Happy almost 2026! This year has been quite a year for me, and for Zoe Writes Theatre.  I celebrated my three years running this blog, and my little baby project just keeps growing and growing.  Since we’re mere days away from the new year, I wanted to do a sort of year in review.  2025 was definitely very good to me, and I really can’t wait to see what 2026 brings me.  At this point, it can only go up from here!  So here is me, Zoe, reflecting on the past year.  I hope you g

There are so many ways a play can be good.  There are so many ways a play can be great.  And it really just goes on from there.  I’ve seen a lot of good plays, and great plays, and plays that completely blow me out of the water.  The Mountaintop  was in a category that I don’t get to see all the time…it completely took my breath away.  Although the idea and setup were pretty simple, it was something that I haven’t seen in awhile, and I’m sure it’ll be awhile before I get to s

Photo credit to Linda Johnson. I know I’ve said this before, but I’m a huge fan of musical theatre.  Musicals have always been so important to me, and nothing will ever change that.  And if you really  want to go back to the roots of musical theatre, you definitely have to look at anything by Gilbert and Sullivan.  I’m sure the names are familiar to both theatre people and non theatre people alike.  The writer and composer are absolutely iconic, and created amazing operettas

We live in a very “tuned in” world.  All generations are spending so much time on their phones, on the internet…we’re constantly texting each other, or watching videos.  I think we probably spend just as much time on our screens as we spend in real time.  This idea is only the start of Job , even if we don’t know that right away.  What we do  know from the start is that a young woman is pointing a gun at an older man and that makes it pretty obvious that we’re going to be in

Award programming is very important to media.  It’s a way to recognize the work done in a year.  We’ve all heard about the big ones…the...

One of the cool things about theatre is that you’re never restricted to just one role.  It goes beyond being cross trained, which many...

Okay, so I’m not a stranger to plays about Benjamin Franklin.  I’ve actually been in one, and it was one of the best experiences of my...

As a queer person, I’ve really tried to educate myself on queer history, literature, and what it took to get me here in general.  One of...

One of our famous selfies! Over the past couple years, I’ve needed a theatre buddy who deals with all my insanity and supports me totally...

Something that has always struck me about theatre is the relationships you form with the people you’re working with.  In the thirty years...

Sometimes, you find really wonderful things where you least expect them.  Sometimes, some of your favorite things get combined and it...

As someone who has been going to see shows since they were three years old, I can definitely say that I’ve been in a lot of different...

Recently, I was talking to a coworker about how my wife and I go to the opera.  I was telling him about the most recent opera we had...

This is one of those posts that is all about me. I know I talk a lot about my love of musical theatre.  I’ve talked about different...

I wrote about being a child actor…now I want to talk about being an adult stage manager, and what that means to me. I never thought I’d...

Something that we see a lot onstage is child actors.  So many shows require them, and I think a lot of people don’t think about what it...

I know I’ve talked about audition monologues before, but I want to talk more about auditioning. Something that every actor has been...

As I’m doing more and more with Zoe Writes Theatre, my mother suggested I write a post about myself.  I know not all of my readers know...

What do you get when you combine gender identity, sexuality, environmental issues, and ancient Greek history?  Why, Hurricane Diane, of...

I'm having a touch of writer's block! Happens to everyone. Hopefully next week I'm back!