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,...
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Oct 114 min read
Columbus Day and the Offended Generation
Not all holidays are created equally, but there is a ubiquity about them. It is necessary, for example, to have a bright spot in the...
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Sep 275 min read
Mia Farrow and the Me Too Misfire
Note: This is not meant to be a criticism of the entirety of the Me Too movement, but one story of those who exploited it for...
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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...
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May 106 min read
Marilyn Monroe: The Death of Arthur Miller
Whenever I contemplate who America’s dramatic masters are, my answer is always Eugene O’Neill and Edward Albee. The reason for this is...
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Apr 267 min read
Jefferson & Hemings
I was perhaps in my junior year of high school when the news broke that, after many years of speculation and debate, Thomas Jefferson,...
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Apr 55 min read
The Truth Narrative: Ross E. Cheit & Witch Hunts
Last week, in reviewing Netflix’ new docuseries The Outreau Case: A French Nightmare, I brusquely went over a subject near and dear—the...
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Jan 126 min read
Lost Classics: Norman Mailer's MAIDSTONE
While during his lifetime, his work became more and more critically derided, there has been a resurgence of interest in American...
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Sep 1, 20234 min read
An Actor's Journal- Part 7
I’m still vertical. It’s a low bar for living, but there you are. After this experience—rehearsing for my first stage role in nearly 20...
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Jul 14, 202311 min read
On Joy, Luck, and the Color Purple
Prefatory Note: I acknowledge I can never understand the suffering women have experienced and continue to experience in instances of...
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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...
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May 26, 202312 min read
David Henry Hwang, pt. 3: Hollywood and Beyond
For this final week of May, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I conclude celebrating my mentor and teacher David Henry...
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Apr 21, 202318 min read
Not I but Also: Notes from an Age of Madness
This work contemplates, albeit in a slightly deranged way, the events of protest in the United States in the years 2016-2019. It makes no...
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Mar 10, 20234 min read
My Favorite Alice in Wonderland
I remember reading Neal Gabler’s Walt Disney. A magnificent book, supposedly the first to tell of the man’s warts as well as his...
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Jan 6, 20232 min read
Dropping in a Tome
I can remember being as young as six and needing books around me constantly, though I wasn't sure I could read well. I liked books, the...
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Nov 25, 20226 min read
Favorites Part 3: Writing
For the next few weeks, I'll be sharing my favorite works of art. These are not necessarily my answers to "What is the best movie/tv...
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