Finding New Paths
"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them." GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Developing and producing new work in a post-covid world is challenging – to say the least. More than...
The 2022 New Works Festival Awards
It is quite a feat to produce an Off-Broadway play or musical; it is quite another to produce an entire festival of Off-Broadway showcases - during covid. Yet that is exactly what we did with the first 2022 CreateTheater New Works Festival, in association with Prism...
Why Are You in Theater?
I know it’s not for the money. So… what’s your why? Part of the privilege of teaching theater on a college level is the constant re-evaluation of the art form as it shape-shifts through human history. For the Greeks it was an integral part of the social experiment to...
Story vs. Plot
Where in the Story Does Your Plot Start? A discussion about the difference between plot vs. story is anything but an academic question. Instead, like most talks about structure, how a plot is designed from the ground up defines how the audience experiences the...
Life is Improv
Okay, truth time. Who was it that put *GLOBAL PANDEMIC* on their vision board for 2020??? <sound of crickets> Lesson: Sh*t happens. Keep moving forward. When You Can’t Change the Situation, Change Your Mindset I can’t change my outer situation. This is a global...
New Play Development Goes Online
Our New Online Reading Series is a Success I launched CreateTheater.com a few years ago, dedicating it to the playwright and all aspects of new play/musical development. I always intended it to be a 100% online theater community. It’s now developing as a...
Something Bigger
"Something's coming, I don't know what it is, but it is gonna be great!" - Tony, West Side Story It's Coming! It's a new decade. 2020. We find ourselves here, in the present moment. For me, and perhaps for many of us, it looks different from what we expected....
The Place for Festivals in NPD
Should I Submit to a Festival? I’m coaching with a client this week, and we’re discussing the importance of submitting your work on a regular basis to theaters, festivals and other opportunities that are found on places such as playsubmissionshelper.com, the...
Do I Need a Star?
The Need for Stars? “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” – Steve Martin Writing a play and then staying the course to see it produced is a daunting task. It requires tremendous focus and 100% dedication to each step in the developmental process. Once...