Growing increasingly excited to head up to Portland this weekend for what appears to be a BIG AND BEAUTIFUL PRODUCTION of my play, the Oregon Trail, at Portland Center Stage. Excited for actors and moments …
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NOW LOADING. THE WAGON.
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it is the dayyyy of the showwwwww
One of the nice things about marrying a fellow theater person: it is just another day of the show, in a series of other days of the show’s. There will be more shows. Some smaller, …
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Albee.
Edward Albee died yesterday, and of course though it is he who died, I am a playwright, and so it is a profound event that occurred mostly to me. But seriously though: like a lot of …
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soundtrack
One of my favorite things about being the protagonist of my own life is how my music library is still peppered with random sound effects from plays I helped make twelve years ago. Airport ambient …
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never not done
Just when you think that all of your affairs are in order, all boxes checked, all relationships tended to and laundry done and writings written and messages sent, YOU HAPPEN UPON THE SECRET ‘MESSAGE REQUESTS’ …
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MY NIGHTMARE
The Ojai Playwrights Conference, or WINE for short, kicked off its week of readings with a cabaret called ACROSS THE DIVIDE, in which the writers performed excerpts from their work that specifically addressed, well, a …
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classic white girl playwright
Classic white girl playwright spots beautiful playwright with even more beautiful accent, who travelled all the way from Zimbabwe to attend the playwright’s conference. Classic playwright girl corners her like prey. White girl: HI IT’S …
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they are not you
Of the 900 things that makes writing truthful characters tricky, here is one: when writing, you tend to put yourself in the character’s shoes / heels / boots. What would I do if I discovered …
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INT. BRAIN
My creative thoughts always feel slightly disconnected from earth. I try and bring them down, make them real, but I can’t really gather them. I try and touch them but they’re made of bounce or …
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there is no tragedy without hope
Today, on Louis C.K. for president — I’m listening to his latest interview on the Marc Maron podcast, and he reminded me that these masks that adorn the walls of high school auditoriums and the …