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Larry Pontius asked me to write for his lovely blog, and I decided to talk about How Not to Hate Everybody in 3 easy steps. This is all true, by the way. Also, the steps aren’t so easy.
One night only . . . I will be in New York (very briefly) for a reading of Mommune as part of the AracaWorks series, held at Ars Nova. More details coming soon, but it will be Tuesday, May 22 at 7:30pm directed by Rebecca Taichman and held at 511 West 54th Street Very excited to [...]
This weekend, in case you can’t stop thinking about the issue of gay marriage, my play Partners is having a reading as part of the Playwrights Union Annual Readings Festival, which follows on the heels on the Playwrights Union Annual Writing Challenge, in which we write plays over the course of February. The play is [...]
If you, like me, spent much of your early life watching The Producers (yes, original movie version, no, not the musical, yes, I’ll say the same thing about Hairspray, too, get off my lawn) you may recall a moment when a man auditioning for Springtime for Hitler introduces himself: “I was the lead tenor of the [...]
Species Native to California reading at the very cool IAMA Theater Company, whose new Artistic Director, Becca Wolff, you may have seen mentioned once or twice around these parts. Sunday, March 18 at 7pm featuring: Graham Sibley, Margaux Susi, Laura Holloway, Yetta Gottesman, Phillip A. Garcia, Ned van Zandt, and Katie Lowes.
In which I am interviewed by the lovely Adam Szymkowicz on his blog, and in which the soulful glances heretofore found in Waverly, Alabama are approximated in my own backyard. Here is the interview. I curse a little. But only a little. Mom.
Back from 2 amazing weeks at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire, where I worked on a new play called Partners, met rad artists from around the world, tried not be intimidated by sitting next to Lewis Hyde at breakfast, and slept. The sleep was very nice. Also, I learned that I really can’t yet [...]
Species Native to California, the extremely large play that could, has another reading in LA, this time at EST-LA’s Winterfest. Check it out! (The theater is 4 blocks from my house. I can bike to rehearsal. This is a dream.)
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