The Lily Awards just released The Count, and it’s grim statistics re: gender parity in the theater. The hard nuts: America is 50.8% women, 49.2% men. In 2013, Bachelor Degrees were given to 62% women, …
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The Count.
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here / gone
Reason #57 I love to write plays: they exist in a singular moment and cannot be fully recreated. Each person watching it shapes the tone with their own life experiences, the lives the actors have …
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AMERICAKE
I JUST INVENTED A WORD RIGHT? I can think of few things more American than this leftover labor day cake with frosting hot dog turds on a fake grill. I love things that should not …
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what to take
Firstly, here is a picture of my mind baby dream come true, an oregon trail game come to life inside of a middle school classroom: Secondly, reviews of my plays. I read them. They charm …
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thought experiment
I’m flying tonight to DC for the opening of the OREGON TRAILLLL!!!! I am basically then turning around and flying right back. I am already pre-tired*. I am basically taking four flights in the next …
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fantasy moment
Every playwright fantasizes about her first New York Times Interview. How she’ll breeze two minutes late into the Cobble Hill cafe, a free moment between rehearsals, in 400 dollar jeans but it’s not a thing …
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BE STILL MY PLAYWRIGHT HEART
This little promo picture for the upcoming production of the Oregon Trail in DC is just killing me. The trail girl wistfully sitting in the present day My So Called Life hallway with the creepyhot …
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Hamilton.
Blew a big wad of dough on this show yesterday and WORTH EVERY PENNY for a myriad of reasons that y0u can fully unpack in the great reviews if you like. You do not need …
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something akin to infinity
Hi, I am in my first week of rehearsal for This! I think it’s gonna be great. In a game such as the Oregon Trail in which there are seemingly infinite choices — rations, rivers, …
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YO! MARYLAND!
WHADDUP BETHESDA! HERE SOON IS A PLAY! If the production is even ten percent of this poster then I’m 100% on board.