Perhaps some writers are annoyed / creeped out when actors send them emails expressing interest in auditioning for something they wrote, but personally, I LOVE IT. I respect the Drive and the shameless self promotion. …
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Actors: Take Note
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Posthumously
I woke up this morning to finds news and posts all over facebook of the tragic death of this awesome young playwright — Daniel Mcclung — who died yesterday AM of smoke inhalation when a …
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How Theater Disappointed Bekah Brunstetter
Now I have to do the thing where I am irksomely vague, but I recently received some really disappointing theater news: something was going to happen, and now it is not happening. Your friend, Vague. …
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Salon!
I’ve been jonesing for some knowledge or something other than same old, and boy did I get it. This weekend has been CRAY by which I do not mean parties or bars. Nope, I’ve been …
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This Happened.
My first plays were equal parts excitement over actually having written a play, and making the weird poster to plaster all over the Drama building, like this one for my play Happen, IN WHICH NOTHING …
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I miss
Sometimes I re-read something I wrote years ago and become really nostalgic for how I felt then, when I was really in love or feeling something really intense. I miss how I felt when I …
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PROOF IT!
David Auburn, Pulitzer Prize and Tony winning writer of Proof is also in residence here this month, and well, he’s just the best. Hilarious in a subtle and surprising way, a deep thinker, very kind. …
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The Process!
Last night, the other playwrights and I, or the P Dubs as I’ve dubbed us, gathered to discuss our writing processes, because we’re nerdy and awesome and are always on the lookout for a good …
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Dream Design!
One of the 900 things that’s great about the O’Neill is this dream design thing that they do, in which you get to chat with the resident designers about what the world of the play …
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It’s the day of the Showwwwww
Here’s a quick pic from tech last night that I was possibly not supposed to take? But here it is. We’ve partially staged the play so that we can start to see how the Now …