Aleshea Harris won acclaim for her drama “Is God Is.” When it came time for a film adaptation, she saw cinematic possibilities far beyond her play. By Salamishah Tillet Music videos from pop stars don ...

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For Erin Barker, the path to writing and directing her first full-length play didn’t begin with a grand plan; it started with a few improvised classroom exercises and quickly grew into something much ...

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Lila Raicek has always been preoccupied with desire and adultery. In her plays and TV scripts, characters lie, cheat and speculate about other people’s sex lives. “My Master Builder,” a moody ...

Jessie Jones, a theater playwright and TV actress known for roles on "Murphy Brown" and "Perfect Strangers," has died. She was 75. Jones' writing partner Jamie Wooten – who with Nicholas Hope formed ...

Jessie Jones, a veteran TV character actor who guested on such popular series as Murphy Brown, Newhart and Night Court and also was a prolific comedy playwright, has died. She was 75. Her writing ...

Jessie Jones, a TV actress who became a succesful playwright with “Dearly Departed” and the Jones Hope Wooten Comedies, died March 20 in Washington, D.C. after a long illness. Her friend and writing ...

Heather Raffo, who was born in the Midwest to an Iraqi immigrant father, gained global recognition for her play 9 Parts of Desire, which examines the lives of a diverse group of Iraqi women. Credit: ...