January 6, 2017A Resolution for 2017: Don’t Be Afraid To TalkSamuel French’s Literary Associate Garrett Anderson discusses Bathsheba Doran’s The Mystery of Love and Sex.Titles/
December 21, 2016Writers Room with Topher PayneTopher Payne is a playwright with complex truths that are often wrapped inside the crackling wit and slicing humor. Learn more about his style, work and 100-year-old house here.Authors/
December 20, 2016Theatre comes to The Public: Bringing Our Town(s) TogetherThis past summer, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival produced Our Town with a company of 3 professional actors and 36 citizen actors from towns dotted around the theater’s performance-space home. Learn more in this feature.Productions/
December 16, 2016Honoring the Profession: Introducing Playwrights WelcomeThis past fall, Samuel French launched Playwrights Welcome, a national initiative for Dramatists Guild Members that asks theaters to offer unsold tickets to professional playwrights on the day of a performance. Learn more here!Community/
December 15, 2016American Stage on Concluding August Wilson’s Epic Century CycleThe fourth article in our feature on American Stage’s Century Cycle by August Wilson.Productions/
December 15, 2016Performing the Complete Cycle : A Conversation with Actor Kim Sullivan and Producing Artistic Director Stephanie GularteThe third article in our feature on American Stage’s Century Cycle by August Wilson.Productions/
December 15, 2016Words That Will Endure: A Conversation with Producing Artistic Director Stephanie Gularte and Actor/Director L. Peter CallenderThe second article in our feature on American Stage’s Century Cycle by August Wilson.Productions/
December 15, 2016Designing Wilson’s WorldsThe first article in our feature on American Stage’s Century Cycle by August Wilson.Productions/
December 14, 2016Fall Intern TakeoverWhat is a day like at Samuel French? Fall marketing intern, Emily Spence shares her story.Community/
December 8, 2016Playwright Rosary Hartel O’Neill Reflects on ParisLearn more about playwright Rosary Hartel O’Neill’s recent visit to Paris, and her latest works DEGAS IN NEW ORLEANS and BECKETT AT GREYSTONES BAY.Authors/
December 8, 2016Tightly Wound, Witty & Mysterious: Steven Dietz’s FictionMichael and Linda are a married couple, both writers. Michael is a successful household name, while Linda now teaches and has only had one hit book. Near the beginning of the show, Linda is diagnosed with cancer, and her dying wish is to be granted the opportunity to read Michael’s journals.Titles/
November 18, 2016An Unrestrained Theatricality of Surprise and Delight: Yale’s James Bundy on Playwright Sarah RuhlWe’re thrilled to share Yale Rep’s James Bundy’s beautiful remarks from the Samuel French Awards. A must read.Authors/
November 18, 2016We Write Because We Must: Remarks from Playwright Sarah RuhlWe’re thrilled to share Sarah’s remarks from this past Monday night at the Steinberg Awards.. Don’t miss this read.Authors/
November 17, 2016The Play is the Thing: I REMEMBER MAMATen women, all over 65 years old, bringing 25 characters to life. Learn more about Two River Theater Company’s production of I REMEMBER MAMA here.Productions/
November 4, 2016A Love Letter to THE SECRET GARDENContinuing the celebration of THE SECRET GARDEN’s 25th anniversary, this part love letter, part memory, part ode to beauty will leave you in the best of spirits.Productions/
November 4, 2016A Fascination with Life After Death: 75 Years of Blithe SpiritSamuel French’s Corporate Communications Associate, Alejandra Venancio, unveils the ghosts of Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit.Titles/
October 27, 2016Top Ten Spooky Titles For HalloweenGrab your ghouls and ghosts, and gear up for a night of horror! These ten goosebumps inducing shows are sure to keep you occupied in between trick-or-treaters.Titles/
October 21, 2016I Got Something: How The New Black Fest Builds on the Moment of NowWriter and Hip Hop Theatre Artist, Nsangou Njikam, congratulates honoree Keith Josef Adkins of The New Black Fest as part of the Samuel French Awards 2016 Series.Titles/
October 20, 2016Kooman & Dimond: A Writing Duo Unlike Any OtherIn this beautiful piece, director John Simpkins describes his experience of working with Kooman & Dimond – and how it was unlike any other writer/director relationship he’s had.Authors/
October 19, 2016Leaving Us in the Light: The Power of Sarah RuhlWhat makes us clamor for Sarah Ruhl’s plays? In this touching essay, Profile Theatre explores why.Authors/
October 19, 2016A Sarah Rules RoundtablePlaywright Sarah Ruhl’s reach is far, from high school to community to professional theaters. Read more in this piece from our 2016 Samuel French Awards series.Authors/
October 19, 2016An Ode to Sarah Ruhl’s EURYDICEHow does the power of EURYDICE affect a high school? Read more in our 2016 Samuel French Awards series.Authors/
October 15, 2016Playwright Rosary O’Neill Soars in ParisRosary has many projects slated for the future and she intends for her work to promote international cooperation and world peace. See how her trip to Paris amazed and influenced her all the moreAuthors/
October 14, 2016Theatrical Licensing By Day, Playwrighting By Night: A Discussion with David KimpleThe balance of a day job and night job in the theatre has long been a challenge for many. Here, our Literary Supervisor sits down to chat with Samuel French’s Licensing Manager to discuss just how he keeps it all up.Authors/
October 11, 20165 Lesbians Eating A Quiche, or How a Play About Lesbians in a Nuclear Bomb Shelter is for EveryoneLiterary Associate Garrett Anderson explains why you, too, will love Linder & Hobgood’s hysterical play set in a bomb shelter.Titles/
October 11, 2016Who’s The Fairest at the Prom: How Mirror, Mirror Casts Snow White in a 21st Century LightContributor Eliza Skidgel gives her take on Treem’s Mirror, Mirror.Titles/
October 11, 2016A Nightmare Odyssey: Spotlight on BENTThis show tells the truth about the persecution of gays in Nazi Germany. It centers around two soldiers, Max, and his lover, Rudy. Titles/
October 5, 2016For THE CLEAN HOUSE on Her 10th BirthdayIn the spirit of Sarah Ruhl’s affinity for love letters, Derick Edgren has written a love letter of his own in praise of The Clean House.Titles/
September 23, 2016Visited by a PhantomIn her beautifully lyrical prose, playwright Adrienne Kennedy describes her experience with the great Edward Albee.Authors/
September 23, 2016Bringing Monsters to Life in ToledoStephen Dolginoff’s brilliantly crafted, campy, new musical, Monster Makers, seemed an apropos fit for the Valentine Theatre’s Studio A series season opener. Learn more here.Productions/
September 22, 2016Advice to Emerging Playwrights: Keep It Cheap (or How a Virtually Unknown Playwright Landed a World Premiere at a Major Regional Theatre)How does a writer crack into the industry? Audrey Cefaly offers some wise (and hilarious) advice.Authors/
September 22, 2016Write Your One-Act Play: The Short Form as Thriving MediumWhy should playwrights care about one-acts? How do you break into the playwrighting world? Audrey Cefaly has had these same questions, and in this piece, she answers them.Authors/