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WHO AM I? AND WHAT THE HECK ARE WE DOING HERE?
The poster picture from DAD AND THE DOG by Yours Truly, featuring the wonderful Roma-Pierro Wolf! November 2012 and July 2013 at Manhattan Rep.
I have been a theatre creator for over 35 years. It is my passion, and my grand obsession. I personally feel that plays are one of the most important and powerful art forms on this planet.
Plays take you for a ride.
They make you feel. They make you think.
And they make a difference.
I am blessed to have experienced a crazy, wonderful life bringing plays to the stage. At the humble young age of 62, I have written 20 plays and 19 have been produced in NYC. I have directed over 100 plays, and at Manhattan Rep from 2005 to 2019, I produced over 1000 full-length plays and over 6000 short plays.
And I have many, many more plays to bring to life! We all do.
We have stories to tell, and adventures to share.
And now is the time to write like never before!
Logo/branding of The Eyes of Love May/June 2005 NYC
This pandemic is a huge and important opportunity for playwrights from around the world to write plays now, while theatre is on hold.
When we get back to bringing plays to life in the new normal, we are going to need these new live stories to help people FEEL connected again to what’s important, for so many of us, during this time, are vacillating between fear and denial, stuck in our heads, disconnected from our old world feelings of joy, love and community.
As Playwrights, we are magicians, therapists, comedians, and superheroes, and we have our work cut out for us now. But the good news is, we are so much bigger than this little Global Pandemic.
And the time is now.
So what is going to happen here on the pages of this site?
Each week, since June 2017, I have been sending out a care package to playwrights all over the world, in the form of The Playwriting Podcast.
My weekly care package to playwrights around the world: The Playwriting Podcast.
I try to keep it under 15 minutes, but sometimes it goes longer. Each episode I want teach you at least one actionable skill to improve your writing or some other aspect of being a playwright.
On the podcast, I talk about strategies to write better plays, ways to get into that crazy wonderful creative space we so love, and ideas and strategies to get your work out into the world. I also occasionally interview playwrights and theatre professionals.
I have never had so much fun in my life!
(What? You haven’t listened yet?)
I want this site to be where we all meet from around the world, in the pages of my blog (and in some of the online events I have planned.) I want you to send me information about what works and what doesn’t work in your writing process, why plays have to survive this crisis, and how you keep going everyday in this challenging time and more!
Write me at: How2WritePlays@yahoo.com
Jennifer Pierro & Gerry Glennon in the comedy/drama Past Perfect by Rita Lewis, directed by Yours Truly. Oct. 2017 - April 2018
I will share your experience with a global team of playwrights from around the world who are also passionate about this live event called a play. And we will support each other to write now.
And also on the pages of my blog, I will share everything that is up for me about playwriting, I will add even more info about my current podcasts, stories about Plays in Production and I will rant and rage, dance and sing, and celebrate the good, the bad, the magical and the ridiculousness of playmaking in this Brave New World.
And I will support you to write.
Like never before.
Please stick around.
There are plays to be written, and a world to be saved!
