Diligence, Perseverance, and Overcoming Adversity - Playwright's Spotlight with Faye Widjaja

Without a doubt the most important episode of Playwright's Spotlight to date. If in the past you've never made it through an episode in it's entirety, this is the one to sit through until the end. A story of diligence, perseverance, over coming adversity, Faye Widjaja tells the story of her high school drama club staging a production when it seemed the universe was against them. We discuss breaking down and writing a performance art piece, the timing and structure of a play set in real time, rehearsing and making the most out of the worst situations, and celebrating the old adage "necessity breeds creativity." Faye's is a story of inspiration and motivation fighting against all odds. I hope this episode makes you all remember why we fell in love with theatre in the first place and what keeps drawing us back. Enjoy!!!

Faye Widjaja is a writer, composer, director, designer, actress, and senior at Mission San Jose High School as well as the president of the school's student-run theatre program. Her play "A Lost Soul's Guide to Being Not Alive" received an Honorable Mention from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, and her most recent piece "A Minor Inconvenience" received gold in the Student Written One-Act category at the Lenaea High School Theatre Festival in Sacramento, California.

Links to sites and resources mentioned in this episode -

New Play Exchange -
https://newplayexchange.org/

Lenaea High School Theatre Festival -
Lenaea.org

Standing Ovation Grant -
https://broadwaylicensing.com/broadway-licensing-announces-standing-ovation-grant-for-educational-theater-programs/

Harris Center for the Performing Arts -
https://www.harriscenter.net

Universal Performers -
https://www.msjpups.org

Hollywood Fringe -
https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/

Support Theatre for Mission San Jose -
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-theatre-at-mission-san-jose?qid=508cd5a3222f056e8d829d9679b9168a

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards -
https://www.artandwriting.org

Contact and Socials for Universal Performers -
https://www.facebook.com/groups/30332416579/

Websites and socials for James Elden, Punk Monkey Productions and Playwright's Spotlight

Punk Monkey Productions -
www.punkmonkeyproductions.com

PLAY Noir -
www.playnoir.com

PLAY Noir Anthology –
www.punkmonkeyproductions.com/contact.html

James Elden -
Twitter - @jameseldensauer
IG - @alakardrake
FB - fb.com/jameseldensauer

Punk Monkey Productions and PLAY Noir -
Twitter - @punkmonkeyprods
- @playnoirla
IG - @punkmonkeyprods
- @playnoir_la

FB - fb.com/playnoir
- fb.com/punkmonkeyproductions

Playwright's Spotlight -
Twitter - @wrightlightpod
IG - @playwrights_spotlight

Playwriting services through Los Angeles Collegiate Playwrights Festival
www.losangelescollegiateplaywrightsfestival.com/services.html