The Moment Before • BLOG 05-25-2020
The Moment Before Every actor uses it. It is a Stanislavsky acting principle that has infiltrated nearly every other acting system ever devised….
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10 Things from The Playwrights Center about Script Submission–BLOG January 2, 2019
Ten Things a Reader Wants You to Know (or, How to Keep Your Script in Consideration) 1. A script is not a musical…
Musical Theatre: The Craft of Composing Lyrics — BLOG — December 28, 2018
Crafting a Lyric Lyrics have the same forms as the music(1) — but which comes first: the music or the lyric? Usually —…
Musical Theatre: The Craft of Composing Music — BLOG — December 6, 2018
The Theatre Song TYPE (not an exhaustive list) The Overture — in olden times, as in Opera, and Operetta, the Overture was a…
The Perfect Play? — BLOG — November 27, 2018
THE PERFECT PLAY? Is a play ever really finished, done, thrillingly able to live on its own forever without tinkering? No. Each of…
Proofreaders Marks — BLOG August 30, 2018
This is for all those who have tried to decipher what the heck they are supposed to do with the return of a…
Capturing Characters Onstage — BLOG August 28, 2018
I had the privilege to be called down to Ferrum College and the Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre in the summer of 2002. I…
Submitting a Script to… Anyone — BLOG — August 9, 2018
Submitting a Script to Festivals, Theatres, Anyone BLOG August 9, 2018 1 Your script is your calling card. It speaks for you and…
Three Questions for EVERY Writer BLOG — July 28, 2018
Three Questions for Every Writer What is the event that propels me to the next scene? Why did I care about this story?…
Theatre As A Compass — BLOG July 21, 2018
Theatre As A Compass The reason I publish for others to produce (maybe even the reason that I write what I write) is…
Realistic Dialog BLOG — March 8, 2018
Blog topic about creating realistic dialog for characters in a play.
A Playwright’s Potential to Excellence — BLOG August 10, 2017
Apply this to you, the Playwright (Composer, Lyricist) and to each of your characters. It sort of goes along with what I wrote…
Why Do You Write For The Theatre — BLOG 27 July 2017
Why do you write for the theatre? A Playwright, a Lyricist, a Composer? What gets you up in the morning to begin? What…
Conflict — BLOG July 20, 2017
You know — many playwrights struggle over conflict. Some even wonder if they can do without it. Some think it is fine, but…
Character Arc What and Why – BLOG May 25, 2017
What is a Character Arc and Why is it necessary? A Character Arc is the journey that a character takes through his or…
Submitting To A Theatre – BLOG May 5, 2017
Submitting a Play or Musical to a Theatre There are many opportunities for this to happen, here are just a few: If you…
The Process of Theatre Writing – BLOG April 20, 2017
What can I say about playwrighting that can take you from the ideas, to the words, to the page, to the stage? Not…
Submitting to a Publisher – BLOG April 13, 2017
Well, this one can be complicated. Each publisher has different requirements for play and musical submission. Some are agented, (which means that only…
How many characters should I write for – BLOG 3 March 2017
In a recent post on a Facebook Playwrights page the number of characters in a play or musical was discussed. Now: Number of…