daughter just had big news about her playwriting career. we are proud parents.
May 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
daughter just had big news about her playwriting career. we are proud parents.
shoutout to my old playwriting coursebook covered in my Half-Life mod programming notes
March 30, 2026 at 6:14 PM
shoutout to my old playwriting coursebook covered in my Half-Life mod programming notes
I've been very quiet here, but here's a great thing that happened recently: Theatre Studies at the U. of Glasgow has launched a *free* online introduction to playwriting in partnership with Playwrights' Studio, Scotland! www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-i... Do pass on to anybody interested!
Introduction to Playwriting - Online Course
In this intro course, you'll generate ideas for a play and get to know genre, drama structure, exposition, dialogue, and drafting.
www.futurelearn.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:32 AM
I've been very quiet here, but here's a great thing that happened recently: Theatre Studies at the U. of Glasgow has launched a *free* online introduction to playwriting in partnership with Playwrights' Studio, Scotland! www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-i... Do pass on to anybody interested!
she also got accepted for a playwriting contest thing that rejected me.
she was kind about that. ("they sent you a personal rejection! that's impressive!")
she was kind about that. ("they sent you a personal rejection! that's impressive!")
my daughter invited me to a play then realized she would prefer to see it with her friends and uninvited me.
she was cheerful about it though.
she was cheerful about it though.
September 30, 2026 at 9:04 PM
she also got accepted for a playwriting contest thing that rejected me.
she was kind about that. ("they sent you a personal rejection! that's impressive!")
she was kind about that. ("they sent you a personal rejection! that's impressive!")
Inventing somebody so you can win an argument with them isn't even bad journalism. It's bad playwriting!
WHY WOULD YOU MAKE UP A PERSON RATHER THAN JUST PICKING UP THE PHONE
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/o...
March 13, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Inventing somebody so you can win an argument with them isn't even bad journalism. It's bad playwriting!
I was co-winner of a national playwriting contest with Joyce Carol Oates years ago, I swear that this is true, but I can find no record of it. Maybe I have Mandela Effect-ed myself.
September 23, 2026 at 3:42 AM
I was co-winner of a national playwriting contest with Joyce Carol Oates years ago, I swear that this is true, but I can find no record of it. Maybe I have Mandela Effect-ed myself.
We did it!!
The first non-Kyiv playwriting course of the Veterans’ Theatre, along with a festival of plays by the program’s graduates.
The course brought together 9 veterans and 2 veterans’ spouses. We spent two and a half months together, studying for five hours every weekend.
The first non-Kyiv playwriting course of the Veterans’ Theatre, along with a festival of plays by the program’s graduates.
The course brought together 9 veterans and 2 veterans’ spouses. We spent two and a half months together, studying for five hours every weekend.
April 6, 2026 at 11:00 AM
We did it!!
The first non-Kyiv playwriting course of the Veterans’ Theatre, along with a festival of plays by the program’s graduates.
The course brought together 9 veterans and 2 veterans’ spouses. We spent two and a half months together, studying for five hours every weekend.
The first non-Kyiv playwriting course of the Veterans’ Theatre, along with a festival of plays by the program’s graduates.
The course brought together 9 veterans and 2 veterans’ spouses. We spent two and a half months together, studying for five hours every weekend.
theres gotta be a word from greek playwriting for this
November 17, 2023 at 9:12 AM
theres gotta be a word from greek playwriting for this
📢Announcing: the Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2025. Bigger, bolder, brighter.
Submissions will open on Monday 13th January and close on Tuesday 22nd April 2025.
Submissions will open on Monday 13th January and close on Tuesday 22nd April 2025.
December 5, 2024 at 12:58 PM
📢Announcing: the Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2025. Bigger, bolder, brighter.
Submissions will open on Monday 13th January and close on Tuesday 22nd April 2025.
Submissions will open on Monday 13th January and close on Tuesday 22nd April 2025.
Ok this one is fun.
Amish History and Culture
Italian Film
Haitian Creole
Playwriting
Peoples of the Russian Empire
Amish History and Culture
Italian Film
Haitian Creole
Playwriting
Peoples of the Russian Empire
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
Viking literature
Theories of human rights
Constitutional History of the US
Satanic Figures in Literature
The Short Story
Viking literature
Theories of human rights
Constitutional History of the US
Satanic Figures in Literature
The Short Story
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
Geography of Alaska
Newspaper Production
The Celluloid Indian: American Indians in Popular Film
Philosophy of Leisure & Recreation
Wilderness in the American Mind
Geography of Alaska
Newspaper Production
The Celluloid Indian: American Indians in Popular Film
Philosophy of Leisure & Recreation
Wilderness in the American Mind
January 30, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Ok this one is fun.
Amish History and Culture
Italian Film
Haitian Creole
Playwriting
Peoples of the Russian Empire
Amish History and Culture
Italian Film
Haitian Creole
Playwriting
Peoples of the Russian Empire
Villanova Theatre is hiring! We’ve just opened our search for a TT Assistant Professor of Playwriting position. Details below, and very happy to answer questions. jobs.villanova.edu/postings/36362
Tenure track Assistant Professor of Playwriting
Why work at Villanova?Join a mission-driven organization. Since Villanova University’s founding in 1842, we have been inspired by the values of truth, unity, and love, and are a community dedicated to...
jobs.villanova.edu
September 29, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Villanova Theatre is hiring! We’ve just opened our search for a TT Assistant Professor of Playwriting position. Details below, and very happy to answer questions. jobs.villanova.edu/postings/36362
I have a fun gig right now reading applications for a playwriting fellowship, and let me say, theater people, I have missed you weird, wonderful birds.
October 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I have a fun gig right now reading applications for a playwriting fellowship, and let me say, theater people, I have missed you weird, wonderful birds.
world on fire but i am still dreaming of a playwriting commission
January 25, 2025 at 5:53 AM
world on fire but i am still dreaming of a playwriting commission
Hello! I’m Mark Ravenhill. Follow me for new playwriting exercises. I’ve had plays produced at the Royal Court, National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. I love to share what I’ve learnt.
November 15, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Hello! I’m Mark Ravenhill. Follow me for new playwriting exercises. I’ve had plays produced at the Royal Court, National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. I love to share what I’ve learnt.
Theatre books which I refer to often when making work:
12. New Playwriting Strategies - Paul C.Castango
Gives a fresh angle of playwriting possibilities- I dip into to look at whatever I’m working on from a different perspective
12. New Playwriting Strategies - Paul C.Castango
Gives a fresh angle of playwriting possibilities- I dip into to look at whatever I’m working on from a different perspective
December 1, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Theatre books which I refer to often when making work:
12. New Playwriting Strategies - Paul C.Castango
Gives a fresh angle of playwriting possibilities- I dip into to look at whatever I’m working on from a different perspective
12. New Playwriting Strategies - Paul C.Castango
Gives a fresh angle of playwriting possibilities- I dip into to look at whatever I’m working on from a different perspective
Leaving work for the last time before a three week (paid) playwriting residency feels soooo good I highly recommend
July 24, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Leaving work for the last time before a three week (paid) playwriting residency feels soooo good I highly recommend
We need to have a Doctor Who expanded universe story where the Fourth Doctor has a playwriting battle with Shakespeare and uses the alias Ben Jonson because, I mean, LOOK.
June 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
We need to have a Doctor Who expanded universe story where the Fourth Doctor has a playwriting battle with Shakespeare and uses the alias Ben Jonson because, I mean, LOOK.
Also, I forgot that OEDIPUS is a prequel to Antigone. Icke does an excellent job of weaving in the dramatic irony of what Antigone, Creone and her brothers will eventually experience. Ugh, I love good playwriting.
I woke up early this morning and read Robert Icke’s new adaptation of OEDIPUS. That man is a genius. Now I want to read all his plays.
This OEDIPUS is set on election night with a real-time countdown clock onstage. The clock it hits zero at the precise moment Jocasta and Oedipus figure it out. 😫
This OEDIPUS is set on election night with a real-time countdown clock onstage. The clock it hits zero at the precise moment Jocasta and Oedipus figure it out. 😫
July 2, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Also, I forgot that OEDIPUS is a prequel to Antigone. Icke does an excellent job of weaving in the dramatic irony of what Antigone, Creone and her brothers will eventually experience. Ugh, I love good playwriting.
Theatre 📣 Boston University just closed it's MFA playwriting program
September 30, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Theatre 📣 Boston University just closed it's MFA playwriting program
Peter Gill has died.
He taught me more about theatre directing - and playwriting - than anyone else.
The last link to George Devine’s Royal Court.
RIP.
He taught me more about theatre directing - and playwriting - than anyone else.
The last link to George Devine’s Royal Court.
RIP.
August 3, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Peter Gill has died.
He taught me more about theatre directing - and playwriting - than anyone else.
The last link to George Devine’s Royal Court.
RIP.
He taught me more about theatre directing - and playwriting - than anyone else.
The last link to George Devine’s Royal Court.
RIP.
There were two playwriting awards at the #speakies. I won Best New Play and the legendary Roy Williams won Best Adaptation. And here we are! The lads!
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
There were two playwriting awards at the #speakies. I won Best New Play and the legendary Roy Williams won Best Adaptation. And here we are! The lads!
And we’re off. The Women’s Prize for Playwriting is now open for submissions 🏆
Thread below:
Thread below:
The Women's Prize for Playwriting 2025 is now open for submissions until Tuesday 22nd April!🎉 @painesplough.bsky.social @concordukshows.bsky.social @ekpshows.bsky.social
The First Prize is £20,000: our biggest prize fund yet.👀
Enter via our website: womensprizeforplaywriting.co.uk/how-to-enter/
The First Prize is £20,000: our biggest prize fund yet.👀
Enter via our website: womensprizeforplaywriting.co.uk/how-to-enter/
January 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
And we’re off. The Women’s Prize for Playwriting is now open for submissions 🏆
Thread below:
Thread below:
ho ho ho it sounds like the playwrights who run this joint have been playwriting all over it and my body is ready
Watching #TheVampireLestat gave me a TV hangover in the best possible way and I am once again ruined for all other shows. Also, I could’ve easily written a review that was twice as long as this and still not addressed everything great about the season:
Watching 'The Vampire Lestat' Gave Me a TV Hangover | Review
The Vampire Lestat is a thrillingly chaotic continuation of Interview with the Vampire that reinvents the story without sacrificing its overall bite.
collider.com
June 2, 2026 at 12:20 PM
ho ho ho it sounds like the playwrights who run this joint have been playwriting all over it and my body is ready