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The Magrath Sisters from Hazelhurst, MS
“Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people that can swing really, really, really sad and horrible and terrible and really, really, really beautiful and funny.” -Beth Henley We have just begun rehearsals this week for Beth Henley’s wonderful Crimes of the Heart, directed by Maureen Costello. I […]
Young Actors at Play
“In the United States, our greatest single source of wealth is the minds and talent of our young people. Not to use it is stupid – to waste it is a crime.” –Isaac Stern Our Playhouse School has been in existence for almost three years, yes, that makes us toddlers, I suppose. But we are […]
From “Raisin” to “Clybourne”
“…Or is it maybe that racism, per se, isn’t really the problem. Maybe it’s the denial of it. Maybe it’s our unwillingness to admit that we all once belonged to a tribe of greedy, violent apes contending over territory with other apes, and that we’re still figuring out what to do with that legacy, as […]
Into The Woods
“You Have To Every Now And Then.” – Stephen Sondheim “The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: all manner of beasts and birds are found there; shoreless seas and stars uncounted; beauty that is an enchantment, and an ever-present peril; both joy and sorrow as sharp as […]
Into the New Year at the Playhouse
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. – T.S. Eliot 1944 Last month, in the midst of preparing to welcome our audience at the opening night of Holiday Memories, I was visited by an image of […]
Capote Comes Home For The Holidays
“Past certain ages or certain wisdoms it is very difficult to look with wonder; it is best done when one is a child; after that, and if you are lucky, you will find a bridge of childhood and walk across it.” — Truman Capote, “To Europe;” 1948 Whether Tom Wolfe was right about going home […]
Helping Hands That Help Create
“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” – Woodrow Wilson During the weeks […]
“Dark” Designs at the Cloverdale Playhouse
“Truth in the theatre, as the masters of the theatre have always known, stands above and beyond mere accuracy to fact. In the theatre the actual thing is never the exciting thing. Unless life is turned into art on the stage it stops being alive and goes dead.” -Robert Edmond Jones Wait Until Dark, by Frederick Knott, […]
Talking about Writing: The Playhouse Page to Stage Series Premiere
“If he had one wish, it would be to spend 18 hours a day writing for the next 100,000 years. If that were granted, he might scratch the surface of all the things he wants to write.” -Evan Guilford-Blake Sometime last fall, I believe it was, we were chatting at the Playhouse about a new […]
Summertime: New Plays and Fresh Voices
“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.” — August Wilson Isn’t this supposed to be the time of year when you get a […]
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