welcome...
...to the website of Paula Cizmar, an award-winning playwright whose work often combines poetry and politics to get at the heart of a matter. Her plays have been produced all over the world. Here you'll find information about upcoming performances, past productions, and new plays, plus news and reviews, photos, and thoughts, always changing, always growing.
PFO, here we come….
So. The contracts are signed. It’s almost time to let the cat out of the bag. (Why is there a cat in this bag…?) In 2020, composer Guang Yang and I are heading off to Pittsburgh to unveil our brand new opera. We’re waiting for PFO to make the formal...
FemFest at the Fountain — with a Fierce Cast
The Fountain Theatre storms kicks off 2019 with FemFest – Plays By and About Women, and it’s a thrill to be included. First in the month-long series of events are readings of Lauren Gunderson’s NATURAL SHOCKS, with three different casts from three different theatres from all over town: Echo Theatre,...
Presenting the Work…
It’s a thrill to be involved in an opera project and tremendously exciting to be able to show glimpses of the work as we go. (And it’s also tremendously helpful to hear the work as it’s being written, so that we can make sure that all of it flows organically.)...
ideas and issues
and thoughts about life, justice, culture, and the way we can all try to make a better world. that's the goal. keep on keeping on.