Tag: CM Soto

Performance, Screenplay

Table read of spec script, The End – Roots Cafe, Brooklyn

On January 22, 2025, @ScriptClubNYC presented a live staged reading of my teen thriller spec script, The End, at Roots Cafe NYC, 639 5th Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY. The event brought together fans of teen thriller screenplays, live script readings in Brooklyn, and NYC writing events for an evening of new work and community at @scriptclubnyc in Park Slope. PREMISE: Lori, an ambitious teen … Continue reading Table read of spec script, The End – Roots Cafe, Brooklyn

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Award, Screenplay

Ghost thriller spec script, Boo, quarterfinalist in ScreenCraft Horror Competition

Reproduction-themed supernatural thriller, BOO advanced! Boo is a quarterfinalist in the 2025 ScreenCraft Horror Competition out of Los Angeles, CA! Logline: A female contractor, scarred by child loss, awakens the ghost of a baby and his dead mother while renovating a historic New Orleans brothel. Continue reading Ghost thriller spec script, Boo, quarterfinalist in ScreenCraft Horror Competition

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Literature/Poetry, Publication

“Lice” by C.M. Soto published in 2024 WILDsound Writing Festival Rhyme Poetry Contest

My poem, “Lice,” was selected for publication online at FestivalForPoetry.com. Swipe through the carousel to read the entire poem, an homage to Lice outbreaks in the public school system and the effect they can have on a family. (From my chapbook of poetry, These Are the Rooms to my Mother’s House. LICEIt begins with an itchjust above the nape.The seeds grow there.White bud, tail, and … Continue reading “Lice” by C.M. Soto published in 2024 WILDsound Writing Festival Rhyme Poetry Contest

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Multimedia, Music, Performance Art, Stageplay, Visual Art

BMTW Showcase—Ice Scream Theater at Pink Frog in Brooklyn, NY

Ice Scream Theater—a dark multi-media musical penned by and starring C.M. Soto participated in the Brooklyn Alternative Musical Theater Collective Showcase alongside Rita, the Cleaning Lady; Perfectionist Punk; Rhonda; Eco-Disaster in the Hundred Acre Wood; and Lovers on the Balcony! The matinee was SOLD OUT and that’s a wrap! Thanks to all of the friends and family who came to see the Showcase. A heartfelt … Continue reading BMTW Showcase—Ice Scream Theater at Pink Frog in Brooklyn, NY

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Multimedia, Stageplay, Visual Art

BMTW Showcase—Ice Scream Theater at Schole Street Studio

Lights up on Ice Scream Theater—a dark multi-media musical written by and starring C.M. Soto. It’s opening night at the Brooklyn Alternative Musical Theater Collective Showcase in the iconic Schole Street Studio! Both shows SOLD OUT! #scholestreetstudio #icescreamtheater #cmsoto #brooklyntheater #brooklynalternativemusicaltheatercollective #musicaltheater  Continue reading BMTW Showcase—Ice Scream Theater at Schole Street Studio

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Stageplay, Visual Art

Ice Scream Theater “Lopdolls” series completed

C.M. built “Lopdolls” as play props for her play, Ice Scream Theater. The dolls built from trash and household items were inspired by “Keeper of the Lops,” her poem about her childhood experiences living in a drug house with her mother’s friends, the lops (loser’s on parade, loser’s on parole, lackey’s on parole). Continue reading Ice Scream Theater “Lopdolls” series completed

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Literature/Poetry, Publication

“Ode to a Witch Doctor,” and “Easy” by C.M. Soto published in Cedar Hill Review

“Ode to a Witch Doctor,” and “Easy” by C.M. Soto were published in the Fall 2000 issue of The Cedar Hill Review out of Mena, Arkansas. It was reprinted in Soto’s anthology, These are the Rooms to My Mother’s House. #cmsotostory Continue reading “Ode to a Witch Doctor,” and “Easy” by C.M. Soto published in Cedar Hill Review

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