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Monday evening, 30 November, Off the Pipes was uploaded to the NaPlWriMo site (http://www.naplwrimo.org/sites/default/files/Off-the-Pipes_0.pdf). The main character is Frank Curts, a quarterback for the American football team, the Rivermen, in the Industrial Football League. Curts had been bothering me to write his story for four years.

The NaPlWriMo seemed a fine opportunity to get the broad parameters of Cu… Continue

Off the Pipes is currently at 80 pages and counting. This is our entry in National Playwriting Month. From the perspective of commiting time and energy to create a first draft, the time has been well spent and definitely worth the effort.

Now, if I could just find the ending and move onto the next projects!

Best,

William

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CLINTON, NJ USA — Hunterdon Radio Theatre will present Lit Between the Ears - The Plays of William E. Spear, for North County Library’s Teen Café on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m.

The cast of HRT will present four original one-act plays, written and directed by Spear, the theatre founder.

Hunterdon Radio Theatre has been working with the teen group at the library for several years, helping them to develop an appreciation for radio theatre by giving them opportunities to participate in the writing… Continue

Our entry in the 2009 National Playwriting Month (NaPlWriMo) is Off the Pipes, an audio drama. Summary follows:

Off the Pipes is about Frank Curts, a quarterback in the Industrial Football League (IFL). Curts is an accomplished quarterback but has never won the league championship. The closest he got was early in his career but a last second field goal bounced off the goal posts – the pipes, as they are called – and was missed because the kicker was high from smoking crack. Curts will remember… Continue

In 1984, veteran sports announcer Johnny Parks was on-hand for the Gardenia Derby. Run annually on the second to last Monday in May in Roberts County, that year’s race featured three big, strong horses that were the class of the field – Marvelous Son, Beautiful Flowers, and All Aboard. All three had outstanding records and each was capable of capturing the first place Champion’s Wreath.

Another seven horses were entered with varying chances to win. But the eleventh horse was a scrawny affair wi… Continue