Reporting in this issue for Kansas City/St. Louis are the two new Ambassadors for the region, Cary Simowitz in St. Louis and Pete Bakely in Kansas City.
May 18, 2020
The May 7 edition of The Dramatist LIVE began with a visit from Kristoffer Diaz, chair of the Guild’s newest committee, the New Media Committee. “People will find ways to get together to make art and tell stories,” said Diaz, “but the way that it looks, when we come back, is going to be different.”
May 16, 2020
I’ve been preoccupied (okay, obsessed) by candidate election tampering, especially election hacking. As if the issue and my wasting time obsessing about it weren’t enough, I recently talked to the husband of a playwright friend, a man who set up and monitors his wife’s professional website and learned that her website is constantly under attack by hackers.
May 16, 2020
As a fan of new plays by women, I am fortunate to highlight three of our regional members. Their work delves into racial and gender disparities, social justice, and impending environmental disaster. These women are not writing fluff.
May 15, 2020
At the start of the new year, the Dallas Theater Center’s Playwrights' Workshop Showcase introduced seven local playwrights performing excerpts from their new work to an audience of local theatre-makers at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre. Led by the center’s Playwright in Residence Jonathan Norton, selected participants create the first draft of a new play over the course of eight weeks, while building their knowledge about the business of playwriting.
May 14, 2020
After serving as the Chicago Regional Rep since 2013, I’ve been elected as a member of the National Council of the Dramatists Guild, to represent the Midwest/Mid-Atlantic Region.
May 14, 2020
Theatre makers everywhere are facing unprecedented challenges. Plays are shared experiences that have profound effects on artists and audiences alike. Theatre education has been proven to help children learn empathy, creativity and public speaking. But with theaters and schools closed all across the world, it can be difficult to imagine how we can still create and share plays.
Original Kids Theatre Company (London, Ontario) – Virtual read-through of The Show Must Go Online!
May 14, 2020
This roundtable originally appeared in the November/December 2016 issue of The Dramatist.
ADAM GWON: I thought I’d start by asking if you, as a young person, went to TYA shows and if you remember your experience seeing those shows.
May 12, 2020
As a rural southern playwright, I am often isolated from the most vibrant theatre artists in the country even though I previously lived in New York for over a decade and currently work remotely with a New York based collaborator.
May 06, 2020
This roundtable with Eric Alter, Barry Bradford, and Mindy Mayer, originally appeared in the Sept/Oct 2013 Educational Issue of The Dramatist.
Bob Edes, Jr. and Jessica Podewell in Mike Fink and the Mississippi River, by Mindy Mayer, at the Aquarium of the Americas, New Orleans, LA. Photo by Jackson Hill.
May 05, 2020
