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Preparing for the Presentation

Posted by DCA Theater on August 30, 2010 in July-December 2010 Season, INCUBATOR Series: Thirteen Pocket

by Jeff Phillips, playwright for Bosto script as part of XIII Pocket Incubator

The growth in each piece that has taken place over the course of our new play workshop Lack Thereof has been quite exciting.  And each entered into the workshop at a different stage in development.  Cash had been first put down on paper by Stephen Louis Grush in 2003.  The Displaced was first conceived in 2005 by Anthony Nikolchev.  My play, Bosto, is the baby of the group, it was only last February that I first typed it out.  Bosto in its raw form came out fairly quickly for me.  Some stored up feelings and ideas for characters kind of spewed forth one afternoon, in one sitting, I had the first draft of Bosto completed at 42 pages.  From that point I let it sit in drawer while I focused on wrapping up other writing projects and began to tinker with it as we rolled into July, mostly cleaning up thoughts, making it a little less “raw” for further examination.  I entered August with the initial intention of reworking dialogue and fleshing out the ending. 

Based on great observations and strong questions by members of the ensemble, my brain was stimulated, and I left each session of Bosto work a little overwhelmed, with new ideas for expanding the story, building the characters intentions and stakes further.  Bosto grew from each session and lengthened in-between each session. Currently Bosto is at 79 pages.  We may be at the end of the August workshop month, but I plan to continue to play with Bosto.  The world and the characters are continuing to unfold for me. Whereas I am very proud of where it is at now, I am not ready to close the writing doors on it just yet.