It’s certainly not easy to be a playwright these days, when live theater is about as common as five-legged cows. And for very good reasons, I hasten to add… I wouldn’t want to have my work involved in any superspreader events! Still, as a creator of works intended to be performed before a living and breathing audience, it can be frustrating to have no venues where one’s work can be performed.

Luckily, we have some resourceful theater companies and producers who are producing “live” theater virtually, and I am doubly fortunate in that two of my short plays will be so produced over the next few weeks.

First of all, the Augustana Theatre at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, will be performing a set of four short plays including my “Evolution.” These will be showing on their Facebook page on Friday, November 20, at 7:30.

Secondly, the Titanic Theatre Company will be producing its own set of virtual short plays on Saturday, December 12th. My play “Ismene” will be getting its premiere in this festival! I don’t yet have the link for that, but I will provide it when it becomes available.

Please help keep theater alive in these troubled times.