“I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love. Therefore, since I have known all of these things, I have found them to be reason enough and — I wish to live. Moreover, because this is so, I wish others to live for generations and generations and …
Advice from playwright Charlene James
From time to time on the blog, I feature advice and commentary from playwrights I admire. Charlene James is a British playwright and screenwriter. She won substantial acclaim for her play Cuttin’ It, which addresses the issue of female genital mutilation in Britain, and for which she won numerous awards. Her excellent advice I found on the Bruntwood Prize site. …
An Interview with Paula Vogel
I recently came across a wonderful Dramatists Guild Fund interview with Paula Vogel on Youtube. Paula’s 15 plays have been produced all over the US and the world. She was the director of the Brown University playwriting program for more than 20 years and also taught at Yale University, concurrent with her stint as the playwright in residence at Yale …