Everything Amazing is Happening at Once

Hiya! I've been busy trying to make amazing things happen. And all of a sudden, they are! Let me tell you of them:

• Remember last summer when I wrote the first scene of a play and then Un-Scripted Theater improvised the rest of it?  It's happening again!  Un-Scripted is reprising their "Act One, Scene Two" improv format and once again I am included in the line-up of writers. My contribution this year is titled "The Curtailed Cavalier" -- that's right, it's a swashbuckling melodrama.  This one-night-only event (likely to contain romance, honor, intrigue, and improvised swordfighting) is taking place on Friday, May 11 at the Phoenix Theater in San Francisco. Tickets here. Facebook invite here.

• A BOOK I COPY-EDITED IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ON AMAZON.COM! Sorry for shouting, but this is basically the coolest thing that has ever happened to me. Songs of Hestia: Five Plays from the 2010 San Francisco Olympians Festival is being published later this month and is currently available for pre-order. I copy-edited the book and wrote the introduction. The text of Amazon.com's "Book Description" is taken from my introduction! Contains plays by Nirmala Nataraj, Bennett Fisher, Stuart Eugene Bousel, Claire Rice, and Evelyn Jean Pine.

• The other book I copy-edited this year, the Bay One-Acts (BOA) Anthology, is available for purchase at the BOA Festival. Both books have covers designed by Cody Rishell and, with their similar color schemes, I must say that they would look fabulous next to one another on your bookshelf. Also remember to get your BOA tickets, and check out the playwright interviews that I did for the BOA website!

• In 2012, I have added lots of new titles to my resume -- copy-editor, dramaturg, and now columnist! I am writing a twice-monthly column, "Hi-Ho, the Glamorous Life," for the newly revamped San Francisco Theater Pub website. Two pieces are up so far: an introduction, and an exploration of the "Van Ness Avenue Problem." Want to know what that is? Best go read my column!

• With both of the books I copy-edited safely put to bed and at the printers', I can get back to planning my upcoming London and Paris trip. I think I NEED to see Henry V at the Globe Theater -- what could be more British, or more wonderful?

 So yes, I'm busy, but I've got amazing stuff going on. Follow me on Twitter (@MarissaSkud) so you don't miss any of it!