Sewanee Writes

12/14/2023

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a45830148/black-storytellers-remaking-american-theater-interview-2023/?fbclid=IwAR3Pv3pQa5EcS16QLsq6EUbVpQyWMkpZQtgPaR9gi3odoOwuFDJBMrbX5j4

How a community—and a legacy—of Black playwrights, performers, choreographers, and producers has transformed what we get to see on stage.

01/26/2023

Check out this interview with playwright and TV writer Eric Loo. Students in Playwriting with Professor Wilder last fall might remember Eric’s Zoom visit. Eric is currently teaching screenwriting at UCSD. https://www.americantheatre.org/2023/01/25/the-subtext-eric-reyes-loo-is-earnest-and-eager/?fbclid=IwAR0apF1uqanXMV45FeMqW28cXngnAgAiHdqcB0aqGrE4r_JsZtwhTxgoo7s&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

This month Brian talks to playwright and screenwriter Eric Reyes Loo about his educational and familial journeys, and the elusive definition of success.

01/18/2023

Sometimes even shows that are poised for success close earlier than expected. Check out this lovey essay on the how we mourn those losses. https://www.playbill.com/article/so-youve-been-told-your-show-is-closing?fbclid=IwAR3PY75_MNvhFAKBvPG3a6NYVd5_up4I1TPvZL6gJVizA0gxQVcTS3mgxGg&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Almost Famous ' Anika Larsen on how to navigate grief and how to pick yourself back up again.

12/22/2022

Check out this great piece on playwright Lloyd Suh. Suh's play, The Chinese Lady, was the most produced play of the theatre season. He was kind enough to talk to students in Professor Wilder's Representative Stages class in the fall of 2021.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/theater/lloyd-suh-far-country-asian-american.html?fbclid=IwAR2esfV80KHIwtWb3--UKb9eQqpQJokYOSCALSywTtF5QgCW0FSw-jWx9yQ

The playwright of “The Far Country” is using a contemporary lens to show “the way in which memory becomes hereditary.”

12/01/2022

In honor of World AIDS Day, here's Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller singing "My Brother Lived in San Francisco" from Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens.

An online revival of the celebrated series of songs and monologues Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, starring a bevy of Broadway, television and f...

11/22/2022

Do you want to read more plays? This is an excellent opportunity to read plays selected by some of the country's most exciting playwrights. Just in time for the holidays!

The subscription box includes 28 play scripts delivered throughout 2023.

11/02/2022

https://playbill.com/article/14-shows-that-merged-science-fiction-with-musical-theatre

10/25/2022

https://www.onstageblog.com/columns/2021/6/16/10-plays-and-musicals-for-fantasysci-fi-geeks

10/24/2022

It's Musical Monday! Today we're stepping back to 1992 for a clip from the Broadway show FALSETTOS.

The cast of Falsettos performs a medley of "Falsettoland/My Father's A Homo/The Ball Game" at the 46th Annual Tony Awards.

10/20/2022

Check out playwright and Sewanee grad, Cameron Noel.

In Their Own Words story of Sewanee alumnus Cameron Noel, C’24. Cameron was a Sewanee theatre major and dance minor and is now an MFA student in playwriting.

10/20/2022

https://industrialscripts.com/playwriting/

Both playwrights and screenwriters practice the art of dramatic writing with the same goal in mind. To tell a compelling story that leaves a lasting