L. Nicol Cabe

So I’m developing a solo show. This is very different for me. I don’t consider myself an actor, although I do consider myself a writer, director, dramaturg, critic, and other sorts of theatre artist as necessary. But I haven’t been onstage in 3 years or so, and I haven’t created my own material – outside [...]

After many years of waiting, I finally had the opportunity to see one of the 4 days of 14/48. Afterward, my theatre partner and I had an interesting discussion about time-based art, and what the benefits vs downsides are. He’s not in favor of it, generally, because it doesn’t allow space for the creative process. [...]

An antidote to the derp of the last post! Yay! First, and most importantly, there’s a new writer’s group forming at Seattle Rep. They are specifically Northwest playwrights, too. This is a very exciting development from a large theatre company, although they have a pretty toned-down expectation of the group. Participants in the group will [...]

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 [...]

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! [...]