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I thought I fell in love for the first time in the third grade with a boy named [redacted]. He used to sing the boy parts in Phantom of the Opera, and I got to be his Christine. His family went hunting in Africa and we played hide-and-seek in a room full of stuffed exotic ( Read more... )

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i. You’re so money, and you don’t even know it. Vegas was totally kick-ass. My reservations were stupid and unfounded and born of stress and lack of sleep and were put at bay the minute I stepped off the plane and into that big, glittering sand box. I made some wonderful new ( Read more... )

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Here’s a bizarre secret: I wish I weren’t going on Vacation tonight. I wish I weren’t going on vacation and I wish I also didn’t have to stay home, these two contradictory wishes weighing equally in my brain. I hate that feeling, the feeling of wanting to be nowhere at all. I ( Read more... )

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Note: There is no connection between title and content. I just fell, today, in the snow. And, incidentally, down the stairs.

So, I finished a draft of my new play Rest In Peace, Jonah Dwyer - it’s a royal mess, but I think it has a ton of potential to be a really fun, touching ( Read more... )

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I’m in this class at Columbia called “Visiting Playwrights”, which is precisely what it sounds like… the class is specifically geared toward the theme of making a living as a writer. Here is a brief collection of some of the notes I’ve taken from some of our guests.

Adam Rapp ( ( Read more... )

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i. Psychomachia - totally awesome! It was so exciting to watch such a profoundly talented cast work on my script.  I got a lot of really wonderful, inspiring (and flattering) feedback on it (”Wait, you’re how old?” being among my favorite.) It was such an honor to work with ( Read more... )

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This has been one shit-kicker of a week. I have had several 13-hour-days this week, and I’m just about worn out. But I felt like being creative, even though my brain couldn’t process words. So I made a little logo/poster type… thing… for one of my plays. I think it turned out ( Read more... )

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i. First thing’s first:

PSYCHOMACHIA
a new play by JENNIFER LANE
directed by ROBIN A. PATERSON

Friday Feb. 20th 3pm & 8pm
Saturday Feb. 21st 8pm
THEATRE 54 @ Shetler Studios
244 West 54th Street, 12th floor

The cast features:
ASHLIE ATKINSON (Inside Man, Fat Pig)
CHRISTIAN ( Read more... )

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Oh my, where have I been?

i. Well, first thing’s first - I have launched a new web site that is going to take over some of the roles that this site previously served. Because I am a student, though, you’ll have to forgive me if everything is not immediately transferred over.


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So, January 11 was my 25th Birthday, and also the day a sizable number of Broadway shows brought down their final curtains. To begin, I will share with you that I went to see The New York Philharmonic with my boyfriend for a lovely, symphonic evening (all right, half of it was ( Read more... )