Push It Along in 2022

Push It Along in 2022

by | Jan 10, 2022 | Inspiration, NPD

What’s the Story Only You Can Write? “But what matters to us, what wounds us, what makes us feel we are the characters of an immense adventure, is what happens behind the curtain. And behind the curtain there is the naked stage.” (Helene Cixous, 1986) We...
When is a Script “Ready”?

When is a Script “Ready”?

by | Jan 4, 2022 | Dramaturgy

When is a Script “Ready?” Every playwright is familiar with the dreaded “developmental hell” cycle of reading after reading after reading, but then never getting a production. Each time you work hard, diligently addressing each note given,...
Story vs. Plot

Story vs. Plot

by | May 18, 2021 | Dramaturgy

Where in the Story Does Your Plot Start? A discussion about the difference between plot vs. story is anything but an academic question. Instead, like most talks about structure, how a plot is designed from the ground up defines how the audience experiences the story...
Life is Improv

Life is Improv

by | Jul 8, 2020 | Inspiration, Theater Life

Life is Improv   Okay, truth time. Who was it that put *GLOBAL PANDEMIC* on their vision board for 2020??? <sound of crickets> Lesson: Sh*t happens. Keep moving forward.   When You Can’t Change the Situation, Change Your Mindset   I can’t change...
Something Bigger

Something Bigger

by | Jan 6, 2020 | Inspiration, Theater Life

“Something’s coming, I don’t know what it is, but it is gonna be great!” – Tony, West Side Story It’s Coming! It’s a new decade. 2020. We find ourselves here, in the present moment. For me, and perhaps for many of us, it looks...