Push It Along in 2022
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...
5 Top Takeaways from the “How to Write a Musical” Workshop
The World & The Want Yesterday I taught my favorite workshop, the “How to Write a Musical That Works” Workshop through Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) in NYC. Along with the Executive Director Bob Ost and a stellar panel composed of Dramaturg/Producer Ken...
Pitching Your Show to Producers
Pitching Your Show to Producers Learning to pitch your show to potential producers is a skill set that can be developed like any other skill set. The secret is in learning to see your show from the producer’s perspective. Recently I was the pitching coach for eight...
Breaking Up With Aristotle: Alternative Plot Structures
To Aristotle With Love: We’re Done So many contemporary playwrights claim to have “broken up” with Aristotle. As is, “Ari, we love you and all, but you’re so old school. We’re done.” The energy of the “action plot,” where a protagonist has a goal and takes...What I’m Reading
Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires by Esther and Jerry Hicks
The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz, PhD.