Comments on: Writing a Sixty Second Play

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By: David W. Boles

David W. Boles — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:04:46 +0000

I’m glad there are no 60-second plays on YouTube because they would not be the sort of project I teach. The parameters are very specific.

By: David W. Boles

David W. Boles — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:03:56 +0000

It takes a semester of training to be able to write an effective 60-second play. It is not an easy thing to do right, but when it works, it’s a wowee.

By: Gordon Davidescu

Gordon Davidescu — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:15:40 +0000

You’d think this would be somewhere on Youtube but I can’t find any sixty second plays on there. :/ I like the idea of it.

By: kathakali.chatterjee

kathakali.chatterjee — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:20:43 +0000

Ok, I surrender.
I think this would be the most challenging task I have ever faced. I was trying to come up with a 60-second play for last one hour…without success.
Though I don’t know much about playwriting technique but I just trusted my sense…..the outcome was either “one act”, or the plot got longer or the dialogues were so short that it sounded like a rapid-fire–rat-tat-tat-tat!
Congratulations to your students who could come up with it!