Dramas seem tailor made for screen — and that's problematic
One of the downsides of our ascendant era of writerly TV drama — wherein networks are constantly luring away playwrights with big checks — is that new plays by young authors now often feel more like spec treatments or screenplays than juicy dramas for the stage. It feels like a new style is emerging from our leading MFA playwriting programs: intense personal traumas play out, in multiple locales, against …