James Elden's Playwright's Spotlight

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Writing Beauty for the Stage, FindingYour Sandbox, and Letting Actors Dance - Playwright's Spotlight with Joy Gregory

2026-10-2701:02:51

Send us Fan Mail Joy Gregory is a Peabody Award winner and three-time Humanitas nominee. She is a founding ensemble member of the Lookingglass Theatre Company Her first play, All Souls Day, was produced with Lookingglass in 1992, followed by dreaming lucia in 1994. She wrote the book and lyrics for the musical The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World, produced with Lookingglass in 2004 and later off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, where it was nominated for a 2011 Drama Critics’ Circle Award and...

Symbolic Commentary, Unexpected Humor, and Executing Stage Directions - Playwright's Spotlight with Jesi Bender

2026-10-2046:09

Send us Fan Mail Jesi Bender is playwright, novelist, and poet from Upstate New York. She is the author of the novels Child of Light and The Book of the Last Word, and the poetry collection Dangerous Women. Her plays include Kinderkrankenhaus and Crux which recently played at The Tank in New York City. Support the show

Honesty, Loyalty, and Writing What You're Afraid Of - Playwright's Spotlight with Robin Gerber

2026-10-1401:00:38

Send us Fan Mail Robin Gerber is a playwright and best selling author. Her first play, The Shot, was selected for the 2017 Ojai Playwright’s Conference and is currently being produced around the country starring Sharon Lawrence. She served as committee staff in the House of Representatives and as a lobbyist and political director for two major international unions. For tickets to the West Coast Premiere of her play The Best Medicine running October 10th through November 15th at The Od...

Audience Focus, The Room We Are In, and Big Maps and Little Maps - Playwright's Spotlight with Ben Steinfeld

2026-10-0601:05:22

Send us Fan Mail Ben Steinfeld is a playwright, director, teacher, musician, and co-artistic director of Fiasco Theater. He wrote the family musical Twelve Kinds of Ice (book/music/lyrics) and the book for the new musical Diamond Alice and holds awards from L.A. Drama Critics’ Circle, Helen Hayes, and Lucille Lortel. He has an MFA from Brown/Trinity Rep and is a professor at Brown, NYU, and Middlebury College’s Brea and Loaf School of English, where he serves as director of the theatre progra...

Taking the Leap, Achieving Audience Expectations, and Non-Traditional Spaces - Playwright's Spotlight with Kristine Dickson and Kevin Allen Jackson

2026-09-2201:40:11

Send us Fan Mail Kevin Allen Jackson and Kristine Dickson are a playwright and producing power couple. Their immersive, audience-interactive murder-mystery play A Killer Night in Studio City opened September 15th and runs through October 31st at Vitello’s Restaurant in Studio City with Dinner, Drinks, and Deadly Secrets. For tickets to A Killer Night in Studio City, September 15 through October 31st, at Vitello's restaurant in Studio City, visit - https://www.akillernightlive.com/studiocity S...

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