Tag: plays

• Book Review: Janie Writes a Play by Heidi E. Y. Stemple and illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight

  For those of you who have been following my book reviews, this will be a bit different for you. Today I read a book to be published on February 11, 2025, a children’s picture book with only 40 pages, short paragraphs on each page, and bright, colorful illustrations on every page. This is a bit…

  michardillo

  September 3, 2024

  books, Essay

  book-review, books, Charlesbridge Publishers, creativity, education, essays, Heidi Stemple, imagination, Jane Yolen, Janie Writes a Play, language arts, library, literature, Madelyn Goodnight, middle school, museum, NetGalley, plays, reading, Suzy and Leah, teaching, theater, theatre, writer, writing

• The Fatal Bite

  I didn’t go looking for drama; it came to me. In early 1984, I was at a very low and dark point in my personal and professional life. I went to work, came home, went to bed, got up, and repeated that process for weeks-no, months-on end. My only foray out of my apartment was…

  michardillo

  May 31, 2015

  Essay

  auditioning, Columbia Theatre Players, Hammond, language arts, Louisiana, marching band, music, musicals, Phi Mu, plays, South Pacific, Southeastern Louisiana University, teaching, theater, theatre