The Creative Independent asked me to answer a question about overcoming resistance to creative work.
Portraits of American Playwrights
Bronwen Sharp's photographs of US playwrights are on exhibition at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center through May 5.
The World Only Spins Forward
I was interviewed by Dan Kois and Isaac Butler for their oral history of Angels in America, The World Only Spins Forward. An excerpt:
Fifty Playwrights on their Craft
Fifty Playwrights on their Craft is now available on Kindle! Below is an excerpt from my interview with Caridad Svich.
Year in Review
My major project in 2017 was Against at the Almeida. Methuen published the play along with a new collection for which I wrote an introduction. In addition, I returned to EST after twenty years with my one-act Falling Away. Off the stage, I wrote about the challenges of writing in the Trump era for the New Statesman, and was interviewed for Fifty Playwrights on their Craft.
Now or Later in Rio de Janeiro
Now or Later has its Latin American premiere in Brazil in November.
Anselmo Vasconcellos and Felipe Cabral
Drama Book Shop event
I'll be reading, answering questions, and signing copies of Against and my new collection at 5pm October 10th at Drama Book Shop.
Against press
I did a Q&A with the Evening Standard and wrote for The Arts Desk on how Against came to be. On video, I spoke with the Almeida about my process on Against, and I did a podcast with Rob Icke where we have a wide-ranging discussion about my writing and the world. Finally, I wrote for the New Statesman about how I chose to respond to Donald Trump's election in the play.
Elliot Barnes-Worrell
Against tickets on sale
Tickets for my new play Against at the Almeida later this summer are now on sale.
Ben Whishaw
Other People at LAMDA
Here's a photo from a new production of my 2000 play Other People at LAMDA.
Max Loban and Eduard Buhac
Falling Away
My one-act Falling Away has opened as a part of EST's Marathon and runs through June.
Sara Bues and Charles Socarides
Plays: 2
UPDATE 7/27: The collection is now available for purchase!
My new collection of plays comes out this summer!
Against
My new play Against will premiere this summer at the Almeida, in a production directed by Ian Rickson and starring Ben Whishaw!
Year in Review
In 2016 I began work on new projects. I also gave a brief lecture on René Girard; wrote on the post-Trump theatre landscape; and did in-depth interviews with The Creative Independent and the Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance.