Sam Shepard | Ryan C Tittle

Oct 188 min read

To My Teachers, with Love

Growing up as an actor, I always believed actors were born, not made. Certainly, one can learn techniques of speaking and movement,...

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...

Apr 127 min read

Christopher Durang (1949-2024)

Christopher Durang was a playwright and actor from Montclair, New Jersey. He wrote the plays Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony...

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...

Jul 23, 20224 min read

Remembering Spalding Gray

I was in Jean Randich’s classroom at Bennington. I thought she was wild and wonderful. She was what I imagined when I dreamed up a New...