For better or worse (I like to think better, except when I’m short on cash and in need of a bigger royalty check), I grew up in a theatrical household. I don’t just mean because of the drama, though we certainly had our fair share. No, I mean that my…

I can’t believe it… September is almost over, and my challenge is officially finished. I have read 30 plays in 30 days. Today, I will do my daily write up of the day’s play, but tomorrow, I will write a little bit about the value of this experience, and how…

I am reading 30 Plays in the 30 Days of September and discussing them here. I can’t believe the month is almost over… Play #29 Salomé by Oscar Wilde The original version of this play was written in French in 1891 and translated into English three years later. The first…

Here is another bonus play for my “30 Plays in 30 Days” September reading challenge. My Left Breast by Susan Miller is a one-woman show that I found in a collection I have of The Best American Short Plays 1993–1994. …

I have decided for the month of September to read 30 plays in 30 days. It is my belief that, if possible, a play should be read in one sitting to get a better inherent sense of the dramatic arc. …

Today, I have another bonus play. I read a full-length, and, tonight, read a brilliant one act play called Come Down Burning by Kia Corthron. …

I have decided for the month of September to read 30 plays in 30 days. It is my belief that, if possible, a play should be read in one sitting to get a better inherent sense of the dramatic arc. …

I have given myself the challenge of reading 30 plays for the 30 days of September and to write about them here on my blog. Today, after reading the Summer and Smoke, I was so taken with the Prologue featuring the Young John and Young Alma, that I went back…

I have decided for the month of September to read 30 plays in 30 days. It is my belief that, if possible, a play should be read in one sitting to get a better inherent sense of the dramatic arc. …