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Aug.11.2011 Lorraine Hansberry Looks Good in a Tight Sweater I didn’t start out to write a play with Lorraine Hansberry in it, let alone Hansberry in a tight sweater and Capri pants! My friend Harry, from my old theatre days in NYC asked me to write something about James Baldwin. Five years later we’re about to open ‘Waiting For Giovanni’ a two act play (...	Mar.27.2011 Tennessee Williams, The American Shakespeare When the Puritans closed the theaters in 1642, they destroyed a theatrical world we have since come to cherish. With the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, play going resumed but the age of Faustus and Hamlet had come to an end. An artistic community is a living entity and two decades of...
Aug.02.2009 A Look at Playwright and Poet Franco D’Alessandro I have enjoyed working with a diverse group of writers. I have discovered new talent, and have published well-established writers. I have also worked with well-known writers, actors and artists who cross into multiple genres. This month we are publishing the new poetry book SUPPLICATIONS by the...	May.13.2009 Author Miriam K. Center on Writing, Spirituality, and a Song-man Named Johnny Mercer Already a dedicated advocate for the empowerment of women, a world traveler, successful real estate agent, and author of the scandalously irreverent Scarlett O'Hara Can Go to Hell, Miriam K. Center recently added the title of playwright to her list of things to accomplish while living on earth....
Apr.09.2009 Dramaturg's 7 Tips for Playwrights & Exciting Workshop in Italy Enter, stage right: Jayne Wenger, artistic director, dramaturg, and workshop leader par excellence.I’m excited that Jayne’s writing tips were offered for the first time by The Story Woman on the TellTale Souls blog and now on THE RED ROOM. After you read Jayne Wenger’s Seven Tips for Playwrights,...	Apr.02.2009 Word for Word (c) 2009 Jeanne Powell"Word for Word"all rights reserved Word for Word Performing Arts Company has a mission -- to tell great stories with elegant theatricality. It stages performances of classic and contemporary fiction. Founded in 1993 by Susan Harloe and JoAnne Winter,...