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Grimace Boyer

This page is dedicated to helping the world's playwrights, from beginning amateur to seasoned veteran,learn how to more effectively write, edit, rewrite, market, and produce their plays.

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The Show Must Go On

American theatre will continue, but in what form?

17 Surefire Ways To Get Your Script Rejected

Linda Eisenstein has come up with some great ways to hurt yourself on the market.

Living Legends

Chapter 1 of a 5 part series introducing the 25 greatest living American (mostly) playwrights of our times.

A Brief Tony Awards Diatribe

The farce that was the 2001 Tony Awards.

Dramatic Pause

10 plays you should read this summer.


A Word On Behalf of Composers

The woes that are the musical theatre of the new millennium, and who's to blame.

The Forests Behind The Night of the Iguana

A look at Tennessee Williams' evolution of themes from a Norwegian writer in 1962. Very compelling and very thought-provoking.

Static vs. Dynamic Art

A recent conversation has brought to my attention the need for a distinction between "static" and "dynamic" arts. Here are the differences.

Well-Pitched Battles

Every scene onstage is a stage combat scene, and every playwright a fight choreographer.

How Not To Cast Your Own Play

A look at some of the common pitfalls playwrights experience when casting their own plays.

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