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	<title>Mom. Playwright. &#187; Inspiration</title>
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		<title>Will the Pulitzer be &#8220;Ruined&#8221; by a Mom Playwright?!</title>
		<link>http://momplaywright.com/2009/04/19/will-the-pulitzer-be-ruined-by-a-mom-playwright/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
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The Pulitzer prizes will be announced tomorrow afternoon at Columbia University. Which play will be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama? Word has it that Lynn Nottage&#8217;s RUINED may take home the honor. 
Set against the modern day backdrop of the unspeakably brutal Civil war/genocide that has spread from Rawanda to the Congo, RUINED looks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration: Vynnie Meli</title>
		<link>http://momplaywright.com/2009/04/15/inspiration-vynnie-meli/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This entry’s inspiration is provided by a mom playwright I actually know personally and think is fabulous!
A hearty, “Congratulations!” to Vynnie Meli, whose play, JIM CROW AND THE RHYTHM DARLINGS, has been selected as the winner of the 2009 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award competition. A story centered around  the members of an all-female, &#8220;mixed-race&#8221;  jazz [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration: Melissa James Gibson</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I write for as many hours as I can carve out of a day, or until my sense of humor has utterly abandoned me. These days, since I&#8217;m currently on leave from my day job, that means I write during regular working hours, and then if I feel there&#8217;s something I didn&#8217;t get to that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inaugural Inspiration: Elizabeth Alexander</title>
		<link>http://momplaywright.com/2009/01/20/inaugural-inspiration-elizabeth-alexander/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is a historic day in the United States and for that matter, the world. On this inauguration day of President-elect Barack Obama, after he takes his oath of office, after he gives his highly anticipated speech, the world will hear from Elizabeth Alexander— poet, essayist and momplaywright (Diva Studies). In these weeks since being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Have You Done for Playwriting Lately?</title>
		<link>http://momplaywright.com/2009/01/05/what-have-you-done-for-playwriting-lately/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year!
The holidays are a glad wrap, and I&#8217;m ready to get on with 2009. In the wee hours of this morning I&#8217;ve written and just submitted (on deadline) a 10-minute play for a June production consideration. Not a bad way for a mom playwright to kick off the year, though I feel I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Does She Think She Is?!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A funny thing happened on the way to doing research for a play idea I had. I was serendipitously granted an interview for and offered a full-time position I couldn&#8217;t refuse. Know what&#8217;s wonderful about it? I&#8217;m still writing, it&#8217;s an extremely family-friendly office (wow! they DO really exist!) and I&#8217;ll be earning more disposal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memoir Tips from Abigail and Oprah Pump Playwriting Brain Too</title>
		<link>http://momplaywright.com/2008/08/04/memoir-tips-from-abigail-and-oprah-pump-playwriting-brain-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was feeling stuck last week. It happens.
But last night I was determined to get &#8220;unstuck&#8221; and back to writing in the wee hours of the a.m., when I can claim the morning as mine.
I was stirred by a memoir writing exercise link found in my inbox last Wednesday by way of Oprah&#8217;s Book Club. Written by Abigail Thomas, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Late Night with Susan Chamberlin</title>
		<link>http://momplaywright.com/2008/07/30/late-night-with-susan-chamberlin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an attorney turned stay-at-home mom in New Hampshire, Susan Chamberlin has traveled a path to playwriting with more dramatic twists and turns than even I can claim.
Thanks to Jeanné McCartin at Seacoast.com for her feature on Chamberlin. I&#8217;ve found yet another heroine for whom I&#8217;m cheering. Read it and be inspired.
If you&#8217;re in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration: Oni Faida Lampley</title>
		<link>http://momplaywright.com/2008/07/10/inspiration-oni-faida-lampley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thumbing through the latest issue of American Theatre, while the little ones napped, I noted the In Memorium column for late mom playwright (and actress) Oni Faida Lampley, written by (mom?) playwright Darci Picoult.
I was moved by its poignancy. It was clearly written by a friend who knew and loved Ms. Lampley, who lost a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration: Mercy! The First Mom Playwright of the U.S.</title>
		<link>http://momplaywright.com/2008/07/04/inspiration-mercy-the-first-mom-playwright-of-the-us/</link>
		<comments>http://momplaywright.com/2008/07/04/inspiration-mercy-the-first-mom-playwright-of-the-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Oti]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During these 24 hours of Independence Day celebration in the United States, it&#8217;s fitting to salute Mercy Otis Warren, the first female historian of the American Revolution and America&#8217;s first woman playwright.
You can read all about this wife, mother of five boys and playwright and her work in the biography, The Muse of the Revolution: [...]]]></description>
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