http://www.sarahmantell.com/about daily 1.0 2026-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1602240036833-80KIAYVMYFJLQTNXH39G/10.20.19_Sarah_B_Mantell-40.jpg about - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1763497781613-EIU1Q3VVEV51SULZGSPQ/10.9.24InTheAmazonWarehouseParkingLot-008-Edit-CROP.jpg about - IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT Playwrights Horizons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1763497646989-2TIELW5AD0UVXU4JUVQR/AMAZON+Tech+Rehearsal+WEB-03+%281%29.jpg about - IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT Playwrights Horizons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1763497667838-9XEFWHSEYNC8N91LIT30/dfrOg3Wo.jpg about - EVERYTHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED Baltimore Center Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1763498870428-WJC3IIQLYKQBIV25CPRZ/43471325_10155634348855918_6839741470488920064_o.jpg about - EVERYTHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED Boston Court Pasadena https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1763497763463-QLSUDLRS8Q11UQUBECFH/everything_happened_0178-1.jpg about - EVERYTHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED Yale School of Drama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1763498381568-BEUZ09A96UTO0QMKM3Q4/BTB_SATURDAY-61.jpg about - FIGHT CALL Breaking the Binary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1763497663354-YVX2J4VTDCNEL8LJFVUW/10.9.24InTheAmazonWarehouseParkingLot-275-Edit.jpg about - IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT Playwrights Horizons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1763498522823-JNTIIPY6MPET2QVLYQ5S/IMG_3361.jpeg about - THE GOOD GUYS Second Stage http://www.sarahmantell.com/plays daily 0.75 2025-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1525145854564-MQVDE6IK2DQCT2VDX31F/everything_happened_0178.jpg plays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1612759069058-I3MDV0QU11DA0GJMMPEI/everything_happened_0178.jpg plays - EVERYTHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED Yale School of Drama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1732910514658-BF0JC18A3H4W81R8EE9V/10.9.24InTheAmazonWarehouseParkingLot-008-Edit-CROP.jpg plays - IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT Playwrights Horizons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1740368325556-GS72YI444V22PPFAODOJ/yR0NAruX.jpg plays - EVERYTHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED Baltimore Center Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1732910548389-OOPYKP9B3VL8TREUUAKH/10.9.24InTheAmazonWarehouseParkingLot-275-Edit.jpg plays - IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT Playwrights Horizons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1698961530210-51ZC81NUKQTRD9KZYGDR/BTB_SATURDAY-15.jpg plays - FIGHT CALL Breaking the Binary Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1539593918288-7EH3SUYHC9AHEKBGWHHF/43471325_10155634348855918_6839741470488920064_o.jpg plays - 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EVERYTHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED Baltimore Center Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1732910809884-NAJE0F1WHYV5XIHT2ITS/AMAZON+Tech+Rehearsal+WEB-03.jpg plays - IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT Playwrights Horizons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1495032993136-UETNF7N78LOYHFKTU5NE/everything_happened_0021+%281%29.jpg plays - EVERYTHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED Carlotta Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1732910520267-KQ66PG7ISFAGI7F7S3CL/10.9.24InTheAmazonWarehouseParkingLot-076-edit.jpg plays - IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT Playwrights Horizons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1674962587661-AUJVPJCRZ429NMFIT4WJ/Screen%2BShot%2B2023-01-28%2Bat%2B10.19.16%2BPM.jpg plays - FIGHT CALL Artists Repertory Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1742255625903-3KIMJ43WO928WSMKI6PX/10.9.24InTheAmazonWarehouseParkingLot-039-edit.jpg plays - IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT Playwrights Horizons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1539598379956-RXC9QMJAESC7LU8PN0JP/43268413_10157253665658881_416803353188630528_o.jpg plays - EVERYTHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED Boston Court Pasadena https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1698850067919-WZPRMICIWGMBNW24ZVIV/BTB_SATURDAY-51.jpg plays - FIGHT CALL Breaking the Binary Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1674961773596-W7ZSHK8CCF5Y78LW6C01/98F3803D-E761-4832-8D47-D6AD7FE459DC.jpg plays - IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT Playwrights Horizons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1674963720292-EVSX2JF6OL9SL0W6THF5/Screen%2BShot%2B2023-01-28%2Bat%2B10.19.36%2BPM.jpg plays - FIGHT CALL Artists Repertory Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1698849619233-UXGIQ1WQ93Z4E2VRX6RT/BTB_SATURDAY-42.jpg plays - FIGHT CALL Breaking the Binary Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1732910533969-XY75MNJE209422ZI37B3/10.9.24InTheAmazonWarehouseParkingLot-202-Edit.jpg plays - IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT Playwrights Horizons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1674963689842-NYRT8NQ7IYUXDDX9BPTK/Screen%2BShot%2B2023-01-28%2Bat%2B10.28.03%2BPM.jpg plays - THE GOOD GUYS, Playwrights Realm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1698961852645-6WN8EZ1MF89IOZJ2XO6S/BTB_SATURDAY-33.jpg plays - FIGHT CALL Breaking the Binary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1732910810101-K5XRG4Z440WCS41YNTNL/AMAZON+Tech+Rehearsal+WEB-05.jpg plays - IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT Playwrights Horizons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1495032978963-SLMYMFOXT4DBSAYG6GHL/everything_happened_0117.jpg plays - EVERYTHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED Carlotta Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1482300324650-U10TFHY9EYXKE3SQDQSV/t5_orig.jpg plays - TINY Seven Devils https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1675356479929-GS6BE639O5O2PGPG7WSY/Screen%2BShot%2B2023-01-28%2Bat%2B10.38.07%2BPM.jpg plays - IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT Playwrights Horizons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1740532600798-7YRFZPCPNX2T5NA8HLX1/yvY8x-LL.jpg plays - EVERYTHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED Baltimore Center Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1742255634947-OI4X44TOEI0O93DII29L/10.9.24InTheAmazonWarehouseParkingLot-384-edit-crop.jpg plays - IN THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE PARKING LOT Playwrights Horizons http://www.sarahmantell.com/news daily 0.75 2026-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/4452443d-8202-4836-aa63-1eabf56585e9/awe.png news Very happy to be a dramaturg for the Trans History Project on Bree Lowdermilk’s Days of Awe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/143a63cc-de9b-4b13-86d2-6e238bd80f9a/Screenshot+2026-01-16+at+9.04.58+PM.png news New classes are here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/457b9a30-da98-4e00-b23e-0133cc0c7b1d/Screenshot+2025-09-18+at+9.57.51+AM.png news Happy to be a Colt Coeur Resident Artist with this great cohort https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/adb4261f-001e-4822-ace8-3e35c0ec4145/20241114174317_file_PO.jpg news I am loving dramaturging satellite-style for Tim Giles this semester on his Pomona College production of Midsummer Nights Dream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/36551530-816a-44b0-bb3c-d2a0f4917a1c/hvwc-logo-black-300x101.png news Come take a class with me at Hudson Valley Writers Center in September for Writing the Play That Only You Can Write https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/f1011bcf-9cee-4fe2-91d8-8b955a833268/lambda_literary_stacked-420x300-Top-1.png news In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot is a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/2cc3d93c-7be9-4f28-b950-06e3ee74ab64/Brunt.png news The Good Guys was longlisted for the 2025 Bruntwood Prize https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/84ec26da-89ac-4399-8f42-fc671179d5fc/3EBE46F9-B900-42D6-97A9-7CCF4E0F7C63.jpeg news New play in the works with some of my favorite people https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/e87a5267-e313-4eff-a50a-512912691162/Screenshot+2025-02-18+at+7.26.38+PM.png news Everything That Never Happened in the Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/15c5e248-b5d9-4903-996c-29536e11cf5f/etnh.png news Up next! Everything That Never Happened comes to Baltimore Center Stage this February-March https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/a77bb00f-4308-4473-8c51-73b75f55a7da/Screenshot+2024-11-29+at+3.20.52+PM.jpg news A particular joy to have favorite writers Jen Silverman and Sanaz Toossi write about the play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/11126daf-6303-4fa3-80c9-da0753c23bb9/Screenshot+2024-11-29+at+3.27.23+PM.jpg news Playwrights Perspective for In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot: “Because plays are both art and a hiring document, I also wrote this play to increase the number of roles available to women, trans, and nonbinary actors in the second half of their careers when so many artists are just reaching the peak of their abilities. The plays we write create jobs, and if we’re lucky, those plays create a lot of jobs. Our industry is made up of the people we’ve bothered to imagine and shuts out the people we haven’t.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/6033b77b-1ad4-4e97-9e93-121425a6258a/Screenshot+2024-05-16+at+11.57.38+PM.png news Come see In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot at Playwrights Horizons this fall! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/61563f51-078a-4b15-a1b5-45e38ae9be6d/Screenshot+2024-05-17+at+12.02.01+AM.png news Come see the East Coast premiere of Everything That Never Happened in Stevie Walker-Webb’s inaugural season this winter at Baltimore Center Stage! A long awaited reunion with director Jessica Kubzansky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/77dc56a3-9287-4edc-95fe-ff8dcbecd5c9/IMG_3624+2.jpeg news Really enjoyed doing this interview with Esmé Ng of American Theatre Magazine, Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin, and D.A. Mindell on our recent workshops at Second Stage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1fce4bfa-c97d-452a-8596-5368716b701e/IMG_3455.JPG news Loved being in London with the Blackburn Prize. Congratulations Ava Pickett! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/6f38b03c-c6e0-48b9-bb29-407c92fa07a2/2B2382C7-3769-4C12-B33A-0CE64D17A955_1_105_c.jpeg news Just some Civil War reenactors spooning. Loved rewriting at Second Stage last week with this talented room: Mei Ann Teo, Robin de Jesus, Karen Eilbacher, Kelly McAndrew, Julian Rozzell, Marc Kudisch, Jess Barbagallo, Tom Nelis, Sydneii Colter, and Diana Oh, with serious support from designers, casting, and fight choreo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/18865ec7-7348-4f7f-8d44-573a86412f56/Screen+Shot+2024-02-06+at+7.14.15+PM.png news Proud to have been a judge for the Susan Smith Blackburn Awards this year. What a stunning group of plays! See you in London y’all https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/ebf17c84-bce2-4b74-aaa2-5f2b9a0ef841/Screen+Shot+2024-01-12+at+5.19.31+PM.jpg news I did an interview with The Folger on writing while mad at Shakespeare. I probably should have been less honest but it’s too late now. Check it out. ”Writing this play felt like fighting with Shakespeare. And that fight felt so uneven. The only things I had on my side were a) being alive and b) knowing what the hell I was talking about.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/0d82d381-dcf7-4f1c-9b98-947d5c677b49/maxresdefault.jpg news Come see a reading of Everything That Never Happened on Sunday, January 28th at the The Folger Shakespeare Library. Basically I got mad at Shakespeare and rewrote Merchant of Venice for him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/81e33aec-752b-4bd0-8d44-c16a2ad0dbe5/Screen+Shot+2023-11-01+at+3.49.57+PM.png news Come see the first public reading of The Good Guys at Second Stage March 4th 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/fa55c05f-73bb-4077-ab09-836570dd38ec/BTB_SATURDAY-61.jpg news Just some Binary Breaking joy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/7612b1b6-5d58-402f-a0d9-c8bd1ec638b6/Screen+Shot+2023-09-12+at+8.48.06+PM.png news Fight Call is coming to the Breaking the Binary Festival! I can’t believe that this festival exists in my lifetime. I can’t believe that I get to be part of it. And go look at the LINEUP y’all. Come hang with us at The Public in October! ”How many ingenues can Emma play before she just completely loses it? FIGHT CALL is a time-bending story told through all of Shakespeare’s onstage female death scenes.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/d0eb5858-7fa9-4caf-a78f-b60090985298/unnamed-1.jpg news Looking forward to my first summer at Sewanee Writers Conference https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/4aa0aa3c-ddbe-4bfc-bf6b-7c0cc1ba91d9/unnamed.jpg news Fight Call is in excellent company as an O’Neill National Playwrights Festival finalist this year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/d45e942e-5dbe-4c0f-986d-eade25016973/Screen+Shot+2023-03-29+at+8.04.04+PM.jpg news In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize on Monday night! Here’s an interview I did with American Theatre Magazine from my hotel room in NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/ba2e1333-ab8c-4389-8161-17caf5151cd7/2-Finalists-Website-Composite-SSBP45-Updated_2023-02-08-161401_owxk.jpg news Thrilled to be a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize with In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/0198d34e-8e1a-4549-b888-9dc941720d73/unnamed.jpg news I wrote this piece about new play readings for the Playwrights Realm Aspiring Playwrights series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/c7cc14b5-f1cd-4044-8b7b-f36d0430935d/98F3803D-E761-4832-8D47-D6AD7FE459DC.jpg news Thank you Playwrights Horizons for this stunning room and workshop of In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/c9b6d863-fcc9-471e-875c-70176c89136d/cover+post.png news Loved talking to these smart folks about the future of new plays as part of the Syracuse Stage Cold Read Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/c9874eba-1e43-424b-abe5-0169b4285fd6/298577442_10100368341148306_4246160570531308510_n.jpg news Thank you Playwrights Horizons for the good company at this very first read of In The Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/55af65c1-e7ae-43a4-8eb1-b3245c51c47d/2397B59B-AD7C-435A-B295-715CCEDCB076.jpg news Thank you for the sweet summer return, MacDowell! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/3ffdd43e-3633-4852-b9f6-eb6ebc2779b9/Screen+Shot+2023-01-28+at+10.19.16+PM.png news So thrilled to be bringing Fight Call to Artists Repertory Theatre…in person! Come join us for Mercury Festival! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/f53089e4-8066-4ad0-a879-8250a193f351/Screen+Shot+2022-04-24+at+3.59.55+PM.png news Back at Artists Repertory Theatre with these brilliant humans and the newest draft of Fight Call https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/17edd36e-f605-4908-8c4f-62758496e282/el7JtZGn_400x400.jpg news Grateful to be returning to Yaddo in 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/aef42747-0d64-4d2e-b92d-795534309818/headerhedgebrook_orig.jpg news Looking forward to some concentrated writing time at Hedgebrook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1630204293945-JIP360JTLUIQFUI1N95M/Screen+Shot+2021-08-28+at+10.34.45+PM.png news Thank you, Fresh Ground Pepper for the beautiful residency week (yes, in a horse stall) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1629344650202-MMLNDMX13CB2M7O051G3/IMG_6288.PNG news I needed this piece to exist so I wrote it. A big thank you to American Theatre Magazine for publishing it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1627688570620-6NN0LJLB1DIAGS018QGL/PlayGroundLogo_350x300.png news Big thanks Aldo Billingslea for bringing The Good Guys to Playground & The Juneteenth Theatre Justice Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1626406662578-HDH7UZ3PVK6CUDVGFYH8/IMG_6143.JPG news Thank you Playwrights Realm for the wonderful retreat week and the chance to rewrite Fight Call on this porch swing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1625107451569-2DB8J06KDQPXEE2VQQJF/med_TPR2.jpg news Thank you The Playwrights Realm for a great reading of The Good Guys right when I needed it. Grateful for the talent and insights of Chay Yew, Amrita Ramanan, Karen Eilbacher, Sam Henderson, Birgit Huppuch, Joel Perez, Aldo Billingslea, and David Bardeen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1625169927175-E8ASX86XCMASYD7MJWK6/ART_Logo-Horz_Color_OverLight_SMALL_rgb.png news Excited to workshop Fight Call, a play that takes place in all of Shakespeare’s female death scenes, with director Avital Shira, fight choreographer Kristen Mun, and this brilliant room as part of Artist Repertory Theatre’s Mercury Company III Update: if you haven't seen Kristen Mun act out fight choreography over Zoom by herself in front of her fridge than you haven't lived https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1615318823612-K405KP32J9APQDM3P9J7/geva-logo-1.jpg news Thrilled to be part of Geva Theatre Center’s 25 playwright micro-commission project on Rochester changemakers. Watch for my piece How to Write a Play about writing a micro-commission on Rochester changemakers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1625540249814-O6HV8K9T9MPGGVJS97MQ/Screen+Shot+2021-07-05+at+10.56.27+PM.png news Loved my second year teaching The Art of Rewriting at SUNY Purchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1603082544765-DJKU6C3FQH4EP23BD8KH/download-1.png news Thrilled to be the recipient of a Toulmin Foundation grant with Playwrights Horizons for a new play about falling in love as the world ends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1595105249346-5M7OIM10SA7WJH2HR7GX/3+v.png news Grateful to be a part of the launch of 3Views with this essay on the production of Everything That Never Happened which would have opened in 2020 at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1625441772699-Q0R8EVOYNISCK3SV3JP4/images.jpg news Everything That Never Happened is headed to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in the summer of 2020! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1574183339405-FEKROSZZMROIQNTQL8AK/1509216_10154269082847977_6445432652199195583_n.jpg news Loved this joyful return to Tiny at Bristol Riverside Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1571243258993-NFWGVMFSY0WPKMCZHCVZ/osf+gg.jpg news Grateful for all the smart brains in our workshop of The Good Guys at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Forgot to get a picture so Derek and Rob took a make-up shot with me on The Bricks. Pictured here trying very hard to be tall enough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1568393233434-KDD9YM7Z6BMO9A9R33VG/70293078_1094314314112079_2107229200162226176_o.jpg news Mrs. Galveston will have a reading with these wonderful folks and some Pie Birds NY Times recommended pie at Pie, Pint, and a Play Reading https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1573443900118-Z3ZW44V41EJIJLUPFUIQ/IMG_1323.jpg news An wonderful evening with Play By Play and The Good Guys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5353d0bbe4b03d041ab0c791/1553143564145-U8N5AYRFW9NAU0ZQ8674/52396327_10100180843684726_7135573844265271296_o.jpg news To start off 2019, I’ll be spending a month in residence at Jentel beginning a new play. 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