ABSTRACT

Playwrights in Rehearsal is an inside look at the writer's role in the creative process of bringing his or her words to life on stage. Susan Letzler Cole, granted rare access to some of the major playwrights of our time, recounts her participation in rehearsal with Arthur Miller, Sam Shepard, Tony Kushner and Suzan-Lori Parks, and others.

chapter 1|25 pages

Sam Shepard in Rehearsal

Curse of the Starving Class

chapter 2|26 pages

David Rabe in Rehearsal

A Question of Mercy

chapter 3|31 pages

Elizabeth Egloff in Rehearsal

The Devils

chapter 4|30 pages

Suzan-Lori Parks in Rehearsal

In the Blood and Topdog/Underdog

chapter 5|18 pages

Tony Kushner in Rehearsal

"It's an Undoing World" and Terminating . . .

chapter 6|33 pages

Arthur Miller in Rehearsal

The American Clock, The Last Yankee, and I Can't Remember Anything

chapter 7|20 pages

Maria Irene Fornes in Rehearsal

The Summer in Gossensass

chapter 8|26 pages

Jean-Claude van Itallie in Rehearsal

The Tibetan Book of the Dead