Playwright's Spotlight with Susan Goodell

In this episode, James Elden talks to playwright Susan Goodell about learning from the rehearsal process, exercises in playwriting, trusting the process, finding opportunities on the net, being a resident playwright, getting published, and strategies on how to keep your work from being stolen in the modern era.

Susan Goodell is the author of the full length plays Heels Over Head and Hope Throws Her Heart Away and numerous one-acts all of which of played across the U.S. She's been commissioned by the Steppenwolf Theatre and was a Djerassi Resident Artist as well as resident writer at Rising Sun's Governor's Island Laboratorium for three summers. She was nominated for the Denver Drama Critic's Circle Award and made the Denver Post's 10-Best list. Her work has been included in the Best American Short Plays 2014-15, Best 10-Minute Plays 2016, 105 Five-Minute Plays for Performance and Study, PLAY Noir 2015 as well as PLAY Noir Anthology.

Links for sites mentioned in this episode -

Djerassi Resident Artists Program -
https://djerassi.org

Rising Sun Performance Company's Laboratorium -
www.risingsunnyc.com

Changing Scene Theatre Northwest -
https://changingscenenorthwest.org

Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center -
https://www.theoneill.org/

Play Submission Helper -
https://playsubmissionshelper.com/blog/

Official Playwrights of Facebook -
https://www.facebook.com/groups/OfficialPlaywrights/about/

Best American Short Plays 2014-2015 -
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1495046486/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_316RCFY01219SZ90J8F3

Best 10-Minute Plays 2016 -
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1575259052/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_V1GS6ESY1ZSAKSY2194D

105 5-Minute Plays for Performance and Study -
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1575259109/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_FV6KWJWQ1Q1CA1MF89C0

Websites and socials for James Elden, Punk Monkey Productions and Playwright's Spotlight

Punk Monkey Productions -
www.punkmonkeyproductions.com

PLAY Noir -
www.playnoir.com

PLAY Noir Anthology –
www.punkmonkeyproductions.com/contact.html

James Elden -
Twitter - @jameseldensauer
IG - @alakardrake
FB - fb.com/jameseldensauer

Punk Monkey Productions and PLAY Noir -
Twitter - @punkmonkeyprods
- @playnoirla
IG - @punkmonkeyprods
- @playnoir_la

FB - fb.com/playnoir
- fb.com/punkmonkeyproductions

Playwright's Spotlight -
Twitter - @wrightlightpod
IG - @playwrights_spotlight

Writing services through Los Angeles Collegiate Playwrights Festival

www.losangelescollegiateplaywrightsfestival.com/services.html