Esperanza Reading Provides Hope
We had both a critical and commercial success at our well-attended benefit reading last Saturday at the Amala Foundation, raising over $2500 for ScriptWorks to help them bridge a difficult economic time. Big thanks to the newly-founded Latin@xé Artists ATX and playwright Rupert Reyes for their support, energy, and leadership. The venue was great...
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Mayday Benefit for ScriptWorks
We’re partnering with a few friends to put on a benefit night to help out one of my favorite orgs, ScriptWorks, which hasn’t received its usual city grants, and has a pretty uncertain future at this point. We’re hoping to keep it running at full speed as long as we can. The following (below)...
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Slugg’rz Reading a Hit (maybe even a triple)
We had a good old time at our reading on Sunday. A great turnout of local softball players and writers and theater-goers. Thanks to all who showed up for the play, and especially those who stayed to give feedback and chat after. People genuinely seemed to have fun, and there were a lot of...
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The Slugg’rz Make the Series (reading on April 16th)
We’re doing a reading! And we’d love to have you come check it out. The Slugg’rz are back! And they’re even more slugg’ry than ever. Catch a reading of this new comedy during spring training and see if they can make their way to the majors! There’s a quick-and-dirty Facebook event if you want...
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Fantasy Elect Interview
Hey, I won something! Last year I got invited to join a beta test for a new app under development, called Fantasy Elect. It’s like fantasy football, but it’s about elections and predicting who’s going to win congressional, senate and gubernatorial seats – and it includes other elements used for scoring like fundraising, polling...
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My Performance Review
This post is mostly an excuse to memorialize this show graphic that my son put together for me. The annual festival (after a two-year hiatus) is in its final week, and it was mostly pretty fun with a hiccup or two here and there. The Dating Project was remounted in an edited-down version –...
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Three Shows in Eight Days
Welp, it’s been a few years but FronteraFest — my old stomping ground — is back. I’m not really ready for it. I feel like an out-of-shape boxer asked to step back into the ring after retirement. BUT I’m in for a penny (actually, three pennies) and basically in for a (or three) pound/s....
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Ditching the Fitbit
When I was traveling out west a couple of weeks ago, I suddenly got the urge to do some research about the Fitbit that’s been on my wrist 23.5 hours a day for the past 3 years. I read a few articles that talked about negligible radiation associated with the Bluetooth elements of it....
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A Slow Thought Movement?
I think about this off and on, and wanted to finally get it down in some notes. I feel like I’ve been fighting against these forces in my life where there’s tremendous perceived value in instantaneous decision-making. I’ve worked in jobs where the people who get the most attention and praise are the ones...
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