A couple of pieces of news came in over the wire this week: 1) My friend Robert, who’s spent the last couple of years in Kinshasa (which is in the Congo (which is in Africa (if you’re bad at geography like me))) has been trying to fund a series of repairs and upgrades to...
Continue readingUpcoming Spring (-ish) Events
A few little things: Monday, March 12th: Meeting with Out of Ink director Ellie McBride to talk about my goofy piece on presidential brains and how we’re gonna cast it (UPDATE: went well, a few tweaks to make, gonna be silly and fun, I hope) Tuesday, March 13th: Telling a story about cell phones,...
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I’m working on two short plays this month, and each involves a dude without a brain. I’m sure there’s nothing symbolic in that at all. The first is a piece I’m trying to get ready for next Wednesday’s Playwright Slam at Hyde Park Theatre. It’s about a fractured family whose patriarch has had his...
Continue readingIndustrial Wonderland
I had to drop my car off to get the heater fixed the other day, and I ended up walking several miles home afterwards, mostly along highways, under overpasses and crossing industrial roads. This morning I walked back out there to pick up a rental car in the same area and took Industrial Boulevard south...
Continue readingGoal-Like Things for the Year Ahead
I don’t know why I’m doing this, but I am. To get it down. So I have some kind of focus or something. Things I’d like to get done before the year ends: Write a new draft of that book-like thing, and see if I can convince anyone to look at it* Submit queries...
Continue readingThe Biggest Producer Credit I’ll Ever Get
Had the great pleasure of working with these guys at FronteraFest this year. They probably wouldn’t have done the show if I hadn’t nagged them (politely and repeatedly) and encouraged them to give it a shot. As a reward, they gave me a producer credit for the show. I asked Jomo to make the...
Continue readingReading INTO THE WILD with my Son
HIM: This book is stupid. ME: Why? HIM: Because the main character basically just kills himself in a stupid way, and we’re supposed to care. ME: He doesn’t kill himself. HIM: He might as well. He goes into a dangerous situation with limited supplies with a high probability of death, and then he dies....
Continue readingWhen Your Dad Reads Your Diary
Funny story. I got home from work yesterday and found my dad knee-deep in my private journal, which I’d accidentally left out in the living room. I’d been writing in it recently and just neglected to put it away, and so there he was, casually and deliberately leafing through the pages. He seemed a...
Continue readingAnd Here We Go…
All right, it’s happening! Tomorrow (Wednesday) night. Our Tech over the weekend went well, the actors seem to have everything down, and I can’t think of anything else I can do on my end to be any better prepared. The weather is icy and gloomy, and there’s a somber overtone to the week, but...
Continue readingThree Upcoming Fringe Shows
The season is upon us. This year there are three shows I have at least a bit of involvement with… WED, JAN 17 PONG: THE MUSICAL ‘Nuff said, you know what to do. THURS, FEB 1 INTO THE LIGHT This is a piece about a woman emerging from a long depression by my friend...
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