Plot Įmily on the front lines where the battlefield transitions into her bedroom but her gun becomes a pen. He is a proud member of Naked Angels and the Drama Dept.Amid the Civil War's mounting casualties, the Dickinsons grieve one of their own-and Emily struggles to keep the peace in her family. He teaches playwriting and screenwriting at Columbia University and the New School. Pugliese is a consultant for the Cherry Lane Mentor Program. He was honored by New York University's Tisch School of the Arts as their outstanding alumni in the field. He won the Forbes Herman award for playwriting. Pugliese has directed numerous Off-Broadway productions and is a former Artistic Director of Naked Angels. His television credits include Night of the Living Dead, Homicide (WGA Award) Love and Blood, Fallen Angels (Cable Ace Award Nomination). His film credits include Born to Run (Fox) Infamous (Hart-Sharp, HBO) Shot in the Heart (directed by Agineszka Holland, produced by Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana). At play’s end, they make their decisions, perhaps on the basis that ‘love is not the opposite of hate - hope is.’ By that time, having been honored with patience and attention, Mr Pugliese’s play becomes most rewarding …” -Martin Gottfried, New York Law Journalįrank Pugliese's credits for the stage include KAOS (New York Theatre Workshop) AVEN'U BOYS (Off-Broadway, Obie Award) THE KING OF CONNECTICUT, THE TALK, THE ALARM (all with Naked Angels) 'HOPE' IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS, LATE NIGHT - EARLY MORNING (The Drama Dept.) THE CRAZY GIRL (NY Stage and Film, Gloucester Stage). In one way or another, each is in despair. For this play is a ninety-minute jigsaw puzzle whose pieces, seemingly unrelated, gradually come together and by the end, the picture is in focus and complete … All these people, then, are in midst of making decisions about their lives, present and future. Perhaps, for some, the theater is never supposed to be difficult, but for those whose attention can hold under such challenging conditions, the reward is considerable. It is also very much a poem in dramatic form, a poem that baffles at first, and strains the mind. The play, too, by the time it is through, is an ode to hope. “The title of Frank Pugliese’s difficult but rewarding new play, ‘HOPE’ IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS, is taken from an Emily Dickinson poem.

Thing with feathers