Some playwrights find the TV road a dead end.
Some drive on both sides. A lthough television has embraced many playwrights, other playwrights are grateful that the road from stage to screen runs two ways. The following writers admit that demoralizing experiences in writing for the screen, big and small, has left them battered, bruised, and, to extend the violent metaphors, a little gun shy. With the off-Broadway hit Spike Heels under her belt, Theresa Rebeck did the Hollywood shuffle in 1990 and wrote for Dream On, Brooklyn Bridge, and N.Y.P.D. Blue. But after being demoralized with the politics of television staffs, she's staying true to her first love, theater.