TV Generation – So That’s Where The Playwrights Are Going…

More and more playwrights are finding themselves writing for TV, as the lines between who works for stage and who works for screen get blurry. “For young playwrights, the new opportunities offer another way to make a living as the theater world is pummeled by a faltering economy. They move to Los Angeles, dividing their time between television and theater productions, writing plays and screenplays. And they do it without hearing the cries of ‘Sellout!’ that met earlier generations who charted similar paths.”