I’ve been compiling a list of playwriting resources for playwrights and theatricians. Here’s a list of twenty-four so far. I’m always looking to expand this resource, so if you have any favorites, please post a link in the comments!
Gregory Crafts
Actor • Playwright • Designer • Producer • Director • Game Master
My DIY No-Stain Washable Fake Blood Recipe!
As anyone who dabbles in theatrical effects knows, cheap stage blood is very unforgiving and will stain your skin and clothes if you look at it the wrong way, whereas most commercially available bottles of “washable fabric-safe fake blood” come in tiny bottles that are prohibitively expensive. So, how do we keep the cleaning budget from ballooning out of control? By making it ourselves using my tried and true, super-sexy, fabric-safe, no-stain washable stage blood recipe, that’s how!
Something Awesome with critically acclaimed Filmmaker Jennifer Zhang
Today, I’m thrilled to share with you my interview with Jennifer Zhang, an incredibly talented, tenacious, and multifaceted filmmaker, performer, musician and martial artist. She was featured in Deadline in 2021 for writing, shooting, starring in, and editing a complete feature film on her iPhone 8 during lockdown, and since then her films have been tearing up the festival circuit around the world! If that’s not Something Awesome, I don’t know what is.
Something Awesome with Author & Playwright LaDarrion Williams
This week, I want to introduce you to the incredibly talented LaDarrion Williams. I met LaDarrion years ago through mutual connections within the LA theatre community, and I’ve been a fan of his ever since. Through the tangled web that is social media, I’ve seen him struggle and strive and build a name for himself as an author and playwright, and through pure tenacity and determination, he’s demonstrated that he is someone to watch.
Brandie June contributes two original stories to graphic novel anthology Cthulhu Is Hard To Spell
My friend Brandie is a talented author, playwright, and librettist (and a burgeoning theatre producer). So, when I saw her post that she was doing a signing at Comic Con this weekend, I wasn’t surprised. What caught me off guard was that this signing wasn’t for her YA Fantasy duology, Gold Spun. Instead it was for a project I hadn’t heard about: a trio of graphic novel anthologies titled “Cthulhu is Hard to Spell.”
Self-Producing: Playwrights & Actors, Why DIY Can Be the Best waY
As a playwright, I’ve struggled with landing production opportunities for my new plays the traditional way. So I taught myself the art of self-producing.
Gregory Crafts
he/him
- Creative Multi-Hyphenate
- Theatre Maker
- Coffee lover
- Cat Dad
- Professional Dungeon Master (yeah, that's a thing!)
- Emerson Mafioso
- Gonna be on your favorite TV show one day
- Let's Go Red Sox!
