[Janet Banks, Playwright and Director]
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.”

I am inspired by the human condition as it unfolds around me a million times every day, next door and across the oceans. As the general manager of a global interactive marketing agency I have the opportunity to travel the world and observe how the human condition is informed by culture, history and world events. People tell me stories and I attempt to capture them for the stage.

Inspiration Stump is my twelfth play and the third play in a trilogy. Dirty Little Secret and My Brother’s Keeper are the first two plays in The Acorn Trilogy. Other works I’ve written for the stage include 1000 Cleopatras, Hand Washing Techniques, Pilgrimage, Season Tickets, Maybe It’s Mabeleen, Rice Pudding, In the Beginning, Wilde’s Women and Sundance.