Sleeplessness, Nudity and Squid
That pretty much sums up the remainder of my year. In a few minutes I’m off to the kickoff meeting for 14/48. There’s a running list of performers and artists involved here: Check it out, everyone’s so young and fresh-faced (well, almost everyone). I’m 60% dreading two nights without sleep, and 40% excited about...
Continue readingFinally, a Reason to go to Houston
So about 6 years ago I wrote my first children’s play for a local theater competition. It had two characters: a wallaby who liked to play soccer and a penguin who liked to read. The characters were loosely based on two kids I know pretty well, the play took place at a zoo, and while...
Continue readingThe Music Dilemma: how much to press
So my kid is ramping up for his first orchestra concert of the season this week. He loves performing and the feeling of getting applause at the end of a show in a crowded hall (diva!) and so I think he’s looking forward to that. However, he hates to practice so much that he’s...
Continue readingFirst Time Naked, Onstage*
In other news… I wrote this story (pictured) when I was 25 or 26 after going to a fancy spa in Amsterdam and trying really, really hard to fit in with a bunch of confident, well-toned, well-coiffed Europeans all around me. Thanks to the fine folks over at austinstorytelling.com, I’ve finally got a chance...
Continue readingBreathtaking, Heartbreaking Art for Display During November Benefit
I just got back from meeting with Dr. Laurence Becker in Hyde Park who has been working with artists from around the world who have severe forms of autism. His house is full of art pieces that are often extraordinary and compelling, and he’s a fountain of knowledge and information (and he’s a fascinating...
Continue reading14/48: World’s Quickest Theater Fest Comes to Austin
So this festival has been running and growing in Seattle since 1998, and now a few of its company members have brought it to Austin, and I’m gonna be doing it in a couple of weeks. It starts the night of October 15th and ends with a bang on Saturday, October 17th. http://the1448projects.org/about/ This...
Continue readingSquid Flyer
Okay, so here’s where we’re at. It’s not the hippest thing in the world, but I like it. And the kids like it. And that counts for a lot these days. It does read a little like a kid event, but that’s okay. Probably most people will show up via word of mouth anyway....
Continue readingMild Panic
I woke up in the middle of the night worried about whether I should really be putting on this show we’ve got planned for November. I want to do it because it’s a good cause and because I think it’ll be fun if it goes okay, and because the opportunity is there. On the...
Continue readingBraces
As a public service to myself and anyone who has to put up with me, I will try to have a positive attitude about this thing I’m putting in my mouth. Yeah, braces. For the next 9-12 months. Why? I don’t care about my crooked teeth but I was sold on the health reasons...
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