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Playwright Rosary O’Neill talks Degas, New Orleans, and Paris.

Monica Dolan discusses writing and performing in her one-woman play, The B*easts.

Get ready to debate in this in class exercise from the Shakespeare in Love Production Handbook.

Unleash your inner poet in this excerpt from the Shakespeare in Love Production Handbook.

Take a journey across the sea in this excerpt from the Shakespeare in Love Production Handbook.

A discussion where you will hear from three of the many people who came together to make Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau a success:

Jenni Rushton and Keith Beattie share their experiences of directing an amateur production of Agatha Christie’s Murder in the Studio.

A conversation with playwright Bekah Brunstetter on the opening of The Cake at MTC, all things playwriting, working on This Is Us, and about her upcoming project The Notebook Musical.

“How would this play centered on the Black experience hold up with a predominantly white audience? Would the jokes land and appropriate emotions be stirred?” In this article, director Reginald Douglas discusses fostering empathy and conversation with August Wilson’s Two Trains Running at Weston Playhouse.

Here are hot titles straight from our licensing team that you need to know this month.

Raymond Allen discusses his hit sitcom Some Mother’s Do ‘Ave ‘Em, which has recently been adapted for stage by Guy Unsworth.

Javaad Alipoor shares an insight into directing One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.

Contributor Katie Coryell shares 10 things you might not know about The Great Comet.

The much beloved 1988 film turned stage adaptation has audiences clamoring into theatres across the country. Here we share 10 facts only a true fan would know!

We chatted with our Professional Licensing Team, Theresa Posorske and Zach Kaufer, about their suggestions for plays and musicals that could round out your season planning.

ArtsWest production of Peerless.

Alley Theatre’s Associate Director for Design Kevin Rigdon revisits Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile.

Director Lucy Bailey’s take on Witness for the Prosecution.

Discovering Agatha Christie’s lost manuscripts.

A conversation with Jiehae Park on writing Peerless and Hannah and the Dread Gazebo.

Director Courtney Sale’s take on The Cake by Bekah Brunstetter.

The 1975 screen adaptation of Richard O‘Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show is a undeniable cult classic. Here are our top 10 freaky and fabulous facts about the film The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

The Secret Garden is the perfect musical to direct at a middle school level

Honoring The Secret Garden at Hershey Area Playhouse.

Get to know our 2018 Samuel French Awards honorees through this weeklong series.

Get to know Antoinette Nwandu, a 2018 Samuel French Awards honoree.

Get to know our 2018 Samuel French Awards honorees through this weeklong series!

Tragic yet musically upbeat and joyous, read about playwright Lauren Yee’s Cambodian Rock Band.

Branden Huldeen, Artistic Producer and Director of New Play Development at Barrington Stage Company, reflects on his experience in presenting The Cake by Bekah Brunstetter.

Read about Tracy Lett’s Mary Page Marlowe, where the journey of Marlowe’s ordinary and relatable life will evoke emotion and empathy….

Third Rail Repertory Theatre’s production of Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.

Director Richard Hess discusses bringing Todd Almond’s coming-of-age drama to life at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.