793 stories by "Lindsay Price"
Don’t miss out on the PDF version of today’s exercise at the end of this post! Over the next three Saturdays we’re going to have some fun with words. Theatrical fun of cour…
What happened over on our Facebook page this week? Here are the highlights: What was your first experience with theatre? Our Play of the Week is Sixteen by Bradley Hayward We reached 10, 000…
Episode 57:Â Acting Up: Interview with Playwright Steven Stack Lindsay talks with playwright Steven Stack. He’s got a fantastic new one act melodrama coming out called She Wrote, Die…
Over at the Publishers Weekly Blog they have a post featuring the business cards of literary characters. (I totally failed at picking out the books – how did you do?) Lack of my …
Thanks for reading. Don’t miss out on the free poster at the end of this post. Beginning actors make mistakes. Mostly it’s because well, they’re beginners! I prefer thinkin…
Episode 56:Â The Ensemble in High School and Middle School Plays Lindsay’s favourite group in a play is often the ensemble. But at the high school and middle school level, being in t…
Get your whole class writing plays with our FREE video course and info sheet. Click here to get started! Transcript Hi. I’m Lindsay Price, resident playwright for Theatrefolk. And I've…
“… I recommend they keep a diary, at least a page a day, and faithfully, and also to get into the habit of letter writing to other writers. The advantages that come with doing th…
What happened over on our Facebook page this week? Here are the highlights: As a playwright, I got a big chuckle out of the joke – How many playwrights does it take to change a lightbu…
Episode 55:Â Pop Star Broadway: YouTube Fireside Chat In this edition of the YouTube Fireside Chat Lindsay and Craig look at pop singers who take on Broadway. Do they work the same theatre…
Are you one of those people who hate the adage “write what you know” because you don’t think you know anything? Have I got the solution for you! I’ve recently signed …
Episode 54:Â Fight Your Inner Critic: How to get your playscript out from under the inner critic’s thumb Lindsay talks about what her inner critic looks like, how to fight the old wi…
From the Greek: monologos " speaking alone (mono=alone, logos=speech/word) What is a monologue? A speech presented by a single character. Uses the first person. Can be comedic or dramatic. M…
This is by far the silliest sign I have ever seen. What was the conversation that led to the decision to create a fine, make a sign and post it. How bad does the silly string situatio…
It’s Facebook Friday! What’s been happening over on our Facebook page this week? Lots! Our readers chime in on how to deal with Stage Fright. How do you hold auditions? The Au…
Episode 53:Â Acting Up: Interview with Playwright Clint Snyder Lindsay talks with new-to-Theatrefolk playwright Clint Synder, author of Lord of the Pies. We talk about the writing process,…
It Does Get Easier Do dialogue-let’s say-between a hobo and a high-class hooker, then between an ambulance chaser and a guy who sells scorecards at the ballpark-let’s say-about t…
Since yesterday’s podcast was a treaty on that age old question “How do I get published?” I thought I would do a follow up post. When you’re ready to seek publication…
Episode 52:Â Best Of This week we look back at an episode from the past year. “How do I get published” is the question that every writer asks and yet it’s the wrong quest…
Episode Fifty: Why All Playwrights Should Listen To Podcasts On our 50th episode Lindsay spreads the podcast love by sharing which theatre and writing podcasts she listens to and why all pla…
As part of the Playworks Program here at the International Thespian festival, students have the opportunity to audition and rehearse one of the plays being workshopped. The audition day was …
Craig forwarded me the link that inspired today’s exercise with a “this sounds like a Lindsay Price blog post.” And it does indeed. What you can see over here are pictur…
Writing by its nature is a solitary activity. Â Me and a notebook. Me thinking. Me solving problems. Having said that, theatre by its nature is a community activity. It takes a community t…
"I guess it came down to not letting other people decide what was right for me. Everyone's needs are unique. My happy is different from your happy." – Lisa Fischer Sometimes we get cau…
This exercise is the result of a complete accident in a recent workshop. It simply had to do with numbers. When I go into a class to workshop a play, I often break down a script into section…
