I'm always looking to find new homes for my orphan sketches. Apparently, if you call them "short plays" or "10-minute plays," people will look at them. I've been pretty lucky sending stuff out. Sometimes I even get proof of execution, like from the good folks at The Sidekick Troupe. They present a Summerween (it's a thing) Radio Play Festival. I submitted my little parody of old horror movies and they accepted it into the festival! It was the first time it's been up on its feet anywhere and they did a great job. They staged it as a radio play, which is a smart idea; some minor costuming, enough mics and everyone can read the scripts.
Anyway, it was great to see my piece, "In the Pocket of Big Pitchfork," be performed.
Anyway, it was great to see my piece, "In the Pocket of Big Pitchfork," be performed.
I wish I remembered how the idea came up. It's a fairly recent piece, I think I wrote it for the TMI: Hollywood group and it was a good mash-up of my love of Universal Monster movies and all the "Big Pharm" and "Big Tech" conspiracies that were making the rounds a few years back. I mean, who hasn't watched "Bride of Frankenstein" and wondered, "How much did those torches set them back?" or "Man, I wish I had the pitchfork concession there." I like this so much because they are two ideas that seems so distant from each other, yet, they dovetailed so nicely.
So, I grabbed the pictures they posted and edited my one sketch out of the show and posted them all below.
So, I grabbed the pictures they posted and edited my one sketch out of the show and posted them all below.
