Writers klatch…
I’m not really sure what my first experience with writer’s groups was. I remember being at them with my mom – she was a founder or member of several. Sometimes […]
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The would-be kidnappings I escaped
REPOST NOTE: All the buzz about the t.v. series In Plain Sight had been confusing me, because I thought it was the same NBC special about Jaycee Dugard’s kidnapping and that was definitely not new. But I felt uneasy every time I saw it mentioned. Anyway, I had recently been […]
Falling off … again… getting up, again
Last year was a bit insane for me. I don’t think I’d ever experienced busy like that. Even for me, a notorious overworking workaholic, it was … intense. Everything stacked up starting in June and suddenly I felt like I was in an avalanche of creative activity that I had […]
Shopkeepers: a young girl’s friends
Shopkeepers. When I was 10, living in the Castro, I didn’t have any friends my own age in the neighborhood. There were other children around, but none of them roamed the neighborhood without their parents and we didn’t have opportunities to meet each other. Not that I had any interest […]
Short Play: The View produced in March
Death ends life, not relationships. The world premiere of “The Grateful Deadly!” will be a highly entertaining, magical, visually creative and adventurous evening of new works and 7 short plays by 6 esteemed Bay Area Playwrights! Some plays are whimsical and humorous, some are bittersweet, deep and thought provoking with perhaps […]
Back on Stage: Laramie Project
I’m thrilled to be part of the Left Coast Theatre Company’s production of The Laramie Project, directed by Stuart Bousel in April. We still have to tell the stories, we still have to strive to seed the empathy necessary to stop the pull of apathy that enables our society to debate the existence of hate crimes. To allow it to happen.
I’m incredibly grateful to be able to be part of that on any level.
Forging onward!
A little over a year ago, I suddenly had an idea for a Dungeons & Dragons play. It hit me like a 20 sided die to the eyeball. It was delightfully weird and not what I’d have normally thought of doing. I posted about it and the response was immediate, […]
Theatre Seen a look back at 2016
I am grateful that I’ve been able to see as much theatre as I have this year – 39 shows! The San Francisco Bay Area is an amazing place to be for theatre. For every show I saw there were five I wasn’t able to make it to see. There were some shows I saw this year that particularly landed with me and have made lasting impressions. So as a look-back, here are my highlights.
2016 in Review
Every year at this time I think “my god that was a crazy busy year, next year will be so much lighter,” and since it’s an annual thought, that means it’s never actually a lighter year. This year was one of the busiest I’ve ever had. It was a blessing of projects and artistic challenges. Whether I was out of my comfort zone performing for the first time in 30 years or accepting a leadership role in an established theatre company or more familiar ground with directing staged readings for ReproRights and PCSF, the year has been full of intense experiences and a lot of laughter and delight with new creative relationships around every corner.
Theatre Seen
Because as much as I have going on with creative projects, it’s not all about me, so I’ve been seeing a lot of theatre lately. Most recently, Fences at CalShakes which was achingly well performed, Hurt Village at Ubuntu Theatre Project which was powerful and fresh, and Emmett & Ava […]
Walking the Ellipsis 