Mark Spina sits down with members of our playwrights group, Joe Vitale and Lynn Marie Macy, to discuss the challenges when writing about historical events or people, what drew them to that genre and the various approaches a writer can take when doing so.
Credits:Audio Engineer Gary Glor
One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou
References:The Lost Patrol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Patrol_(1934_film)
Peter Shaffer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Shaffer
The Royal Hunt of the Sun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Hunt_of_the_Sun
Pizzaro Brothers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizarro_brothers
Amadeus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_(play)
Dragons in the Crease
https://newplayexchange.org/plays/105516/dragons-crease
The Fourth State of Matter
https://www.josephvitale.net/plays-1
The Interpreter
https://www.josephvitale.net/plays-1
Richard Sonnenfeldt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sonnenfeldt
Hermann Göring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring
Nuremberg Trials
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials
Vile Things in Dark Corners (still a work in progress, but here’s Lynn Marie’s website)
https://lynnmariemacy.com/
Nellie Bly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly
Jack the Ripper
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper
Jane Austin at Prinny’s Palace from Hearthside Reading Series by Theater 2020, co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Heights Library
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqdhTs5mOE8
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlKIqsdFv2s
Henry VIII
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII
Madame Henriette Campan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriette_Campan
Hamilton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)
1776
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1776_(musical)
Martin Luther King
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
