Lying and Hiding, Writing Distinct Voices, and An Actual Formula to Success - Playwright's Spotlight with Nicholas Pilapil

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If there was a formula that could tell you how to become a successful playwright, this episode is it. Nicholas Pilapil dropped into the Playwright's Spotlight for an insightful approach to becoming a working playwright. His approach to workshops lays out a pathway of motivation and accountability. We discuss confidence versus hubris, his approach to selecting playwrights for his workshop, the benefits of seeing theatre, telling the story, character description, set, and beats, as well as how to creating distinct voices. This was such a motivating chat that I believe lays out a foolproof way to becoming a working playwright. Let me know if you agree. Enjoy!
Nicholas Pilapil is an alum of The Writers’ Room at the Geffen Playhouse, IAMA Theatre Company’s Emerging Playwrights Lab, The Vagrancy Playwrights Group, and artEquity. His plays include The Bottoming Process and if all that You take from this is courage, then I’ve no regrets and was the winner of the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival. His work has also been developed with Geffen Playhouse, Abingdon Theatre Company, Playwrights Foundation, American Stage, Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA, The Workshop Theater and Artists at Play.
For tickets for God Will Do the Rest playing through September 29th, visit -
https://www.latinotheaterco.org/godwilldotherest
To watch the video format of this episode, visit -
https://youtu.be/49Xf3MSTcmE
Links to resources mentioned in this episode -
Artists at Play -
https://artistsatplay.org
Los Angeles Theatre Center -
https://culture.lacity.gov/cultural-centers/los-angeles-theatre-center-latc/
Geffen's Writers Room -
https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/tickets/new-plays/the-writers-room/
IAMA -
https://www.iamatheatre.com/
Boston Court Theatre -
https://bostoncourtpasadena.org
Website and Socials for Nicholas Pilapil -
https://www.nicholaspilapil.com
Twitter/X - @nicholaspilapil
IG - @nicholaspilpil
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nepilapil
TikTok - @nicholaspilapil
Websites and socials for James Elden, PMP, and Playwright's Spotlight -
Punk Monkey Productions -
www.punkmonkeyproductions.com
PLAY Noir -
www.playnoir.com
PLAY Noir Anthology –
www.punkmonkeyproductions.com/contact.html
James Elden -
Twitter - @jameseldensauer
IG - @alakardrake
FB - fb.com/jameseldensauer
Punk Monkey Productions and PLAY Noir -
Twitter - @punkmonkeyprods
- @playnoirla
IG - @punkmonkeyprods
- @playnoir_la
FB - fb.com/playnoir
- fb.com/punkmonkeyproductions
Playwright's Spotlight -
Twitter - @wrightlightpod
IG - @playwrights_spotlight
Playwriting services through Los Angeles Collegiate Playwrights Festival
www.losangelescollegiateplaywrightsfestival.com/services.html

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