January 19, 2017The Greatest Journey: Playing the Role of Erma Bombeck What happens when an actress takes on a one-woman show about America’s beloved humorist who championed women’s lives with wit and truth? Learn about her journey.Productions/
January 18, 2017SUPER SIDEKICK: A Big-Hearted Adventure for the Whole Family When famous superhero Blackjack the Bold is kidnapped by an evil sorcerer, it’s up to his assistant Inky to step up and save the day!Titles/
January 18, 2017Super Sidekick: A Bighearted Adventure for the Whole Family Simple enough for young audience members but witty enough for their parents, this bighearted adventure will thrill the entire family. Plus, there are ninja koalas.Titles/Uncategorized/
January 12, 2017Finding Their Voice: A Feminine Ending Amanda dreamed of being a famous composer – not the daughter of an almost-divorce, the fiancée of an almost-celebrity, the ex of an almost-lover, and the writer of mediocre jingles. Maybe it’s a ridiculous dream – after all, how many brilliant female composers are there?Titles/
January 12, 2017Everything Old is New Again: Costume Design with Paloma Young A bit period costume, a little bit Russian, and a lot gypsy punk. Learn more about GREAT COMET’s costume design here.Productions/
January 10, 2017His Happy Days: Bringing A Last Dream to Life A story of a man’s final dream to put on a play. He chose Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days.Community/Titles/
January 6, 2017A Resolution for 2017: Don’t Be Afraid To Talk Samuel French’s Literary Associate Garrett Anderson discusses Bathsheba Doran’s The Mystery of Love and Sex.Titles/
December 21, 2016Writers Room with Topher Payne Topher 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) Together This 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 Welcome This 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 Cycle The 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 Gularte The 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 Callender The second article in our feature on American Stage’s Century Cycle by August Wilson.Productions/
December 15, 2016Designing Wilson’s Worlds The first article in our feature on American Stage’s Century Cycle by August Wilson.Productions/
December 14, 2016Fall Intern Takeover What 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 Paris Learn 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 Fiction Michael 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 Ruhl We’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 Ruhl We’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 MAMA Ten 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 GARDEN Continuing 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 Spirit Samuel French’s Corporate Communications Associate, Alejandra Venancio, unveils the ghosts of Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit.Titles/
October 27, 2016Top Ten Spooky Titles For Halloween Grab 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 Now Writer 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 Other In 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 Ruhl What makes us clamor for Sarah Ruhl’s plays? In this touching essay, Profile Theatre explores why.Authors/
October 19, 2016A Sarah Rules Roundtable Playwright 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 EURYDICE How 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 Paris Rosary 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 Kimple The 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 Everyone Literary 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 Light Contributor Eliza Skidgel gives her take on Treem’s Mirror, Mirror.Titles/