Ass Hat instead of Fart Face
At my first 24 hour new play workshop, I was asked to write a 10 page play. I wrote 25 pages instead. I don't know how to cut things. My...
Favorite CTP Memory?
For the 24 hour experiment in Winter of 2013, I had the opportunity to work with Steve Norris as a writer. I was the Director, and Hanz...
Come.
Come, come, whoever you are, wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. This is not a caravan of despair. It doesn’t matter that you’ve...
Our Handshake
To me, CTP starts with a pair of scissors and clippers. For the past few years that I have done Chalkboard Theatre Project, I radically...
Goin' Rogue
I am what you would consider a veteran of the Chalkboard Theatre Project, participating in every Eastern University experiment from the...
Dr. Snorris' Thoughts
I groggily grab my phone to stop my alarm. It's 8 am, and the sun is pouring through the classroom windows. With 3 hours of sleep under...
Director's Thoughts
I’ve participated in two new play experiments, and I was a director both times. I also write and act—and am much more experienced with...
Dialogue is Difficult
I'd never written a play before. I'd barely written dialogue at all. When I write stories, I fill them with exposition and description —...
