Here’s a thing about being a writer that I am constantly forgetting and remembering and forgetting all over again: with no input, there is no output. If you’ve recently done a massive purge of feelings …
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Input / Output
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your friend, Marsha Norman
I studied and worked on a lot of Marsha Norman plays in undergrad (Getting Out / Night, Mother). One night in grad school, I ended up hiding in a corner of her massive west village …
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I am many I’s
Old plays are oftentimes more relevant than contemporary plays. Why is this? Mo and I got down with our bad undergraduate theater selves the other night, and went to see a fantastic production of Six Characters …
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Resting Talkback Face
Someone took this picture of me during the talkback after the reading last night. For laymen: when the audience gets a chance to tell you what they thought / ask you questions about your play, …
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Props.
I gotta give props to the Alliance Theater here in Atlanta, if giving props is still a thing that people do. WE ALL STILL PLAY WITH POGS, RIGHT? Some way too many years ago, something …
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Growth.
I think my writer brain is going through a growth spurt of sorts. It doesn’t understand what it is or what it wants to be. It just knows it wants to be more. None of …
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change your place / change your mind
I’ve gone and escaped to up to Ojai for a few days to clear my head and to try and fix a play that’s be eluding me. Ojai is a beauty of a valley just …
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Heaven: An Opening
May the Good Lord bless the angels in charge of event planning at South Coast Rep for putting together a heavenly diner food themed opening night party spread, INCLUDING MINI ICE CREAM SUNDAES AND ALSO …
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why to write plays, if at all
It does sometimes feel like: wait, why am I doing this thing? Can anyone hear me? Am I just rubbing my hands around in muck? Shouting things that everyone already knows? But then after the …
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Cue to Cue
Tech is my by far my favorite part of making a play. At first it exists only in the rehearsal room of your head or perhaps someones living room or if you’re lucky an actual …