2024-02-27 22:51
Making History as Playwrights
Telling the Story
History is written by the victors. So claimed Winston Churchill and, to a great extent this is true. The experience of Africans has… Read More
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A Blog by Blue Moon Plays about theatre, play productions and scripts for plays to be performed by and for schools, colleges, universities, community drama groups, church drama groups, senior theatre groups and professional theatres.
2024-02-26 20:54
Guest Blog by Terry Dwyer
When A Raisin in the Sun opened on March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry became the first Black female playwright to have her play performed on Broadway. The play w… Read More
2024-02-16 16:02
Original Review https://events.at/amp/theater-wien/n-theater-drachengasse-kritik/402777595
Translation of published review…
The Theater Drachengasse addresses racism in th… Read More
2023-11-07 16:26
People R Ready – The Musical
Takes the Stage
If there was a unified mindset that emerged from the pandemic’s long quarantine, it was that people were ready to resume their… Read More
2022-05-05 10:25
No child was ever born without pain–even if the mother was anesthetized by an epidural, general anesthesia, or a fifth of Glenlivet.
Theatre in 2022 and beyond will have to experi… Read More
2022-04-10 18:33
Hidden Stories of American Racial Intersection
History is more than recording the election of state leaders, a timeline of momentous battles, or the changing geography of civilizations… Read More
2022-01-03 23:55
William Helmuth Heyen is a famous American poet and editor. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1940 and grew up along with his three brothers in Nesconset, Suffolk County, New York.
Ab… Read More
2021-10-14 23:36
Patti Wray’s first encounter with the story of Nat Turner was in 1968. At the age of 16, she was attending a (white) Turner family reunion in South Hampton County — which she was… Read More
2021-08-14 18:32
Conversation is Food For the Soul
Building an audience requires more than spectacular promotions or finding the right mix of plays for your season. In spite of the terror that the phrase… Read More
2021-08-04 23:18
Theatre; Just Because dinner theatre presented in partnership with and in support of Waypoints, directed by Michelle Thorne. The fundraiser in Fort McMurr… Read More
2021-07-01 21:08
There is nothing more exciting than sitting in the audience amid the laughter and tears of people experiencing the same emotion at the same time. Zoom has helped us get through the lack of t… Read More
2021-04-17 07:53
The main difference between a bed and breakfast and a hotel is that the owners of a B&B see their patrons as guests, while hotels may see their patrons as customers.
To increase the… Read More
2021-04-01 10:12
Taking part in drama groups can help with feelings of depression. Theatre provides an environment to engage with others on a one-on-one basis and can be a practical way to address serious is… Read More
2021-03-07 10:24
“To God be the glory” is what we often say and truly, all creations belong to Him. Drama has a way of embodying the stories in the Bible in the most creative of ways. We need to… Read More
2021-01-31 15:00
Poetry is a powerful way to connect with senior citizens and the elderly. With a strong emotional factor, poems can trigger long-forgotten memories, inspire and entrtain the elderly if they… Read More
2020-11-25 13:10
Tips for Production
One-man shows or monodramas are a natural for livestreaming and virtual theater.
That doesn’t mean that you can sign onto Zoom or GoogleMeet and relax. Theat… Read More
2020-11-24 14:58
The Yellow Brick Road now apparently leads to Kansas. And the wizard can be found in Phillips County
In the summer of 2020, in the midst of a pandemic and an atmosphere of caution and… Read More
2020-10-29 16:29
A fun fairy tale one-act musical play for 7 females, Royal Tea by Cyndi Dlugolecki came 4th Place in the GISA Region Competition for one-acts. It was performed by the one-act team from Tifta… Read More
2020-08-05 15:48
Simon Cowell in tears as Brandon Leake Makes AGT History With Powerful Poetry
Well the cat is out of the bag. Spoken Word Poetry makes great theatre.
Here at Blue Moon Plays we’… Read More
2020-08-04 18:15
WELCOME TO THE FUTURE
“Looking back on things, the view always improves” Pogo Comic Strip
In keeping with the pandemic restrictions of COVID-19, the Virginia Stage Company… Read More
2020-07-29 20:16
We’re delighted to be introducing readers to this latest Imprint, Unicorn Bay Press.
Unicorn Bay Press presents a distinct line of innovative spoken word and poetry reading experi… Read More
2020-06-17 14:43
The Pandemic and The Resurrection
The one-person play, ranging
from one-act to full-length, has a distinguished history, in theatre. It is one
of the most cost-effective forms of theatre… Read More
2020-05-27 22:19
By Julie Danao-Salkin Blue Moon Plays Guest Blog
In a generation where short attention spans are easily distracted by the instant gratification of technology or by the next best social… Read More
2020-02-03 17:01
Color-blind casting has helped
diversify roles for actors. In terms of diversifying the world of the stage,
though, not so much.
To make the world on stage reflect a
more diverse audience… Read More
2020-02-03 17:01
Theater in Transition
Color-blind casting has helped
diversify roles for actors. In terms of diversifying the world of the stage,
though, not so much.
To make the world on stage reflec… Read More
2019-12-19 21:42
Just recently, two of Virginia’s most noted poets, Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda and Robert P. Arthur have combined talents to produce a work for the stage, River Country.
Kreiter-Foronda… Read More
2019-12-19 21:21
Poetic drama or verse drama has successfully reared its head along the way: Under Milkwood by Dylan Thomas who understood theatricality and resonance and dramatic cadence, for example. I onc… Read More
2019-12-19 21:16
Setting the stage for a growing trend in the 21st Century,
Verse plays make a comeback as theatre directors discover new audiences.
Back in the day, at the beginning of Western dra… Read More
2019-12-05 10:43
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2019-06-08 11:04
by P.A. Wray
January 4, 2014, is a day some theatre folks I know say they will never forget. I’m one. As a writer for the stage, as a southern white woman, as the author of the one… Read More
2019-05-22 16:54
Theatre vs. Theater
The spelling of the word theater/theatre is one of the most oddly contested issues in the world of drama. For some curious reason, diehards cling to one variation… Read More
2019-04-10 21:36
A new survey, by The Chronicle of Higher Education, surveyed nearly 1000 faculty members whose workload includes writing grants, running labs, and serving on the vital committees that mainta… Read More
2019-03-11 14:15
Want to celebrate a season but didn’t find the right play and now it’s too late for auditions and a month’s rehearsals?Found a play you’d love to do but don’t k… Read More
2019-01-15 10:26
An Experiment in Staged Readings of Plays
A couple of years ago, the Virginia Playwrights Forum (VPF) in conjunction with the American Theatre in Hampton, VA, had begun a staged readi… Read More
2018-10-25 21:26
Who Was Nat Turner?
History tells us on August 22, 1831, a Virginia Southampton County slave named Nat Turner led a rebellion of his peers on a rampage that killed 55 of their white neighb… Read More
2018-10-17 16:43
Theater for Seniors
With mirth and laughter, let old wrinkles come.William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
For many years, I had a mental cut-off point–the age at which I though… Read More
2018-10-13 14:47
The Beginning:
I started writing Refraction of Light more years ago than I would like to admit. It started out as a one-act called Nightside, which still exists. It takes place in 1975 in t… Read More
2018-10-09 01:10
Does your school or college Christmas Play have Royal Characters like a Queen, a Princess or a Duchess?
Learning to play a Queen, Princess or Duchess for a school play can be quite a ch… Read More
2018-09-14 00:48
School shootings, mass violence, and guns have become commonplace in our society. The “stranger danger” mantra of the last decade no longer applies.
Looking over our shoulders is… Read More
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