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And for the record, this is on my list of THINGS I WISH I&amp;#8217;D WRITTEN.  
THINGS I WISH I HAD...</description><link>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/45756704569</link><guid>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/45756704569</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:48:59 -0400</pubDate><dc:creator>annfarthing</dc:creator></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b633a605139aa5e3a4d36b8151e3371a/tumblr_mjebarRToH1rp80roo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/44936311583</link><guid>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/44936311583</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 08:40:03 -0500</pubDate><dc:creator>michaelselkirk</dc:creator></item><item><title>Something Caught My EYE</title><description>I recently saw a production of ISAAC&amp;#8217;S EYE at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, and, while the play...</description><link>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/43807482269</link><guid>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/43807482269</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:48:00 -0500</pubDate><category>EST</category><category>Playsmiths</category><category>Theatre</category><dc:creator>jsalexan</dc:creator></item><item><title>rewrite rewrite rewrite rewrite, repeat as necessary</title><description>rewrite rewrite rewrite rewrite, repeat as necessary: annfarthing:

One of the things that makes...</description><link>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/41296103334</link><guid>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/41296103334</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:06:23 -0500</pubDate><category>playwrights</category><category>playsmiths.org</category><category>Playwrighting</category><category>theatre</category><category>new york city theatre</category><category>writing</category><category>writing workshops</category><dc:creator>annfarthing</dc:creator></item><item><title>Why We Shouldn't Look Too Hard for a "Creative Writing Gene"</title><description>From Big Think:

According to The Independent, a recent Yale-Moscow State University study has...</description><link>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/35607630901</link><guid>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/35607630901</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:50:36 -0500</pubDate><category>creative writing</category><category>genes</category><category>DNA</category><category>nature versus nurture</category><dc:creator>michaelselkirk</dc:creator></item><item><title>Artists- your vote affects your art.  Pay attention!</title><description>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-rivera/why-anyone-who-values-the_b_2068045.html</description><link>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/34982254200</link><guid>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/34982254200</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 10:58:57 -0500</pubDate><category>election</category><category>Playsmiths</category><category>theater</category><category>theatre</category><category>Mitt Romney</category><category>Obama</category><category>NEA</category><category>National Endowment for the Arts</category><category>opera</category><category>voting</category><category>grants</category><dc:creator>playsmithsproductioncoordinator</dc:creator></item><item><title>Taking Back The Villain</title><description>via The Dish, Tauriq Moosa examines how we can bust the stereotyping of villains:

Enough....</description><link>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/34977842300</link><guid>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/34977842300</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 09:43:47 -0500</pubDate><category>Villany</category><category>Villains</category><category>writing</category><category>stereotypes</category><dc:creator>michaelselkirk</dc:creator></item><item><title>More Women Directors</title><description>More Women Directors: michaelselkirk:

This is all kinds of good.

More women directors are...</description><link>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/33430621385</link><guid>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/33430621385</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:02:01 -0400</pubDate><category>theater</category><category>women</category><category>directing</category><dc:creator>michaelselkirk</dc:creator></item><item><title>Comedy Is Hard</title><description>
“That fits with what I think about playwriting,” Stoppard said. “It’s about controlling the flow of...</description><link>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/33040058144</link><guid>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/33040058144</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 19:11:13 -0400</pubDate><category>stoppard</category><category>comedy</category><category>playwriting</category><category>New Yorker</category><dc:creator>michaelselkirk</dc:creator></item><item><title>CHAIN REACTION asks, “Do you remember your...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7vlriLgHF1rp80roo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;CHAIN REACTION asks, “Do you remember your Democritus?”&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/28198725672</link><guid>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/28198725672</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:02:06 -0400</pubDate><category>chain reaction</category><category>playsmiths</category><category>playwrighting</category><category>street art</category><category>graffiti</category><category>atomic</category><category>atomic bomb</category><category>FringeNYC2012</category><category>FringeNYC</category><category>New York City</category><category>science</category><category>science plays</category><category>greek</category><category>Democritus</category><dc:creator>playsmithsproductioncoordinator</dc:creator></item><item><title>People Keep Talking About CHAIN REACTION</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.nytheatre.com/NytheatreNow/QandA/michael-selkirk-chain-reaction"&gt;People Keep Talking About CHAIN REACTION&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/28056009642</link><guid>http://playsmiths.tumblr.com/post/28056009642</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:14:17 -0400</pubDate><category>atomic</category><category>atomic bomb</category><category>FringeNYC</category><category>New York City</category><category>science</category><category>science plays</category><category>FringeNYC2012</category><category>Interviews</category><category>theater</category><category>theatre</category><category>actors</category><category>acting</category><category>Playsmiths</category><category>Playwrighting</category><category>playwrights</category><dc:creator>playsmithsproductioncoordinator</dc:creator></item><item><title>These have been spray painted near the theater CHAIN REACTION is...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7qzo3PXfa1rp80roo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; 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Paul B. Corning Jr as Oppenheimer&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5zozzPBdK1rp80roo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; James Nugent as Edward Teller&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5zozzPBdK1rp80roo4_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Michael Selkirk as Neils Bohr&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5zozzPBdK1rp80roo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Sandy Oppedisano as Jean Tatlock&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5zozzPBdK1rp80roo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Gary G. Howell as Aage Bohr&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5zozzPBdK1rp80roo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Gregory Kostal as Agent 1&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5zozzPBdK1rp80roo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Mary C. 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