Updates, etc.

2011-10-02T21:01:00.001-07:00

Lost in the Wilderness

2011-04-10T22:14:00.000-07:00

Jump For Joy!

2011-01-04T18:30:00.000-08:00

Jump for joy if you're in love
high, higher, drunk and giggling
intoxicated by the feeling
jump for joy if you're in love

FYI: :o( I'm not, but that would be nice! :o)

Bob Carpenter Update

2010-12-15T04:50:00.000-08:00

New Contact information for Bob:

Sun Valley Lodge (Assisted Living)
12413 103rd Ave (Room F 66)
Sun City, AZ 85351

623-974-9535 (direct line)

I'm sure he'd appreciate a card and/or call.

Dramatists Guild of America New Works Festival 2010

2010-10-07T21:38:00.000-07:00

The plays have been chosen:

Mickey Rooney by Debra Gettleman,
Social Security by Kirt Shineman,
Dinner at Six by Geoffrey Gonsher,
--Cross-Stitch by Jill Gittleman,
The Bus to Vegas by Jackie Marx,
Good Old Weezie by Richard Warren,
Trophy Client by Laura Terry.

November 6, 2010 (Time: 8 pm)
Playhouse on the Park
Viad Corporate Center
1850 N. Central Ave
Phoenix, AZ, 85004
(602) 889-5295

Dramatists Guild New Works Festival

2010-09-21T07:15:00.001-07:00

More information on guidelines for the Dramatists Guild New Works Festival 2010 at Phoenix Theatre coming soon.

That Last Journey

2010-08-11T06:50:00.000-07:00

I have not walked this road before
yet know each rut and rise
My trials give me second sight
I do not travel blindly
into the eye of brilliant light
enveloped by the essence
in the afterlife with full release
of my happy humbled spirit

In memory of my sister, Sharon, who left this earth on August 11, 1991.

2010-07-19T05:43:00.000-07:00

I now drive a 2006 Chevy HHR, due in large part to a sisterly gesture. Thank you, Deb!

25th Anniversary Information (Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Parade--Chicago)

2010-07-11T08:05:00.000-07:00

Update link for the anniversary weekend in June of 2011. I am scheduled to sing in Chicago on Saturday and maybe Sunday (a few songs with Joe Cantafio and his band.) Joe is the awesome male voice on my album, Rocket City! The American Dream Interrupted.

Commemorative items available for sale at jackiemarx.com.

Safe House Rewrite

2010-07-10T08:04:00.000-07:00

As I mentioned in a previous post, my one act stage play, Safe House, has been doing well in contests, but remains a bridesmaid. The Pittsburgh critiques were mailed to me. One judge felt Safe House was ready to walk down the aisle (I was excited to hear that!), two judges didn't. I decided to concentrate on what the two naysayers had to say. I totally agree with their assessment! and have rewritten the play with their criticisms in mind. Also, I added one new character and simplified the plot line. So, I will be sending Safe House out soon to other theaters. We'll see.

New Writing online

2010-06-13T18:01:00.001-07:00

Check out my creative blog (access on right) for "Muse to the Rescue", my newest poem.

Safe House

2010-05-25T08:22:00.000-07:00

My stage play, Safe House, made it to the final round of the Pittsburgh New Works Festival . This is the third time it has gotten this far in a festival. So, maybe, it just needs a little something?????

Good News

2010-05-12T05:16:00.001-07:00

My sister had her surgery yesterday and she is now healing!

A new posting

2010-05-07T14:06:00.000-07:00

The Brinker Brothers

New story posting

2010-05-05T04:46:00.000-07:00

Lolly Struple and her Chippies

2010-05-02T18:34:00.001-07:00

This mug will be available for sale soon at zazzle.com Jackie's Zazzlerama

Reston's Pink Flamingo Diner Update

2010-04-29T21:03:00.000-07:00

I have been sick for three days and unable to meet the deadline. That's what happens when you wait until the last minute. I will finish just not in time to post at Script Frenzy.

SCRIPT FRENZY: Reston's Pink Flamingo Diner

2010-04-26T19:45:00.000-07:00

I'm up to 50 pages (give or take) on my script. I have 50 pages to go by the 30th of April. I write fast so I should finish.

Prayer Request

2010-04-22T08:52:00.000-07:00

Jackie, Mom, Sharon and Debbie

Please say a prayer for my sister, Debbie, as she fights for her health.

April 15th

2010-04-15T06:57:00.001-07:00

Happy Tax Day! Not.

Script Frenzy

2010-04-08T13:35:00.000-07:00

SCRIPT FRENZY APRIL 1-30 WRITE A 100 PAGE SCRIPT DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL. JOIN US. IT'S FREE (DONATION) AND IT'S FUN.

Fit For Life

2010-02-03T09:03:00.000-08:00

Fit For Life

Happy New Year!

2010-01-17T05:45:00.000-08:00

I pray it will be...

Randy Tallman

2009-11-20T08:04:00.000-08:00

Thinking of Randy today (on my birthday, the day of his passing), as I do every day.

The Bus to Vegas

2009-11-07T04:57:00.000-08:00

My new play, The Bus to Vegas, has made it to the next round at Camino Real Playhouse in CA.

Updates: Original Music and plays

2009-10-18T18:56:00.000-07:00

Updates:
I have been asked to perform my original music at the 25th Reunion of the Chicago Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Parade weekend. My vet friends from Australia will be coming in to celebrate (June, 2011). It will be good to see my friends from the Chicago area as well as the Aussies.

October submissions: "The Bus to Vegas", Camino Real Playhouse,
"Freedom's Last Breath", Theatre Three,
"Brother Can You Spare Me...", Longwood Ten-Minute Play Festival.
"Lolly Struple and Her Chippies", Writers' Journal.

New Play by Jackie Marx: The Bus to Vegas

2009-08-25T10:11:00.000-07:00

A play in ten minutes, 2 W.
Secrets are revealed at a CA beach just off the PCH as two friends
(Lolly and Clarise) wait for the bus to Vegas.

The Old Man on the Parkbench

2009-07-07T19:13:00.000-07:00

I am working on a new play with these photos as a prompt. I'll add progress updates...

Happy Independence Day!

2009-07-04T21:47:00.000-07:00

The link http://www.nccs.net/ will guide you to the Constitution of the United States of America. I hope you will take a few minutes on this Independence Day to read what our Founding Fathers created: this document has kept our nation functioning for all these years.

Gray Lady's Angel Baby

2009-06-10T07:23:00.000-07:00

Gray Lady's Angel Baby was performed for an audience of 200 plus. The festival was a success and I was proud to be part of it with my play.

Kimberlyn Austin as Angel Baby.

Gray Lady's Angel Baby

2009-05-25T09:43:00.000-07:00

My play, Gray Lady's Angel Baby, will be performed at Theatre 4301 in Scottsdale (Presenters: Scottsdale Center For the Performing Arts and The Dramatists Guild of America) on the evening of June 5th, 2009 (An Evening of New Works Festival). Scroll down for information from Scottsdale Center's media release.

INFORMATION FROM MEDIA RELEASE:

"An Evening of New Works"June 5, 2009; Friday @ 8 p.m.Theater 4301, Galleria Corporate Centre, Scottsdale
(SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.) – Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts in association with The Dramatists Guild of America will present "An Evening of New Works" on June 5 at 8 p.m. at Theater 4301 in downtown Scottsdale.

Single tickets are available for $5 from the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Web site at http://www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org/ or the box office at (480) 994-ARTS (2787).

"An Evening of New Works" will feature a selection of short plays, each no more than 10 minutes in length, by eight playwrights from Arizona and New Mexico. Some plays will be performed as staged readings while others will be more rehearsed presentations with minimal production elements. The purpose of the evening is to help the playwrights develop these new works. Audience members will be given the opportunity to provide feedback through a talk-back session with the playwrights.
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Hope to see you there,

Jackie

An Evening of New Works 2009

2009-05-04T22:09:00.001-07:00

My stage play, Gray Lady's Angel Baby, has been selected for inclusion in the 3rd Annual "An Evening of New Works" (The Dramatists Guild of America) to be held on Friday, June 5th, 2009.

Sixty nine plays were submitted and eight were chosen.

"Plots" by Robert Benjamin
"The Guy from 1992" by Mare Biddle
"Alex and Anna" by J. Boyer
"responsible" by Dennis Bush
"Culebra" by David Dudley
"BFF" by Debra Rich Gettleman
"Gray Lady's Angel Baby" by Jackie Marx
"Together Alone" by Richard Warren

My play, "Freedom's Last Breath" was chosen in 2007, and "Tick Tock!" was chosen in 2008.

2009-03-28T18:42:00.000-07:00

Sunrise Business Builders

Meeting

March 27, 2009

sunrisebusinessbuilders.blogspot.com

2009-03-09T13:57:00.001-07:00

Write From the Heart Writing Workshop

March 2009

Jan

2009-01-30T20:08:00.000-08:00

Jan and me on her 50th birthday

My dear friend, Jan Erickson, died suddenly Monday morning, January 26. I am still in shock and I will miss her so. My heart aches for her sons John (Kathy) and Scott, and her cherished grandsons.

Jenny's Wedding

2008-09-05T05:47:00.001-07:00

My daughter Jenny got married on August 30th in San Clemente, CA with the ocean as a backdrop. The reception was at Cindy and Ron's house (my other daughter and son-in-law), directly across the street from the ceremony.

The bride was beautiful.

The entire evening was perfect. I think there were about one hundred and forty people in attendance. Local Long Beach musicians ( who have gained some national notoriety) took turns honoring Jenny and her new husband (Dave Beste, bass player with Rocco DeLuca and the Burden) with original songs. Dave and Jenny sang a few with them. Rocco was to sing but was out of town for the weekend. Kiefer Sutherland was there.

Tick Tock!

2008-06-11T21:39:00.000-07:00

My stage play, Tick Tock! is going up (staged reading) at Theatre 4301, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, June 13th. The short play was chosen by the Dramatists Guild of America for the 2008 An Evening of New Works. My director (Charles St. Clair) and cast: Edith Kelly (MOTHER), Nicole Colby (GEORGETTE), Robin Austin (JERILYN) and Mark Austin (NARRATOR) have done a marvelous job bringing my play to life; my thanks go out to them.

DICK'S LAST TRIP TO THE WALL

2008-05-31T03:46:00.000-07:00

The Run For The Wall riders honored Dick Darnell by taking him (his ashes) to the Wall.

DICK DARNELL

2008-05-02T07:30:00.001-07:00

10-31-47 Y 05-02-08
0210 AM: passing of Lloyd "Dick" Darnell
SSgt. US Army 101st. Airborne.

Dick, we will always love you.

Rocket City! Update

2008-04-18T10:23:00.000-07:00

An experiment: Freedom's Last Breath as the prologue to Rocket City!

Easter wishes

2008-03-20T06:28:00.001-07:00

Happy Easter!

I will be leaving for CA today to see family, and I will return Monday night.

Dick's Party Update

2008-02-26T14:03:00.000-08:00

The party was a success. The place was packed. So much food. Dick was so thrilled. I was thrilled to sing God Bless America to him. He had dinner with us this past Friday and spent the night.

He is on his way back to California for another treatment.

He will beat this thing.

Party for Dick Darnell

2008-02-13T05:25:00.000-08:00

Our friend Dick Darnell (Dick's Family Kitchen) is coming into town for a Welcome Home party in his honor. It will be held at the VA hospital in Phoenix this Saturday evening (February 16th). If you are in town and want to honor this extraordinary Vietnam veteran, please email me and I can give you the particulars. jamarx@cox.net.

Dickie Bird

2008-01-29T20:32:00.000-08:00

Please add your prayers and happy, healthy thoughts for our dear friend, Dick Darnell in his fight with cancer. This big-hearted Vietnam veteran (101st Airborne) is always there for everyone! and now is his time to be supported by all the people he has helped.

"Dickie Bird, we love you." xxxooo

Happy New Year

2008-01-22T19:40:00.000-08:00

2008

I will be working with Mark Foreman in the coming months on an ongoing project of mine.

Writing Examples can also be found @: http://jonnasmuse.blogspot.com/

I'm baaack

2007-12-31T08:03:00.000-08:00

Got back from CA last night. Great visit with my family. I got to see everyone. Yea! So, now I'm continuing where I left off in 07. Under construction: http://www.jackiemarx.com/bragsters.html.

Merry Christmas

2007-12-21T02:52:00.000-08:00

I am driving to Southern California Saturday to spend Christmas with my family. Yipee!

Merry Christmas!

Happy New Year!

God Bless America!

"Memorial" a memory

2007-12-03T07:41:00.000-08:00

We struck the set for "Memorial" after the the last performance Saturday night.

Cast and crew did a fine job. Lots of dialogue to learn and they did. There were a few things in the blocking of one song that didn't happen as they should, but no one but Charlie (lighting design) me probably noticed. The Protest Scene went well. Yea!

One challenge I faced: 'Attitude' abounded.

So, the stage is bare at Phoenix College, but not for long.

Randy Tallman

2007-11-25T09:13:00.000-08:00

Randy Tallman [1939-2007] will be missed by all. My heart aches at the news of his passing on November 2oth, my birthday.

I met Randy in 1991 when I went to Dallas for the production of my musical drama, Rocket City! (then entitled: The American Dream...Interrupted). He, as director, and Russ Benzamin, as musical director mounted a vigorous production and helped move the play forward.

Randy and his wife, Laura (and of course, Ret and Joe who took turns letting me crash in their bedrooms) welcomed me into their home every 4th of July weekend to share their home and hospitality [until 9/11, and then I chose not to fly for a long while, and missed all the fun at their wonderful 4th of July party: love, friendship, music sharing, Laura's brisket, Randy's guacamole ...and all the other tasty and loving things that the Tallmans afforded their friends].

The unique talents of the wonderful, loving man that was Randy Tallman, will live on forever in our hearts and in the world.

I will truly miss you, Randy.

Memorial is on its feet.

2007-11-25T09:11:00.000-08:00

Opening night (Nov. 15th) went well. Closing weekend Nov. 29-Dec. 1. All of Dreamer's signers will be part of the production. Should be great.

"Memorial" by Charles LaBorde

2007-11-07T04:11:00.000-08:00

Rehearsals have been going well for "Memorial" under the direction of Gary Imel and musical direction by Jackie Marx. The Phoenix College production opens on Nov. 15th.

This Readers Theatre piece has been masterfully directed by Gary Imel. I have been given the opportunity to direct Scene 8, the Protest Scene and we will be tightening that scene in rehearsal tonight.

We have shadow signers ably led by A Dreamer.

With all the performance elements and the music from the Era this should be an exciting production.

2007-08-10T05:00:00.000-07:00

The past three days have been spent working (with the musical director) on the musical score for Rocket City!--in preparation for the Broadway reading. Things are going well. The first three songs are complete and ready for the reading.

Writing Updates

2007-07-14T08:14:00.000-07:00

Freedom's Last Breath was well-received at the Scottsdale reading.

Just finished a new play. Tunnel Vision, 60 pages, 5 characters: 4M, 1F. Non-musical drama. The synopsis can be found at the site.

Other new plays:
The Nest, 10 minute, 2 characters: 2F. Young adult drama
Tick Tock, 10 minute, 3 characters, 3F. Drama.

New screenplays (not completed-synopsis upon request):
Tentative title: Lake Castle
Tommy Boy's Touchstone

The Rocket City reading is still on for NYC. I just don't know when.

Also, new writing posted at www.fanstory.com (jackiesmuse)

Charles St. Clair to direct

2007-05-18T06:53:00.000-07:00

Charles St. Clair will direct Freedom's Last Breath for the Dramatists Guild Friday Night Footlight series: An Evening of New Works. He is in the process of casting the piece. Watch for updates concerning this June 8th workshop production at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.

Quote of the Day

2007-04-22T05:24:00.000-07:00

Difficulties strenghten the mind, as labor does the body.

Seneca
Roman dramatist, philosopher and politician (5 BC-65 AD)

Freedom's Last Breath

2007-04-20T08:01:00.000-07:00

Freedom's Last Breath, a short stage play, is available for review at www.fanstory.com/displaystory.jsp?id=150516. This play and other plays, poems and stories will be included in a book [no title at this time] soon to be published by Visions Unlimited.

The Marks and the Masquers

2007-04-17T19:27:00.000-07:00

The Marks and the Maskers is a contest entry at www.fanstory.com/displaystory.jsp?id=149450 . It is a series of cinquain stanzas that tell the story.

Rocket City Update

2007-04-16T11:18:00.000-07:00

Conversation with contacts in New York City this morning indicate that our staged reading is still under consideration.