Love Negotiated began life as The L Word but of course that is the name of a popular TV show.
2005: The L Word is written in two October days (I have been re-writing ever since). It began as a post-modern Noises Off with the idea of showing the activities in the dressing and green rooms on a screen over the proscenium and having the technician's headset conversations broadcast on speakers in the house. That lasted exactly five minutes as I decided I needed to write a play first.
2006: The L Word is submitted to the Bay Area Playwright's Festival and the Hinton Battle Theatre Laboratory's Diverse Voices Playwriting Contest. HBTL wrote back in May, "This year we received three times as many entries as last year and were very impressed with the overall quality of the works. Your play stood out as one of the best entries and has been chosen as a finalist for this year's competition." One for two!
The L Word had it's New York reading on June 19th, with a New York casting director, great actors (including Warren Kelly as Richard ) and my great San Diego friend Kymri Wilt. I went for the reading and surfed New Jersey for the first time. See the Flier. See a photo.
The winner of the competition was announced at the New York premiere of Idlewild, which was choreographed by Hinton Battle, on August 21st. I met lots of stars, including Andree 3000, had a great time but didn't win. Boo Hoo.
2007: The L Word becomes Love Negotiated.
Love Negotiated is copywrighted on February 5, 2007.
Aspire Playwrights does a staged reading of Love Negotiated on November 19th. The play, directed by Patricia Elmore Costa, has a great response and plans begin to produce it in San Diego. Here's a slideshow featuring photos of the performance and the party after.
Several submissions meet with nothing but in the meantime, I write other plays and have one published.
2008: Swedenborg Hall announces Kevin Six as Playwright in Residence, read the Press Release here, which means that Love Negotiated will be produced in 2009.
Check out the Love Negotiated Website.
