When a playwright starts working on their play, they might not think about the format first. But once inspiration strikes, the structure of their script is what brings their vision to life on stage.

I wrote my first play down on paper when I was in the third grade. It was about this group of friends with outrageously unique names, I think one of them was named Cookie Dough, trying to put on a ...

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