I’ve just returned from workshopping a new playyyyyyyy! Remember new plays? It has been a minute for me. Playmakers rep (the company at UNC chapel hill where I did my undergrad) commissioned me to write …
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oops, I did it again
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I Care
I have never even pretended like I’m the kind of person who does not care about or read reviews of their work. Years ago I had a residency at the O’Neill theater conference, where a …
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in what world
To the lady behind me in previews the other night who full volume asked in the middle of a scene, IN WHAT WORLD ARE YOU BLACK WHEN YOU’RE YOUNG AND WHITE WHEN YOU’RE OLD? And …
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words do not begin
We still have a lot to do a fix and learn, but so far, the Notebook is….a dream come true? A heart’s cry? Grad school and life school, a permanent song in my head. Ingrid …
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doubling
There’s a lot of doubling in the Notebook, ie one actor plays multiple characters, a thing that I definitely did not invent, but very much love. Oftentimes in first drafts, I’ll write extra humans into …
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assets
I’m no social media aficionado, but I do believe the below are called my official Notebook press ASSETS, my SHAREABLES, my INSTRUMENTS OF HORN TOOTING. TOOT, TOOT. Rehearsals start in 3.5 weeks and it does …
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DELI-LAHHHHHHH
My favorite of my many favorite parts of the Olney’s production of A.D. 16 (CURRENTLY IN PREVIEWS! RUNS THROUGH MARCH 6! GET THEE TO MARYLAND!) is its gorgeous, massive rotating stage that boasts not ONE, …
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Why to write for Kids
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Plays everywhere, everywhere
Because TV hiatuses are for theater, after Chicago, I hightailed it on down to Waynesville, NC to see my friend Erin in a play (one of my favorite of Sarah Ruhl’s, In the Next Room …