Really happy that I get to tell another story at Testify this month. It’s one I’ve been trying to get down in one form or another for years and years, and I think I may have finally found a way to lasso it. It’s a sad, kind of awful tale about a party that takes...
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Tom and Liz Went on a Picnic
So how’d that musical experiment work out for you? Pretty well! We got a good response on Wednesday, a lot of laughs. I think we were all a little amped up at first, and I was off balance when I got out onstage, finding I was pinned a little too close against the wall,...
Continue readingDog Play at Long Fringe (no phone edition)
I had a tech rehearsal for a play by my friend Michael Michaelian yesterday at the spanking new Ground Floor Theatre. I’m running a series of visuals (slides) for him during the course of the show. I took a cool photo of the space from the tech booth on my phone but then my...
Continue readingIs This Gonna Work?
Trying something new for FronteraFest this year. Had this crazy idea to do a musical with a trombone and a bear suit. I now own both these things. We’ve had a couple of rehearsals so far, and this musical business is a bit tougher than I imagined. But I feel pretty good it’s gonna...
Continue readingOne Minute Play Festival–rehearsal and meet & greet
Went to a rehearsal for the #1MPF on Saturday. Saw 10 of the 70+ plays that are going up this weekend. It was a lot of fun. Mysterious, quirky, fast, occasionally poignant, lively and silly. Can you ask for anything more? You can. You can ask for romance. I didn’t see that. Anyway, I...
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Oh yeah, so I’m part of this festival at the end of August: http://www.oneminuteplayfestival.com/ I’ll be doing the Austin version as outlined here: https://www.facebook.com/events/338185926329812/ I wrote a couple of short pieces–or “moments”–that were fun to do. This whole one-minute play thing is under-rated. Cut to the chase quick! One piece is called Activists about a bunch...
Continue readingSo how’d that reading go for you?
Good question. Had a bunch of people over, commissioned a great sign from my friend Doug, had snacks and beer and wine. A bit of a party. I was happy with it, thought the play was well received, was really flattered that the actors I wanted to read could all make it. So now...
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One more shot from the Out of Ink show for posterity. Ladies and gentlemen, your ScriptWorks staff at work… ...
And that’s a wrap…
The Out of Ink 2014 experience is over and I’m beat. Had a great experience all around. Got over some acting anxiety, some self-consciousness about directing someone else’s piece for the first time, and was happy to let others take the reins on the piece I wrote. Did it. Boom. And there are photos...
Continue readingFirst acting gig since college (sort of)
The month of firsts continues tomorrow with my first acting gig in someone else’s play since college when I played Nobody #One and That Guy In Armor#2 in Mary Stuart. This time it’s another short play for Out of Ink by the estimable Carolyn Kennedy who does stuff with this group. Anyway, I play...
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