Jason Hall Writes

After six weeks of teaching for Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth summer program, I finally found a pocket of time to begin working on this website. When I'm not doing that I'm working on my next play, a full-length drama about tulip bulb sellers in 17th century Holland. The flower to the left is a Semper Augustus, one bulb of which--at the height of the tulip mania--would be worth three times Rembrandt's commission for his masterpiece, The Night Watch.

The story of traders caught up in a capitalist market that ultimately collapses is fascinating against today's still-stinging Wall Street follies. I'm planning to have a first draft ready sometime in September.