July 21, 2017Getting Ready to GLOW GLOW, one of the summer’s biggest TV hits, has audiences digging into the nostalgia of the 80’s and cheering for women that kick butt.Authors/
July 18, 2017The Politics in Plays: August Wilson In 2017, the August Wilson Monologue Competition expanded to included student written essays. Check out the top three here.Community/
July 18, 2017Breaking Down Personal Fences In 2017, the August Wilson Monologue Competition expanded to included student written essays. Check out the top three here.Community/
July 18, 2017From the Past to Now: August Wilson Politics In 2017, the August Wilson Monologue Competition expanded to included student written essays. Check out the top three here.Community/
July 13, 20178 Plays to Celebrate Your Inner Geek Happy Embrace Your Geekness Day! For those out there who have a passion for World of Warcraft, enjoy live action role play, or are a Comic Con enthusiast, here is a list of our top eight plays and musicals for you!Titles/
June 28, 2017Top Ten Patriotic Plays and Musicals Happy Fourth of July! For the star-spangled occasion, we’ve compiled a list of our top ten favorite plays and musicals that celebrate and reflect on American lifeTitles/
June 28, 2017Sharing Civil War Stories with Amelia I had that chill, just as I had experienced in the Library of Congress reading room. There was this palpable feeling that I was connecting, being pulled towards another time and place.‘Rumor has it a woman has come in here after her man.’Titles/
June 16, 2017A Teacher’s Dedication: Creating A Thespian Troupe, Making Theatre Happen & More What happens when a theatre teacher takes on the challenge of creating a Thespian Troupe at her school? Read more here.Community/
June 9, 2017Miss October and the Success of Calendar Girls English teacher and actress Sharon Zolper reflects on her moving experience in CALENDAR GIRLS.Productions/
June 9, 2017Can You Actually Get Your First Play Published? “No one ever has their first play published. It just doesn’t happen.” Kris Vosler, author of A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas, defied the odds and proved the axiom wrong.Authors/Community/
June 6, 2017A New Kind of Epic: A Chat with Mac Rogers What does an epic play look like in 2017? Mac Rogers’ three-part play has the answer.Authors/
June 2, 2017Parodying Film Noir: A look at Adrift in Macao The General Manager of the Broadway Rose gives us a window into their musical film noir success!Productions/
June 2, 2017Six Great Tips on Planning Your Season Take a look behind the scenes of a theatre company for six great tips on how to create a season!Community/
May 23, 2017Going to the Depths of Hell with Crystal Skillman’s GEEK! Life-changing shows don’t just fall into your lap every day. When you find them, you have a duty to bring them to life.Productions/
May 18, 2017In Conversation: Rosary O’Neill’s DEGAS IN NEW ORLEANS Degas in New Orleans is a powerful play by Rosary O’Neill that delves into the life of famous painter, Edgar Degas, during the years he spent in New Orleans.Authors/
May 11, 2017Totally Rad: Staging THE AWESOME 80s PROM Want audiences to have a rockin’ good time at the theater? Learn about Ryan Bowie’s staging of THE AWESOME 80S PROM and why you should bring this show to your theater!Productions/
May 10, 2017Top 15 Play to Musical Adaptations We have compiled a list of some Samuel French titles that may surprise you when you learn that they were the source for some well-known or otherwise musicals.Titles/
May 9, 2017Notes on A Year of Diversity Programming Josh Hecht shares his experiences of creating diversity-focused programming – including all of the ups and downs and valuable tips.Community/
May 8, 2017Looking Back: The Creation of Rose Colored Glass Janice Goldberg, one half of the writing team behind Rose Colored Glass reflects on creating and mounting the touching play.Titles/
April 28, 2017Art as a Catalyst: THE ROYALE Takes Center Stage in Pittsburgh What is theatre’s role in a fractious political landscape? Pittsburgh’s City Theatre Company’s Clare Drobot explains their latest experience.Productions/
April 26, 2017Dangerous Species “The Night of the Iguana is a play,” Tennessee Williams said, “whose theme, as clearly as I can put it, is how to live beyond despair and still live.”Titles/
April 21, 2017Traveling Master: A Chat with Playwright Steve Yockey Learn more about Dramatists Guild Fund’s Traveling Masters Program with the talented, and humorous, playwright Steve Yockey.Authors/
April 18, 2017Playwright Interview: Helen Richardson on Ubu in 2017 2017 has left many Americans stunned by our nation’s politics, and artistic communities around the country are finding ways to get politically involved on a local level. Today we chat with playwright, professor, and theatre historian Helen Richardson. Richardson is an authority on most things theatrical, and she joins us today to talk about her adaptation of Alfred Jarry’s seminal play, Ubu.Titles/
April 11, 2017Know Your Neighbors: CV Rep Shows the Power of Theater to the Valley’s Students A great theater experience allows us to see our human selves reflected back—in a way that moves, informs and enables us to relate to the realities of the lives of others.Productions/
April 11, 2017Top 5 Things to Know When Performing a One Woman Show The cast and crew of GROUNDED by George Brant share their advice for producing a one-woman show.Productions/
April 11, 2017Top 8 Stage Adaptations To Obsess Over In this article you’ll find a list of eight screen-to-stage, stage-to-screen and page-to-stage adaptations that we’ve been obsessing over lately. A few are from the last few years, while others stretch back 50 years or more. What other adaptations would you add to the list?Titles/
April 6, 2017Award-Winning Playwright, 17, Shines Spotlight on Marginalized People 17 year-old Phanesia Pharel was a first-place playwright at the Florida State Festival and has won some of the biggest awards for playwriting.Community/Playwrights/
April 4, 2017Forces of Nature, Family, and Faith Playwright Clare Barron discusses the development of BABY SCREAMS MIRACLE and the search for meaningful things in life.Authors/
March 28, 2017A Couple of Notes: Behind the Scenes with Samuel French’s Music Supervisor Before you license a musical, there is a months-long (or even years-long) process to creating the score for your show – and we’re not just talking about when the composer creates the music.Community/
March 27, 2017Beyond the Ingénue: Top 20 Roles for Leading Ladies Theatre has always provided a wealth of great roles for women of all ages, but especially for those who’ve outgrown the role of ingénue.Titles/
March 25, 2017The Master Playwright Festival – ChristieFest The 17th annual Master Playwright Festival celebrated the life and work of the best-selling novelist of all time, Agatha Christie. Her name and legacy brought in over 16,000 people.Community/
March 24, 2017An Exploration of Playwright Audrey Cefaly’s Work Jack Cannon examines Audrey Cefaly’s gritty reality of the modern South and the universality of the Southern experience.Authors/