We have a graphic and therefore there’s no turning back. I’m mildly terrified about getting this thing together, worried about the coordination of it and the reception and attendance. But we’ll figure it out, right? You support me? Sorry, I can’t quite hear you. I suppose if it doesn’t work out, we can...
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Running and Yakking with Tweens
I often try to get the kids to walk or jog with me when we’re going to school or it’s a nice morning out or there’s some kind of race or an event coming up I’d like to train for. They almost never want to do it, and I usually let it go after...
Continue readingSquidstorming for November 14th show @ GFT
Getting ideas together for our benefit show for the Autism Society of Central Texas. Saturday, November 14th at 8pm. More ink to be spewed over the next two months. Stay tuned… ...
Hosting a Play at Home
It’s been about a month since we opened GOOD WEATHER FOR BUNDT CAKES in my living room in south Austin. It was something I wanted to do, but it was an experiment and I knew there was a possibility it’d fall on its face. I feel the show was a success overall and that...
Continue readingHey Look, I’m a Storyteller!
It was very sweet of Austin Storytelling to run a short interview with me here. I feel unqualified but happy to be included with other wonderful people in their ongoing Q&A sessions. I’m sure it was exactly how Barack Obama felt winning that Nobel Peace Prize before he’d really governed. Anyway, thanks, Austin Storytelling;...
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 readingLooking Down
So yeah, had a fun night on Friday at Testify. Met some cool people and felt happy about getting onstage and all that. At the bar afterward, a friend mentioned that I seemed comfortable but I looked down at the ground a lot. He wondered if it was something I did while I was...
Continue readingOh, and my Map
Speaking of PARK(ing) Day 2014 (that’s not awkward to type or anything), since I didn’t perform, I walked around a bit and got to this map exchange booth helmed by Austin’s Atlas. They were giving away maps of odd places you might not notice downtown. To get one of these maps you had to...
Continue readingGoing Mobile (maybe)
So this past Friday I had the opportunity to give a performance downtown as part of PARK(ing) Day 2014 in Austin. I decided that I would revive a piece I put on at FronteraFest a few years ago about a guy who’s desperately trying to find a job and is trying to convince the...
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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