
Playwright Spotlight features a new playwright every episode to discuss the tools of the trade and solutions to the obstacles we face as writers in hopes of making us all better and more successful playwrights.
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 134 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Performing ArtsArtsEducation | |||

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Greg Banks is a playwright, actor, and director.
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Keith Szarabajka is a playwright who on stage, in audio books, video games, film, radio and TV. Keith’s one act dark comedy, The Second Coming was produced at EST-LA's One Act Festival in 2018, and was subsequently made into a short... more
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Cameron Scott has worked with Broadway’s top producers to create brand campaigns for well over 100 productions including 17 Tony Award-winning Best Plays, Best Musicals, and Best Revivals. He has recently turned to writing plays of ... more
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Drew Larimore a Brooklyn-based playwright, screenwriter and librettist who’s been produced in the U.S. and internationally. His plays have been developed and presented with Asolo Repertory’s Unplugged New Works Festival, The Barrow ... more
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The guests provide so much important information and advice about playwriting that it feels as if I were taking a course instead of listening to a podcast.
Even when I find myself disagreeing with someone being interviewed, it gets me thinking and learning! Finally a podcast that isn’t all about the host’s personality! Good questions and great discussions.
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A show built around deep dives with a rotating roster of playwrights and theatre-makers, focusing on craft, process, and practical paths to getting work produced. Episodes mix hands-on guidance—dialogue, structure, scene-building, site-specific storytelling, and collaboration with directors and venues—with behind-the-scenes realities of running theatres, developing apps for writers, and navigating funding and production. A notable through-line is how guests adapt traditional playwriting skills to innovative formats (immersive, site-specific, multi-media) and how relationships with venues, companies, and collaborators shape opportunities for emerging writers. The format tends to surface candid career anecdotes, actionable tips for submission... more
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