As always, if you don’t know what RIPP: Real Inspiration for Playwrights Project is about, please click here (the original idea) and here (the evolution of that idea) to get some context before reading). FROM ROBYN FLATT, EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, DALLAS CHILDREN’S THEATER “It is a tough world out there for playwrights now that boards […]
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RIPP #49: FROM ROBYN FLATT, EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, DALLAS CHILDREN’S THEATER
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RIPP #48: ABIGAIL ROSE SOLOMON, FOUNDER, ROSALIND PRODUCTIONS
As promised, another installment of RIPP. And, as always, if you don’t know what RIPP: Real Inspiration for Playwrights Project is about, please click here (the original idea) and here (the evolution of that idea) to get some context before reading. FROM ABIGAIL ROSE SOLOMON, FOUNDER, ROSALIND PRODUCTIONS “I’m sort of a one-woman show; I […]
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IS THIS WHY YOUR PLAY WAS PASSED UP?
Buffalo United Artists is currently in the process of reading submissions for BUA Takes 10: GLBT Short Stories, and we’re so overwhelmed by submissions that don’t follow guidelines that I’m feeling compelled to address the issue. Because it’s not an isolated incident. Submission after submission just ignore the guidelines that we thought were […]
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RIPP #46: IN SUPPORT OF WOMEN’S WORK
From DEE JAE COX, CO-FOUNDER/PRESIDENT/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, LOS ANGELES WOMEN’S THEATRE PROJECT ( If you don’t know what RIPP: Real Inspiration for Playwrights Project is about, please click here (the original idea) and here (the evolution of that idea) to get some context before reading.) “I’m sure you know the statistics, only 20 percent of plays that do […]
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RIPP #45: DEEN KEEGAN, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. SOCIETY HILL PLAYHOUSE
If you don’t know what RIPP: Real Inspiration for Playwrights Project is about, please click here (the original idea) and here (the evolution of that idea) to get some context before reading. From DEEN KEEGAN, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. SOCIETY HILL PLAYHOUSE “Over the past several years, the new plays we’ve done have each come in […]
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DURING REJECTION SEASON, A REMINDER ABOUT PERSPECTIVE PART #2
A few weeks ago, I wrote about keeping perspective on your work in the spring months, when we get more than the usual amount of letters about how our work is not quite right for this production or that prize. It’s particularly difficult with the growing number of “rejection by announcement” notifications, the […]
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RIPP #44: PATRICK DOOLEY, FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, SHOTGUN PLAYERS
If you don’t know what RIPP: Real Inspiration for Playwrights Project is about, please click here to get some context before reading. From PATRICK DOOLEY, FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, SHOTGUN PLAYERS “What playwrights and directors need to do is find each other. Directors come to me and say ‘I want to direct for you,’ […]
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RIPP #42: MARISSA WOLF, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CROWDED FIRE
If you don’t know what RIPP: Real Inspiration for Playwrights Project is about, please click here to get some context before reading. From MARISSA WOLF, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, CROWDED FIRE “We recently produced the West Coast Premiere of The Bereaved by Thomas Bradshaw. The first time I read a Thomas Bradshaw play in 2009, I tore […]
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RIPP #41: JAZ DORSEY, DRAMATURG, CO-FOUNDER/MANAGING DIRECTOR SPIRAL THEATRE STUDIO
If you don’t know what RIPP: Real Inspiration for Playwrights Project is about, please click here to get some context before reading. From JAZ DORSEY, DRAMATURG, CO-FOUNDER/MANAGING DIRECTOR SPIRAL THEATRE STUDIO “I actively look for things and if I see something I like, I go after it. I end up partnering with the […]
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RIPP #40: RON PELUSO, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, HISTORY THEATRE
If you don’t know what RIPP: Real Inspiration for Playwrights Project is about, please click here to get some context before reading. From RON PELUSO, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, HISTORY THEATRE “Read theater mission statements and see how you might be a fit. As a theater that produces new work, I’m always happy to entertain ideas […]
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