L. Nicol Cabe

I’ve been thinking for months about the Intiman’s crisis — from their major fundraising campaign to their downfall. Reactions ranged from a desperation to save the theatre — mainly because it was one of the few venues tentatively able to pay actors a “living wage” (if you think minimum is living) — to schadenfreude. Questions [...]

As a blogger, it would be remiss for me to not weigh in on bin Laden’s death. Blogs are about opinions, after all. Yes, this is a big victory politically for Obama. He started his campaign for president with a focus on bringing both sides of politics together, to try to start a dialogue. Republicans [...]

A saying has been floating around my head a lot lately — “Write what you know.” I wish I could remember who said this or where I first heard it, but the line has become one of those “They Say” aphorisms which lives in my brain. It’s true, I used to write fanfiction. That was [...]

It’s way off-topic, I know, but I have a blog so I may as well use it. I’ve sent this letter to my Senators by email, and I signed the petition to save Planned Parenthood. I’m trying to figure out how much I can donate to help them. In the meantime, here’s what I’ve written. [...]

About a year and a half ago, I began blues dancing. Like most people of my age and nerdiness, I had traumatic experiences in middle and high school that put me off ever exercising again, ever. I’d rather starve myself to be thin than join a gym and work for it. I took a yoga [...]

I lost NaPlWriMo this year. Perhaps “lost” is too strong a term, although if you complete all 75 pages you get to say you won, so … not sure what the opposite term would be. Frankly, I’m not surprised. I launched into it at the last minute, I didn’t have anything really prepared. I did [...]

As mentioned previously, I am not a playwright. But I have been doing this theatre thing for awhile now — professionally, about 5 years, but I started taking it seriously about 20 years ago (I was very young). Participating in NaPlWriMo has forced me to delve into an aspect of the craft that I haven’t [...]

10: 11 AM: sitting down to write. Don’t re-read what you’ve already written! That’s death! Ignore it. 10:15 AM: Am I writing too many stage directions? 10:16 AM: I’m getting too meta about this. 10:18 AM: God, I love this duo act I have set up. 10:19 AM: Oh! “Holy Smoke Baby” by the Cadillacs! [...]

I’m not a playwright, but I’m trying out this whole National Play Writing Month thing anyway. For those not familiar, it is similar to National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), in which participants must write 50,000 words — roughly 175 pages — by the end of November. With NaPlWriMo, participants must write a 75 page script. [...]

I’m half-way through my vacation in Chicago. I’m admittedly a little bit lonely, although I’ve been corresponding a lot with friends in Seattle. The loneliness had me a little down today. After a loooong train ride to the Smart Museum and back, and feeling more than a little tired, I checked my email and finally [...]