THE WORK OF BOUSPHAY

My Professional Writer Portfolio

WHO IS BOUSPHAY?

And what does Bousphay have going on?

WHAT'S WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS!

Bousphay is selflessly eating all the nefarious chips and cookies your family buys, for their health.
Bousphay wonders why everybody stopped worrying about the Bermuda Triangle after 3rd grade.

Bousphay believes wet blankets can laugh.

Bousphay knows words have power, he also knows that power can't run his toothbrush. He does not have an electric toothbrush.

Bousphay is sharing wings with somebody who supports the rival team even though they should be in JAIL!

Yeah, that's me, more or less.

I've currently been working on telling original folk tales, I have a good number on my you tube page, Bousphay's Nice Stories, where I'm trying to spread some cheer. I also spent several years working with a children's theater program. I created the video below to explain how that program operates.

GAME WRITING

I had a creative itch that had to be scratched so I threw together a little choose your own adventure. It is a joke game where I tell you you and joke and ask if you laughed. If you say yes, I give you another joke. If you say no, I give you a hard time.

Don't Laugh, You Lose

CHILDREN'S PLAYS

These Plays were all written for Onstage Theater Arts. If you are interested in learning more about Onstage, check out their website here.

I have been working with Onstage Theater Arts to write and direct plays performed and inspired by K-3rd graders. The first week children put on costumes provided by the company and introduce us to whatever character they imagine themselves to be. I take these characters and write a 20-30 minute play that is perfomed for parents and the school. It has been a wonderful experience and I feel like it has positively impacted the children.

PLAY FOR WINTER 2019

This was my first experience writing for Onstage, and I found it to be an exciting challenge. I had 18 children whose every word becomes cannon, and it was fun to weave all the pieces together into a story.

PLAY FOR SPRING 2019

This play had a lot of magic and mythology from the children and I ran with it. The central antagonist killed a dragon and decided to wear its skin, an act that caused the dragon's magic to be distributed to all of the characters in the play. I asked the children if they wanted to save the dragon or keep their powers and only two children wanted to save the dragon. Only two.

PLAY(TUESDAY) FALL 2019

For this session, I took over writing plays for the Tuesday and Thursday sessions. This led to me writing two plays in two weeks. Fortunately, the Tuesday class only had seven children, which allowed a lot more character development and interaction. It also gave me an opportunity to throw in more jokes for the parents, children, and myself.

PLAY(THURSDAY) FALL 2019

I tried something different with this one. With nineteen children in the class I didn't get enough information about many of their characters, so after writing up the central plot around Capture the Flag, I brought the scripts in for the children to write some of their own lines. When I got those scripts back I learned a couple of things. First, children do not know what capture the flag is anymore. Second, children don't care about the plot and will just leave their scene in the middle without a destination. I had to do a little "re-imagining" of some of the kids' lines but the whole thing turned out really well.