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In Yellow Moon,  the characters of Leila & Lee adventure through Scotland. Playwright David Greig’s writing expertly describes many actual locations. We’ve put together a photo tour of Leila & Lee’s journey featuring ... Read More ›

Our latest Making Of… event featured a conversation with voices from around the world– all coming out of one mouth.  Eva Breneman, Dialect Coach for Yellow Moon, demonstrated a variety of dialects ... Read More ›

Almost all of David Greig’s work, on some level, has a connection to his homeland of Scotland, and the Scottish presence in his work has only intensified in recent years, ... Read More ›

Introducing the actors featured in the current Writer’s Theatre production of Yellow Moon…

Ashleigh LaThrop (Leila) makes her Writers’ Theatre debut. Chicago credits include Metamorphoses (Lookingglass Theatre Company), In the Continuum (Pegasus Players), The ... Read More ›

“I love language. I really like it. And I think I’d always been a little embarrassed about that and always felt that maybe I should write a bit more naturalistically in ... Read More ›

David Greig might very well be the most prolific contemporary playwright Americans have never heard of. The 43-year-old Scot has written over 40 plays, adaptations and experimental pieces to this point in ... Read More ›