Writers, guess what’s not cool? Plagiarism. Guess what’s totally fine? PLAGIARIZING YOURSELF. It’s currently my favorite form of ‘writing,’ or writing, which is to say, blatantly robbing your past self of all her ideas. I’m …
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YOINK!
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ride it out / let it go
Every now and then my brain just burns out and quits. It has no fresh ideas or stories. It has no thoughts besides sandwich and dress and bed. It has no dreams besides standing in …
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In news Re: Boys and Girls
Re: Boys: HAPPY FATHER’S DAY, BOY DAD! HEY, THANKS FOR LIFE! Re: Girls: We Kilroys have launched our second List unproduced plays by women. This year, it’s 53 scripts. Honored to get to advocate for …
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ahhhhhhhh
I present to you: the artwork for the upcoming production of my Heaven Play, at South Coast Rep: I don’t think I have ever been so happy with artwork for a play of mine. It …
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a Playwright learns about her Body
I have a shooting pain in my butt muscle. A literal pain in the ass. I attempted yoga to address said pain, which I don’t do that often as I am not flexible or good …
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HEARTSPLOSION.
Meet the Cast and Crew from a production of my play meets documentary meets live reality show, Nothing is the End of the World (except for the End of the World,) in which artificially intelligent teenage beings …
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some stock responses
To interact with other humans after a play of yours is read to have a bunch of people watch you, for two hours, naked, try and put a bathing suit on that’s two sizes two …
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A Goal.
(Note re: picture below that I just found: WOMEN OF THE PERFECT POSTURE CONTEST POSING WITH THEIR X RAYS. REALLY.) I have two main goals in life: 1.) Don’t die too young. 2.) Win the …
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REAL.
Rehearsing this weekend for a reading of my play re: Heaven for the Pacific Playwrights Festival. It concerns a couple who’ve been married for years and years, and have seen eye to eye on most …
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‘On sleeping in the theater.’
Sarah Ruhl, one of my most favorite playwrights — since I read her Melancholy play in which a character turns into an almond — has written a beautiful book – ‘100 Essays I don’t have …