The coolest theatre ever

Thanks to a travel grant from the Canada Council for the Arts I was able to go to Denver and see a performance of my play Appliance. It was all a bit surreal - I spent more time in airports and on planes than seeing the actual show! But better that than not being to [...]

Bliss

Had my own little writers retreat last week. Allison Williams, writer of Hamlette and Mmmbeth, owns a lovely big old house with a fantastic theatre library. I spent three days there doing nothing but reading plays and writing. Then we had a reading at the end. She has this perfect writer’s chair: it sets the [...]

VTA Conference

Just back from a lovely weekend at the Virgina Theatre Association Conference. I was lucky enough to meet a cast of students doing my play Alice, another group who had done Emotional Baggage last year, and a group of my playwriting students. They were all so sweet!! It was great to be able to see [...]