It’s been a while since I’ve been in here, and there’s been a lot going on in the world (obvi), but I wanted to get down some goals and try to hold myself accountable to them over the next several months. Here they are, in chronological order: Write a new experimental short play for...
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TEXAS HEAT ADVISORY (an online reading) by Max Langert Thursday, July 16th @8:00pm Central It’s about family, it’s about politics, it’s about your neighbor’s missing cat. And it all takes place during a state-imposed lockdown on the hottest July on record. Featuring the vocal talents of Lana Dieterich, David DuBose, Christi Moore and Laura...
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All right, so this new audio piece is almost done, and we’re planning to do an online reading in July. Right now it’s scheduled for July 16th at 8pm Central Time. These are graphic concepts Ryan is working on for the event. Hope to finalize something in the next couple of weeks. And here...
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Now that it may be months (or years?) until people feel comfortable crowding into a theater again, I’m thinking on and off about alternate projects to work on. I have a prose thing that I may post about some day (and possibly even ask YOU about), but I’ve started to think about audio dramas...
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So I did this thing that scared the hell/heck out of me last week. I performed a semi-autobiographical/semi-fictional piece about being the father to a teenage son. Now that round two of this complex year is underway (and attitudes and behaviors changed almost immediately on his birthday; it was uncanny) I wanted to try...
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I had the opportunity to hike and travel through parts of Colorado and New Mexico last month, staying with friends and family along the way. The trip culminated in a kind of writers’ retreat in Albuquerque where I stayed in a house on the corner of a memorable scene in Breaking Bad. But I...
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I’ve got a couple of shows coming up in January and February for FronteraFest. More details on both (probably) later, but… here’s what’s on the docket: Friday, January 17th: A Series of Open Letters to my Teenage Son This is a solo piece where I’ll be addressing (semi-autobiographically, semi-fictionally) my son from ages 13...
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We had a great turnout for the reading of Rebecca’s Hope Chest a couple of weeks ago. I was kind of overwhelmed by the number of people who came, which is a great feeling. However… I was left feeling a little down about (or at least confused by) the feedback and reaction to the...
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Oh yeah, this is happening… Sunday, November 17th from 7pm to 8:45pm Hyde Park Theater | 511 W 43rd St On the heels of a difficult breakup, Rebecca hits the road to visit–and reconnect with–three partners from her past (one from elementary school, one from junior high, and one from college). It’s a bumpy...
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I went to a board meeting for the lovely and wonderful Vela Families. This is a sort of probationary measure (a couple of board meetings) to decide if being on their board is something we wall want. They’re a great organization, but I have bandwidth considerations to be wary of. More on that later....
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