The Time Sam Shepard Taught Playwriting Way Out West
Recruited by Padua Hills Playwrights founder Murray Mednick, Shepard joined an ad-hoc faculty in 1978 for the experimental workshop. Among his pupils: a young David Henry Hwang.
All Stories About Padua Hills Playwrights Festival
Murray Mednick, Poet and Fighter
A colleague remembers the ‘Coyote Cycle’ playwright and Padua Hills co-founder, who died on Oct. 17 at age 86, for his metrical dialogue, his tenacity, and his mentorship.
Murray Mednick Stages L.A.’s Interior Sprawl in ‘The Gary Plays’
In six plays at Open Fist Theatre, a middle-aged actor with a murdered son goes to hell (literally) and back, and many points between.
John Steppling: The Artist as Outsider
This expat playwright hasn’t found much love in U.S. theatres, and the feeling is mutual.
Hispanic Treasures
Theatre and literary specialists join landmark project. Plus: An expanded Young Playwrights Festival, and a new L.A. home for Padua Hills Playwrights.
Long Night’s Journey
The ongoing Coyote/Trickster relationship is the subject of Murray Mednick’s seven-play Coyote Cycle, performed recently in Santa Fe.
