What is happening here?!

If you've been watching this space (and I honestly feel bad if you have), you've probably been thinking, "Well, she usually takes a little break after the Marathon -- when everybody's feeling a little blogged-out -- but...what happened?" Or something like that.

Here's the deal: This blog, as it presently exists, is run on Blogger and has always operated separately from the BPT Web site. BPT's new(ish, now) Web site is built on the WordPress platform and soon -- very soon, we are told -- the site will include an integrated blog complete with the archive of everything you've seen here over the past (gulp) almost four years.

But it's taking some time.

This blog turns three!

Happy third birthday, Playwrights' Perspective! To celebrate, links to three of our (mine and yours, based on stats and other things) favorite posts: Here and here and here. 

Okay, I couldn't actually narrow it down to three. (Did you really think I could do that?) How about this one and this one? And this one. And this one here. This one makes me laugh. And this one is brilliant. This one is important to hear.

Enough. I'll stop this, but not before I thank you for your contributions here...and for giving us all so much to write about, think about, and remember. I can't wait to see what our fourth year holds!

Now we are two…and blogger is not a dirty word

In her Elliot Norton acceptance speech last spring, Kate graciously included me in her thank-yous as BPT’s blogger. After the ceremony, she asked if that bothered me. I think she wanted to know because I’m supposed to be a playwright. Did it bother me? The truth? No way. Because I am one. Right here, right now, with you. It’s unavoidable, really: I’m writing, you’re reading…and here we are on a blog. Sure, I came to BPT to learn more about being a playwright, but if I somehow managed to emerge both a playwright AND a blogger that is more than fine by me. (Although, for those of you at home who have blogging aspirations, a more direct -- and less expensive -- route is here. Or here. Just for the record.)

On Playwrights' Perspective's second birthday, here are some of the things I love about managing this blog:

Bloggy cheer

Where's Demonio?

As things begin to get holiday-quiet, it’s fun to check in on some of the other blogs on our blogroll (to the right) and see what folks are doing. What have people been posting about lately?

Emily Kaye Lazzaro shared a little of what’s on her cutting room floor. John Kuntz posted some gorgeous photos from the photo call from The Balcony, which he directed recently at The Boston Conservatory. John Greiner-Ferris just turned three (as a playwright), and reflects on his advancing age. And Colleen Hughes is celebrating the season with her roundup of Bad Santas.

And speaking of other blogs, don’t forget to watch the One-Minute Play Festival blog for posts from some familiar faces (including this one by Israel Horovitz and this one by Natalia Naman) and more about this exciting event...coming to Boston on Jan. 7, 8, and 9.

One!

BPT Friends Near and Far –

The first Playwrights’ Perspective post was one year ago today. Read it. It’s Jake waxing poetic about the promise of a new school year, and me (in the comments) being a smartass. In other words, not much has changed.

But since I’m forever interpreting our hits and misses by monitoring the blog’s statistics, what does a year look like in numbers? How about 188 (and this is number 189) posts about last season’s six BPT productions and the endeavors of its four staff and 38 alums (a number we need to grow, so keep us posted on all your doings, people) including reports of nine awards, three Off-Broadway productions, and one Broadway production. How’s that?