I mentioned briefly a couple weeks ago that I'm taking a class on "Playwriting through Improvisation." It's my first shot at play writing, and so far, it's going well. I'm particularly indebted to girlfmkitty for sharing a photo with me that inspired a monologue exercise and will serve as the foundation for the 10-minute play I'm producing in this class ( Read more... )

While I'm not posting here much until I finish with tomorrow's big Wild Violet reading (8 p.m. at MilkBoy Coffee in Ardmore -- please come), I have done a couple things for Yahoo!

A review of miranda_lane's recent play performance

A haiku inspired by a walk through a Philadelphia park

Also, if you haven't already, check out my new blog, renewmom, where I'm tracing ( Read more... )

Last weekend, I began a "Playwriting Through Improvisation" class. It's a six-week course through which we'll generate a short piece to share with friends and family. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to write more about it over the next few days, but right now, I'm hard at work following up on things for the upcoming Wild Violet 10th Anniversary Event. ( Read more... )

Still working on that massive issue of Wild Violet. The end is in sight! And now, a brief update about this weekend and a couple cool links.

( Meeting up with a fellow LJ Idol contestant. )

My latest story for Yahoo!/Associated Content is a feature about a play on 9/11, starring my friend, miranda_lane.

This is my home-game entry for therealljidol. I am not competing this season but invite you to read the many fine submissions and the home-game entries. Topic number 25 is "punchable face."

( A face only a bewitched fairy queen could love. )

On Sunday afternoon, my husband, The Gryphon, and I were invited to see a play with some friends. Of course, I simply had to go once I discovered the play was about Shakespeare and his company fighting zombies. To be more specific, William Shakespeare's Land of the Dead, written by John Heimbuch and performed by the Plays & Players company. As an ( Read more... )

In part two of the New York adventures of My College Roommate, The World Traveler and I, we checked out the stores on Fifth Avenue and saw St. Patrick's Cathedral and Rockefeller Center, finishing up in Bryant Park for holiday shopping.

Now, we were hungry, so we hopped on the subway and headed to the West Village to eat at Tea and Sympathy, run by ( Read more... )

This is my entry for Week Nine of The Real LJ Idol competition, where the topic is " Unprepared." I'll post an update about voting later in the week. If you haven't already, you may want to join therealljidol, since some voting will be restricted to community members. Again, I really appreciate all the support so far!

( How I conquered my inner elephants and said yes to my inner trucker. )

As anyone who knows me can attest, I'm a huge fan of British comedy. In fact, my undergraduate honors thesis compared two comedy schools, America's Second City Players and the British Oxbridge Mafia, which gave birth to Monty Python.

Naturally, I was intrigued when I received a mailer from the Wilma Theater about the play by British playwright Roy ( Read more... )