Okay, so Matt Schatz is a super talented writer. And I can use that term "writer" in a general way, because he's nailed down so many different facets of the craft. He's not translating a new version of the Iliad just yet, but other than that, he's covered a lot of bases. So what does he do? Well...
Read MoreFrom time to time, I will be featuring an actor's performance of one of my monologues. If you have a performance you'd like me to consider, send me a note with any pertinent information along with the video link. So here is Will Johnston...
Read MoreThe Beanstalk monologue, featuring Jack of fairytale fame, has been used all over the world, by theatres, at universities, in high schools and middle schools, contests, festivals, and of course for actors' auditions. Below, an instructor in Australia, analyzes this monologue in terms of structure, tense usage, punctuation, and sentence construction:
Read MoreSo as most of you probably know, playwrights do not make a lot of money living off of their creative words. And as most of you probably know, artists don't enter the artistic field in pursuit of money. There are various reasons, but most people enter their artistic field because it is what they do. What they can't stop doing. You paint because you must paint. You write because you must write. You create because you must create. It's what we do....Still.
Read MoreOkay, trekkie fans out there--so I admit--I'm one of you. By the time I was 11, I'd seen all of the old Star Trek episodes, movies to date, and Next Generation episodes. In fact, when I was 10, my older brothers and I had a "trekathon" over our Spring Break--watching Star Trek episodes nonstop for I don't remember how many days straight.
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This opportunity is comprised of a 6-month mentorship for an early career playwright. The youth mentorship is designed to encourage talented young playwrights to hone their craft, gain confidence, skills, and foster the desire to bring innovative theatre to the public. Tara believes that by encouraging youth to pursue playwriting, we encourage new, vibrant theatre to exist, evolve, and give voice to the next generation through this dynamic form of art.
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