thomasmmoranMay 19, 20202 minZoom!Like most of my white-collar brethren, I've spent the last two months becoming more acquainted with online conferencing, and specifically...
thomasmmoranMar 27, 20202 minProgress, of a sortI 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 day...
thomasmmoranFeb 28, 20202 minUAF Winter ShortsThe UAF Student Drama Association's Winter Shorts always seem like kind of a scattershot affair, with content coming from who knows where...
thomasmmoranFeb 3, 20202 minThe SignHeartland 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 n...
thomasmmoranJan 27, 20202 minFamous For FifteenThe UAF Student Drama Association has an annual contest called "Famous for 15," where they do readings of short plays. I think they basic...
thomasmmoranDec 8, 20192 minSojourn! (A Pizza Story)For the last (embarrassingly long length of time redacted) or so I've been poking around on a novel project: my first musical! (A ten-min...
Tom MoranDec 2, 20192 minFirst base, and second baseOn 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 f...
thomasmmoranMar 17, 20192 minOMPF6The 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 succ...
thomasmmoranOct 1, 20183 minOvernighters, reduxI'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 ...
thomasmmoranJun 18, 20182 minThe Last Frontier Theatre ConferenceI spent last week at the Valdez Last Frontier Theatre Conference in beautiful (and soggy) Valdez, Alaska. I've been coming to the confere...
thomasmmoranMay 29, 20182 min8x10'sOnce again, the 8x10s' were, well, the 8x10's. Some good, some bad, some ugly. I think my piece, "Further Reflection," acquitted itself w...
Tom MoranApr 4, 20181 minOnce more unto the breachFound out last night that I was once again accepted into the Fairbanks Drama Association 8x10's, which was exciting. I think I'm now 16 f...
thomasmmoranMar 19, 20182 minThe 8x10's, againThe first play I ever had read was for a contest called the Fairbanks Drama Association 8x10's: 8 plays, each (ostensibly) 10 minutes lon...
thomasmmoranMar 6, 20182 minAlaska One-Minute Play FestivalLast month, I was invited once again to contribute a couple of plays to the Alaska One-Minute Play Festival, which includes pieces from 6...
Tom MoranFeb 6, 20182 minAlaska OvernightersThis 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...
Tom MoranFeb 6, 20181 minApparently I'm blogging nowHello to everyone who may happen to be out there (but who probably aren't.) Just trying to get the hang of this whole blogging thingamaji...