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The Importance Of Acting For Playwrights

by PSH | May 10, 2019 | playwriting advice, playwriting tips

The Importance Of Acting For Playwrights Most of the best playwrights in history have also been actors. Does this mean you should take up acting (if you don’t already act)? I believe the answer to that question is YES. It goes against many writers’...

Why Playwrights Must Look At The Big Picture

by PSH | Apr 21, 2019 | Play Submissions, playwriting advice, playwriting tips

Why Playwrights Must Look At The Big Picture I know how easy it is to get frustrated with the playwriting & play production process. You look up to your heroes, people like Tennessee Williams, Tracy Letts, and Anton Chekhov… …and it’s easy to...

How do I get producers to see my show?

by PSH | Jun 20, 2017 | guest post, playwriting advice, playwriting tips

Guest post by Ken Davenport One of the most common questions people ask me is “How do I get producers to see my show?” As a Tony award-winning Broadway producer, I have a thought or two on this subject. Getting the right people to attend a reading,...

The Soul of Playwriting

by PSH | Apr 12, 2017 | guest post, playwriting advice, playwriting tips

Guest post by Charles Deemer In the mid-1970’s, armed with an MFA in Playwriting from the University of Oregon, I found myself on the campus of Salisbury State College on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. There a small theater department was headed by LS, who was...

Write about what you (don’t) know, and write it better than anyone else.

by play8044 | May 17, 2016 | guest post, playwriting advice, playwriting tips

Guest Post by Jason Lasky I’m both for and against the idea of writing about what I know. I’m for it because it’s a safe place to start, and I’m against it because it’s limiting and detrimental to living a more creative life. While I was...

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