Adult Education

So I signed up for a five-week playwriting course with Caridad Svich which coincides with the father-son vacation I’m currently taking in Italy. I initially hesitated to enroll because I felt like it’d be yet another obligation at a time I wanted to relax and focus on the trip. But I ended up doing it anyway,...

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The Third Mosquito*

I’m in this beautiful place now, but had a couple of rough nights battling a small army of mosquitoes. The insidious buzzing of these insects in my ear can keep me up for hours. As I hear that high-pitched whiny zzzzzzzzzzz approaching I feel my blood pressure rise and my visceral instinct for destruction...

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Oh, Death…

My friend Brendan is featured in just about every story I’ve told in public. So many wacky adventures we’ve had together. I just got the news that his mom, who I always considered kind of a second, cooler mother to me, died on Thursday. I’m so glad that I was able to see her...

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Good at Life?

My 11-yo son said to me the other afternoon, “Why are you so good at life?” I was like “What? What does that even mean?” He was like “I don’t know. You’re just really good at life.” I’m pretty sure I was making mac & cheese and talking about car repairs at the time....

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So I Have This Idea…

Every year ScriptWorks has a 48-hour Fling where playwrights get together and write 10-minute plays based on three ingredients. It’s a popular event and brings in a nice group of people from the theater community, either to write or be a part of the readings on Sunday (we all get together to read through...

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