They Aren’t All Stoppard
I was taught early on that there is no theater like NYC theater. And also that there is no glitz like NYC glitz, no corned [...]
Magical Musicals
Two musicals stand out in memory, as much for their impact as for the shows themselves.
The Sisters Remember
(Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you [...]
Kitchen Musical Theater
I guess I ended up with the wrong set of genes for my theatrical fantasies, but I’m really enjoying watching my granddaughter [...]
Over the Rainbow
Like so many very shy youngsters, I was drawn to the theater at a young age as a way to hide myself by exploring other [...]
On the Aisle
The Play That Goes Wrong – sidesplitting. As a girl I dreamt of a life on the stage, I acted in neighborhood and [...]
It Doesn’t Have a Name Yet
We wore multiple hats because we had to, but we also thought we could do anything and no one was there to tell us we couldn’t.
The Great Pretender
Inspired by John Zussman's republishing his story from the 2017 prompt "Let's Put On a Show."
Periodo Especial
Doing original theater is very different from dredging up the old chestnuts. Sometimes there’s nothing you can do but laugh.
New Stories on Old Prompts
A story of laughter (not) and forgetting (much)
It’s so humiliating
When you are wanting to enact your role as part of a “recently married couple”
And instead, you find [...]
Prompted By Trauma
March 25, 2023
Past Stories You May Have Missed
Triumph Over My Arch Nemeses
I was never really satisfied, but basically gave up on achieving the ideal arch I'd been searching for most of my life. I [...]
Prompted By Hair
June 23, 2018
Baby Girl
Baby Girl Downstairs in the open loft apartment, I hear above me my daughter and her husband and my new grandbaby having one [...]
Prompted By Grandparents & Grandchildren
December 10, 2018
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