Drama

4 days ago6 min read

On Neil Simon, JAKE'S WOMEN, and Garlic

This last Sunday, I attended the Cahaba Theatre Group’s staged reading of Neil Simon’s Jake’s Women . As there was only one performance,...

Oct 188 min read

To My Teachers, with Love

Growing up as an actor, I always believed actors were born, not made. Certainly, one can learn techniques of speaking and movement,...

Jun 213 min read

On the Providence of Summer (And Why I Hate It)

As you read this, we are in the second day of summer, a season I appreciate (for all the life, the beauty, the cooling pool outside, the...

May 35 min read

EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH: 20th Century Masterpiece

In the mid-1970s, when the country was in a deep malaise over Watergate, Vietnam, the failure of most of the late-60s protests, artists...

Jun 16, 20235 min read

Dedications: Writing for Others

I recently got the exciting news that a short play of mine, Approaching the Summer Sun, is slated for publication in the first issue of...

Jan 20, 20235 min read

On Wagner and Disconnect

I get into obsessions. After weeks of reading Browning’s poetry, I’ll switch to Sondheim and there will be weeks of listening, humming,...

Sep 9, 20225 min read

The Summer Bobby(ie) Lee Turner Loved Me Act III, Scene 3

The Summer Bobby(ie) Lee Turner Loved Me, referenced in last week's post, was written between May 2005 and late 2007. It is published in...