Writer's Block: The Solution to Good Ideas | Megan Cohen, Playwright by Tim

Writer's Block: The Solution to Good Ideas Megan Cohen being awesome: Good ideas are polite. They fit well into the world of the project or product, have predictable word counts, are tota…

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Theresa Rebeck on Theater's Populist Roots by Tim

Theresa Rebeck on Theater's Populist Roots I like going to the theater the way other people like going to football games. I like the energy of a house full of people chattering with anticipa…

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Second Wind Theatre: Writing in Elliptical Motion by Tim

Writing in Elliptical Motion Ian Walker on writing compelling dialogue and choosing “moments in time with real stakes behind them”: Compelling dialogue rarely progresses in a log…

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Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: Why publishers should give away ebooks by Tim

Why publishers should give away ebooks (by Nicholas Carr on Rough Type)

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Burning Down DC | Gwydion Suilebhan by Tim

Burning Down DC (by Gwydion Suilebhan on his blog)

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Burning Down A House by Tim

Burning Down A House (by Polly Carl on HowlRound)

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Writing is Actually Doing Something by Tim

Writing is Actually Doing Something (by Megan Cohen on her blog)

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A Brief Request To Theatermakers by Tim

A Brief Request To Theatermakers From Isaac Butler: I can’t remember a 100 minute show that I thought wouldn’t've been better at 90 or even 80 minutes in length, nor can I recall…

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Blog | Megan Cohen, Playwright by Tim

Blog | Megan Cohen, Playwright This is good news: I, Megan Cohen, playwright, friend to the meek, and transmedia cultural juggernaut, now begin this blog.

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Is the three-act dead? by Tim

Is the three-act dead? By Karen McKevitt on the Berkeley Rep Blog: At a company meeting this fall, Artistic Director Tony Taccone declared, "Artists are moving away from the three-act struct…

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Sell the Story First by Tim

Sell the Story First (by Rebecca Bromels on My Extra Hour)

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Fragmentary: Writing in a Digital Age by Tim

Fragmentary: Writing in a Digital Age (by Guy Patrick Cunningham on The Millions)

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Let's Get Vertical (Vertical) by Tim

Let’s Get Vertical (Vertical) On 2AMt, Travis Bedard spins a story of a theater system where fringe festivals do the raw research, indie theaters do the development, large local theate…

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Can Women Write Good Plays? by Tim

Can Women Write Good Plays? (by Laura Axelrod on 2AMt)

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Rajiv Joseph's 'The North Pool' Wins Glickman Award for Best New Play to Premiere in the Bay Area in 2011 → by Tim

Rajiv Joseph's ‘The North Pool’ Wins Glickman Award for Best New Play to Premiere in the Bay Area in 2011 → Playwright Rajiv Joseph has won the prestigious Will Glickman A…

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The future of theater in a digital age by Tim

The future of theater in a digital age (by Craig Lambert on Harvard Magazine)

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The David Dower Friday Phone Call " Peter Sinn Nachtrieb by Tim

The David Dower Friday Phone Call " Peter Sinn Nachtrieb (by David Dower on HowlRound)

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In Search of the Artistic Home by Tim

In Search of the Artistic Home (by Aditi Kapil on HowlRound)

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Interesting Arts Marketing Program by Tim

I don’t often delve into the theater marketing discussion. Partially because others do it better, and partially because I hate the phrase “butts in seats,” which you’…

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Reflecting on San Francisco Theater by Tim

HowlRound has kicked off their City Series — exploring theater scenes in cities around the country — with San Francisco. You can read articles and blog posts from: Deborah Cullin…

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Woolly Mammoth's theater Tweet Up causes drama with playwright by Tim

Woolly Mammoth's theater Tweet Up causes drama with playwright (by Jessica Goldstein on The Washington Post)

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The Whiteness of the Black Box by Tim

The Whiteness of the Black Box (by Julian Mesri on julianmesri.com)

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All the World's a Stage, Even a Motel, a Mint or a Bus → by Tim

All the World's a Stage, Even a Motel, a Mint or a Bus → The New York Times takes a look at Mugwumpin’s show Future Power Motive at the Old Mint, plus other shows in unconventio…

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PlayGround Launches Film Fest by Tim

Of particular interest to PlayGround alums: PlayGround announced today the launch of its most innovative program for Bay Area writers yet "- the inaugural PlayGround Film Fes…

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Z Space Welcomes New Executive Director Lori Laqua → by Tim

Z Space Welcomes New Executive Director Lori Laqua → Z Space's Board of Directors and Executive Artistic Director Lisa Steindler are pleased to announce the appointment of Lori Laqua …

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