Ken Wolf, Artistic Director of Manhattan Repertory Theatre in New York City, presents the 500th episode of THE PLAYWRITING PODCAST.

Episode Story Topic:

Celebrating 500 Episodes of The Playwriting Podcast!

500 EPISODES! I can hardly believe it. Nine years ago, I sat on the floor of the bathroom at Manhattan Rep on West 45th Street because I thought it had good room tone, and I recorded the very first episode of The Playwriting Podcast. I had no idea where this adventure would take me. Now, here we are at EPISODE 500! Thank you to every playwright and theatre artist who has listened, laughed, learned, created, and gone on this crazy journey with me.

For this special 500th episode, I went back through some of my favorite moments from the podcast. We talk about what I have learned from producing and directing theatre, creating action on stage, cutting the words you do not need, making backstory work, having FUN, stepping into your fear, and daring to be insanely creative. Most importantly, we celebrate what makes theatre so powerful. A play is not simply words on a page. A play is a LIVE EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE, where actors and audiences come together and something magical can happen.

Come celebrate 500 episodes with me! You can listen to Episode 500 and ALL 500 EPISODES of The Playwriting Podcast

at https://www.howtowriteplays.com/

or simply search THE PLAYWRITING PODCAST on Audible or your favorite podcast app. After 500 episodes, my message is still the same. NEVER GIVE UP. Your story matters. Your creativity matters. Keep writing. Keep taking chances. Keep bringing your work to life. Thank you for being a playwright. Thank you for being an artist. And thank you for helping me get to 500!

My two new Playwriting programs:

The Play Creation System

https://www.manhattanrep.com/play-creation

FAST LEARNING MODULES:

https://www.manhattanrep.com/modules

Check out our 3 Tiers of developing your play in NYC with Manhattan Rep:

Manhattan Rep's Play Production Reading

We will put together a Professional Reading of your play in NYC!

https://www.manhattanrep.com/reading

Manhattan Rep's Play Production Workshop

We will bring to life a workshop production of your play in NYC!

https://www.manhattanrep.com/workshop

Manhattan Rep's Play Production Program

Let us help you self-produce your best play in New York City or anywhere in the world.

https://www.manhattanrep.com/play-production-program

AND...

Also, Check out Manhattan Rep's INSTAGRAM

@manhattanrepertorytheatre

Email: How2WritePlays@yahoo.com

Ken Wolf, Artistic Director of Manhattan Repertory Theatre in New York City, presents the 501th episode of THE PLAYWRITING PODCAST.

Episode Story Topic:

500th Episode Compilation #2 - The Principles of Playwriting!

Come celebrate 500 episodes with me! You can listen to Episode 500 and ALL 500 EPISODES of The Playwriting Podcast

at https://www.howtowriteplays.com/

AND AT howtowriteplays I have my Playwriting Coaching and my Premiere Playwriting Coaching at an amazing 50% off this week only in celebration of 500 Episodes. So if you want to work with me to write a compelling and exciting and producible play don't miss this opportunity to save some bucks too!

And check out:

My two new Playwriting programs:

The Play Creation System

https://www.manhattanrep.com/play-creation

and my

FAST LEARNING MODULES:

https://www.manhattanrep.com/modules

Check out our 3 Tiers of developing your play in NYC with Manhattan Rep:

Manhattan Rep's Play Production Reading

We will put together a Professional Reading of your play in NYC!

https://www.manhattanrep.com/reading

Manhattan Rep's Play Production Workshop

We will bring to life a workshop production of your play in NYC!

https://www.manhattanrep.com/workshop

Manhattan Rep's Play Production Program

Let us help you self-produce your best play in New York City or anywhere in the world.

https://www.manhattanrep.com/play-production-program

AND...

Also, Check out Manhattan Rep's INSTAGRAM

@manhattanrepertorytheatre

Email: How2WritePlays@yahoo.com

Ken Wolf, Artistic Director of Manhattan Repertory Theatre in New York City, presents the 502 episode of THE PLAYWRITING PODCAST.

Episode Story Topic:

500th Episode Compilation #3 - A Professor Albert Compilation!

THE 500TH EPISODE CELEBRATION CONTINUES, AND PROFESSOR ALBERT IS BACK!

This special compilation brings together some of my favorite Professor Albert moments from over the years, complete with his terrible German accent, enormous ego, questionable acting ability, attempts to replace me as host, and his never ending campaign to become an internationally famous motivational music superstar.

But underneath all the insanity, there is some serious PLAYWRITING MAGIC going on. Professor Albert and I dive into creating compelling and incredibly specific characters, using people from your own life, combining characteristics from different people, creating opposites, building conflict, understanding what your characters want, exploring their inner and outer problems, and making choices that can transform characters on a page into living, breathing people on stage. And Professor Albert has one particularly important piece of advice. HAVE FUN! If you are having fun creating your characters, that creative spark can find its way into your play.

This is playwriting learning served with a giant helping of ridiculousness. Professor Albert auditions for Hamlet, searches desperately for an agent, ties me up in various locations, hypnotizes you into becoming a better playwright, promotes himself relentlessly, and occasionally allows me to speak. Somehow, through all of this madness, there are some fantastic ideas you can immediately put to work in your own playwriting.

So come celebrate 500 episodes of The Playwriting Podcast with Professor Albert and me. Have some fun. Learn something new. Get incredibly specific. Create characters that jump off the page. Take some chances. Make some MAGIC. And most importantly, never stop writing, never stop creating, and never stop being the wonderfully unique playwright that only YOU can be.

Listen Episode 502 and ALL 502 EPISODES of The Playwriting Podcast

at https://www.howtowriteplays.com/

AND AT howtowriteplays I have my Playwriting Coaching and my Premiere Playwriting Coaching at an amazing 50% off this week only in celebration of 500 Episodes.

So if you want to work with me to write a compelling and exciting and producible play don't miss this opportunity to save some bucks too!

And check out:

My two new Playwriting programs:

The Play Creation System

https://www.manhattanrep.com/play-creation

and my

FAST LEARNING MODULES:

https://www.manhattanrep.com/modules

Check out our 3 Tiers of developing your play in NYC with Manhattan Rep:

Manhattan Rep's Play Production Reading

We will put together a Professional Reading of your play in NYC!

https://www.manhattanrep.com/reading

Manhattan Rep's Play Production Workshop

We will bring to life a workshop production of your play in NYC!

https://www.manhattanrep.com/workshop

Manhattan Rep's Play Production Program

Let us help you self-produce your best play in New York City or anywhere in the world.

https://www.manhattanrep.com/play-production-program

AND...

Also, Check out Manhattan Rep's INSTAGRAM

@manhattanrepertorytheatre

Email: How2WritePlays@yahoo.com