the street from Chelsea Piers.
Monologues are presented at 5:00 pm on [...]

Stage THIS! Volume 3 Now Available

Stage THIS! Volume 3 is finally in print and available for purchase.  Winning playwrights will receive their free copy, but that will be delayed somewhat as we plan on releasing those books along with a public reading…so all present can sign books!
Congratulations to all the winning playwrights and to us for surviving the grueling process [...]

Stage THIS! Volume 3, the Publishing Nightmare!

Some people may be wondering where, oh where, is the published version of Stage THIS! Volume 3.  We wonder that, too.
The work was all done by January, meaning the editing, revising and formatting of 20 writers into a cohesive book.  We set about using BookSurge.com this year because iUniverse has been slipping in the past [...]

Drama Desk Awards 2009

The following is from Drama Desk Nominee Frank Blocker, Solo Performance for Southern Gothic Novel:
I attended the Drama Desk Awards Sunday night.  The winner in my category was Humor Abuse, still running on Broadway.  I say “still running” because there seems to be an instant assumption that any solo show you mention must have already [...]

Award nominations abound for Southern Gothic Novel

Playwright and actor (and webmaster) Frank Blocker has just been nominated for an Audience Award for Favorite Solo Performance by Broadway.com.  The 10th  Annual Broadway.com Audience Awards, the only theatrical award that honors the best of the season as chosen by regular theatergoers.   The nominations were determined after two weeks of online voting, in which [...]

We’re not gone! And we’re not foolin’!

NO THANK YOU, TIME WARNER!
Just a quick note to say, yes, the site is being reconstructed and things are being done, but no thanks to Time Warner Cable.  Each time I have had to deal with them, they have grown to be amazingly more inept than the last.
To clarify, the website for E-Merging Writers is [...]

Stage THIS! Volume 3 Winners Announced

The following have been accepted for publication in our third volume of the Stage THIS! collection:  Stage THIS! Monologues, Short Solo Plays and 10-Minute Plays:
Monologues
All the Pretty Little Horses, Robert Paul Laudenslager, Blacksburg, Virginia
Beer & Newspaper, Alex Broun, Australia
Cheryl, Lisa Stephenson , Cincinnatti, Ohio
Cosmic Judo, Alan Steinberg, Potsdam, New York
Geraldine, Michele Merens, Bayside, Wisconsin
Gone, Paul [...]