Novelist, Playwright

Make 2017 Better Than 2016 With Books

2016 sucked, right? And if you’re like me, you want 2017 to turn that around. Well, we can. All we have to do is buy more books. Here are ten reasons why buying more books will make 2017 better than 2016. 1. Let’s start with 2016 being so sucky. That’s the real world. Well, who…

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Gary Corbin • December 31, 2016

Family Hardware: Photo Preview

Director Dorinda Toner led a full-cast workshop of Family Hardware, which will enjoy three performances at the Fertile Ground Festival of New Works on January 24, 29, and 31, 2016 at Hipbone Studios. We met at Renegade’s Paradise in Rockaway Beach, Oregon for a weekend retreat filled with hard work, excellent wine, many laughs, and…

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Gary Corbin • November 23, 2015

Play write vs. Playwright

Playwright, or play writer? That is the question. For most of us who are engaged in this fascinating, collaborative creative exercise, the answer is the latter. Certainly this is true for me. I write plays. I do not wright plays. And there’s a difference. Play writers write plays. We create characters, plots, scenes, and dialog….

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Gary Corbin • October 23, 2015

Let’s make Umpqua the last one.

Heartbreaking. Sickening. Twisted. Sad. Another mass shooting – this one, close to home. A shooter has killed at least seven and wounded another 20 or so at Umpqua Community College in southern Oregon today. No reports yet explain why, or who did it, or who the victims are. I don’t need reports to explain why….

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Gary Corbin • October 1, 2015

Pride goeth before the curtain

Tonight I’m attending a read-thru of my new (draft) play for Fertile Ground. It’s the second time in less than a week, and if this one goes like the first, a talented, experienced group of actors will ready my unfinished script and give me critical feedback. Probably very critical. I can’t wait. Some playwrights hesitate…

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Gary Corbin • September 21, 2015