10 Things Playwrights Wish Their Actors Understood
Actors are the reason playwrights do what we do. You bring our words to life. You challenge us and lift us up, you give us a reason to...
To Speak or Not To Speak
Over the course of my playwriting career, I have marveled at the power of “nothing.” I relish with abandon all that is unspoken and...
21 Things I Know About Playwriting
I wrote my first play twenty years ago. I wrote my second play one year later. Here are 21 things I learned in the year between the two: ...
THE LAST WIDE OPEN @ Circle Theatre, Ft Worth
My musical play THE LAST WIDE OPEN premieres at Circle Theatre in Ft. Worth, Texas. September 2021.
SIX CAR PILEUP for Weston Playhouse
Writers received a postcard of a rural American image and were asked to respond with a play that fits within the card’s 4x6” structure....
MAYTAG VIRGIN @ Gulfshore Playhouse
My play Maytag Virgin at Gulfshore Playhouse brings live theater back to Naples, Florida! At the time of this production, our show is the...
On Human Dignity in the Theater World
What if -- and I'm just spitballing here -- we all got together and agreed to add a little dignity to that rickety old hamster wheel of...
The Work of Love
We are capable of rich and life-altering intimacy--however fleeting--with the oldest of comrades, and the newest of acquaintances. We can...
You can be still for a second...
You can exhale and close the heavy door behind you, wrestle it shut if you have to. You can lean against the inside of it and even click...
Walter: The Room
When Anna had lived with Walter for about a month, he decided to surprise her after school one day. He watched her board the bus and then...
Walter: The Liquitex
It occurred to Walter, that if he would simply write his house number on the side of his trash can -- along with a few choice expletives...
Brunch at the High Table
The morning light is just lovely streaming through the enormous windows here. The veteran all of 15 minutes, I tell them that the seat...
Walter: The Wave
Walter stood at the window of his unfurnished living room and watched his daughter saunter off toward the grouping on the corner. Each...
Walter: The Crying
Walter was a man of science. He knew how to repair space modules and calculate the speeds of solar winds. But terrestrial conundrums were...
I believed that you would tell me...
I believed that you would tell me when we'd had enough. I don't know why I thought I'd never get to it on my own. I think there must have...
