When the Broadway league announced that all shows were being cancelled through April 12, it was particularly arresting because A.) I am a theater person and thus obsessed with myself / my own community, but …
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THEATER EMERGENCY ALERT
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Sounds Good
I went to Austin for less than 48 hours to workshop the teen Jesus and Mary Magdalene musical at the ZACH theater, and while it was COMPLETELY EXHAUSTING and I slept in a hallway, it …
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froworker
Noun: a co-worker who becomes a friend; WHAT I FORCE MOST EVERYONE THAT I WORK WITH TO BECOME. 13 days into this Notebook musical workshop and I’m feeling very very grateful for Ingrid, who bakes …
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I gave Birth
I just realized a few days ago that at one point in time, I would’ve been about to have a baby, as our last pregnancy was due on Christmas Eve. I’m actually quite shocked that …
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Jesus in Maryland
I’m in Olney, Maryland for the week to workshop Teen Mary Magdalene hearts Teen Jesus musical at the Olney Theater Center, which is very exciting and career and work and play development and yay but …
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WE’RE FINE, HOW ARE YOU?
I’ve finally located the most perfect anecdote to share whenever I’m asked, How are you, How are things? I will now reply: Well yesterday, I came home from the doctor frustrated because it takes a …
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Very Long Game
If you play your cards exactly and precisely right, by which I mean, with missteps and occasional mistakes, a regular human amount, you May: Write a play about elephants, in which an elephant is a …
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Lunch as Person
I’m sharing a house in beautiful Rhinebeck, New York for the week with my A.D. 16 (teenage Mary Magdalene and Jesus musical) collaborators, director Stephen and composer / lyricist Cinco. We’ve got a week to …
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Oklahoma; Okay
I’m sure you already know this because it is OBVIOUSLY HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION, but I’ll say it anyways: Lynn Riggs was a part Cherokee playwright from Oklahoma, who wrote the play Green Grows the Lilacs, on …
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Quick Check-in with World
When I’m developing a play or musical, I tend to stick my head up its butt and ignore the tense and divisive and sometimes horrible things happening in the world, which is both blessing and …