So when you’re thinking about systemic racism: White people, across the board, fare better in this country than people of color in any number of markers: education, incarceration, wealth, ect. White people statistically fare better. So you’re left with the question — why? You’ve got three answers, basically. 1. White people are inherently superior to … Continue reading →

I moved to Hartford with my husband almost a year ago, and one of the unexpected by-products of that move is an almost constant awareness and communcation of my southerness. I’m aware of it always. I process experiences here in connection…

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The Woman’s Part celebrates women in theatre, both at the dawn of their professional entrance to the business and in today’s world. Act One takes place in 1669 London, and follows Aphra Behn, the first professional female playwright, as she…

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I always try to listen to the Universe when it sends messages. In the last few months, at least three different playwright friends floated the idea of a 2015 Playwriting Challenge: 12 plays in 12 months. Eh. Why not? So,…

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2014 was a pretty awesome year. When it started, I was pretty confident I’d be ready for whatever was coming my way.         Here are the five most awesome things that happened this year — with “Drag Race”…

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“My death needs to mean something.” There’s a litany of things in Leelah Alcorn’s suicide note that are heartbreaking. That, for me, is the hardest. “My death needs to mean something.” Leelah Alcorn’s suicide calls us to a do and…

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Today, I went to church. I know that doesn’t seem like much. But this was the first time I attended a mass of any kind in about ten years. I was raised Catholic in the Deep South (so you can…

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You may think of mentorship as a formal relationship. Of a master artist taking a new playwright under their wing, of influencing their development as a writer. This is definitely one model. But it’s not the only one… Mentoring is an…

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A Full-Length Comedy with Songs Play by Cody Daigle Songs by Rebecca Ungermann Incidental Score by Suzy Meredith-Orr Originally commissioned by The Playhouse Tulsa PRODUCTION NOTE: Although the commissioned script is set in Tulsa and contains many Oklahoma-specific references, my…

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PROVIDENCE is published as part of Indie Theatre Now, an innovative online catalogue of new plays and indie playwrights. To download the play, visit the play’s webpage here. HISTORY The play was first produced by Manhattan Theatre Works (MTWorks) in…

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18 VICTORIA is published as part of Indie Theatre Now, an innovative online catalogue of new plays and indie playwrights. To download the play, visit the play’s webpage here. HISTORY The play received a workshop production at Theatre 810 by…

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WILLIAM AND JUDITH is published as part of Indie Theatre Now, an innovative online catalogue of new plays and indie playwrights. To download the play, visit the play’s homepage here. HISTORY William and Judith was commissioned by The Playhouse Tulsa…

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A HowlRound retweet caused this blog post — “The Real Reason Playwrights Fail” — from 2011 to pop up in my… Read more 5 things that help me sleep at night and still wake up and be a playwright

A playwriting exercise given on the fly via Twitter by Kristoffer Diaz. (@kristofferdiaz) His charge: “write a short or longer… Read more Jar