Buffalo United Artists  is pleased to announce the line-up for the 2nd Annual BUA Takes 10: GLBT Short Stories. Selected plays were chosen from more than 300 submissions. They are: “Wingman” by Eli Effinger “My Jesus Year” by Tony Foster “A Different Client” by Josh Hartwell “Kissing 101” by Matthew Crehan Higgins and Donna Hoke* “Partners” […]

Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist. Jane Smiley (via inspired-to-write) CLINGING TO THIS SENTIMENT. (via cristinterrill)

Link: Between the Lines: At The Mercy of Stupid People piercework: “Let’s face it,” playwright David Hare tells The Guardian, “in the theatre you aren’t at the mercy of stupid people.” I won’t unpack the classist contempt in there because I know what Hare means and some days I could just choke on stupid. I […]

At the urging of colleague Gwydion Suilebhan and prompted by recent postings on a playwrights board, I feel compelled to issue a warning about paying for dramaturgical feedback: Don’t. And if for some reason, you feel that you must, thoroughly vet the source of your feedback, ask for samples of feedback to others, ask for estimates, […]

I write a regular theater column for Buffalo Spree magazine. In my latest, I talk to professors about their efforts to to bring theater into the classroom and to bring students out to the theater. Last month, I visited students at D’Youville College to discuss my play, SEEDS, which had recently opened at Road Less […]

Today, I’m guest posting on the blog of my friend, fellow playwright, and DC rep for the Dramatists Guild about the crazy open submissions process and how it might be improved: Five Ways To Improve Open Submissions For All Of Us Thanks for reading! Donna