• Five Things the Law Can’t Explain (But Playwrights Keep Trying To)

    Love. Grief. Forgiveness. Time. The guy in the subway shouting about pineapples. The law demands order. The theatre invites chaos, serves it wine, and asks it to monologue. I live in both. One world expects exhibits, redactions, and polished shoes. The other celebrates gnomes on trial and emotional breakdowns that rhyme. But there are a…

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  • From First Line to Final Beat: How I Structure a One-Act

    By Brian S. Brijbag, Esq. There’s something magical — and maddening — about the one-act play. Too short to waste time.Too long to just be a scene.Too finite to wander.Too powerful to be dismissed. A great one-act doesn’t feel like a short play. It feels like a complete world — one that opens, cracks, burns, and closes in…

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  • A Dinner That Doesn’t Judge You: One-Pan Garlic Butter Chicken with Veggies

    Because You Deserve a Meal That’s Done Before You Start Questioning Life Choices You’ve had a long day. Maybe you’ve been writing closing arguments.Maybe you’ve been arguing with fictional characters in a draft.Maybe you’ve just been existing, which is hard enough. And now it’s 6:43 p.m. and your fridge has ingredients but no promises. Let me…

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  • This Slice of Pie Is the Entire Play: How I Build Symbolism from Small Things

    By Brian S. Brijbag, Esq. In one of my plays, a married couple is trapped in their Florida kitchen during a hurricane. Power’s flickering. A stranger named “Florida Man” has barged in. And sitting on the counter – unassuming, innocent, shimmering with citrus significance – is the last slice of key lime pie. It’s just a…

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  • In Praise of Contradictions: Being a Trial Lawyer and a Theatrical Nerd

    By Brian S. Brijbag, Esq. I’ve stood in courtrooms, neck deep in depositions, cross-examinations, and medical exhibits — building arguments on logic, precedent, and pain. And I’ve also stood on stage in a community theater, wearing eyeliner and shouting about cursed pies and funeral rehearsals for divine absences. This used to confuse people.Honestly, it used…

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  • TWO PLAYS SELECTED FOR THE 2025 TAMPA BAY THEATRE FESTIVAL!

    By Brian S. Brijbag, Esq. I am beyond excited and deeply honored to announce that two of my plays have been officially selected for performance at the 2025 Tampa Bay Theatre Festival (TBTF)! 🎭✨ Out of a competitive field of submissions from across the region and beyond, both a dramatic and a comedic piece I’ve written were chosen…

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  • Project Jubilee: The Joy of Erasing $3.2 Million in Silence

    By Brian S. Brijbag, Esq. Some victories are loud.Courtroom wins. Spotlight speeches. A moment on stage with applause waiting at the end. But some victories happen in silence — unseen, unsigned, unnoticed by most — and yet they echo through a person’s life for years. That’s the story of Project Jubilee:An initiative that began as a question and…

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  • David Ives, Durang, and the Art of Making Chaos Feel Precise

    By Brian S. Brijbag, Esq. There’s a special kind of theatre that doesn’t just entertain — it unhinges your expectations, flips them inside out, and then serves them back to you with a sly wink and a perfectly timed blackout. When people ask what kind of plays I write, I sometimes fumble.“Absurdist.”“Dark comedy.”“Meta-theatrical, structurally chaotic, character-driven……

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  • Easy Peanut Butter Chocolate No-Bake Bars

    Fast. Foolproof. Freakishly Delicious. Sometimes, the best treat is the one that doesn’t require an oven, a mixer, or a culinary degree. These no-bake peanut butter chocolate bars come together in 10 minutes (plus chill time), use pantry staples, and disappear faster than you’ll admit publicly. Perfect for: 🧈 Ingredients For the Base: For the Topping: 🍫…

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  • Florida Is a Genre: Writing Theater in the Sunshine State

    By Brian S. Brijbag, Esq. There are regions that shape stories.And then there’s Florida, which doesn’t just shape them — it inhales them, spins them around, wraps them in alligator skin, and sets them loose on I-75 wearing flip-flops and holding a Publix sub. Florida isn’t just a setting.Florida is a genre.And once you write theatre here,…

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