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Apr 28, 202310 minA Quarter Century at the Table Writing PlaysOn March 28, 1997, I sat down at my desk and wrote a one act play. It wasn’t the first play I wrote exactly, but it was the first one to...
Jan 13, 202316 minThe Juvenilia: First WordsEveryone has apprentice plays. Most people don’t know Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams wrote dozens of plays (rarely performed now)...
Sep 2, 202216 minOn (Not) Being Influenced by Tennessee WilliamsI don’t know whether I’ve always championed small town papers because I value their content or whether it was because I happened to be...
Aug 26, 20229 minFallen Starman: A Reminiscence of Drama SchoolI either don’t remember or I don’t care. Not remembering can be forgiven, not being remembered cannot be. Not caring can be freeing, but...