Now I can tell you
March 29: I’ve been sitting on hope and this
revelation for a couple of months now, and today I finally received what I’ve
been waiting for — a letter from the O’Neill Theater Center, where my play,
“The Warriors’ Duet,” has been under consideration since last year, a
semi-finalist for the 2014 National Playwrights Conference. Today’s letter
said, “…congratulations again on advancing to the semi-finalist round of
consideration. At this time, however, we are sad to report that your work is no
longer in consideration for the summer.”
What? When my wardrobe and the rest of my
life were already planned around this event? I was so hoping to be heaped with O’Neill
glory this summer, for the story about this daughter and mother would go global!
In the closing graphs the artistic director and literary manager -- both women by the way -- say there
were more than 1,200 works submitted this year; that they hope I feel
encouraged by making it this far. Then they write, “Please continue to share
your work with us….”
Don’t they know I’m turning 80 on April 26?
Oh,
well, at least my new book, The Rose in
December, arrived March 28. That’s some compensation, but I did want it
all!
