I just thought this might be an interesting tidbit for any readers here who AREN’T dramatic writers, surely there are a few? The bit is this: about 90% of writing for the screen or the …
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what do you want
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what I would have said
I did not win a tony last night, but I am forever TONY NOMINATED, and it has all been so worth it. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think about what I MIGHT …
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I care / I don’t care
Now that the Notebook is open and running, and the reviews are what they are, were what they were, and what matters now is what’s happening in the theater every night between the actors and …
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we are family
This is my first time really participating in a quote unquote awards season, which, for those playing along at home, means a lot of interviews and the public eating of salads at luncheons. I have …
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Is this real life?
By some miracle, or by the Grace of God, but also the product of years of hard work and I shouldn’t forget that, I HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR A TONY FOR BEST BOOK OF A …
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a cool picture
There’s an awesome little write-up about The Game in the theater section of the New York Times today, from which I’ve learned two things. One, life goes on. One day, critics do not like something …
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I care about Bread
There’s a scene in my new play where the main character Alyssa wanders onstage eating a giant baguette. She’s at a breaking point in her life and her marriage, and after spending years not eating …
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A biscuit
This is not just a sausage egg and cheese biscuit from Sunrise Biscuit kitchen in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this is not just the biscuit that answered my first hangovers or inspired my first ten …
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fool me three times
LISTEN, I cannot sit here and pretend like I’m a person who does not read reviews, who sits in this world knowing that people are writing things about my work and I’m just NOT reading …
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she went up
Twenty some years writing and making plays and I heard something yesterday for the first time, she went up. During a preview, an actor forgot a line and we all just sort of sat there …