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tom moran

This is a blog about playwriting. But you know what? I have a really cute dog. So I've decided to introduce Laya to the world. Brief...

It’s been over a year since my last entry. Why? Well, for starters, no one reads this blog, which is at least partly by design – I don’t...

I went overboard on the New Year's Resolutions this year. I actually made an itemized list of 4 of them, which in turn were sorted into...

“Progress” is something that feels somewhat lacking in my life right now (thanks, COVID) but the name of this post is still appropriate...

Well, it's been a year. No, literally, it's been a year (and then some) since I wrote anything in this blog. Have things happened since...

Like most of my white-collar brethren, I've spent the last two months becoming more acquainted with online conferencing, and specifically...

I had arguably my most successful day as a playwright at the end of February, when I had two plays accepted into play contests in one...

The UAF Student Drama Association's Winter Shorts always seem like kind of a scattershot affair, with content coming from who knows...

Heartland Theater in Illinois has a long-running one-act festival that attracts a lot of interest, and I've tried to get in a few times...

The UAF Student Drama Association has an annual contest called "Famous for Fifteen," where they do readings of short plays. I think they...

For the last (embarrassingly long length of time redacted) or so I've been poking around on a novel project: my first musical! (A...

On April 17, I received an email entitled "TA#19-066 BREAKOUT." The body of the email was: "Mr. Moran, Attached you will find a DA 3238...

The name says it all. Tomorrow and Monday is the 6th Alaska One-Minute Play Festival, and not only have I had plays in all six, I've...

I've frankly been doing a pretty crap job of writing anything lately, which is why I'm glad the Alaska Overnighters came along again: no...

I spent last week at the Valdez Last Frontier Theatre Conference in beautiful (and soggy) Valdez, Alaska. I've been coming to the...

Once again, the 8x10s' were, well, the 8x10's. Some good, some bad, some ugly. I think my piece, "Further Reflection," acquitted itself...

The first play I ever had read was for a contest called the Fairbanks Drama Association 8x10's: 8 plays, each (ostensibly) 10 minutes...

Last month, I was invited once again to contribute a couple of plays to the Alaska One-Minute Play Festival, which includes pieces from...

This is a playwriting site, so perhaps I'd better write a bit about drama, eh? A few weeks ago I traveled down to Anchorage to take place...

Hello to everyone who may happen to be out there (but who probably aren't.) Just trying to get the hang of this whole blogging...