War Stories

Both my parents served in the military. My mom had a short stint as a WAC in DC before landing … More

Has “Patriotism” Become a Dirty Word?

When I started working on Read Aloud Plays: Symbols of America for Scholastic back in 2001, the September 11th attacks … More

Like nearly all of us, I’ve had to adjust my teaching methods to suit the current circumstances. Initially, using reader’s … More

Having reacquired my publishing rights to collection of my plays, I’ve just repackaged “The Open Window” and made it available … More

We all know that last week before Christmas vacation can be a real bugger in the classroom. The kids get … More

Having recently reclaimed my publishing rights from Scholastic for a bank of my classic short story plays, I’m very pleased … More

That last week before Christmas vacation can be a real doozy. While thoughts of sugar plums may not derail that … More

I’ve just released a new reader’s theater play script. I put it together early in the summer but have waited … More

A few weeks ago I blogged tongue-in-cheek about swiping reader’s theater scripts through nefarious means, so I thought I’d follow … More

Before you crack those text books or assign that homework reading, how about blasting away all that summer slog with … More