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A Friend in The Attic: Sam Notes Play

This document contains notes on potential edits and additions to various plays and stories. It discusses changing elements in "A Friend in the Attic," "Black Hole piece," "Burying Mama," "High Burning at the Knoll," "8th Circle of Hell," and "Ifigenia." The notes provide context and quotes from other works to potentially incorporate. They emphasize shortening some pieces to reduce repetition and keep the action moving forward.

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A Friend in The Attic: Sam Notes Play

This document contains notes on potential edits and additions to various plays and stories. It discusses changing elements in "A Friend in the Attic," "Black Hole piece," "Burying Mama," "High Burning at the Knoll," "8th Circle of Hell," and "Ifigenia." The notes provide context and quotes from other works to potentially incorporate. They emphasize shortening some pieces to reduce repetition and keep the action moving forward.

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A Friend in the Attic

Black Hole piece

Black Hole piece


Burrying Mama

Burying Mama

Death in Advertising
Don't Know What to Say
Emergency Family Meeting
This is Just not Funny Anymore
Whose Money

Death in Advertising
Don't Know What to Say
Emergency Family Meeting
This is Just not Funny Anymore
Whose Money
Degrees of Triumph

Degrees of Triumph

Degrees of Triumph

Degrees of Triumph, A Clowns


Personal Hell, Burying Mama &
The Birthmark Revisited

High Burning at the Knoll

High Burning at the Knoll

High Burning at the Knoll

High Burning at the Knoll


High Burning at the Knoll

High Burning at the Knoll

High Burning at the Knoll


High Burning at the Knoll

High Burning at the Knoll

Ifigenia

Insurance for the 8th Circle of


Hell

Insurance for the 8th Circle of


Hell
Ma'am

Ma'am

Ma'am
Ma'am
Orlando
Langston in Cuba
Talleyrand
Remote Living
Pericles

Mars Musical

Mars Musical
Mars Musical

Mars Musical

Mars Musical

Mars Musical

Martian Space Chimps

Night of the Volcano


Operation Perfect Boyfriend

Operation Perfect Boyfriend

Operation Perfect Boyfriend

Operation Perfect Boyfriend

Operation Perfect Boyfriend


Operation Perfect Boyfriend

Remote Living

Resurrection of a Hung Man


Skyscraper

Speed Dating Philosophy


Edition
Talleyrand

Talleyrand

Talleyrand

Talleyrand

The Birthmark Revisited

The Birthmark Revisited

Timon of Berkeley
Timon of Berkeley

Timon of Berkeley

Timon of Berkeley

Timon of Berkeley

Tis Pity She's a Whore

Potential New Play


SAM NOTES
Description
In Friend in the Attic, I want you to make Michelle attempt to get her m
personal life coach at the very beginning of the show after he has come
Michelle: But I thought we were going to have a session.
Keith: We'll get to it.
He eats more of his __________.
Michelle: Because I really could use your help.
She rolls her eyes up in the air as she dwells on the precariousness of h
advice from someone who is broke.
Can we find a way to add this in somehow?

More notes to add to the Black hole piece:


"So if you want to explore the inside of a black hole, make sure you cho
Answers to Big Questions
Convict: I sure hope the black hole is big.
Polly: Why?
Convict: Isn't the big ones supposed to be easier to get through?
Polly: I dont know.
Convict: Yeah, you know you should read your science Polly.
Polly: Sorry.
He waves his hand dismissively.
At the end of the above clip, you can then make a footnote:
Passage inspired by Stephen Hawking's Brief Answers to Big Questions
I want you to make a change to the black hole piece:
Instead of at the end the scientists hearing him scream, make it a radio
are eating at a breakfast table, some kind of cereal in a bowl and they g
yet another man be publicly executed while their mother tells them that
the bus leaves.
This is a more interesting ending in my mind.
Found some new ideas for Buryin' Mama, interestingly enough from Th
"Since malign spirits had more than once attacked the lady, her father o
three days in hopes that she might revive. The signs of death were more
great anguish, the family at length accepted the truth."
This is from The Tale of Genji.
So can you add a component in the story above, probably at the beginni
where the family is keeping the body of the mother on the bed in the ho
rots up there and creates a stinking fetid atmosphere that the family ca
get her embalmed and prepared for the grave? It's gross and macabre,
which most of the dialogue is, it could really work and make the story e
I also like this passage from Tale of Genji:
"He had let her carry her hostility to the grave."
Is there any unresolved issue we can add to the characters in Buryin' M
issues that the mother carried to her grave? To be added also at the beg
"The regrets were strong but useless."
Another great quote from The Tale of Genji. Can you add this as well? S
something like this.
And finally, another great quote:
"A handsomer man in sorrow then in happiness."
I could have sworn Mattana is observing a sad Prince at some point or t
make a similar observation of the prince. Can you put this observation i
This goes on the map, toward the bottom of course, except for the part
again.
In need of a creative edit, meaning plot change or a narrative change of
almost ready to submit, which would add a little bit of ease to the match
These five plays were edited for free, here are the most recent versions

These plays were also supposed to be mashed-up:


So see if you can find someone who will mash these up, how ever they p
New version of Degrees of Triumph. Please add this.
Problems with it:
Funnier, but SUPER repetitive
This show was NOT meant to be a full length production, so it definitely
"Man" needs a new name
This play needs to be shortened and made less repetitive.
Needs to be cut and shortened so that it's less repetitive and the action
This should only be a 20-30 minute play
It should not be repetitive and have the same lines repeated.
You would have to find a creative editor to shorten this piece and make
this task will probably be able to do other tasks too. You have to find so
and not complain. They will do things in a timely manner.
The four plays above could be edited fairly quickly and ready to submit,
creativity to do the job.
And the carefulness to read through these plays and reduce the repetiti
Also, adding more plays will only make it easier for these freelancers w
The Mars project will be rather large, so it can really only be used with
are as solid as you.
New note for High Burning at the knoll:
Add this line:
"That little Hestia," when Varner refers to Elly at the beginning to casti
behind to go find Snopes.
Reference is to Hestia the goddess, who was the Goddess of Hearth and
throughout the land. She was also the goddess of public gatherings, so
her home much in the classical myths but in High Burning at The Knoll,
Another quote for you to put into Knoll:
"We got folks in dis town dat's just like a snake in the grass."
It's from Mule Bone again.
Also, some more great quotes to add to Knoll or possibly Ma'am. Quotes
(1) "Dat is something to think about when you come to think 'bout it."
(2) "Sho is a hot day." (p. 102)
(3) "Some Folks don't keer. They don't raise they chillon, they drags 'em
I honestly think #2 should be the very first line of Knoll.
Everything else can be decided and perhaps even altered somewhat to fi
we're working with.
And then another really interesting idea is spoken in Mule Bone:
"Now, for one thing we really does need a jail, Mayor. We oughta stop r
misbehaves, and lock 'em up."
Maybe we can establish at the beginning of Knoll that the jail is a make
capacity in mind, since the town is so small and crime is so low, compar
Okay, so I have been scavenging for more quotes that can be possibly a
nuanced and juicy and I found some more from Mule Bone!
"All right, boys! Turn it on and let the bad luck happen."
Maybe you can have Varner say this at some point before they start to h
"It was me that put this town on the map."
This line can be spoken by Varner again.

And here's another quote to be added to Knoll with a footnote. It's from
"A man can't git no peace wid somebody like you in town."
Perhaps you can change it to "him in town" instead.
The official title of the play is: Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life by Z
Actually, the first quote I gave you is from the short story off of which th
which is exclusively written by Zora Neale Hurston whereas the most re
Comedy of Negro Life written by both Zora Neale Hurston and Langsto

I was reading through my notes and inspiration box and found this old q
Palms which is perfect for one of the characters in Knoll:
"I love the water. That's where to die. Not in the hot air... the water, the
wash out of your brain and out of your eyes and out of your blood all yo
and denied. Where is he?"
Maybe you can have one of the characters say this line as a reply to the
kill himself, commit suicide.
Of course, you would have to footnote this in the script and attribute th
I want to keep track of Knoll as well. There will be some changes made
(1) We have to resolve the bet that is made at the beginning--if in fact w
want to do... again, cutting is SO crucial.
(2) I just finished reading Mule Bone by Zora Neale Hurston, a famous B
amazing quotes and IDEAS/THEMES we should add to Knoll.
Quote #1:
"He oughter be run out. Comes from bad stock. Every last one of his bro
Daddy hung for murder."
-> This quote can be applied to Scropes and said by other characters ab
Quote #2:
"Mist' Clarke, Ah wants uh warrant took out fuh Jim Weston. Ah gointer
-> The idea of running people out of town. Maybe we can have Varner e
town to build/elevate/heighten the drama even more in this play. So tha
This makes it even better and more theatrical. It will require re-writes a
For the direct quote you apply (quote #1), you can put a footnote that t
Neale Hurston.
So keep these notes I guess for Knoll when we come back to it.
I love the idea of running people out of town. Maybe that's what the me
already being run out of town.

High Burning at the Knoll needs to be cut too, so that the play is less re
and action constantly is driving the story forward.
Ifigenia is too westernized. We need to find someone who can alter this
(which this piece does not call for). This piece needs the most work and
ghostwriter
New note: to fill in the gaps.
I think we can change Budd or whoever is the name in 8Th Circle of He
farmer in H.P. Lovecraft's Dunwich Horror.
I like Elmer Frye a lot better... or maybe do a merging of Elmer Frye to
It's appropriate since they're going to hell. And you can leave a little foo
"The name of Frye is credited to H.P. Lovecraft and his timely classic, T

New note:
I think we can change Budd or whoever is the name in 8Th Circle of He
farmer in H.P. Lovecraft's Dunwich Horror.
I like Elmer Frye a lot better... or maybe do a merging of Elmer Frye to
It's appropriate since they're going to hell. And you can leave a little foo
"The name of Frye is credited to H.P. Lovecraft and his timely classic, T
Fun fact: If you do a google image search for Dunwich Horror, you'll see
the creature found in this story.
Here's another quote from Ma'am you can use, this one taken from Will
"It's on a bayou and you can tell the bayou because the tops of the trees
come to a cypress snag with a woman in it."
This could be what Pircilla says to some of the runaways.
Also, some more great quotes to add to Knoll or possibly Ma'am. Quotes
(1) "Dat is something to think about when you come to think 'bout it."
(2) "Sho is a hot day." (p. 102)
(3) "Some Folks don't keer. They don't raise they chillon, they drags 'em
I honestly think #2 should be the very first line of Knoll.
Everything else can be decided and perhaps even altered somewhat to fi
we're working with.
Another great quote:
"Look like between women and preachers a man can't have no peace."
I think any of Varner's company could say this line.
So maybe first add these notes for the Knoll revision.
But I have another interesting quote from this play that could be used in
JIM: Oh, them white folks at the party shelled out rght well. Kept Dave
today, Dave?
DAVE: (Striking his pocket) I don't know, boy, but feels right heavy here
(As JIM picks a few dance chords, DAVE gives a dance imitation of how
the white folks threw them.) We count it after while. Woulda divided up
you seen Daisy comin' by.
I was thinking this could be said by the runaways in Ma'am who dressed
The following plays need total editing services:
Ma'am
Orlando
Langston in Cuba
Talleyrand
Remote Living
Pericles
Total editing is defined as this:
I am looking for editors who can do the following:
(1) Edit for punctuation, grammar, spelling
(2) Technical details, such as proper indentation, justifying the text and
the page evenly with no jagged spaces (3) Uniforming text so that it is a
the margins are properly set to default
(4) Making sure that there is enough space between each line, separate
(5) Also creative edits, editing lines so that they sound more natural
(6) Changing character names if necessary
(7) Adding a bit of dialogue here and there to flesh out conversation so
(8) Removing lines or entire scenes if they don't serve the plot or the ov
(9) Giving names to characters who don't have one

It's also defined as CUTTING a lot.

This is basically what I was having Sam work on. She's gone now, so yo
Someone who can:
Any money that is made from the Mars musical, a portion of it I want to
long term research and development program aimed at making interste
https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/initiative/3
Please make sure to put this somewhere in the script and contact them
Here is another song that's unlisted, but from the Martian musical proje
And another:
https://youtu.be/DloTWhS9jks
This was the intermission interlude:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUszfB2iQpw
https://youtu.be/ok5T2HuteRs (another song)
It should all be on the wattpad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AO6vOTTWC4
This was the reprise from "Please Save Me," which Dmitri did, back in t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrIhDPZF94g
Some of these songs will need lyric-changes.
Also, another note you can make before you start the martian project:
The male character in Blackhole doesn't have to be on death row. Instea
him a convict running from the law and his escape is an escape to Mars
cadets. I can write up a few scenes for this to add to make the musical m
this and if you have ideas, I can draw up a quick draft for you to edit as
for.
Speaking of H.P. Lovecraft, make a note for yourself before you underta
All space cadets and male characters exploring Mars should have the fo
Hawkins
Donovan
Briden
Angstrom
Parker
Johansen
These names are taken directly from H.P. Lovecraft's timeless classic, T
the roles that are in Jazzy Kind of Hell and You Have Come Back to Us a

New assignment for you to add to the map:


(1) I want you to watch this video on how to create a Super Demo (it's o
https://tinyurl.com/HowToMakeASuperDemoForMusical
(2) I then want you to download 'Tis Pity She's a Whore: A Pop Opera, th
http://bit.ly/tispityalbum
(3) I want you and two theater geeks to listen to the full album and deci
the Super Demo that best highlights this shows potential
Note: If you can find even more people to listen to this HUGE show even
(4) You will then report to me your findings.
Note: IN a follow-up assignment, you will use this data to condense the
chose while eliminating the other songs that fell flat.
Let me know if this is something you can do.

"I believe it is up to scientists like me, together with innovative commer


promote the excitement and wonder of space travel." - Stephen Hawkin
:arrow_up: You can add this to the single quote page at the beginning o
This is taken from the book, Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Step
Let this be inspiration.
This is a short musical and actually has a score:

Add the volunteer poster information at the end of Volcano


I have a new note for you:
"Almost all the women scientists of the generation we interviewed ment
have been impossible for them to get graduate training, fellowships, po
appointments." - Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Invention,
Can you please change Operation Boyfriend so that the context is warti
while Shelly is working on some postdoctoral thesis in which she resurr
huMAN problem?
New passage to be added to Operation Perfect Boyfriend, to be put at th
Shelley's own words):
"To shake off the maddening and wearying limitations of time and space
outside—to come close to the nighted and abysmal secrets of the infinit
worth the risk of one's life, soul, and sanity!"
Maniacal laughter.
And then add a footnote that says:
Passage taken from H.P. Lovecraft's The Whisperer in Darkness.
You can add this to the reconfiguration of the assignment as well, if you
Also add this stage direction, inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's The Whispere
"Officer pulls himself together in time to stifle a scream before training
female-seeming specimen lying upright on the table, a la Rocky Horror
I will be moving feverishly over the next few days, I hope you can keep

New passage to be added to Operation Perfect Boyfriend, to be put at th


Shelley's own words):
"To shake off the maddening and wearying limitations of time and space
outside—to come close to the nighted and abysmal secrets of the infinit
worth the risk of one's life, soul, and sanity!"
Maniacal laughter.
And then add a footnote that says:
Passage taken from H.P. Lovecraft's The Whisperer in Darkness.
You can add this to the reconfiguration of the assignment as well, if you
Also, the following passage is good stage description for Operation Boyf
Case of Charles Dexter Ward:
"fantastic flasks, crucibles, alembics, and furnaces they saw in the low,
You can make modifications for the play.
I have some changes for you to add to operation boyfriend in the next a
"Whose effect on human thought is [was] likely to be marvelous and pro
"The ancient papers have been found to supply the missing link."
The second sentence I just made up, cullled from various vocabulary tha
give credit to H.P. Lovecraft, in his story The Case of Charles Dexter W
I realize that all of H.P. Lovecraft's grand scientists and professors are
just as geeky, awkward, and disturbed as any of his other characters.
It's a nice call-and-response type of move.
More names for you to add to Martian musical:
Dr. Allen
Joseph Curwen
"Found in cobwebbed Providence garrets"
you can use this too in reference to the ancient manuscripts which are t
I stumbled upon another quote, this one found in The Song of Kiều:
"He was a legitimate businessman who was happy to put his navy at the
open their ports to international trade."
With slight modification, this can go in to The Flying Pirate when the sis
The official title:
The Song of Kiều: A New Lament, written by Nguyễn Du.

Remote Living also needs to be cut extensively before James D. Crevisto


are not to be altered or touched, except possibly deleted if they are exc
basically to the moving forward of the plot and the piece in general
Needs to be cut and shortened so that it's less repetitive and the action
New change to add to Resurrections of a Hung Man:
Add a quote page at the beginning of the script, just like you did with B
"If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will
I will need you to do the same with On the Grind:
"Doe not call up Any that you can not put downe."
H.P. Lovecraft
These are two quote pages to add, so update the map and send me the f
we're going to lose information given the time that has already elapsed.
Editor will need to figure out names for Man, Woman and the two police
Drama. I will then need an editor to give character names and technica
underlines
The underlines will be form James if he's still available for hire
If he isn't, we will need another comedy writer.
The editor needs to also know that the skyscrapers in this play represen
technology.
The limit's of man's technological prowess in helping to dominate other
This has to be made more clear.
She was going to work on this

"The whole art of war consists in a well-reasoned and extremely circum


audacious attack" - Napoleon Bonaparte
Taken from The Concise 33 Strategies of War.
Again, to be added to Talleyrand.
Another quote you can add to Talleyrand:
"Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day."
Napoleon Bonaparte
Taken from The Concise 33 Strategies of War
You can also add this:
"My policy is to have no policy."
This line is attributed to Abraham Lincoln, but I discovered it in the sam
Napoleon (It doesn't have to be in iambic pentameter.) You can footnote
cited in the book above, the 33 strategies book.
"When Napoleon was asked what principles of war he followed, he repli
The Concise 33 Strategies of War, Robert Greene
:arrow_up: Use this to inform a snippet of dialogue at the end of William
are asking Napoleon how he was able to win so many times in battle.
We are also going to need to edit Birthmark Revisited soon because a lo
reading this but I just don't think the play actually lives up to its title, to

This play needs a creative change.

In the synopsis, you can write this:


Adapted from a variety of source materials: Timon of Athens, 1984, The
advances made courtesy of the The Human Genome Project and 23andM
Yes, oh my god, they are sort of in the gray area of robot and human! Th
They're almost like a new class of human, but not quite 100% robot... al
this, Sam! It's amazing!
We can write Alec Ross a thank-you email.
So I'll possibly play on two main points of view, through the friend, and
stand off between Timon and the androids (for a quicker term, although
are human)
Exactly like that! Or have you possibly read this young adult series by S
4 part series. They're human, but once they reach a certain age, they ar
operated on, replaced their blood with something else.. Something like
Yep, I got the script and I've read it well too.
It's cool, because they're basically humans, intrinsically speaking, but th
the way they think and deal with Timon.
According to my notes, this is to be turned into a scifi where all of the fr

Tis Pity She's a Whore: A Pop Opera needs to be edited


We only received feedback once, from a theater in the Philippines.
And I would like an editor to read the feedback and then incorporate th
better.
It was Mindy Perez-Rubio who was kind enough to send feedback and s
We also had some feedback from Bill Cocoran whose feedback I'm tryin
All of these notes need to be incorporated into an edit of 'Tis Pity She's
It's another extensive project for someone who is trustworthy
We can write Another Disney Motif later which I wrote down as our futu
make this particular piece stand out in a different way?
Other plays
-Speed Dating
-Timon
-Raining Money
-Langston in Cuba
-Madanabhada
-Talleyrand
-Orlando
-Madanabhada
-Jerusalem play
Martian musical
-action plan
-music arrangement
-character development
-first scene
Degrees of Triumph
Operation Perfect Boyfriend
Birthmark Revisited
Hey, Sandi!
Burying Mama
Knoll
Remote Living
Iambic Pentameter piece
Tis Pity
Other plays
-Speed Dating
-Timon
-Raining Money
-Langston in Cuba
-Madanabhada
-Talleyrand
-Orlando
-Madanabhada
-Jerusalem play
Martian musical
-action plan
-music arrangement
-character development
-first scene
Degrees of Triumph
Operation Perfect Boyfriend
Birthmark Revisited
Hey, Sandi!
Burying Mama
Knoll
Remote Living
Iambic Pentameter piece
Tis Pity
We also have all of the Chinese plays that can be edited, including Rain

We have 52 Chinese plays.

You should have all of these.

Let me know if you don't.

I was going to have Sam work on these.

Maybe the order of priorities should go something like this (after Mars)
(1) Friend
(2) Birthmark
(3) everything else
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