Award-winning writers might be stereotyped as shrouding their creative process in secrecy, but eight University undergraduates got to pierce the veil of mystery this semester, observing and learning ...

Sick of hearing that Shakespeare wrote his best work during the plague? While you may have found yourself with more time to write, if what you're searching for is motivation and instruction, start by ...

After graduating from Northland High School in 1987, Jeremy Sony attended the University of Notre Dame with a goal of becoming a mechanical engineer. The following year, on a panel of students ...

Scant pay and no health insurance, not to mention writer's block and the constant search for an audience -- all just part of the real-life drama for a playwright trying to make it in America today.

For serious playwrights seeking a craft-based program combined with the benefits of working without distraction, Artistic New Directions (AND) offers a five-day intensive program this summer, at the ...

Oscar Cabrera, Alisha Espinosa, Latinx Playwrights Circle (LPC) and Primary Stages have announced that the playwrights selected for this year's Intensive Mentorship are Julissa Contreras, Daniela ...

CHICAGO When the playwright Tracy Letts handed over his “August: Osage County” for production in 2007, the board of the Steppenwolf Theater Company here agreed to forgo a balanced budget to finance ...

Eugenie Chan will teach a 10-week class, Crack That Whip from February 21 - May 1, 2012 at PF's New Play Institute. Crack that Whip with Eugenie Chan is a 10-week course that will take students ...