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“We used to gather round a single light / To tell a lie so true it could ignite.” Writer Kait Kerrigan shares her thoughts on theatre and the pandemic.

“I hope that whatever this gestation brings is better than what came before.” Award-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl shares her thoughts and wishes.

Lisa Kron, Tony-winning librettist/lyricist of Fun Home, hopes theater will “gather our losses into collective experience and imbue them with meaning.”

Tony-winning playwright Ken Ludwig addresses our questions about the power of art during this challenging time.

“Dramaturgs are beleaguered. They are bashed, silenced; they are badly paid. And still, they persevere.” Read this love letter to dramaturgs from Sarah Ruhl.

Director John J. Sweeney considers A Tale of Two Cities at the Hale Centre the highlight of his directorial career. Read more about how his love affair with the classic Dickens story began in high school and continued all the way to the stage.

The plays of Thornton Wilder have the ability to reach across class, race, and circumstance. Read more about how Playmakers’ tour of Childhood and The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden brought Wilder to a new audience.

City Lights Theater Company in California had a unique idea when they decided to produce Eurydice: a bilingual English/American Sign Language production with each role double-cast. Their journey taking Sarah Ruhl’s stunning play from page to stage was unique and opened their eyes to a whole new world of storytelling.

Market Harborough Drama Society share their experience of running this classic comedy.

The second in our Passport series, we take you to Thailand for a distinctly Harlem, New York play.

Michael Lochner discusses the design elements for the Alley Theatre’s production of Murder on the Orient Express.

There are many myths surrounding working with actors with disabilities, but it’s much more accessible than you think. We spoke with agent Gail Williamson about how and why to hire these actors for both professional and amateur groups.

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.

Our top 10 freaky and fabulous facts about The Rocky Horror 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!

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.

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

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.

This week, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and DGF Traveling Master Jon Robin Baitz (Other Desert Cities, The Film Society) will be visiting Montana Repertory Theatre’s Missoula Colony to share a keynote address and a new play with local artists. Known regionally and nationally as a dynamic, professional touring company, Montana Rep’s vision of theatre is utterly holistic and inclusive. Their mission includes the wish “to celebrate the human spirit in an ever-expanding community.” The DGF Traveling Masters program brings luminaries of the modern stage to regional theatres for masterclasses on writing. To ensure the continued relevance of theatre throughout the United States, programs like Montana Rep’s Missoula Colony and the DGF Traveling Masters are important tools in strengthening and amplifying the voices of artists outside of New York City and other urban centers. The Missoula Colony, was founded in 1996 by Michael Murphy, Marsha Norman, and Montana Rep Artistic Director Greg Johnson. Convening annually at the University of Montana, where five gorgeous Rocky Mountain valleys and three stunning rivers converge, the Colony’s ongoing mission is to bring the Missoula theatre community a week of discussion, artistic exchange, and new play readings and workshops. Every summer, Missoulians and visitors alike congregate on

The strength of music will not be suppressed. Read about August Wilson’s Seven Guitars here.

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.