Minutiae and Flux

A playwright and teaching artist navigating the big city.

Rescue Me, A Cool Dip on the Barren Saharan Crick and 13

Why haven’t you been blogging, Carla? I have been learning how to make a theater company run.  Grants?  Rehearsal schedules?  Booking space?  Talking to artists?  Finding designers?  Holy.  Cow.  I … Continue reading

April 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Hanging On and Letting Go

It is my opinion that often a playwright doesn’t get to hang on to the complete vision of their play enough.  They get butchered, bastardized and taken away from their … Continue reading

January 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Fela! and Student Performances

This is actually from late December.  I apparently forgot to click “publish.”  Oops. ————————————————————————————————————– I was thinking to myself today, walking to the last day of a residency around Fela! … Continue reading

January 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Email

Okay, here’s a question.  How are all of you out there dealing with the larger influx of email communication that we are getting these days?  Is it me, or is … Continue reading

December 11, 2009 · 1 Comment

Middles

The middle is always the most difficult thing to characterize. In theatermaking and in teaching, we often call this “process.” I spend a lot of time planning in both things. … Continue reading

December 8, 2009 · 2 Comments