Stage Write
stagewrite.bsky.social
Stage Write
@stagewrite.bsky.social
Dramatist.
HOTEL MAYFLOWER; CONGRESSMAN DAVY
More at: https://www.richardbyrneplays.com/ and https://stage-write.ghost.io/
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"A wealthy man acts like he can / box up a thousand stars
He'd auction off the sunset, too / if he could reach that far."

byrnemusicals.bandcamp.com/track/poor-m...

News about CONGRESSMAN DAVY-my musical with Dean Schlabowske (Waco Brothers)-coming soon!

www.richardbyrneplays.com/congressman-...
Nuzzi book tour kicks off as the growing pestilence enabled by her misdeeds grips the land.
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
BURROUGHS: America’s a flimflam man. Fake cures. Useless tonics. That’s what America peddles. It will sell you something for your cough that gives you hemorrhoids – or worse. Take it from me: Don’t rely on America for anything.

HOTEL MAYFLOWER

US: ebay.us/m/PMCz86
Europe: tinyurl.com/ybxdyyn8
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Probably the greatest crime against American democracy's future in the 20th Century.
"If you ever think about me, and if you ain’t gonna do no revolutionary act, forget about me. I don’t want myself on your mind, if you’re not gonna work for the people."

On this day in 1969, Fred Hampton was shot to death by Chicago, Cook County and federal police as he slept in his apartment.
December 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This book has survived many changes of residence over the past three decades. I keep it at hand as a tangible reminder that the world can change literally overnight.
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Art, Memory, Evil, and Complicity in the Nazi film industry.

Watch THE DROWNED GIRL now on Fawesome TV.

Starring Annalisa Loeffler. Composed and directed by @drewsky.app. Produced by @schlchtmyr.bsky.social

Written by @stagewrite.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/3wbcbzpb
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
In the neighborhood.
December 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (1956)
November 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In Philadelphia, Michelin is a tire.
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Canine wiles at a Maryland rest stop. Just make sure you're healthy.
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Reposted by Stage Write
"... [W]e cannot embrace what Kryptos has become in this moment: a toxic intersection of secrecy and commodity."

My essay on why Jarett Kobek and myself said no to a share of auction proceeds and signing NDAs for the Kryptos auction.

stage-write.ghost.io/not-so-wonde...
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"... [W]e cannot embrace what Kryptos has become in this moment: a toxic intersection of secrecy and commodity."

My essay on why Jarett Kobek and myself said no to a share of auction proceeds and signing NDAs for the Kryptos auction.

stage-write.ghost.io/not-so-wonde...
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"A wealthy man acts like he can / box up a thousand stars
He'd auction off the sunset, too / if he could reach that far."

byrnemusicals.bandcamp.com/track/poor-m...

News about CONGRESSMAN DAVY-my musical with Dean Schlabowske (Waco Brothers)-coming soon!

www.richardbyrneplays.com/congressman-...
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"zip ties near me"
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
On the hunt for "electrons."
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Trumponomics: "Grandma doesn't need slippers."
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
"Here’s the bottom line: The FBI's behind-the-scenes decision-making suggests that the chances of aliens resurrecting JFK are greater than Trump’s name ever being unredacted from the Epstein files." -- @jasonleopold.bsky.social

www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files
The bureau’s FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted....
www.bloomberg.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Read the exclusive excerpt." NO.
November 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
November 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Reposted by Stage Write
As the Kryptos K4 auction imbroglio simmers, I answer two key questions: Why did Jarett Kobek and myself turn down money for our silence and refuse to sign NDAs?

Read my STAGE WRITE essay: "Not So Wonderful Things."

stage-write.ghost.io/not-so-wonde...
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
As the Kryptos K4 auction imbroglio simmers, I answer two key questions: Why did Jarett Kobek and myself turn down money for our silence and refuse to sign NDAs?

Read my STAGE WRITE essay: "Not So Wonderful Things."

stage-write.ghost.io/not-so-wonde...
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
THE NIGHT MANAGER (2016)
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Reposted by Stage Write
For the past 10 weeks, I have been at the center of the Kryptos K4 auction imbroglio. But why did Jarett Kobek and myself turn down money for our silence and refuse to sign NDAs?

I explain it all in a new STAGE WRITE essay titled "Not So Wonderful Things."

stage-write.ghost.io/not-so-wonde...
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
For the past 10 weeks, I have been at the center of the Kryptos K4 auction imbroglio. But why did Jarett Kobek and myself turn down money for our silence and refuse to sign NDAs?

I explain it all in a new STAGE WRITE essay titled "Not So Wonderful Things."

stage-write.ghost.io/not-so-wonde...
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM