In this episode of Present Process, Daniel talks with Tiffany Antone about her play, The Space Between Her Legs

The goal of Present Process is two fold: first, to highlight great plays from lesser known playwrights and elevate them as much as we can; and second, to demystify the process of writing a great play and increase the shared knowledge of playwriting.

Content Warning: Sexual Content and References

In this episode of Present Process, Daniel talks with Scott C. Sickles about his play Marianas Trench.

The goal of Present Process is two fold: first, to highlight great plays from lesser known playwrights and elevate them as much as we can; and second, to demystify the process of writing a great play and increase the shared knowledge of playwriting.

Content Warning: Political Extremism, Homophobia

In this episode of Present Process, Daniel talks with Lori Fischer about her play, The Memory of Damage

The goal of Present Process is two fold: first, to highlight great plays from lesser known playwrights and elevate them as much as we can; and second, to demystify the process of writing a great play and increase the shared knowledge of playwriting.

Content Warning: Medical Malpractice

In this episode of Present Process, Daniel talks with DC Cathro about his play, ITCH.

The goal of Present Process is two fold: first, to highlight great plays from lesser known playwrights and elevate them as much as we can; and second, to demystify the process of writing a great play and increase the shared knowledge of playwriting.

Content Warning: Nothing Serious to Note

In this episode of Present Process, Daniel talks with A.J. Ditty about his play The Bøyg.

The goal of Present Process is two fold: first, to highlight great plays from lesser known playwrights and elevate them as much as we can; and second, to demystify the process of writing a great play and increase the shared knowledge of playwriting.

Content Warning: The Holocaust and some adult language.

In this episode of Present Process, Daniel talks with Vincent Terrell Durham about his play Polar Bears, Black Boys, and Prairie Fringed Orchids

The goal of Present Process is two fold: first, to highlight great plays from lesser known playwrights and elevate them as much as we can; and second, to demystify the process of writing a great play and increase the shared knowledge of playwriting.

Content Warning: Police Brutality, Racism, and Violence towards Children.

In the seventh episode of Present Process, Daniel talks with Sarah Saltwick and Melissa Crespo about their play Egress.

The goal of Present Process is two fold: first, to highlight great plays from lesser known playwrights and elevate them as much as we can; and second, to demystify the process of writing a great play and increase the shared knowledge of playwriting.

Melissa Crespo (she/her/hers) is from Connecticut with Dominican, Puerto Rican, and Chilean roots. She is a director of theater, opera, and film. She most enjoys developing and directing new work. She is also a producer, playwright, and educator. As a director, Melissa has developed work at New Dramatists, The Lark, The Playwright's Center, and theatres around the country & abroad. As a playwright, Melissa co-wrote Egress with Sarah Saltwick. Egress was produced as a workshop production at Cleveland Playhouse in 2019 and received the Roe Green Award for Outstanding Achievement in Playwrighting. Egress received a world premiere production in 2021 at Amphibian Stage, followed by another production at Salt Lake Acting Company in 2022. She is a Founding Editor of 3Views on Theater, an online theater journal conceived by The Lillys. ​Melissa has served as a Time Warner Fellow at WP Theater, Allen Lee Hughes Directing Fellow at Arena Stage, and Van Lier Directing Fellow at Second Stage Theatre, and is an alum of the Drama League Director's Project. She is a Usual Suspect at New York Theatre Workshop and received her MFA in Directing from The New School for Drama. She is the current Associate Artistic Director of Syracuse Stage. 

Sarah's Bio: Sarah Saltwick is a playwright based in Austin, TX, a graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at UT Austin and was a Jerome Fellow at the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis. Recent Austin productions include A Perfect Robot at The Vortex (nominated for 3 Austin Critic Table Awards, and 6 B. Iden Payne Awards), Responsible in Out of Ink at Hyde Park Theatre, and Tender Rough Rough Tender as a Rude Fusion project at the Off Center. Tender Rough Rough Tender was awarded the David Mark Cohen award for best new play by the Austin Critic's Table. Recent workshops include Europa at Playwrights Week at the Lark in New York and The Pleasure Trials at Amphibian Stage Productions in Fort Worth TX. Sarah's plays have been recently been produced or developed by groundswell theatre company, Kitchen Dog Theater, Swan Dive, the Navigators, Red Theatre Collective, Phoenix Theatre, the Icicle Creek Theater Festival, WildClaw Horror Theater, Weber State University, Barnyard Theater; as well as in cars, backyards, dressing rooms, lobbies, and a swimming pool.

Content Warning: Gun Violence, mass shootings.

In the sixth episode of Present Process, Daniel talks with Elle Meerovich about their play The Gorilla Wore Fur.

The goal of Present Process is two fold: first, to highlight great plays from lesser known playwrights and elevate them as much as we can; and second, to demystify the process of writing a great play and increase the shared knowledge of playwriting.

Content Warning: Mentions of antisemitism and some silliness.

In the fifth episode of Present Process, Daniel talks with Brian James Polak about his play The Gravediggers Union.

The goal of Present Process is two fold: first, to highlight great plays from lesser known playwrights and elevate them as much as we can; and second, to demystify the process of writing a great play and increase the shared knowledge of playwriting.

Content Warning: Nothing of note.

In the fourth episode of Present Process, Daniel talks with Martin Henry Schwartz to discuss his play The Jew (After Marlowe, Very Very Loosely).

The goal of Present Process is two fold: first, to highlight great plays from lesser known playwrights and elevate them as much as we can; and second, to demystify the process of writing a great play and increase the shared knowledge of playwriting.

Martin's Bio: