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Playwright Q&A with Janet Allard and Michael Bigelow Dixon, authors of Alice in Winter Wonderland
Posted by Jason Pizzarello on
Interview with playwrights Janet Allard and Michael Bigelow Dixon about their new play adaptation for young actors and audiences, Alice in Winter Wonderland.
This large-cast imaginative drama comedy comedy is inspired by the stories and characters created by Lewis Carroll.
Perfect for schools and community theaters!
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Playwright Q&A with Don Zolidis, author of The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig
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In non-chronological order, Amy and Craig dissect and examine their tortuous first love affair in scenes that are both heartbreaking and hilarious. From their initial coupling on a second trip, to a series of increasingly awful disasters, this scabrously funny play tears apart the idea of true love...and maybe puts it back together again?
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Playwright Q&A: Werner Trieschmann, author of Fake News!
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This large-cast one-act comedy features two ridiculous KFKE news anchors as they get the real fake scoop including an interview with an unfrozen cave man, a revealing expose on the mysterious Illuminati, and a prospector mining for gold. And stay tuned for the weatherman, Bob Deepmantan, who claims it’s 97 degrees in the middle of January. Will the KFKE’s broadcast end before or after the massive alien invasion?!
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Playwright Q&A: Claudia Haas, author of Antigone in Munich
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Sophie Scholl was a member of the White Rose Society in Nazi Germany which encouraged passive resistance against the totalitarian government. Antigone in Munich chronicles her coming of age and development from bystander to witness to activist -- inspired by Sophocles' Greek tragedy Antigone which asks “What do you do when the laws of man contradict the laws of God?”
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Morning Announcements; or the Time I Tried to Interview My Middle Schooler
Posted by Sonya Sobieski on
Playwright Sonya Sobieski sits down with her eleven-year-old daughter to talk about life, theater, and her new play Morning Announcements.
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