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Contributor Katie Coryell explores little-known facts about Kander & Ebb’s Chicago.

Read the interview of playwright, Adam Szymkowicz, and his road to success.

From the director of Pass Over, read about the thought provoking and inspiring play that represents a genuine theatre experience.

Hale Centre Theatre is Utah’s leading professional family theater. HCT was thrilled to be given the opportunity to invigorate Tuck Everlasting with spectacular set designs, charming period costuming, and strong performances on its new Sorenson Legacy Jewel Box stage.

This is the latest in our Meet the Fellows series, where the Dramatists Guild Foundation will introduce you to the current class of DGF Fellows.

This is the latest in our Meet the Fellows series, where the Dramatists Guild Foundation will introduce you to the current class of DGF Fellows.

This is the latest in our Meet the Fellows series, where the Dramatists Guild Foundation will introduce you to the current class of DGF Fellows.

This is the latest in our Meet the Fellows series, where the Dramatists Guild Foundation will introduce you to the current class of DGF Fellows.

This is the latest in our Meet the Fellows series, where the Dramatists Guild Foundation will introduce you to the current class of DGF Fellows.

As students and the local community of Johnson County, Kansas struggled to confront issues of teen suicide, violence and bullying, a local high school ignited the conversation with Heathers – The Musical: High School Edition.

Jaki shares the inspiration behind Belfast Girls, offers an insight into her writing routine, and gives some advice for aspiring playwrights.

An interview between playwright Gracie Grander and director Emma Miller about the return of Athena to JACK.

Samuel French has announced the winners of the 2018 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, the nation’s premier short play competition.

Are you interested in a more modern musical with a rock feel, but have several hesitations that prevent you from considering this option?

Why produce Chicago: High School Edition? As an educator, I am always looking for growth opportunities for my students.

QUANG. Why you so serious? PLAYWRIGHT. Because, Dad, I’m trying to do something important here. Something about you, about Mom, about Vietnam. In the for…

It was just an idea in 1996: to introduce the little known genre of ten-minute plays, shorts, to the South Florida community. 

In 2016, I took over as the producing director/CEO of the Cumberland County Playhouse from longtime producing director Jim Crabtree. Jim’s parents, Paul and Mar…

Director Martha Banta discusses an enduring playwright-director relationship with Lori Fischer.

Who could forget the iconic lines of the movie Heathers? In 1988, the movie premiered to surprisingly giant audiences nationwide and garnered a cult following f…

Since the beginning of my teaching career, I have always been on the search for the perfect musical that fits my students, my music director, and the community….

Playwright Lori Fischer talks about writing great characters

Nathan Alan Davis is the author of Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea, Nat Turner in Jerusalem, and many others, sat down with Samuel French Professional Licensing Representative Nikki Przasnyski to discuss his work

In honor of the 15th anniversary of the film Sideways (coming up in 2019), we sat down with Rex Pickett, author of the novel on which the screenplay was based.

British agent Alex Armitage shares invaluable advice from a career producing Me and My Girl.

Not for nothing, I jumped for joy the day I learned Tuck Everlasting was going to be the next musical my students and I got to work on.

In honor of the 15th anniversary of the film Sideways (coming up in 2019), we sat down with Rex Pickett, author of the novel on which the screenplay was based.

In this interview, we chat to Todd about his life, his work, and what’s next for one of theatre’s most diverse creatives.

Breaking Character Magazine Editor, Courtney Kochuba, sits down with Samuel French’s Marketing Director and one of Engine Digital’s Interactive Designer to talk about the drive behind building Samuel French’s new website

Samuel French is proud to support the August Wilson Monologue Competition, which was created by Kenny Leon and True Colors Theater Company in 2007 to carry on the legacy of August Wilson through the next generation of theatre artists. In 2017, the Dallas Competition expanded to include essays written about Mr. Wilson’s work.

Fun Home’s assistant director Elisa Hoover discusses integrating deaf performers in live musical theatre performance, to educate theatergoers and increase opportunities for deaf performers.

Finding titles that resonate with high school-aged actors can be an arduous prospect.