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NEWSLETTER ISSUE 458

"Sometimes plays are like turtles… they’re perfectly alive but they’re on their backs, kicking their little legs and moving nowhere… and sometimes you need to just flip them over…"
Simon Stephens

Greetings Comedy Crowders,

Have you ever written a script that feels like this?

All the elements are there. An original premise, strong charac…