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Telling the story in the time between
So, one of the brilliant structural details about this play we’re working on called Six Years is that each scene moves forward six years from the scene we just saw. It’s one of the things I love about it. It seems like an arbitrary amount of time in some ways, but something about the roundness of it really appeals to me. And so much happens in a time span like that. Just think about...
New Leaf in the Neighborhood
About a month ago I issued a challenge to three of New Leaf’s playwright friends: Given identical lists of some of the features of Chicago’s Mid-North Neighborhood, create a ten-minute play using anything on the page as an inspiration, starting point, setting, character – anything – but you have to somehow incorporate something about the neighborhood on that sheet of paper.
I...
The best laid plans…
Tonight was the first rehearsal of Girl in the Goldfish Bowl. We’ve assembled an amazing production team, a stellar cast, and the script is just fantastic. I love this play. I’m excited that we’re going to bring it to life. I’ve been really looking forward to this evening’s rehearsal.
And then we were told that we weren’t allowed to “congregate”...
