The world premiere of my play Enquiry Concerning Hereafter runs August 4-27 for 21 performances, as part of the Edinburgh Fringe, the world's largest theatre festival. Producing Enquiry is Panmure House, an international academic institution centered on the…
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Ghosts in Edinburgh
(This essay, written by Duane Kelly, was originally published July, 2023 by AdamSmithWorks as part of its Speaking of Smith series. Reprinted by permission. Photo is of Kelly at Adam Smith's grave in Edinburgh in 2022.)While travelling in Denmark…
Read more‘Visiting Cezanne’ Remounted in New Frame
My play Visiting Cezanne opens February 15 for a one-month run at Burien Actors Theatre in south Seattle. If you’re in the area I hope you can attend. The play had its premiere one year ago in Seattle.
Visiting Cezanne…
Read moreAn Unsentimental Education
Having grown up in a large Mormon family, I can bear testimony (as a good Mormon might put it on a Sunday) that advising a teenager not to attend Brigham Young University because the socialist professors there will corrupt…
Read moreInevitable and Surprising
Can you remember when you first heard Darth Vader say the words to Luke: “I am your father.” How did you feel?
A measure of success for many stories is whether they present a major reveal toward the…
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