Playwriting

US playwright Jen Silverman talks with Latvian playwright and dramaturg Jānis Balodis about the similarities and differences in their work and how their work responds to the political climate in their countries and the world.

Caroline V. McGraw writes about her residency at Page 73.

Jaclyn Backhaus writes about her residency at Clubbed Thumb.

Rachel Bonds writes about her residency at Ars Nova.

Chisa Hutchinson writes about her residency at Second Stage.

Paola Lázaro writes about her residency at The Atlantic.

Jenny Rachel Weiner writes about her residency at Roundabout Theatre Company.

In this installment, Irene Loy discusses how characters receive desire versus defend themselves against unwanted desire, delving into the difference of consent and dissent.

Playwright Carlos Murillo writes about how he and Adventure Stage Artistic Director Tom Arvetis created an original play for and about the young people of Chicago’s West Town neighborhood.

Kate Langsdorf on why she believes being a writer is the best theatre job for a person with a physical disability.

Two more of “Max’s” plays receive different responses than Mya’s did, leading her to affirm her belief that bias is at work in the submission process.

Allison Raynor talks with other early-career theatre artists about how the narratives they grew up loving influenced their sense of self.

David Dower talks with Tony Taccone about his adaptation of It Can’t Happen Here at Berkeley Rep, and what it means for an institution to program a new work that speaks directly to our present moment.

In this final #IdentityWeek blog, Julie McGarvie writes about pioneering playwright Lorraine Hansberry.

Ricky Young-Howze writes about Neil Simon’s influence on pop culture comedic tropes.

Kicking off #IdentityWeek, Playwright Larissa FastHorse discusses workshopping her play What Would Crazy Horse Do? at Santa Clara University, and advocates the playwright’s voice in casting choices. 

The trajectory of playwright Tammy Ryan’s play Lost Boy in Whole Foods about Sudanese refugees in America and how a play about refugees plays today.

In this installation of A Lover's Guide to American Playwrights, Todd London salutes Edward Albee who passed away on September 16, 2016. This article was originally published on HowlRound February 27, 2011.