Playwright Sonya Sobieski sits down with her eleven-year-old daughter to talk about life, theater, and her new play Morning Announcements. Skyler is about to enter sixth grade, and like many persons her age, is incredibly loquacious and forthcoming.

Sonya: Hey, Skyler.

Skyler: I don’t really want to do this, and I’m not going to say anything.  

Sonya: C’mon. What are you looking forward to about middle school?

Skyler: Being more organized.

Sonya: Yeah?

Skyler: ‘Cause I got a lot of stuff.

Sonya: What kind of stuff?

Skyler: School stuff. D&D books.

Stage Partners playwright and funny man Ian McWethy dishes on his new play My Last Day of School and shares what he may or may not remember from his own last day of school.

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It may have been because I had been looking forward to it for so long, dreaming of it all year, that the reality of my last day of high school ever was a bit of a let down. Or it may be that I was a relatively boring 18-year-old. I was a rule-follower in high school. Big time. Still am. I don't even cross the street until the "blinking silhouette of a man" tells me I can. Because that's THE RULE! You don't walk when the street sign says "Hand!" Come on! That's chaos! Wait for the blinking man to say it's okay! But, blinking lights aside, maybe I just wasn't the type of guy who would do something crazy on the last

Stage Partners Education Director, Maria McConville, chats with Katie Miller, the Education Director for NYC’s Theater For a New Audience. They discuss student writing, encouraging the less courageous, and even share a game. 

MARIA: I’ve had the great fortune to work with NYC public school students on playwriting through the "New Voices" program at Theater For a New Audience. Before starting a residency, there's a great deal of planning with the teaching artist