Playwright Spotlight: What Are You Worth?
Slavery is examined through three iterations of a woman named Lucretia in the drama, What Are You Worth? Find out how PlayFest 2019 playwright Kara Lee Corthron was inspired to […]
Playwright Spotlight: The Virgin Queen Entertains Her Fool
Get ready as The Basel-Kiene Family joins City Beverages in presenting PlayFest 2019! In our “Playwright Spotlight” series, you’ll get to know each of the featured playwrights. First up, we […]
Playwright Spotlight: I CAN GO
Orlando Shakes: What themes or ideas are you focusing on with this play? Meridith Friedman: Finding the good in goodbye. Setting your own terms for determining your ending. The title […]
Playwright Spotlight: Jane Burgoyne
Orlando Shakes: What themes or ideas are you focusing on with this play? Robert Moulthrop: We’re all approaching death, every day, it’s just that the older one gets, the shorter […]
Playwright Spotlight: Love, the Cracksman
Orlando Shakes: What themes or ideas are you focusing on with this play? Mark Brown: I suppose it’s about the perception of truth and the motivation for why people lie. […]
Playwright Spotlight: 72 miles to go…
Interview with Playwright Hilary Bettis Get to know Playwright Hilary Bettis and her process of developing her play 72 Miles To Go… Orlando Shakes: What themes or ideas are you […]
Playwright Spotlight: #GodHatesYou
About the Playwright Emily Dendinger We talk to playwright Emily Dendinger about her writing process and her new play #GodHates You. [sep] Orlando Shakes: What themes or ideas are you […]
Playwright Spotlight: My Lord, What a Night
About the Playwright Deborah Brevoort Get to know playwright Deborah Brevoort’s inspiration behind My Lord, What a Night. [sep] Orlando Shakes: What themes or ideas are you focusing on with this […]
Playwright Spotlight: The Great Beyond
Get to know playwright Steven Dietz and his new play The Great Beyond. [sep] Orlando Shakes: What themes or ideas are you focusing on with this play? Steven Dietz: You’ll never […]
Welcome to PlayFest 2018!
A writer can be inspired by many things. Inspiration can strike in the form of personal experiences, favorite stories, history, and current events. This latest crop of new plays being […]