Writing about psychic phenomena was a no-go, Part I.

Writing about psychic phenomena was a no-go, Part II.

Rave told various versions of how she met Tennessee Williams. Sometimes she would say that a stained manuscript of “The Gentleman Caller” came up from Mexico and she discovered it while reading plays for Audrey Wood. Here she says it was…

Notes from Audrey Wood’s play reader when she chose “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

The first of Rave’s…

The playwright turned out to be…

This is the second installment of Rave’s memories, which will be a bit all over the place since I’m…

In the 1930s teens overdosed, too

This achingly sad story in the news today might seem like a problem that started in the 1960s and…

“This letter is for serious Drama Students…

…and gives good advice about stage manners, etc.”

Rave’s Autobiography, Part III, Beverly Hills High School in the 1930s

Rave’s Autobiography, Part II, Beverly Hills High School in the 1930s

I won’t give the exact year, to keep Rave’s identity a secret, but she spoke and wrote often about her beloved Beverly Hills High School. She attended within a decade after it first opened. She loved to say…

What Rave Might Say about Ana de Armas and Nudity in “Blonde”

Rave’s autobiography, Part I

Rave told me versions of this story again and again and again. She wrote many plays during the time I knew her, and apparently many more are in a storage unit her son pays for, but she never tried to have them produced. I once staged a reading of a one-woman show she wrote, and…