Theaters need actors and directors. They need stagehands, wardrobe supervisors and lighting technicians. And, of course, spectators. But they do not need playwrights. Libraries are lousy with scripts, many conveniently free from copyright. These are called "classics" or "revivals," although Harry Bagdasian, who ran the District's New Playwrights Theatrefrom 1972 to 1984, has a more pungent term: "used plays." Read fu…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:42PM on January 6, 2012