Making Theatre

Kathy Coudle-King

Cultivating Your Plays & Stories: 7 Essential Steps

Writing – Prep the Soil First I meet a lot of people who tell me they used to write, or they want to write, and they have this great...

Kathy Coudle-King

Putting away the dishes the day after the dinner party - (Or, after striking a new show)

How do you spend the morning after striking a play you’ve lived with for two and a half years? You wake up and remember there’s a bunch...

Kathy Coudle-King

Part IV: The journey from page to stage: I can see clearly now the fog has gone

Opening night and week have come and gone. I feel . . . ? Emptied out. But I think I need another week to process it. What I can give you...

Kathy Coudle-King

Order up! – Does anyone even like sausage?

"I dwell in possibility" and incredible self-doubt. Plating up a new play. Not for the weak of heart.

Kathy Coudle-King

Making the Sausage Part III: Crank up da heat!

This is going to be short because it’s almost time to plate up this meal. Last week had more ups and downs than The Tower of Terror at...

Kathy Coudle-King

Making the Sausage Part II: Sometimes you need to adapt the recipe

I’d hoped to post this on Sunday, but what did John Lennon say, “[Wo]Man plans, and God laughs”? The Set We made a lot of progress...