http://loebell.com playwright | dramaturg Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:35:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sat, Mar. 6, 2010 The Philadelphia Inquirer Constitution Center is a stage for timely theater By Dianna Marder Inquirer Staff Writer You know a play is timely when the director consults newspapers, TV, radio, and the Internet constantly to see if the script needs updating. Indeed, the Living News production at the National Constitution Center ... http://loebell.com/2010/03/living-news-starts-third-full-season/ Though I would never have predicted it from the six pound puppy I met for the first time in October of 1998, Hopbook’s Jake Deezle grew up to be a major dude.  His father, Tweedeldum Brookland Savoy, was, in his day in the late 90’s, the most successful Labrador Retriever ... http://loebell.com/2009/12/major-dude/ On October 22, 2009, I  conducted an interview and public conversation with film maker Costa-Gavras on the occasion of his visit to Philadelphia for the showing of his new film Eden is West.  The event was sponsored by the University of the Arts. http://loebell.com/2009/11/loebell-hosts-conversation-with-costa-gavras/ A scene from House, Divided was published this fall in Applause Book's Duo! Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century. http://loebell.com/2009/11/scene-published-in-duo-best-scenes-for-the-21st-century/ A DAY IN JAIL – An encounter with Ira Einhorn I have crossed paths with Ira Einhorn three times.  The first, in 1968 or 1969, at the old Bandbox Theater in Germantown, where he had been invited to speak on some topic – probably related to expanding consciousness.  My impressions of ... http://loebell.com/2009/11/a-day-in-jail-an-encounter-with-ira-einhorn/ Girl Science was featured in the Pittsburgh Eco-Drama Festival on October 24, 2009.   The reading was directed by Sam Turich.  The cast was Ingrid Sonnichsen, Gab Cody, James Fitzgerald, and Marc Epstein.  The event was part of the Performance and Ecology initiative sponsored by the Carnegie-Mellon Center for the Arts ... http://loebell.com/2009/11/girl-science-reading-in-pittsburgh/ A Note on Our Experience Hosting Foreign Exchange Students Between 1996 and 2003, my wife and I hosted five high school exchange students, four from the former Soviet Union and one from France through an organization called Academic Year in the USA (AYUSA.) The four from the former Soviet Union ... http://loebell.com/2009/10/exchange-students/