"The Women   I didn't see any Shakespeare on your list: Twelfth Night (great women's roles) A Mid Summer Nights Dream Much Ado About Nothing   Also might look at Maxwell Anderson - challenging but the language is excellent"

"Most of my plays have outlines but that doesn't mean they are written in a linear fashion. In the one I am just finishing up I had dialogue for different scenes popping into my head at different times so I wrote the scene that was…"

"Actors can be important to a director's class but are directors important to an actor's class? Acting class was about actors exploring the pieces and processes on their own. Most of our work was done outside of class where we…"

"This is why Stage Managers exist. All such contact should be referred to them. Not the Director. The Stage Manager will bring it to the attention of the Director is warrented but otherwise the "Producer" should give their…"

"I asked a friend of mine who put together the first one they used for the opera at the Dorothy Chandler and he seconds the PowerPoint idea."

"The problem with the gag is that the person on the floor is in as great a danger as the person doing the falling. If the person falling does it wrong they could fall ON the person instead of over them. Falling forward makes for a stiff…"

"E-cigarettes don't "burn" or "smoke". It's one of the selling points. A friend of mine uses one. The only effect you get is the "smoke" during the exhale (it's water vapor). Clove cigarettes should not…"

"I know this subject is dead but I just wanted to post this for the edification of those interested: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/61/fiasco Act One - Opening Night - Writer Jack Hitt tells the story of a small town…"