Category Archives: The Blog

Guest Blogger: Playwright, Allie Costa

It started with a photograph of a girl I’ve never met. While scrolling through my news feed one afternoon, a picture jumped out at me. This picture, seen here. I wondered who that girl was, and what her story was. … Continue reading

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Waco Recap and Pics!

Wow – there is something to be said for direct ratio of sleep one gets to the tasks one is juggling.  I had a WONDERFUL time directing this weekend’s reading in Waco, TX, but I have to admit: I’m only … Continue reading

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Our Santa Barbara Reading

By Guest Blogger, playwright Katherine James Saturday night – April 12, 2014 – Santa Barbara. I feel like I had waited forever for this glorious and magical evening. When my play, The Old Salt, was chosen as a semi-finalist I … Continue reading

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Guest Blogger: Playwright, Anne V. Grob

POETRY ON MY MIND by playwright Anne V. Grob April is Poetry Month, and I am continually reminded of how familiar poetry and theatre are to one another. In his 36 Assumptions About Playwriting, José Rivera writes “theatre is closer … Continue reading

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Guest Blogger: Playwright Inbal Kashtan

By Playwright, Inbal Kashtan You’d think that I’d be used to the clueless things that well meaning people say when they hear I have cancer; I’ve been dealing with these responses – and with the cancer – for almost seven … Continue reading

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Meet our Semi-Finalists: Waco, TX edition!

I am SO excited.  We’re talking seriously, over-the-moon, EXCITED.  Not only do I get to work with some amazing partner producers in multiple cities to bring life to 28 new plays, but I also get to produce a reading of … Continue reading

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Meet our Semi-Finalists: Santa Barbara Edition

Our first reading is fast approaching and we couldn’t be more excited!  We hope you’ll join us in Santa Barbara on April 12th @ 7:00 p.m. at Left Coast Books & Gallery.  Our Producer and Director, Kate Bergstrom, is even … Continue reading

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OFEM – A Comic Monologue on American Food Attitudes

Guest post by playwright Anne Hamilton, whose short play OFEM will be featured in our Ithaca, NY reading. I have been eating organic food for about fifteen years. I needed to regain some health after the exhaustion I felt after … Continue reading

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SWAN Day Action Fest – WHAT A BLAST!

Oh wow – what a FANTASTIC day of theatre!  I was SO thrilled to be at the Samuel French Bookshop today to watch the SWAN Day Action Fest (produced by  Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative with a little help from … Continue reading

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To Waco We Go

By Playwright, Jen Huszcza Lately, I’ve been down on theatre. It’s thankless. It’s no money. It’s dying. Do I even want to do it anymore? Then, Tiffany sends me a call for plays with a theme that gets my playwriting … Continue reading

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