Cory Hinkle, a Brown MFA graduate, is the author of Ciper, Little Eyes, Phosphorescence, and SadGrrl13. We were blown away by the In the Rough reading The Killing of Michael X, a New Film by Celia Wallace, and are thrilled to be developing this exciting piece even further in the...
We're thrilled to welcome to San Francisco this summer Pittsburgh-based playwright Jeanne Drennan, whose play Atlas of Longing will be developed as part of the 2010 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. More about Jeanne...
J.C. Lee's new play Pookie Goes Grenading will be developed as part of the BASH (Bay Area SHorts) program in the 2010 Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Read more about this prolific young playwright...
Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party was a smashing success last year in San Francisco, and will premiere off-broadway at the Acorn Theatre on July 27th. Meet the mad-cap creator of this hilarious play, Aaron Loeb. Where do you most often find inspiration? Watching and reading theater most...
Where do you most often find inspiration? In everyday actions -- the small rituals we do over and over again, like making a cup of tea, buying groceries at the same produce store, having the same conversation with the same person. Seeing what happens when...
1) Where do you most often find inspiration? I'm not sure I understand the question. In his gorgeous unfinished novel, Tulip, Dashiell Hammet has the title character, an ex-con, pestering his old friend, a writer, to take up his life story. "It's a great story--I'll let you...
1) Where do you most often find inspiration? The inspiration for most of my major projects has come from international travel. For me, the richness of entering into another culture is fascinating because it shows me alternatives to even the most basic ways of viewing the...
1) Where do you most often find inspiration? From cardiovascular exercise, from actors, from news, from pop culture, from sleepless nights, from music, from non fiction reading, from public transit, from past experiences, and often in the time between when I get in bed and when...
Where do you most often find inspiration? Thinking about death. What one tip can you offer aspiring playwrights? Go deep,deep,deep inside yourself. It's fun! How did you get your start in playwriting? Where and when was this seed planted? I initially entered college as a music composition...
Hello, This week’s playwright is Brian Thorstenson. Enjoy. Question: Where do you most often find inspiration? Brian: Most often? Characters out in the world, people I see and hear during the day. Next would be stories I've read, mostly in the paper. They all act as some...