UPDATE: Jessica Goldstein wrote a very nice piece in the Backstage column about this announcement. I’m grateful to her for the story. ————————– I am very pleased to be able to announce, to the handful of people who haven’t heard already via one or more social networks in our highly-connected world, that I am now [...]
My first and second posts describing my trip to the Humana Festival are now live on TheatreFace, should anyone care to check them out. I’ve tried to describe the whirlwind nature of the experience… and to tempt you to join me next year!
I’m headed to Humana again this year, where I’ll be blogging (like last year) for TheatreFace and writing for Stage Directions magazine. Is there anything you want to know from the amazing array of playwrights I’ll be interviewing? I can ask on your behalf!
In an ongoing series of posts, I’m examining the current state of affairs for those of us writing and making new plays in the DC metropolitan area. The series began with a look at what I call the audience problem, then continued with an examination of civic pride (or the lack thereof), then discussed the issue of making [...]
I’m very excited to be giving my second TEDx talk this Saturday. (The first is here, if you’re interested.) Part of what I’m jazzed about, to be sure, is sharing the ideas I’ve been pondering… but what’s also really thrilling is the experience of sitting in the room, getting inspired by so many other great [...]
I have a few questions I’d genuinely like to ask everyone who’s been responding to recent events surrounding Mike Daisey and The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs: What is your relationship to the truth? What are your personal beliefs about it? What’s your history with it? What does truth mean to you? And, [...]
In an ongoing series of posts, I’m examining the current state of affairs for those of us writing and making new plays in the DC metropolitan area. The series began with a look at what I call the audience problem, then continued with an examination of civic pride (or the lack thereof), then discussed the issue of making [...]
New on TheatreFace: How often do you work with other playwrights? How many other playwrights do you consider your friends? How many others have you worked with? How many do you share your fears with? I was lucky to experience a temporary support system that inspired me to think about the ways in which playwrights [...]
In an ongoing series of posts, I’m examining the current state of affairs for those of us writing and making new plays in the DC metropolitan area. The series began with a look at what I call the audience problem, then continued with an examination of civic pride (or the lack thereof), then discussed the issue of [...]
In an ongoing series of posts, I’m examining the current state of affairs for those of us writing and making new plays in the DC metropolitan area. The series began with a look at what I call the audience problem, then continued with an examination of civic pride (or the lack thereof), and it will continue throughout [...]
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