Category: Works In Progress

Making A New Short Movie

Last Friday and Saturday I shot my latest short movie, a comedy about marital strife titled At Long Last. This movie is based on a teleplay I directed as a live broadcast back in June 2024 called No Good Deed, and after an unsuccessful attempt to get it performed as a stage play I decided … Continue reading Making A New Short Movie

Projects For 2026

Happy 2026! May it be an improvement over 2025. Got a few things happening in 2026, here they are: My short movie Shady Brady’s has a tentative premier, Friday January 23rd on Community TV of Santa Cruz at 7PM PST. It'll be on the CTV live program Phil Harmonic Presents, a panel interview show with … Continue reading Projects For 2026

Shady Brady’s In Post Production

My comedic short movie Shady Brady's, based on my short story Diridon Station, has been shot (more about that adventure here) and is now in the editing process. This process has been challenging for my editor because of the rush job I employed when we were shooting on location in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood. The camera work … Continue reading Shady Brady’s In Post Production

I’m On A Podcast!

I have now been a guest on a podcast called Southern Man, Western Town. It's from a musician named Jeff Lawrence, here's the link to the podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Jx5MNNWHezM5C2QzHpTQr I talked about my latest short movie project and a little bit about the history of my writing. It was fun! I haven't listened to it yet … Continue reading I’m On A Podcast!

New Live TV Project

I'm going to revive my old live cablecast/webcast anthology program at Community Television of Santa Cruz with a short comedic stage play about a couple with marital problems who see a friend to help them through their impasse. We had our first rehearsal last Tuesday night and we were off to a good start. I was a … Continue reading New Live TV Project

Projects For 2024

Happy New Year, everyone! I'm entering 2024 with a number of projects that I'm currently working on and hope to get completed sooner than later. One project is a comedic short movie with the working title Office Supplies. It's about an office worker trying to find a new pen, but as he goes about asking his demented … Continue reading Projects For 2024

New Short Movie Project

I've embarked on a new short movie, it's a farce about people trying to get out of jury duty and is based on a piece of flash fiction I wrote and posted a year and a half ago. https://robertkirkendall.com/2022/01/15/jury-duty-a-flash-fiction-piece/ Already have most of the cast, only need one more actor with a speaking role and … Continue reading New Short Movie Project

Twenty: An Update

The independent movie Twenty which I co-wrote with the director Hilary Davidson has filmed some of the scenes last year and is now launching one last fund raising campaign to complete filming later this spring. It's been exciting to watch Twenty grow from a rough draft script into an in production movie project and I'm … Continue reading Twenty: An Update

Writing Goals For 2023

First, I'd like to look back on 2022 and give thanks for seeing three of my plays performed Off-Off-Broadway in New York City, two as stage productions and one as a staged reading. Poster for four one act plays performed by Manhattan Repertory Theatre on April 2-3 at the Chain Theatre, including my one act … Continue reading Writing Goals For 2023