I’m just a Mother, sitting at an airport bar, waiting to fly home to my Person Baby, looking at pictures of my Show Baby, asking you to — nothing. Literally nothing. I have everything. A.D. …
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MY BABY
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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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Thank God for Souls
It should go without saying that we’ve been rehearsing the show in masks. I would whine but it’s not me that has to SING AND DANCE while masked, I just have to mutter and giggle …
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Give Props
Inside of every play or musical is a rehearsal report email from Stage Management to the Props Master, outlining specific requests and BOILING THE PROJECT DOWN TO ITS ESSENCE. For A.D. 16: Goats, Ancient Casseroles, …
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Why to write for Kids
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Find it, and Look at it
What is the word for when a writer remembers a quote from something written and it inspires them, but the quote is from something that they themselves wrote? OH RIGHT, NARCISSISM. I keep thinking about …
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Lunch as Person
I’m sharing a house in beautiful Rhinebeck, New York for the week with my A.D. 16 (teenage Mary Magdalene and Jesus musical) collaborators, director Stephen and composer / lyricist Cinco. We’ve got a week to …
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Two Kinds of Babies
Sometimes babies are human, like JAMES EDWARD BRUNSTETTER, born to my tiny baby brother Tim and his wife Sarah last week. This kind of baby does not cripple you with creative anxiety, but it WILL, …
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I SEE YOU FAYETTEVILLE
In Fayetteville, NC to see MY NEW FAVORITE PRODUCTION OF CAKE (NOTE THAT THEY ARE BASICALLY ALL MY FAVORITE.) It’s a largely military fam community, which has seen some serious revitalization and surge of local …
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D2N
My most favorite episode of This is Us I’ve had the pleasure of writing is currently in production, and the Cake Opened most beautifully last night at the Geffen, but I am the MOST PROUD …