They're Doing My Play (Again!) Community theatre group, that is

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The first time was on a cold January night. We had a small crowd but they seemed to enjoy the show.

I should mention that my play is a very short one, part of a group of plays dealing with ghosts, zombies, vampires, eckgwis, and of course, a mad scientist, Dr. Blob.

They're doing two shows this coming week on Friday and Saturday nights. :snoopy:
 

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Good going, Rhymegirl!

I'm not a playwright and never will be, but I'm curious about how you get paid. Do you get cash every time someone performs the play?

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Rose,

Cash? That would be nice. Actually, it's not that kind of deal. This is a brand new community theatre group, mostly young college students. My daughter's one of the players, she's 17. My oldest son (18) is the musical director and one of the technical guys.

Since they are just starting out, they have limited funds, so I told my son that if they were to write their own plays they wouldn't have to pay royalty fees to any established writer. I said I would write a play for them, someone else in the group wrote one, another person adapted one, and so on.

I guess my "payment" is the joy of seeing my play performed in front of an audience, their laughter, my name on the program, and knowing I did something I'd always wanted to do. And of course, it's a writing credit that might help somewhere down the road.
 

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