I Interview Playwrights Part 1077: D.M. Conte
D.M. ConteHometown: Hauppauge, NY is where I spent my formative years, but I wouldn't call it my hometown. I left immediately after high school and never looked back. I would call any town I…
D.M. ConteHometown: Hauppauge, NY is where I spent my formative years, but I wouldn't call it my hometown. I left immediately after high school and never looked back. I would call any town I…
Mark WildingHometown: I grew up in Storrs, CT. It's a university town about half an hour from Hartford. My dad was a professor at the University of Connecticut. My mom worked several job…
Stephen SachsHometown: San FranciscoCurrent Town: Los AngelesQ: Tell me about Human Interest Story.A: Like city traffic congestion, the homeless population in Los Angeles has grown to ep…
Greg Kotis Hometown: Wellfeet, Massachusetts.Current Town: New York City.Q: Tell me about I Am Nobody.A: I Am Nobody is a low-budget, guitar-driven musical comedy about people grappl…
photo by Jessie WeinerLizzie DonahueHome Town: Staten Island, NYCurrent Town: Brooklyn, NYQ: Tell me about A Barn Play. A: It's a quick-full length without an intermission. Th…
Kareem FahmyHometown: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada Current Town: New York City Q: What are you working on now? A: I'm both a playwright and a director. On the wr…
Chloé Hayat Hometown: Roosevelt Island, NYC Current Town: Astoria, Queens! (I moved all of eight minutes away from my home-neighborhood, but the bar and restaurant options are so much be…
Haleh Roshan Hometown: Miami, FL Current Town: The Bronx Q: Tell me about the play you just had published with DPS. A: The play I just had published is A PLAY TITLED AFTER THE …
2019 So since 2007, I've been doing a version of these posts. So that whole 10 year thing, end of a decade look where I am now is possible, in a way. In 2009, I was 2 years out…
Some photos from University of Wisconsin Steven Point's Clown Bar. (Production # 39 of the play) Costume Design: Kristina SneshkoffHair/Make-up: Kenzie Biundo And this amazing video…
Francesca Pazniokas Hometown: Brookside, NJ Current town: Brooklyn, NYC Q: What are you working on now? A:  I mostly write dark, surreal narrative work, but I also rea…
Alexis Scheer Hometown: Miami, Florida. Current Town: Boston, Massachusetts. Q: Tell me about Our Dear Dead Drug Lord. A: Our Dear Dead Drug Lord is a thriller about 4 teenage…
PRODUCTIONS Clown Bar 2 Production #1 of CB2 Majestic Rep Las Vegas, NV Opens May 20, 2020 Marian or The True Tale of Robin Hood Production #22 of Marian Blue Ri…
Chris Daftsios Hometown: Born in St. Paul, MN, raised in Ann Arbor, Mi. Current Town: Living in New York City. Q: Tell me about Lily. A: Lily is the story of aging, alcoholic…
Diana Burbano Hometown: Neiva, Colombia, emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio Current Town: Long Beach, CA Q: What are you working on now? A: I always work on a few things at once. …
I got to talk to Brian James Polak a couple months ago. Listen here. Wallace interrupts! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------…
Kenneth Jones Hometown: Birmingham, MichiganCurrent Town: Sunnyside, Queens Q: What are you working on now? A: A six-character play that I thought was going to be a…
Pat Kinevane Hometown: A Beautiful seaside town of Cobh in County Cork... the last port of the Titanic and sits on the 2nd biggest natural harbour in the World! Current Town: Dublin……
River TimmsHometown: Huntsville, AL is where I was born, but I spent most of my childhood in Tanner, ALCurrent Town: Nashville, TNQ: Tell me about Tall Tales.A: I had just gr…
Richard CurtisHometown: Born in Bronx, NY, grew up in Queens, NY and subsequently Hewlett, Long Island, NY. In short, I'm a New Yorker from head to toes.Current Town: Manhattan Q:…
Audrey wrote a cool list about playwriting terms: "Fellow playwrights, these are my words for playwright-erly things. Many of them are maybe a little unorthodox, words not typically …
PRODUCTIONS Clown Bar 2 Production #1 of CB2 Majestic Rep Las Vegas, NV Opens May 20, 2020 Marian or The True Tale of Robin Hood Production #21 of Marian Spirit Gu…
Ron West Hometown: Middlefield, Ohio Current Town: Santa Monica, CA. Q: Tell me about Neil Simon's Musical Fools. A: A number of years ago, my songwriting partner's wife directe…
Stephanie Alison Walker Hometown: Barrington, IL (suburb of Chicago)Current Town: L.A. has been home for a total of 14 years (with 10 months spent on a remote island in the PNW a…
Shyam Bhatt Hometown: London, England Current Town: Los Angeles, California Q: What are you working on now? A: Rehearsing Treya's Last Dance for a run at the Hudson Guild sta…