Eugene O'Neill | Ryan C Tittle

May 106 min read

Marilyn Monroe: The Death of Arthur Miller

Whenever I contemplate who America’s dramatic masters are, my answer is always Eugene O’Neill and Edward Albee. The reason for this is...

Nov 24, 20236 min read

Native Children

In the early 2000s, I inherited a book collection from my former theatre teacher. It was a virtual treasure trove of hardcover and...

Oct 6, 20234 min read

Soundbite Obits

Last week, like countless others, I was moved by the death of Michael Gambon, a British actor who did amazing things onstage and off. As...

Apr 28, 202310 min read

A Quarter Century at the Table Writing Plays

On 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 min read

The Juvenilia: First Words

Everyone has apprentice plays. Most people don’t know Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams wrote dozens of plays (rarely performed now)...

Sep 2, 202216 min read

On (Not) Being Influenced by Tennessee Williams

I 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 min read

Fallen Starman: A Reminiscence of Drama School

I 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...