Category Faculty Blog
The 50 Best Plays of The Past 100 Years, According to Entertainment Weekly
The 50 Best Plays of The Past 100 Years, According to Entertainment Weekly Entertainment Weekly has come out with the “50 Best Plays of the Past 100 Years.” (Entertainment Weekly?) What do you think of this list? How many have you read?
Damn the Writers
Damn the Writers In this Huffington Post piece, writer Owen Egerton beautifully lays out the life of the writer in our world. A prayer for the writer…
The Riotous History of Playboy of the Western World
The Riotous History of Playboy of the Western World This article from The Guardian gives a great account of the production history of Synge’s play.
Home is Where the Sheep Are
I’m not a farmer. I’m a city girl born in Brooklyn, NY and never more at home than in the middle of Manhattan. My roots are the northeast of the US, my family story that of many Americans in our nation of immigrants. I am of hot city streets, car horns, tall buildings and the […]
My Only Nightmare
My recurring nightmare started when I was five and was frequent, less so as I got older. But it took a long time to leave me – as long as it took for me to grow up. The dream was never exactly identical but the outcome always the same. I am about 5 or 6 […]
This is Where I Came In
Back in Armagh almost exactly 11 months to the day when I left it and I have strange feelings of having made a shift in time and space. Part of me never left or time has just not moved on since I was last here – I’m not sure whch. The sweet smell in the […]
Planning is Underway
The staff is actively planning our month-long stay in Armagh Northern Ireland during the month of July 2013. New additions this year include overnight stays in Belfast and Dublin, where students will meet and study with local writers as well as have time visit these two very different cities. You can find information about our […]
