A few little things: Monday, March 12th: Meeting with Out of Ink director Ellie McBride to talk about my goofy piece on presidential brains and how we’re gonna cast it (UPDATE: went well, a few tweaks to make, gonna be silly and fun, I hope) Tuesday, March 13th: Telling a story about cell phones,...
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Three days till we open
Had a chance to stop by the theater tonight. This one’s coming down to the wire. Still some challenges left, and plenty of work to do in the next 48 hours, but lots of great stuff too. This is the cast going over notes with Lisa and Jen after the tech run-through, with the...
Continue readingWest Coast Surf & Story Tour
In the last few days, I’ve gotten invitations to both surf in San Diego and tell a story in Portland. So now I’m thinking it’d be great to string these events together into a fall tour. I’m looking at events in Seattle, San Francisco, The Bay Area in general, LA and San Diego. We’ll...
Continue readingBig Comedy Tour This Saturday
I’ll be making the rounds this Saturday in case you want to try to come out and support some local art. From 7am-9am I’ll be cracking wise along the 10.1 mile loop from MoPac to the Longhorn Dam. Come join the fun!* From 10am-12pm I’ll be at Cherrywood Café trying to work on Pong:...
Continue readingListening Room Gig on July 8th
A couple of months ago at Testify I met a funny, nice guy named Joey Zimmerman who runs a monthly show and podcast called The Listening Room. And he recently asked if I’d be willing to tell a story on the show on July 8th. A listing on Do512 about the show says “Join us...
Continue readingQuick Peacock Recap (say that 3 times fast…)
Hey, the show went great! Not sure the total number of people, but we ended up with 52 tickets sold online, and then maybe a dozen or so folks came in to pay at the door. I ballparked 60-65 in the audience at some point, so I guess that sounds about right. (WHAT WERE...
Continue readingRevisiting Hollywood Again and Again and Again
I told this story about my nine incredibly intense days in Hollywood last year at Testify, and now I get a chance to repeat it three times tomorrow night at the annual Thinkery benefit. I’ve gotta chop out a few bits of the narrative, and it’s gonna barely be ready under the wire. But...
Continue readingFirst Meetings
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...
Continue readingThe 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...
Continue readingMarch Madness
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...
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