Gibberish Mostly
Got some exciting news today. A play I originally wrote almost fifteen years ago is getting a new life. GIBBERISH MOSTLY, which had a reading at Hyde Park Theatre and Boston Theatre Works in 2003, is slated to be the season opener this fall at a theater I really like. I’m still getting all...
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 readingSports as Religious Experience (1 in a possible series of 2)
Earlier today on the BBC I heard a reading of a piece that David Foster Wallace wrote in 2006 about Roger Federer, and I thought Hey, that’s not a bad piece of writing but surely there are other, more recent, sports experiences we can write about. So here’s one. It’s from a game my...
Continue readingLoneliness
I know, right?? This is the subject (and the working title) of the play I finished quickly last weekend. What if you were able to converse with (and confront) your own self at different stages of your life. You could ask your old self what was going to happen to your young self. Your...
Continue readingRunning for Congress
Dear Friend who’s considering running for Congress in a heavily Republican district, You should totally do it You have the skills The time is right Your lack of funds should be highlighted as an asset Your passion for being an underdog is a motivator You have powerful rhetoric which can inspire I know how...
Continue readingThe Sprint to 50
Once again, not an age-related thing. I’m okay taking my time with that. It’s this damn full-length-play-writing workshop. The full draft is due on Monday and I’m not happy where I am so I’m trying to speed-rewrite the whole stupid thing in two days. As of 8am today, I was on page 4. I’d...
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 readingAdult Education
So I signed up for a five-week playwriting course with Caridad Svich which coincides with the father-son vacation I’m currently taking in Italy. I initially hesitated to enroll because I felt like it’d be yet another obligation at a time I wanted to relax and focus on the trip. But I ended up doing it anyway,...
Continue readingThe Third Mosquito*
I’m in this beautiful place now, but had a couple of rough nights battling a small army of mosquitoes. The insidious buzzing of these insects in my ear can keep me up for hours. As I hear that high-pitched whiny zzzzzzzzzzz approaching I feel my blood pressure rise and my visceral instinct for destruction...
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