for him with 23 productions of
his full-length works and an ad-
ditional 12 productions of work
from his short plays.
One of the most interesting
aspects of his blog involves
interviews with playwrights.
Although he does not add new
interviews often anymore, he
conducted hundreds of in-
terviews from 2007 to 2017
- ultimately stopping when he
reached 1,000. The interviews
are a great way for playwrights
and theatre fans to learn more
about the creative process and
about the artists creating new
works for the theatre.
“It’s something I wish existed
when I was starting out and knew
nothing,” explained Szymkowicz.
“And it didn’t exist so I created it.”
His advice for aspiring play-
wrights is to write a lot and when
plays are ready, send them out
to a lot of places, and try to get
them published. Playwrights
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should “Expect a lot of work,
some joy, but not much money,”
said Szymkowicz.
Most of all, look for places like
NJ Rep - that rare theatre com-
pany who seeks to produce new
work. “I think they’re amazing
and I wish there were more more
theaters of all sizes dedicated to
new work,” he adds. w
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