Happy Thanksgiving!

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Illegitimi non carborundum

The dust-up regarding this year’s Wasserstein Prize is over – at least for now – but I wanted to share these links, to create a record of the situation for us here. I admit I was a bit behind on this controversy myself.  All of these blog posts are well worth reading:

Recap from The New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog

Reaction from Boston-based playwright Kirsten Greenidge and a follow-up

NYC playwright Callie Kimball on the NPR blog

It seems appropriate, during this week when we pause to reflect on our various gifts over turkey and stuffing, to say that among the many things for which I am grateful as a playwright are colleagues such as Kirsten and Callie – and so many more – who do not shy away from taking a stand in the face of unfairness (and, in this case, absurdity). Those a bit more removed from the front lines (like me) because of other jobs, family obligations, etc., are certainly thankful for it.

[As for my own opinion, I have a one-word response to the notion that not a single play written by a woman under the age of 32 this year was deserving of such an award; however, in the interest of maintaining the family tone here, I won’t actually type the word. Instead, I will just say this: Two syllables, rhymes with “nitwit,” and begins with the letter ‘B’.]

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, everyone.

Giving thanks

For the past four years Boston Playwrights’ Theatre has hosted a holiday thank you party for the year’s donors. Each year we ask our alumni and friends to participate in the nights festivities…here are few highlights:

John Kuntz’s interpretive dance with Dossy Peabody and Kippy Goldfarb—I’ve never seen a man move women that way.

A choir of children singing Christmas songs and Jake’s indignation that they ate all our cheese.

Dan Hunter’s loving tenderness on the guitar—that man can rock a hat like nobody can.

And of course, there’s the free wine bar.

Coming up on this year’s holiday party I’m reminded how thankful I am to work in such a wonderful, unique and utterly bizarre environment.

Happy Thanksgiving!