Episode 15 - Risky Venues with Michael Wright

Actor-Director-Playwright Michael Wright and I explore risky venues as well as finding your creative voice. We talk about taking a chance with your writing and staging your original work to draw an audience into your world. University of Tulsa professor Michael Wright is a theatre director, actor, teacher, and playwright. Michael’s theatrical work plays with form, audience interaction, and uncommon theatrical venues. He is the author of Playwriting in Process, Playwriting Master Class, and Sensory Writing for Stage and Screen. Michael received awards for his work as a teacher of playwriting from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education and the Kennedy Center. During the podcast, you’ll hear us mention the Tulsa Artists' Coalition Gallery and Playwright David Blakely, the playwright in residence for Tulsa’s Heller Theatre who’ll be featured in a later interview. We also talked about Sam Shepherd and his play True West. Michael mentioned the WomenWorks program for female playwrights in graduate school but there are no links as that is a by-nomination program. If you are a women in grad school, talk to your playwriting professor about the University of Tulsa's playwriting competition, WomenWorks. Be sure to listen until the end of the interview for Concise Advice from the Interview, and Words of Wisdom from George. SallyPAL can now be found on Acast, Blubrry, GooglePlay, iTunes, Overcast, PlayerFM, Pocketcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, and, of course, my host platform, Podbean. Be sure to check out Podbean the week of November 27 when the SallyPAL podcast will be a featured show!   If you sign up for the mailing list on SallyPAL.com, you’ll get a free insert for your creator’s notebook. It’s a list of people you’ll need to help you produce your show along with some great links to more in-depth information.