On Playwriting |
I just read the following brilliant quote from a writer named John Rogers:"If you are submitting a play: take your first play, the one where the protagonist is a thinly veiled version of you, and the...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:17:00 GMT |
Don Juan (March 6th-March 16th) |
So my show, Don Juan, opens this weekend and only runs TWO WEEKENDS. This is probably the most challenging work I've ever been called upon to do, and I hope the result rises to that challenge. The dir...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:18:00 GMT |
Today |
Today, we get to vote in California, New York, and 13 other states. I'm not going to weigh in on the Republican race; if you're a Republican, vote for the candidate who best honors American ideals as ...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:50:00 GMT |
A Moment of Weakness |
Insomnia's been a thing for me lately. Up too late, sleeping too little (or too much), a certain restlessness seems to have popped up that I can't shake. Can't say why, but sleep's been trouble for me...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:37:00 GMT |
This is Your Last Chance |
So this is the last weekend for the show I directed, A Very Special Money & Run Winter Season Holiday Special, so if you want to see it, you gotta be there this Thursday, Friday, or Saturday night...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:55:00 GMT |
3 Nights Left |
So, I did it your way: Some of you complained about the contant barrage of bulletins and other publicity-whoring I employed for previous shows, and said you would be more likely to attend if I did not...
Posted by on Sat, 19 May 2007 16:42:00 GMT |
Writing/Lucio/DrunkB-day/Obama/Directing/Pillowman-- My Life 4/07 |
#1) Lost the fiction contest. The whole thing was a little screwy, to be honest-- there were some "irregularities," as they say in Florida-- but it looks like it has led to some shorter fiction work a...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:41:00 GMT |
The artist is a gangster |
1) David Mamet said:
The artist is, in effect, a sort of gangster. He hitches up his trousers and goes into the guarded bank of the unconscious in an attempt to steal the gold of inspiration. The pro...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:17:00 GMT |
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions |
EDIT: So, okay, this was obviously me in a very bad mood. I am not normally this negative on these things. Reading back over it, all I can think is that I was just having a terrible, terrible day. And...
Posted by on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:10:00 GMT |
The Lowdown on Karamazovs |
Okay, this is my show. I play Dmitri, the rage-filled eldest brother (in some ways, the protagonist, though it really is the story of all the Karamazovs).
Please come see it:
Celebrated director Bill ...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:07:00 GMT |
