Had initial meetings this week with the production teams for two upcoming events, and they were both super helpful. 1. On Saturday I met with Sharon Sparlin who will be directing this piece for the annual Out of Ink production at Hyde Park Theater which opens the last week of April. She has...
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The Night I Fell off a Bridge
So on March 30th, I’m scheduled to do Testify again at the Spider House Ballroom. You should totally come! (ahem, doors open at 7pm) But anyway, as I was looking through photos for the Boom Chicago post below, I happened to find this photo too, which is actually referenced in the story I’m working...
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I’ve seen the movie Get Out twice now (paying not only for the movie tickets, but for the accompanying beers each time too). It’s entertaining, poignant, scary, funny, thought-provoking and–cinematically–incredibly assured. I was listening to Terry Gross’s interview with writer/director Jordan Peele last night and thought to look up some of his background on...
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Lots of big decisions coming up this month. The kids each need to make a decision about where they’ll be attending school next year. I need to make a decision about what kind of car I’ll be driving the next few years (go practical, go electric or go Car2Go?). I also need to figure...
Continue readingYNA & DDG & PTM
Just catching my breath after this year’s FronteraFest. Feeling happy and honored (and lucky, really) to have had two pieces in the final week. Your Neighborhood Association (YNA) was smooth and well-oiled and everyone (Lana, David, Roxy, Jenn and James) was so professional and easy. A real dream (even if it the play itself...
Continue readingJackie Kashian as the Witch
Napervillains producer Jen is one of the most persistent (and nicest) people I know. After a couple of years of off-and-on recruiting, she convinced one of her favorite comedians, Jackie Kashian, to record the vocal part of Wendy the Witch for an installment of our work-in-progress animated web series. They spent time last weekend recording...
Continue readingShowerhead, etc.
Due to overwhelming demand, I wanted to give a quick update on the year’s goals to this point, as we’re about a third of the way through the 12-month period: October through December: everything is done with a couple of caveats: It was an inurnment at Arlington, not an interment (I only recently learned...
Continue readingPeacock Brainstorm
Some notes on next steps for April’s show: 3 or 4 main sections where we could put stuff on (see red in diagram) Entry way for opening bit Then long hallway for some theatrical stuff Then an outdoor patio for musicians Possibly the garden area for something else Start in entry way with musical...
Continue readingYour Neighborhood Association is a Hit!
Okay, not necessarily YOUR neighborhood association. But our FronteraFest piece got selected for Best of Week last week, and Saturday’s performance was a real step up from our original Wednesday night’s show. The audience was warm and in synch with the performers. The pacing, timing and chemistry was just right. Still amazes me how...
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Okay, so I’ve booked a space in April for a fundraiser. I had no real inclination to go through the work of doing something like this right after A Night of Squid (exhausting!) but maybe the churning and burning of having inauguration day around the corner has spurned some sense of activism, or at...
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