The Cross-Eyed Loon
I’ve completed a draft of the pilot episode of this Maine-based sitcom I mentioned back in May. The current name of the show is THE CROSS-EYED LOON, inspired by The Cockeyed Gull, a real place on Peaks Island off the coast of Portland. Here’s a quick summary: In this pilot episode, a...
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Come and See THE PACT!
We’ve had a couple of good reviews in Broadway World and Central Texas Live, and there may be another one or two coming, but audiences have been uniformly really positive and enthusiastic. If that’s not all, an old work friend of mine busted out of the theater the other night when the lights came...
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“Get Ready”
I heard an interview with Sheryl Lee Ralph (from Abbot Elementary and Dreamgirls) the other day. And I want to say first off that she’s great and talented and has an exceptionally resilient attitude and deserves all the awards she can get. One of the things she said which resonated with me – when...
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Middling in Midland
Okay, we were in Dallas, not Midland, but that’s a headline I’ve always wanted to write. Our team got off to a rocky start at the World Series this year (3rd qualification in 5 years for me) but we started hitting better once we got slotted in the “losers’ bracket” and clawed our way...
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Glory Days
After visiting a couple of old friends out west, and attending a memorial service with them too, I was loaned some old photos I hadn’t seen in forever. That top/left one is a high school gig I had with my old band Reverse (nice mod tie and electric drums, yo!). And then these are...
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3-Year Spine-iversary
It’s been three years this month since I had this procedure which shook things up a bit for me. There were ups and downs that first year, but since then I guess I feel like I’m 80%-85% of where I’d been before. Which isn’t too bad. I’m off to the World Series of Softball...
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The Dating Project is a Hit!
Well, that went well. The show sold out about half the nights (all off-nights too) and all the feedback I got was positive, and attendance seemed to spread with word of mouth. Great to be a part of such a successful event! I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised that a show about dating...
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The Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
Hey, it’s a post about math! Trying to break up the dreariness of stories and plays and jogging with something a bit more exciting. The Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics in Budapest is the place to be if you want to talk about and investigate mathematical theories. Mathematicians and scientists from there have been...
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Stories Found: Personality Test
My friends at Stories Found invited me back for another episode recently. They ended up recording a short interview and a 10-minute play of mine, Personality Test, which is probably officially my most-produced piece at this point. I wrote it in the aughts and it was first performed at the City Theatre in Delaware....
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