Playwriting

In this meditation, Morgan Gould advocates for a paradigm shift in which up-and-coming directors and playwrights work toward a more mutually beneficial relationship.

The playwright Caridad Svitch on five fruitful, uncomfortable pieces of playwritting.

Todd London on playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis.

Tom Horan explains the purpose of a "script designer," and shares why playwrights possess more than one skill.

Lindsay Price offers a meditation about working as a professional playwright for the school market.

Laura Shamas on the steps she and Jennie Webb took to create of the Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative, and the lessons they have learned along the way.

Rob Handel, co-founder of 13P, explains why the playwrights' collective needed to implode after its final performance. The answer? It simply couldn't happen any other way.

Lydia Stryk chats with playwright Catherine Filloux over e-mail.

Jessica Kubzansky talks about what the power of successful collaboration in theatre

Michael Elyanow sheds light on the financial constraints of being a playwright and why it may still be worth it.

Micheline Auger reports about her project, Write Out Front, which places playwrights in the Drama Book Store's window for a mini "residency."

Barry Martin debates the growing prevalence of ten-minute plays, and whether they can even be considered plays at all.

The Livescribe pen seems like magic with its ability to record audio that attaches to what is being written on paper. The pen revolutionizes the writing process.

Playwright Jen Silverman interviews her friend and collaborater Lisa Henieman about her stillbirth, the collaboration they embarked on to tell Lisa’s story, and the lessons they leaned from that experince.

Introducing Barton Booth, a place for writer and collaborators to get noticed in the hopes of getting produced.

New plays are being produced at a higher rate previously seen in region theatre. Based on the factors that make up this particular triangle region, it becomes clear what is creating this incubator.