Comfort Food and Softball Recaps
Last week felt busy. Saturday night we did the Comfort Food story event at Cinemaker Space with about 300 attendees (Christine killed the PR stuff). It was great hanging out with you, Vyasar, Brunell, Tien, Christine, Nell, Addie and Yola (not pictured cuz she had a standup gig to run to). You can read...
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Stories about Comfort Food on July 29th
I’m doing a storytelling event! My first in a while. Christine over at Color Arc Productions invited me to join a diverse, eclectic crew of folks, and it’s been a blast to get to know these new friends. You know what else is cool? The story I’m telling is a new version of the...
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Minneapolis or Bust (benefit) on August 1st
Come out and support the Austin Ball’rz as they make you laugh and cringe all the way to the Softball World Series in Minneapolis. The money raised tonight will help defray travel and lodging costs for the team as they represent Austin on the road to softball glory. Some true Austin acting legends will...
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Book Review in Across the Margin
I wrote a book review! And it’s published on New York’s Across the Margin site. You can read it HERE. Why is this significant? Well, the book recalls a murder about a decade ago which happened in Austin, and it reflects some of the class and prejudice issues we have in the city. Beyond...
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Showcase Recap: do more of them?
We had a fun night on Saturday the 17th, showcasing new and evolving works by a trio of local writers. A good, really enthusiastic crowd showed up – and the performances were well done and varied. The feedback we got was to do more of this kind of thing. It’s nice because the event...
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Minneapolis Bound
I purposely took a break from softball this year, in part because there wasn’t a good spot for me on the team, and I would have had to play with a different, new team. But also in part because I wanted to focus on other things like writing. The break was kind of nice,...
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Unique Voices Showcase on June 17th
We’re hosting an unusual event with an unusual name. We have an opportunity to use the stage at Hyde Park Theatre on a Saturday and are bringing together some really cool people to show off their work. Here are the details: CPT presents the Inaugural Unique Voices Showcase featuring Maggie Gallant, Nailah Jumoke and...
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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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