My blog about the process of bringing my first full-length production to the stage.
“Banshee” will have its world premiere with the Reading Theater Project on May 1, 2026 and run two weekends at the WCR Center for the Arts in Reading, Pa.
- The language of culture, or why “Banshee” mixes English with Irish
My reasoning had nothing to do with tormenting actors. Really. - Fact, fiction and drama: Letting the arts show the way to the truth
Reality is just as important to the worlds we make up as the one we live in. - How poetry and music informed “Banshee”
Fixing the songs was the last piece of the revision puzzle. - How a stage direction in rehearsal forced a rewrite of ‘Banshee’
As “Banshee” moves closer to production, I am forced to make one minor change: The location of the story. - Must AI invade the theater space, too?
The harmful technology is everywhere. Theater should be a refuge from the encroachment of AI. - February is a month of quantity, not quality
I just finished writing 28 plays over the course of last month, so I’m a little spent, creatively. To be specific: I wrote six monologues, six 10-minute plays, 12 1-minute plays and four plays that range from 2 to 5 minutes. If you were expecting “Hamlet,” either in length or quality, I am sorry. I… Read more: February is a month of quantity, not quality - The annoying art of revision
Art is never finished, but deadlines still matter. “Banshee” goes through more changes before rehearsals start. - Upheaval is a tale as old as timeWhy I set “Banshee” in the tumultuous era of the late 1700s.
- What Yeats taught me about the banshee
The Irish mythological creature has a deep and rich history.
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