October 10, 2026 · 12 min
Raising the stakes one scene at a time
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Stage Notes
A short letter every Thursday for people who write for the stage: one lesson from the rehearsal room, one exercise and one thing to read.
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Cutting ten pages without losing the play
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Setting out a script so actors can read it
Margins, names and stage directions, the plain way to lay out a script.