Heh – heh heh – hehhhhh. I think what I love most about Sarah Ruhl – besides the poetry and whimsy of her writing and stage directions (see here: Eurydice arriving in the underworld -) …
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She Ruhls!
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SCHOOL!
This morning I observed some classes at the incredible Bronx Academy of Letters. Um, inspire much? I’m doing some research for A Long and Happy Life and it was just so NICE to get out …
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I attended the Horton Foote awards last night – a new award for promising American playwrights in honor of the (recently deceased) super inspiring Mr. Foote himself who wrote magically and honestly about everyday people. …
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and the (NYIT) award goes to…..
I’m writing the script for the 2010 NYIT awards ceremony….and you guys, it’s HARD! But an interesting challenge. Basically I’m just writing the words out of the presenters’ mouths before they announce the nominees and …
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I am my Own Play
Kind of like the character in the play I’m working on, for like five years I’ve been meaning to volunteer with New York Cares, and I FINALLY attended an orientation. In the play, the character …
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talking
The Lark invites playwrights they’ve worked with to come in and talk to their interns about their experiences, and yesterday, I did that! I had forgotten how nice it is to talk about playwriting. It …
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could it be
That Mr. Gaye provides the most spectacular, least distracting, most invigorating background to writing music ever? It could be. And also, it is. Runners-up: Fleet foxes, instrumental /baptist hymns, Joe Pug, animal collective, bonnie prince …
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first drafts
I’m finding it very very useful to go back to the first draft of plays and just take a look. Usually my first drafts are short and messy and insane, but ALWAYS, somewhere in there, …
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williamstown, in a single image
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SUCCESS!
But of the non-corporate world variety! But definitely 100 percent, and some shadow figures. After weeks of wrestling with playwright-y self doubt – I think I have written a good play. Or at least: I …