Rosemarie Tichler and Barry Jay Kaplan take us behind the scenes in conversations with thirteen of today’s most distinguished playwrights, including Tony Kushner, John Guare, Wallace Shawn, Suzan-Lori Parks, David Henry Hwang, and Sarah Ruhl. Talking with each of the playwrights where the work happens - the playwright’s home, a dark theater, a coffee shop - Tichler and Kaplan follow their curiosity through a wide range of topics, from the playwrights’ earliest memories of the theater to how they found their unique voices, and from their working relationships with directors, actors, and designers to their involvement in the purely commercial aspects of their profession. Taken together, these conversations constitute a collectively taught master class in the art and craft of writing for the stage.
