I love it when I am literally assaulted by an idea for a new play. Grabbed / stopped in my tracks. I was walking from the train to office yesterday morning, running through the day’s …
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nightwriter
Sometimes (see: right now) I have trouble writing in daylight. What is that? I guess I’m just more used to writing at night. Also, there’s something about daytime which doesn’t feel right for writing. …
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….teens?
Each year, Playscripts teams up with the Keen Company for Keen Teens, a festival of short plays written specifically for teen actors. This year, I’m writing one! It’s a daunting yet, I bet, ultimately rewarded …
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Mine
Mine opens tonight! I’m pretty stoked! It’s a play that I didn’t think was any good but the actors and team have definitely convinced me otherwise, with their interpretation of my weird words. The theater …
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mine
I’m in rehearsal now for Mine with Slant Theater Project. It’s mayhaps the smallest play I’ve ever written, character-wise. A love triangle of sorts, with music by Joe Pug (In the way that I stole …
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(Very) Hungary!
Actors, beware! If you befriend me, I will write plays for you, and make you do awesome embarassing things. Like these poor shmoes: Erin and Brian are two of my favorites, so naturally, when I …
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fancy
Last night I did a fancy thing! At the National Arts Club. Fancy. The 24hr plays on Broadway have teamed up with Mont Blanc this year and sponsored a competition to give one of …
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missed connections
To my utter delight and glee, Ars Nova has selected ‘Missed Connections’ for the theme for our winter play group project. Each writer will select a missed connection from craigslist for inspiration for a short …
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assessment brunch!
Playwright’s week wraps up with an assessment brunch, allowing one last communion before everyone scatters back to their non-playwrity lives (ew.) This brunch is genius. A.) Bagels. B.) Bagels with salt on them. C.) New …
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A beer with Tina Howe
Little did Grad school bekah know, as she buried her face in Tina Howe’s play Painting Churches, that just a few years later, the two of them would share a Corona and talk shop. The …