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 […]
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, […]
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.
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 […]
Don’t miss the Twitter Interviews with ReproRights writers. So far, Madeline Puccioni, Maggie Wilson, and myself. Coming up Nicole Joost, Lorraine Midanik, Pamela Winfrey, and more. One of the things I love about ReproRights! The Body Politic is the different stories and voices included. The 8/25 show is sold out […]
As the first weekend of performances is nearing its end, I’m reflecting a lot on what this journey has been for me. I’d given up on acting. Made an active […]
If my creative-life bucket list existed, it would include (among other things) performing on stage again and learning more about musical theatre. Et voila 2016 is off to a running start with both of those at the top, which is remarkable considering I’ve really done nothing actively to make either happen.
When 2015 began I was so exhausted from a grueling and challenging 2014, all I really wanted to do was crawl into a cave and hibernate like a bear. I thought I’d be facing a year of respite and recovery. What I got instead was one of recovery and rejuvenation, but not from rest; much to my surprise (and my family’s alarm), it was busier than most years.
I surprised myself when this year I made the choice to watch a documentary on KQED that I normally would have avoided, as a purposeful gesture of honoring my father for his birthday. “We Were Here” is a series of interviews about people who were here and in some way part of various aspects of advocacy, health care, or are typical of people who lived through the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco.
We are on the sixth week of our writing journey for #ISawIT and #ZeroHour. At the end of this coming week, we’ll see a rough reading of a selection of everything we wrote. And the director, artistic director, and lead writer will go from there to pull together the two […]
Walking the Ellipsis 