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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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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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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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By Brian S. Brijbag, Esq. They call it “Hell Week.”In theatre, it’s the final stretch before opening night — a gauntlet of missed cues, forgotten lines, and panic-fueled costume changes.In law, it’s the days leading up to trial — a maelstrom of deposition reviews, exhibit binders, and the existential dread of a 7 a.m. docket call.I’ve done both.…