A few years ago I wrote about the fickle allure of the fringe festival. I was thinking about that this Saturday at the closing night party after our comic farce didn’t make it past the first night’s performance. It was a lot of work this year with a talented cast and a number of...
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Big Guy Opens Tomorrow
And here we go. Had our final rehearsal last night for this play, and I think we’re in pretty good shape. It’s a super-competitive week in terms of other shows. There are 4-5 groups that have gone to Best of Fest in the past, so I feel like we have a shot, but it’s...
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I can’t believe FronteraFest is here again. I’ve got a new play going up on February 6th, but before that, I’m going to be in a terrific storytelling cooperative, organized by my friend Marla. Her theme over several weeks is Love & Loss. This week, I go up with two other wonderful people. Tristan...
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We had the first read-through of Big Guy this weekend, and it went pretty well! I think the cast is excellent, and the play’s not too shabby either. I have a bit of work to do to flesh things out but nothing too major. Nhaila, Jenn, David, Cherry and Laura seem like they’ll fit...
Continue reading14/48 Night One (2018)
Here we go for the fourth year in a row… THURSDAY 7:12pm: Got to the meetup a little late; played a silly rock-paper-scissors game with the rest of the group; chatted, etc., as you do 8:03pm: The theme was pulled from the hat: Bears & Robots 8:04pm: Randomly, I was give the play #4...
Continue readingBacking up the Back Pack
So I got this out-of-the-blue message last Friday from one of my favorite performance groups in town, The Back Pack. They asked if I’d be interested in taking a crash course in one of their performances and getting onstage Sunday night for a benefit night they were putting on. Though I was worried about...
Continue readingOne Minute Play Festival v5.0
The fifth year of this festival is around the corner (August 20, 21 and 22 at Ground Floor Theatre). Always wacky, always stressful, always fulfilling. I don’t have a whole lot to say about it right now, but I did feel like posting my draft play here, especially with the Supreme Court news out...
Continue readingGift Baskets, Testify, and New Play Feedback
It’s a hodgepodge of stuff! GIFT BASKETS So when my son and I went to see Nicole O’s fine new play about young womanhood last week, they had a raffle for a few different gift baskets. We entered and…. I won this! As someone who’s organized and put together prizes for events, it feels...
Continue readingAnd Now it can be Told
For the past couple of months I’ve been raising money for a custom award for Christi Moore for the 20th Anniversary of ScriptWorks. She puts in a lot of time and energy for our organization without a lot of reward. Through contact with our 150 members, I was able to get a bunch of...
Continue readingI Guess Things Turned Out Okay
Another note to self: The show on May 19th went really well, my fears of low attendance were unwarranted (we ended up with about the same number as the last two shows and had to pull chairs from offstage to seat everyone), everybody had a good time, and we raised more money than we...
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