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The Playwright's Toolbox

A collection of useful tools and links for playwrights.  If you would like to make a contribution to this list, send me note. 

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Featured Playwright Interviews

George Saunders on Truth and Ruthless Editing

Featured Video Essays from Will Schoder

Inspiration

Featured Articles by Audrey Cefaly

Write Your One-Act Play: The Short as Thriving Medium

“No one gives a sh*t about one-acts.” He was lecturing me on not writing.....   

Advice to Emerging Playwrights: Keep it Cheap

I’ve always had a love affair with “small” quiet pieces....  

Silence is Golden: The Electric Properties of Subtext in Playwriting

a pervasive lie in theatre that noise is the only way to tell a story....