Hey, music fans! Happy May! It’s finally starting to look and feel like spring here in West Virginia: the trees are budding (slower here in the mountains than in other parts of the state, but they’re budding nonetheless!), flowers are blooming, and it hasn’t snowed for a few weeks. It’s the perfect time to share…
COMING SOON: Shakespeare on Wine
HITFest and Non Disposable Productions in association with Hook and Theatre Beyond Broadway Present Shakepeare on Wine Saturday, May 15th at 7pm A Fundraising Event for The East Hampton Historical Society Directed by Lupe Gehrenbeck FEATURING: Derek Straat, Ian McDonald, Lauren Salvo, Randy Howk, Gina Stec, Rock Kohli, Joe McCarthy, Tina Kobas, Brent White, Liana…
The Write Teacher(s) Bookshelf: May
Hello fellow readers! I hope you had a chance to read more books last month than you anticipated. I have been able to carve a generous amount of time out during my workweek to get some reading done. Getting wrapped up in a good book always lifts my spirits. Here are three books being published…
Things Megan Loves: MLL & Email Bundles
Hello Beautiful People, I love the organization The World Needs More Love Letters. Like, love. There’s nothing quite like a group of indaviduals, gathering in a creative & giving way to make this world a bit brighter. Better. Beautiful. Normally, the bundles are written — you know, old fashioned beautiful pen & paper & pretty…
Theatre Transformations
Hello Beautiful People, A student of mine recently wrote a short play for a Special Education Awareness Night in her community. She wrote a play about a deaf student, who is trying to find her way in her class full of hearing students. My student also happens to have 60% hearing loss. My student is…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Something Rotten
Hello Beautiful People, If you haven’t seen Something Rotten yet, RUN, don’t walk to the St. James Theatre. Nominated for 10 Tony Awards, this show is sure to make musical theatre history. Here’s the official blurb: From the director of Aladdin and co-director of The Book of Mormon – and the producer of Avenue Q and…
Tony Nominations
Hello Beautiful People, The Tony Nominations come out tomorrow. And…it makes me stop for a second. See, I quite literally grew up in theaters. A soccer field was never my home. I wasn’t really good at doing that whole Girl Scout thing. I tried out for the cheerleading squad once – that was funny. But…
COMING SOON: The Queen Bees
Queens Theatre (QT) is pleased to announce its World Premiere production of Rob Urbinati’s THE QUEEN BEES, a new musical directed by Jose Zayas. THE QUEEN BEES will play a two week limited engagement at Queens Theatre (14 United Nations Avenue South, Flushing Meadows Corona Park). Performances begin Friday, May 8 and continue through Sunday,…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work and Never Get Stuck
“As a culture, we’ve collectively bought into this lie that work has to be miserable.” – p. 5 Remember when you were in elementary school and older relatives asked you what you wanted to be when you grew up? Some of you may have said a teacher, a lawyer, a veterinarian, or a basketball player….
#DuetsV2
ahem… one week until duets volume 2! Follow me on instagram @MeganMinutillo for a behind the scenes look + be sure to follow @thewriteteachers on Insta, too. See ya at 54 Below for #DuetsV2. Live, Live, Learn, Megan & The Write Teacher(s)