The Coping Issue

No. 2

Vol. 22

November/December 2019

This edition of The Dramatist, called The Coping Issue, seeks to answer the question posed by guest editor Michele Lowe: " How the hell do we write and not just survive but thrive?" In this issue, dramatists consider the challenges and rewards of coping with a career as a theatrical writer. Michele Lowe leads a Roundtable on Perseverance, Greg Vovos writes about Lighting the Path through Community and dramatists share insights from their own experiences on topics ranging from their writing routines to how they cope with isolation to how they handle rejection. Also in this edition of the magazine, Bess Wohl answers Ten Questions about writing, Scott Bradley responds to The Craft, and Kristen Anderson-Lopez's "Why I Joined the Guild " is reprinted.

THE DRAMATIST is made possible by funding from the Council of the Dramatists Guild of America, a generous gift from the JOHN LOGAN FOUNDATION through a grant from the Dramatists Guild Foundation, and contributions from Guild members LIKE YOU.

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Guest Editor

Michele Lowe

is an American playwright and book writer who made her Broadway debut with THE SMELL OF THE KILL. A Susan Smith Blackburn finalist, she won the Francesca Primus Prize for INANA. The NY Times ran a full page profile about her work coaching rabbis and writers across the country. Next up: the musical SPLIT which was commissioned by Transport Group. michelelowe.net

Cover Illustration and Artwork

Oge Mora

is an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator. Her book Thank You, Omu! was a Caldecott Honor and a New York Times Notable Book and Editors’ Choice. Oge’s collages have been praised by The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Boston Globe. She lives in Providence, RI. www.ogemora.com