In the last few weeks I took over a handful of plays from my editor at We Love DC. With her plays, plus the ones to which I’d already committed, plus a couple of free tickets from friends, I saw 9 shows in 3 weeks, and then reviewed most of them. I prepared for it …
Setting Theater lobby, c. last week Characters Woman: 40s, theater-goer Man: 40s, woman’s companion, know-it-all Me: Your average musical-obsessed patron – (WOMAN, MAN, ME stand in line waiting for theater doors to open) Woman: (singing to herself) Camelot… Camelot… Man: What are you singing? Woman: “Camelot.” It’s a musical, I think. Man: You THINK? You THINK?!?! …
About once a week I get an email that pisses me off as an artist. It usually comes through a legit writing site and opens by promising some great opportunity for selected playwrights, then ends with a description that shows it’s anything but an opportunity. Today I received two. It inspired me to start this …
On our way back up through the Virginia hills before New Years, we stopped in Abingdon, VA. I’d been to Abingdon once before – my aunt and uncle took me there when I was little to visit the Martha Washington Inn and see the farce Don’t Dress for Dinner at Barter Theatre. At the time, my hosts …
Setting: Washington Harbour, DC Man #1: I’ll take the check. Man #2: No, please, let me. Man #1: I insist. Man #2: No, I insist. Man #1: Seriously, just let me take it. Man #2: No, I – 4-yr-old girl: (grabbing the check) Dad, I’ll take it. – Setting: Locker Room – Arlington, VA 11-yr-old … Continue reading »
I found a new happy place during my time in Melbourne. In the interest of full disclosure, I wouldn’t have found it at all without the generous help of my housemate Jem who took me there on my first day in the city center. I can almost hear Stefan describing it on SNL: “Tucked at … Continue reading »
While I was in Melbourne last month, I still needed to work most days. I found no better place than the State Library of Victoria. The famed La Trobe Reading Room (Domed Reading Room) is celebrating its centennial year in 2013. I got the chance to visit the galleries surrounding it, which display some of … Continue reading »
[The following scene is copyrighted; but if you'd like to use it for something, contact me!] The Ultimate Punishment Characters: Nicolae Ceausescu, former dictator of Romania Idi Amin Dada, former dictator of Uganda Kim Jong-il, former dictator of North Korea Woman Setting: Hell, present day (The three former dictators stand together. They wear matching Amnesty … Continue reading »
Joey Watson and Natalie Donner, filming some scenes I wrote about distorted memories, family ties, and diner food: Continue reading »
Why hello there! If you’ve landed on this page confused because you’re looking for a blog on human rights, there’s been some restructuring lately. You can now find that blog at TheMarginalized.com – its old home. There will be some changes around there in the coming months, and those changes are awesome, so stay tuned. … Continue reading »
Say you’re a creative type with seasonal affective disorder. Say you decide to get away for the winter, so you book a flight using miles and head to Melbourne for a month. In theory, say when you get there you’re amazed by how sunny it is. Say you start spending all your free time out … Continue reading »
