Brief Hiatus

Patricia MiltonBlog, News & Stuff

I’ve been trying to be diligent about posting, often reposting items of interest from my favorite playwrights and other creative people, plus my struggles and triumphs with playwriting. I’m pretty proud of my blog output since I switched over to my new website. However. I’m off to a writing residency at Vermont Studio Center. If all goes well, I’ll be …

Residency in Crete

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My two-week residency at the Mudhouse in Crete is imminent! I’ll be working on my NCTC commission. Now called “Laws of Attraction,” it’s an LGBTQ romantic comedy that satirizes the self-help industry. It’s an outgrowth of my original proposal for “Unavoidable Admissions,” which I discovered I could not write as a comedy … and, in fact, had trouble writing at …

La Porte Peinte Residency

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I’ve just spent two weeks as playwright-in-residence at Porte Peinte in Noyers sur Serein in the Chablis region of France. Beautiful, serene, and inspiring! Spent many hours working on a new adventure, “Late Night at the DHP,” a satire about government leaks, and rewrites of “Carpetbaggers.” Hosted by the gracious Michelle Dominique Anderson, La Porte Peinte Centre pour les Arts …

Arts Letters & Numbers Residency

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In September, I’ll be artist in residence at Arts Letters & Numbers. It’s a non profit arts, education and publishing organization dedicated to fostering creative exchange across a wide range of disciplines, including Architecture, Visual Arts, Theatre Arts, Film, Music, Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences. Arts, Letters & Numbers conducts workshops in educational and cultural institutions worldwide in collaboration with …