And so thats easy.

Its really a scheduling thing.

And the ones who cant do it because of scheduling are devastated, because everyone wants to do theater.

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And thats just the actors.

Lending their writing talents are Dan Bucatinsky, Sundance favorite Jason Lew, and Lena Dunham, among others.

This year, I sent the ask and Lena was so pumped about it and its theworstfor the writers!

Theyre the ones who are up all night long.

When we started, our plays were in one-room apartments in New York City because thats what we knew.

And now were trying to mirror this really beautiful community that we live in.

To wit, IAMA itself approaches its upcoming 10-year anniversary with demanded thoughtfulness about where to turn next.

Weresmallguerrilla theatre and we all just wing it and somehow we still survive, says Lowes.

But were definitely at this crossroads where were about to take a big leap.

And to think, 2017 sign-ups havent even started yet.

IAMAs23-Hour Play Festivalwill play the Atwater Village Theater on March 13.