A Virtual #SWANDay2020 in LA

So, we’re doing this! For the organization that I run, LA Female Playwrights Initiative, one of the highlights of the year is our SWAN Day Los Angeles Celebration. (That’s Support Women Artists Day, for those of you who are shamefully behind this particular femme curve!) We love any chance to…

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Seedlings Playreadings Back on Their Feet in 2019

How fun to be playing up in Topanga again, with fabulous playwrights and works we received through Botanicum Seedlings‘ open submission process last fall! Seedlings took a year off from public readings in 2018, and it was such a pleasure to be back, supporting two new plays as part of…

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Diving “Into the Gobpile”

I realize that, as I’m writing this, half of this year is over. Right. How did that happen? I feel like I’ve been crazier and busier than ever. Like it’s all coming out of nowhere and then I sit down and think about what’s been going on, and I say,…

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Getting Cozy in Blank’s Living Room Series

Since last fall, I’ve been working with the #newplay-loving group at The Blank Theatre as a member of the Living Room Series “Artistic Committee.” Very fancy.  Plays are read. Playwrights are championed. Wine is consumed. It’s been a terrific experience which connects a lot of the stuff I already do…

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