Lawyer-turned-playwright Arthur Keyser gets his second act with Players
(WorldNews Entertainment)

A good playwright doesn’t just create characters. A good playwright hangs out with them. “They’re alive in my head,� says playwright Arthur Keyser. “I don’t get bored with rewriting because I love visiting my characters.� Keyser, 89, was the winner of the 2017 Players New Play Festival, which earned him the chance to produce his new work this summer at The Players Centre For Performing Arts. The play, “Before Steepletop,� is a historical fiction piece about Pulitzer Prize winner Edna St. Vincent Millay’s young adult years spent in New York City’s Greenwich Village. INSPIRATION STRIKES Keyser began writing his work in 2011...