Orlando Shakes: What themes or ideas are you focusing on with this play? Meridith Friedman: Finding the good in goodbye. Setting your own terms for determining your ending. The title is about David’s realization that…
Orlando Shakes: What themes or ideas are you focusing on with this play? Robert Moulthrop: We’re all approaching death, every day, it’s just that the older one gets, the shorter the approach. I wanted to…
Orlando Shakes: What themes or ideas are you focusing on with this play? Mark Brown: I suppose it’s about the perception of truth and the motivation for why people lie. I’m also trying to capture…
Get to know Playwright Hilary Bettis and her process of developing her play 72 Miles To Go... Orlando Shakes: What themes or ideas are you focusing on with this play? Hilary Bettis: I wanted…
We talk to playwright Emily Dendinger about her writing process and her new play #GodHates You. Orlando Shakes: What themes or ideas are you focusing on with this play? Emily Dendinger: In this play,…
Get to know playwright Deborah Brevoort's inspiration behind My Lord, What a Night. Orlando Shakes: What themes or ideas are you focusing on with this play? Deborah Brevoort: I was raised in the NJ suburbs,…
Get to know playwright Steven Dietz and his new play The Great Beyond. Orlando Shakes: What themes or ideas are you focusing on with this play? Steven Dietz: You’ll never get me to talk about themes,…
A writer can be inspired by many things. Inspiration can strike in the form of personal experiences, favorite stories, history, and current events. This latest crop of new plays being featured at PlayFest involves several…
Set in the early 2000's, the emotional rollercoaster, The Luckiest People, features guitar covers to set the mood throughout the production. From the moment you walk into the lobby, you hear the acoustic tunes selected by…
Orlando Shakes spoke with actors Aléa Figueroa and Michael Edwards, who play Tania and Frank respectively in Native Gardens. Despite their characters’ blossoming feud, these two gardeners grow to understand each other. OST: Describe…