Anna Nugent

The Art of Timing

Four people standing in a white room, looking perplexed.

As I mentioned in my last blog, Returning to the Familiar, the timing of the dissemination of art can make quite an impact on the audience and the work of art. In that blog I was referring to the election and its impact on our audience. Today, I want to talk about the election and […]

Writing “Living Grace”

If you had told me a year ago that I would write a play in 6 weeks I would have laughed at you. I don’t think of myself as a writer. And a play? Come on, you need mad skills for that! Well, I would have been wrong. Working with the fabulous women’s group at […]

An Annie Baker Month

Okay, so it wasn’t really a full month of Annie Baker, but two of the handful of shows my husband and I went to during August were hers. Which is a pretty high percentage for any playwright, besides Shakespeare. We saw both THE FLICK at Barrow Street Theatre and JOHN at Signature. I had previously […]

London Theatre Sparks My Heart

The Nugents in front of the National Theatre Sign

My husband and I recently spent some time in England, ending our visit with three days in London, binging on theatre. Such a pleasure! The city has changed a lot since I was last there 12 or 13 years ago, especially the skyline on the Thames, but of course there are some things that never […]

Reading of LIVING GRACE

I was so excited to have my new play read as part of The Puzzle, a theatre festival at the historic Marble Church! This was the very first public reading and we were able to workshop the piece with actors during the lead up. The play was written from 13 interviews that I conducted over […]

Blog30 Post

The League of Professional Theatre Women is featuring blogs by its’ members to celebrate 30 years in existence! My blog was featured in January 2012 and highlighted on the 22nd of April. Read here: http://lptw30blog.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/anna-nugent/.

ESPA Jingle Competition 2011

Listen to our rough version! Baby, Come to ESPA To the tune of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” (new lyrics by Anna & Paul Nugent) Lonely Playwright & Spirit of ESPA sing: I really can’t write (baby, come to ESPA) This is my plight (baby, come to ESPA) This year has been (been hoping that you’d […]