Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Instagram – Wow. Okay. This is truly the End of an Era. Carole Rothman is stepping down as Artistic Director of 2econd Stage Theater in NYC after co-founding it and leading it for 45 years. Carole’s mission was unimpeachable: To produce LIVING American playwrights and to give emerging writers their first professional production in the Big Apple. Which she did for me, when she committed to producing my ghost story show “The Mystery Plays” while I was still at the Drama School. Later, she would produce my prep school thriller “Good Boys and True” with such young actors as Brian J. Smith, Chris Abbott and Betty Gilpin making their professional debuts. Beyond that, Carole let me sit in a cubicle outside her office for three years as the playwright-in-residence at 2econd Stage. Always mentoring and encouraging me. We became friends, and she’s followed my career in television and film enthusiastically, but she would end every one of our conversations with: “But when are you gonna write me a new play?” Well, because of this darn strike, I HAVE been writing a new play called “Press the Flesh.” Almost finished, but not in time for Carole’s last season, though I know who it’s going to be dedicated to…
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