Since winning FIRST PLACE for my ten-minute version of ANNIERELLA, I've decided to go back and add some of the fun things that happened in the short version to the long version. The characters came more alive in the short version, the language is more fun and rhythmical, and making it shorter seemed to make the story more alive.
It will be fun to go back to the longer version and revamp it. My goal is to get this one published so that it will be easily available to high schools, middle schools, drama clubs, etc. And to get it published, it needs to get produced! That's the way this works, if you're lucky.
happy trails,
bobbi c.
2024. Celebrating 43 years as a published author. I am mostly a writer of short things, mostly fiction. Previously worked as a non-fiction author writing gardening and crafts books/articles. I am also an award-winning playwright specializing in comedic fairy tale mash-ups.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
ANNIERELLA won FIRST PLACE! Woohoo!
Dear friends,
Just got word that my play, ANNIERELLA & the (VERY AWESOME) GOOD QUEEN FAIRY COWMOTHER won FIRST PLACE in the competition! I am just giddy with joy over this! Thanks to Jack Dyville and all the staff at the Youth Education on Stage program in Williston, ND for their help in getting ANNIERELLA produced. I'm especially jazzed that two of the actors in the play also got Outstanding Acting Awards.
Other winners include:
2nd PLACE
The Adventures of ROCKY & SKYE & GRANT
by Kelly Du Mar, Sherborn Massachusetts
3rd PLACE
NICK TICKLE, FAIRY TALE DETECTIVE In Witch Crook Took The Book?
by Steph DeFerie, Harwich Massachusetts
AUDIENCE FAVORITE
NICK TICKLE, FAIRY TALE DETECTIVE In Witch Crook Took The Book?
by STEPH DE FERIE, Harwich Massachusetts
TOP TEN OUTSTANDING ACTING NOMINEES
Hayden Kemp (Rocky)
Abigail Fagerland (Skye)
ADVENTURES of ROCKY & SKYE & GRANT
by Kelly Du Mar, Sherborn Massachusetts
Rachael Richter (Doctor Cootie)
THE ATTACK OF THE COOTIES
by Zach-Rothman-Hicks, New York, New York
Alexandra Hoffelt (Annierella)
Raghen Lucy (Fairy CowMother)
ANNIERELLA And The Very Awesome GOOD QUEEN FAIRY COWMOTHER
Julia Christensen (Scout the Dog)
Renae Evenson (Socks, The Cat)
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
by Claudia Haas, White bear Lake, Minnesota
Mallory Nygard (Nick Tickle)
Ashley Fagerland (Mrs. Toad Stool)
NICK TICKLE FAIR TALE DETECTIVE, In Witch Crook Took The Book?
by Steph De Ferie, Harwich Massachusetts
Noah Germundson (Ryan)
THE GUITAR HERO
by Kathy Coudle-King, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Puttin' on those red boots now!
Happy trails!
bobbi c.
Just got word that my play, ANNIERELLA & the (VERY AWESOME) GOOD QUEEN FAIRY COWMOTHER won FIRST PLACE in the competition! I am just giddy with joy over this! Thanks to Jack Dyville and all the staff at the Youth Education on Stage program in Williston, ND for their help in getting ANNIERELLA produced. I'm especially jazzed that two of the actors in the play also got Outstanding Acting Awards.
Other winners include:
2nd PLACE
The Adventures of ROCKY & SKYE & GRANT
by Kelly Du Mar, Sherborn Massachusetts
3rd PLACE
NICK TICKLE, FAIRY TALE DETECTIVE In Witch Crook Took The Book?
by Steph DeFerie, Harwich Massachusetts
AUDIENCE FAVORITE
NICK TICKLE, FAIRY TALE DETECTIVE In Witch Crook Took The Book?
by STEPH DE FERIE, Harwich Massachusetts
TOP TEN OUTSTANDING ACTING NOMINEES
Hayden Kemp (Rocky)
Abigail Fagerland (Skye)
ADVENTURES of ROCKY & SKYE & GRANT
by Kelly Du Mar, Sherborn Massachusetts
Rachael Richter (Doctor Cootie)
THE ATTACK OF THE COOTIES
by Zach-Rothman-Hicks, New York, New York
Alexandra Hoffelt (Annierella)
Raghen Lucy (Fairy CowMother)
ANNIERELLA And The Very Awesome GOOD QUEEN FAIRY COWMOTHER
Julia Christensen (Scout the Dog)
Renae Evenson (Socks, The Cat)
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
by Claudia Haas, White bear Lake, Minnesota
Mallory Nygard (Nick Tickle)
Ashley Fagerland (Mrs. Toad Stool)
NICK TICKLE FAIR TALE DETECTIVE, In Witch Crook Took The Book?
by Steph De Ferie, Harwich Massachusetts
Noah Germundson (Ryan)
THE GUITAR HERO
by Kathy Coudle-King, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Puttin' on those red boots now!
Happy trails!
bobbi c.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Listed in Doollee, the Playwrights Database!
Dear friends,
I suppose I'm an official playwright now since I've just been listed in Doollee, the International Database of Playwrights.
Check out my personal listing, and check out some of the other fine playwrights listed on there.
Happy trails,
bobbi c.
I suppose I'm an official playwright now since I've just been listed in Doollee, the International Database of Playwrights.
Check out my personal listing, and check out some of the other fine playwrights listed on there.
Happy trails,
bobbi c.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
ANNIERELLA premiere tonight!
I'm beyond jazzed.....my Annierella play premieres tonight in North Dakota at the Old Armory theatre there at the SUMMER SHORTS Youth Education on Stage festival. This is my first play EVER that's been produced. Thanks to Jack Dyville for his hard work getting it there!
More news later on the winners....
bobbi c.
More news later on the winners....
bobbi c.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
ANNIERELLA coming up on June 23-25!
My ten-minute version of my "Annierella & the (Very Awesome) Good Queen Fairy Cowmother" will be one of nine plays performed by students aged 7-18 at the 4th annual SUMMER SHORTS Youth Education on Stage Festival at the Old Armory Theatre, Williston North Dakota June 23-24-25, 2009 and directed by Jack Dyville.
Each of the 9 Finalists will be performed three times, and 5 different adjudicators from Community Theatres, and High Schools and Colleges will score each play. A 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will be awarded plus an overall Audience Award for Popular Vote.
The other selections include:
ATTACK OF THE COOTIES by Zach Rothman-Hicks (New York, NY), DOG DAY AFTERNOON by my new friend Claudia Haas (White Bear Lake, MN), HAIR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW by Ron Frankel (New Lebanon NY), NICK TICKLE, FAIRY TALE DETECTIVE in: WITCH CROOK TOOK THE BOOK? By my bestest new on-line playwright friend Steph DeFerie (Harwich MA), PREMATURE, by Russ Weeks (Seattle WA), THE GUITAR HERO by Kathy Coudle-King (Grand Forks ND) and THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT and BENJAMIN BUNNY by Evan Guilford-Blake (Stone Mountain GA).
I'm especially excited since I've met many of the other playwrights on-line within the last few months, and have had a chance to talk with them about writing. This is a thrill for me to have my first play EVER produced.
And if you can, get your selves up to North Dakota to see them. Wish I could beam myself up there!
happy trails,
bobbi c.
Each of the 9 Finalists will be performed three times, and 5 different adjudicators from Community Theatres, and High Schools and Colleges will score each play. A 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place will be awarded plus an overall Audience Award for Popular Vote.
The other selections include:
ATTACK OF THE COOTIES by Zach Rothman-Hicks (New York, NY), DOG DAY AFTERNOON by my new friend Claudia Haas (White Bear Lake, MN), HAIR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW by Ron Frankel (New Lebanon NY), NICK TICKLE, FAIRY TALE DETECTIVE in: WITCH CROOK TOOK THE BOOK? By my bestest new on-line playwright friend Steph DeFerie (Harwich MA), PREMATURE, by Russ Weeks (Seattle WA), THE GUITAR HERO by Kathy Coudle-King (Grand Forks ND) and THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT and BENJAMIN BUNNY by Evan Guilford-Blake (Stone Mountain GA).
I'm especially excited since I've met many of the other playwrights on-line within the last few months, and have had a chance to talk with them about writing. This is a thrill for me to have my first play EVER produced.
And if you can, get your selves up to North Dakota to see them. Wish I could beam myself up there!
happy trails,
bobbi c.
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