The last twelve months have been very busy and as I look back I am pleased. There's so much to be grateful for, proud of and draw inspiration from.

Since last January, no less than nine of my own plays - large and small - have been presented to the world (5 of them World Premieres).


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Last summer, after a performance of DINOSAUR AND ROBOT STOP A TRAIN, Ruth and I went out for burgers and beers with Jeff "Jeffo" Hernandez. As the three of us sat there and cracked wise, Hernandez came up with the image of a half bear, half spider hybrid. Wouldn't that be a surprise to find at your campsite ( Read more... )

"Doing something different from other people is not a judgment of their choices.  Just as my being married is no judgment on unmarried couples, the fact that there are multiple organizations and individuals trying to attack the gender parity issue through different means, lenses, frames and efforts does not mean that they are competing with one ( Read more... )

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I have been watching episodes of Bravo's "Work Of Art: The Next Great Artist" on YouTube lately. Without getting out on a tangent about it being the best and worst reality show possible and a total confirmation of why I so seldom watch reality television, I was struck most by how it made me think about Fine Art (or High Art). I think some of the ( Read more... )

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Ron Russell of off-Broadway's Epic Theatre Company recently put together a blog series called "A Strategic Approach" that aimed to explore the true value theatre artists add to the culture and how our own perceptions, within the field, might be holding us back. In the first part of his discussions, Russell asks what makes artists essential nowadays ( Read more... )

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Improv set with FUN GRIP tonight at John Rawley's "Boxing Day End-of-Year" Bash at the Dyer Street Bar. Wasn't super-psyched to perform since I'm on this cozy holiday kick and serious getting-my-act-together thing lately.

Had a meeting earlier in the day with Andy Baldwin and Swearingen about this new play RASPBERRY FIZZ. We read through it and ( Read more... )

Swearingen and I performed FUN GRIP last night at the Pocket Sandwich. We were on a bill with The Victims and Ron Reno, the Sexiest Man Alive (aka, Paul Lisle). He had the Ron-terage out in force. With a packed house, the show went over pretty well.

The Fun Grip set featured two scenerios that came together into one story line just before we ended ( Read more... )