"This Afternoon at La Placita" by
Ten-page play about the 1931 immigration arrests in Los Angeles's La Placita Park.
Arnold Anthony Schmidt
Arnold Anthony Schmidt
Arnold Anthony Schmidt wrote The Super Cilantro Girl, a play based on stories by former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera. Turlock’s Lightbox Theatre for Youth premiered that play in 2016, when more than 400 school children attended its performances. In 2019, CSU Fresno’s Theatre Department presented The Super Cilantro Girl on stage and in area schools, where more than 6,000 students saw the play...
Arnold Anthony Schmidt wrote The Super Cilantro Girl, a play based on stories by former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera. Turlock’s Lightbox Theatre for Youth premiered that play in 2016, when more than 400 school children attended its performances. In 2019, CSU Fresno’s Theatre Department presented The Super Cilantro Girl on stage and in area schools, where more than 6,000 students saw the play.
In 2017, Modesto’s Prospect Theatre presented his comedy “The Ghost of a Chance, or, Prometheus Unbound” in an evening of one act plays. As a member of the Playwriting Unit of Lonnie Chapman’s Group Repertory Theatre (North Hollywood), his two-act drama, Brotherly Love, was showcased in a 1985 workshop production.
Schmidt’s film credits include Assistant Producer on "The Silence" (nominated, 1983 Academy Award, best short dramatic film); Screenplay for 1984 Cannon Films feature Deja Vu, starring Jaclyn Smith, Nigel Terry, Shelley Winters, and Claire Bloom, and Story Writer for Warner Bros. sitcom Alice ("Tommy's Lost Weekend" nominated, 1985 Emmy Award). In 1988, Schmidt wrote The Junkie Priest, a screenplay based on the best-selling life story of Father Daniel Egan. Howard Koch, who wrote Casablanca, served as Senior Story Consultant for Shirley Jones Productions.
Schmidt currently contributes to the Book Club of Modesto’s State Theatre as an organizer and moderator.
In 2017, Modesto’s Prospect Theatre presented his comedy “The Ghost of a Chance, or, Prometheus Unbound” in an evening of one act plays. As a member of the Playwriting Unit of Lonnie Chapman’s Group Repertory Theatre (North Hollywood), his two-act drama, Brotherly Love, was showcased in a 1985 workshop production.
Schmidt’s film credits include Assistant Producer on "The Silence" (nominated, 1983 Academy Award, best short dramatic film); Screenplay for 1984 Cannon Films feature Deja Vu, starring Jaclyn Smith, Nigel Terry, Shelley Winters, and Claire Bloom, and Story Writer for Warner Bros. sitcom Alice ("Tommy's Lost Weekend" nominated, 1985 Emmy Award). In 1988, Schmidt wrote The Junkie Priest, a screenplay based on the best-selling life story of Father Daniel Egan. Howard Koch, who wrote Casablanca, served as Senior Story Consultant for Shirley Jones Productions.
Schmidt currently contributes to the Book Club of Modesto’s State Theatre as an organizer and moderator.