The Playwriting Podcast

By Ken Wolf, Artistic Director, Manhattan Repertory Theatre, Playwright, Direc

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Description

The Playwriting Podcast, hosted by Ken Wolf, Artistic Director of Manhattan Repertory Theatre, will offer strategies and techniques for playwrights (and writers in general) "to get out of their heads" and write better, feel more motivated, get into that CREATIVITY ZONE, find more productive ways to complete a work, and to simply have more fun creating! Each episode we will explore what works and what doesn't work, so that you can jump start your playwriting and take your work to the next level.

Episode Date
Play Creation Takeaways from 20 Years of Manhattan Rep!
Aug 25, 2025
Stories from 20 Years of Manhattan Rep!
Aug 19, 2025
Developing Your Plays!
Aug 11, 2025
Constant and Never-Ending Improvement - Revisited!
Aug 07, 2025
Writing from your Heart!
Aug 01, 2025
Your Playwriting Super Super-Power!
Jul 26, 2025
The 450th Episode - 8 Year Anniversary Best of The Playwriting Podcast - Mega Podcast!
Jul 17, 2025
The Utter Joy of 40 years of Playwriting!
Jul 11, 2025
Three Secrets to Writing a Fantastic Play!
Jul 08, 2025
Why You Need to Write an Emotional Event Map!
Jul 02, 2025
Playwriting Secrets I learned from Play Production - Part Two!
Jun 28, 2025
Playwriting Secrets I Learned from Play Production!
Jun 18, 2025
Creating a Scary Play - Part 3 - Point Loma's Success!
Jun 10, 2025
The First Awesome Review of Point Loma by Tim Mulligan
Jun 03, 2025
Creating a Scary Play - Part Two - (And an amazing announcement!)
May 07, 2025
Your Fear and What to Do with it!
Apr 24, 2025
Creating a Scary Play!
Apr 18, 2025
Three Important Questions that will Transform your Playwriting Forever!
Apr 08, 2025
What the Heck is a Lifeline?
Apr 03, 2025
Playwriting and Production!
Mar 28, 2025
MAKING IT HAPPEN ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN!
Mar 18, 2025
Being Transparent as a Playwright!
Mar 11, 2025
Turning a Story into a Play!
Mar 04, 2025
Fantastic Play Development!
Feb 26, 2025
Action and Events! What Fun!
Feb 21, 2025
To Come Back a Short Distance Correctly!
Feb 18, 2025
Listening to your Words!
Feb 13, 2025
Ridiculously Wacky Plays!
Feb 07, 2025
Interview with Emma McGlashen of Murmuration Theatre Company in NYC!
Feb 02, 2025
Using Personal Wit to Make your Comedy Even Funnier!
Jan 30, 2025
Writing the 1 Actor Play - Revisited!
Jan 23, 2025
Using A.I. to Write a Play!
Jan 20, 2025
Your Playwriting Goals for 2025 - A Better Way!
Dec 31, 2024
Escalation - The Key to a Fantastic Play!
Dec 20, 2024
The Last Word on Rawshock - Being on Theaterscene.org's "A 2024 Best List!"
Dec 12, 2024
Live Editing!
Nov 21, 2024
A Deep Dive into Play Development!
Nov 12, 2024
Why RAWSHOCK works, and more amazing reviews!
Nov 01, 2024
The Miracle of RAWSHOCK - Reviews and more!
Oct 29, 2024
Directing RAWSHOCK by Rita Lewis - PART TWO!
Oct 13, 2024
Directing RAWSHOCK by Rita Lewis
Sep 29, 2024
RAWSHOCK Play Development!
Sep 16, 2024
What to do with your Pretty Darlings!
Aug 29, 2024
Inside and Outside Problems with Professor Albert!
Aug 21, 2024
Mindset and Magic!
Aug 14, 2024
Setting a Clear Intention, Taking Action without Judgment, and Getting the Job Done!
Aug 05, 2024
The Craft of Playwriting - Part: One Million and One!
Jul 25, 2024
The Craft of Playwriting - Part: One Million
Jul 22, 2024
Creating a Musical Reading - Part Two
Jul 17, 2024
Creating a Musical Reading
Jul 09, 2024
Interview with Playwright Kyle Thomas on his Workflow and Success!
Jun 21, 2024
The FEELING-SET of a Great Playwright!
Jun 14, 2024
Turning a Play into a Screenplay into a Film! Inteview with Playwright/Screenwriter/Producer Sarah T. Schwab
May 31, 2024
The Creativity Zone and Your Story Idea!
May 24, 2024
Techniques to Get into that Elusive Creativity Zone!
May 17, 2024
Creating a Brilliant Farce!
May 10, 2024
How do you get into The Creativity Zone?
May 02, 2024
Interview with Playwright/Director/Producer Freedom Farlow Cooke
Apr 25, 2024
Connecting to Theatres and Producers!
Apr 18, 2024
How to Make BIG and Congruent Choices!
Mar 19, 2024
The Perfect Play - Ready for Prime Time!
Mar 09, 2024
Writing and Producing a Play with Roma, the Wonder Dog!
Feb 19, 2024
The Perfect Play Manuscript
Feb 02, 2024
The Perfect Playwright Website
Jan 23, 2024
The Play Submission Cover Letter
Jan 15, 2024
Your Writing Workflow for 2024!
Jan 05, 2024
You have to take Risks!
Dec 11, 2023
Without Things Happening on Stage, You Have No Play!
Nov 30, 2023
Getting the Motivation to Write - Revisited!
Nov 17, 2023
The Socratic Questioning Technique
Nov 11, 2023
Ghost Playwriting - Part Three
Nov 03, 2023
Ghost Playwriting - Part 2
Oct 23, 2023
GHOST Playwriting!
Oct 11, 2023
The Principles of Playwriting - Part 10: YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR PLAY READ BY ACTORS!
Oct 02, 2023
The Principles of Playwriting - PART 9: The Climax!
Sep 22, 2023
The Principles of Playwriting - Part 8: Edit, Edit, Edit!
Sep 15, 2023
The Principles of Playwriting Part 7: Write! Write! Write!
Sep 08, 2023
The Principles of Playwriting - Part 6: Being Specific!
Sep 01, 2023
The Principles of Playwriting - Part 5: Know What You Are Writing!
Aug 22, 2023
The Principles of Playwriting - Part 4: Escalation!
Aug 18, 2023
The Principles of Playwriting - Part 3: The Problem that Needs to Be Solved!
Aug 11, 2023
The Principles of Playwriting - Part Two: Context
Aug 08, 2023
The Principles of Playwriting Part 1 - Creating Focus!
Aug 01, 2023
Play Development Revisited - Part Two
Jul 24, 2023
Play Development Revisited, and Miracles!
Jul 16, 2023
It's ALL about THE STORY!
Jul 11, 2023
THE ONLY THING THAT IS IN YOUR WAY IS YOU!
Jul 07, 2023
Using the Short Play to Get in the Door
Jul 01, 2023
The State of the Art and What you can do about it!
Jun 23, 2023
Play Development: Rawshock - Part Three - Making Choices!
Jun 16, 2023
Play Development - Part 2 - Rawshock by Rita Lewis - Allowing Space
Jun 13, 2023
The Joy of Play Development: Rawshock by Rita Lewis!
Jun 09, 2023
Inner Problems and Outer Problems!
Jun 06, 2023
Your Playwriting Team Revisited!
Jun 02, 2023
Summertime Playwriting Fun!
May 30, 2023
Your Playwright Training Program - Part Three!
May 26, 2023
Backsplaining!
May 19, 2023
Get some help and transform your playwriting!
May 13, 2023
Your Playwright Training Program Updated!
May 05, 2023
It's all about you!
Apr 27, 2023