Mark Spina sits down with members of our playwrights group, Joe Vitale and Lynn Marie Macy, to discuss the challenges when writing about historical events or people, what drew them to that genre and the various approaches a writer can take when doing so.

Credits:

Audio Engineer Gary Glor

One Heartbeat Away is provided to The Theater Project by Gail Lou 

References:

The Lost Patrol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Patrol_(1934_film)

Peter Shaffer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Shaffer

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Hunt_of_the_Sun

Pizzaro Brothers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizarro_brothers

Amadeus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_(play)

Dragons in the Crease

https://newplayexchange.org/plays/105516/dragons-crease

The Fourth State of Matter

https://www.josephvitale.net/plays-1

The Interpreter

https://www.josephvitale.net/plays-1

Richard Sonnenfeldt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sonnenfeldt

Hermann Göring

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring

Nuremberg Trials

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials

Vile Things in Dark Corners (still a work in progress, but here’s Lynn Marie’s website)

https://lynnmariemacy.com/

Nellie Bly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly

Jack the Ripper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper

Jane Austin at Prinny’s Palace from Hearthside Reading Series by Theater 2020, co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Heights Library

Part 1:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqdhTs5mOE8

Part 2:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlKIqsdFv2s

Henry VIII

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII

Madame Henriette Campan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriette_Campan

Hamilton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)

1776

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1776_(musical)

Martin Luther King

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.