Tag: development

  • The living room reading, revisited

    So, last weekend, it was my turn to face the gauntlet.  That’s me, standing next to salon-owner Sam Barrett, and when I say “salon,” I of course mean her living room, well-appointed with wine and vodka.  I can’t explain that expression on her face, except perhaps to suggest that she suffers from a neurotic and justifiable…

  • Celebrate the living room critique

    Playwrights should get readings at all costs.  Without them, you’re blind; you simply don’t know what you have until an audience responds to it.  It’s even been said that if you can’t get a reading in a theater or a school or a writing circle, you should invite people into your living room, pass out…