Quarter Year Dilemmas: The Next Chapter
Happy President's Day! I'm looking forward to today's blog post because it's been a while since I've blogged in depth about Quarter Year Dilemmas (QYD), the one-act play I wrote which has also been the premiere production focus for The ProduceHERS . Back in November of 2012, The ProduceHERS hosted a Women's Artist Series that featured a staged reading with excerpted scenes from QYD, Anne Witkavitch , author of Press Pause Moments , a poignant and powerful collection of essays on life transitions written by women and a striking international photo presentation from Dana Astmann. Thus far, the readings of QYD have received good audience engagement and reception, however, I want to enhance the story so that it has a more universal appeal outside of women in their mid-twenties. I'm not sure how to get there from here. As the playwright, my primary concern is getting the story to be the best it can be. Writing is rewriting. It's a process that feel...