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If Your Play Isn’t Moving Forward, Read This

by Cate Cammarata | May 25, 2026 | Business, Getting Produced, New Works Festival, Producing, Theater Life

If Your Play Isn’t Moving Forward, Read This There’s a moment almost every playwright hits. You’ve revised the script.You’ve gotten feedback.Maybe you’ve even done a reading. And then… Nothing. No momentum.No next step.No production.No real traction. So you start...

What I’m Reading

Script Analysis for Actors, Directors and Designers by James Thomas

Scene Change by Alan Harrison

What I’m Thinking

“The most successful people change the world not through sweat and tears but through ideas and passion. It is not a matter of hard work or time on the job; it is having a different view, an original idea, something that expresses their individuality and creativity. Success comes from thinking, then acting on those thoughts.”

from Living the 80/20 Way by Richard Koch