In my first memory of seeing a Shakespeare play live, the fairies from a A Midsummer Night’s Dream enter the stage to the dulcet tones of No Doubt’s “Hella Good” and begin to dance. I don’t know what I had been expecting when I sat down in the theater, but it certainly wasn’t that. Seeing very modern… Continue reading Shakespeare Online: Saving the First Folio
Well my pribbling fool-born minnows, today is a good day for sharpening the pointed ends of our tongues. Today is a good day for Shakespearean insults. But isn’t every day, really? Among Shakespeare’s talents was his ability to coin creative forms of abuse. Where would we be without his savagery? It is all too easy… Continue reading Shakespearean Insults for Fun and Profit
I talk a lot about poetry and traditional novels and novellas, but plays deserve some love too. With that in mind, I encourage any playwrights to check out Urban Stages Emerging Playwright Award. Urban Stages is nonprofit off-Broadway theater company that champions artists from diverse backgrounds. Submissions for this award are accepted on a rolling… Continue reading Publishing Contest: Emerging Playwright Award, $500 Prize
Kristen Twardowski 