So there’s this manuscript I’ve been working on for over ten years now (in an off-and-on kind of way). It’s a story I always wanted to tell and felt I could find a good audience for. Different iterations of it have been well-received and it’s felt like a near-miss with a couple of publishers...
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Possum Posse is in!
I’ve loved this band since I first saw them a few years ago at Lambert’s. And then went to see them at their Pretty Kitty-sponsored (not really) residency at One2One on South Lamar. And they just agreed to play the benefit on November 19th. Super excited to have them! I guess they’re best known...
Continue readingSponsor Outreach Brainstorm
Okay, it’s time to start getting serious. I gotta contact some businesses and see if there’s any way to drum up sponsorship for the event. When we got Nothing Bundt Cakes to help out in June I felt like it boosted our legitimacy and/or my confidence level some. My initial thought was to reach...
Continue readingLiveblogging 1448_Austin Night #1
I got my badge, we got the theme, my play goes up in the #1 slot tomorrow night at 7:30 and 10. How’s it going so far? Goal is to get to sleep at a reasonable-ish hour if at all possible. 10pm Characters are Jen, Karla and Ronald/Monster 2 draft pages written Keep it...
Continue readingStorytelling / Fling / Fringe / New Theater
Oh man, I’ve been so bad about posting updates. What’s wrong with me? It’s almost like I don’t have anything to say! But wait! A few quick notes for now: 1) I’m performing at Testify again at this end of this month (and I’ll need to update my list of Works with the new...
Continue readingTonight’s the night–Lionel Richie edition
So tonight is when I get locked in the Off Center with a bunch of other well-intentioned crazy folk to do this: http://www.loadedguntheory.com/flimflam-in-space/ All. Night. Long. Is it okay for me to say that I approach it with a sense of both excitement and dread? I’m excited about the creative process, and about coming...
Continue readingI get to play “Jules”
So I got cast for a reading of a play by friend and ScriptWorks member Carolyn Kennedy. She wants me to play the character Jules, who is described this way: JULES BERNSTEIN appears in the front doorway. Jules is tall and spindly, mid-40’s. His thick, black hair is combed stiff with mousse, causing it...
Continue readingMy LTYM essay posted…
… somewhere else. Fellow LTYM alum Kristin VanderHey Shaw does me a great favor and honor by hosting my motherhood-related essay on her blog here. She’s a better editor than me, and knows how to set up a site, so I’m happy and grateful to her for making it look perty. Thanks for everything, Kristin!...
Championship-game bound!
Man, that was one stressful game. Down four in the bottom of the last inning. Way to pull through, fellas!...
SLIGHT RISK for severe storms
So my kid has his first baseball playoff game tonight, a day after the devastating tornado in Oklahoma. And the local weather site says this: It is important for you to know there is a threat of strong to severe thunderstorms for Central Texas this afternoon and evening. The entire area is under a SLIGHT RISK...
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