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  • A Lost Earring, The Rain, A Wa…

    A Lost Earring, The Rain, A Wall and A Play Last Friday I ended up staying late at work for two reasons. First reason, I had to finish a blog post for my 9 to 5 job. Second reason, I decided to catch the 6:04 bus to San Rafael to go see A Man, His Wife and His Hat by up at AlterTheater. Right arou…

  • It's Official: I Can Now Gus…

    It's Official: I Can Now Gush Online In a previous post or two I've hinted that something was in the works and now that all interested and participating parties have signed on to well...participate, I can now tell you what the hey hey is going on. Impact Theatre, a theatre I greatly admire for t…

  • The Butterflies Are Back…

    The Butterflies Are Back What was going on my with stomach? It couldn't be hunger because I ate before rehearsal. A stomach cramp? Ohhhhhh....it was nervous butterflies. I remember those. I remember how intense they were the first time I had a play read in front of an audience. Back then my…

  • A Theatre Filled Weekend And…

    A Theatre Filled Weekend And what a great way to spend the weekend. I kicked it off going to see Into The Clear Blue Sky by JC Lee, the second of his This World and After trilogy that Sleepwalkers Theatre is producing this season (the final chapter comes in August). Since I'm not a reviewer, I enc…

  • Heart Shaped Nebula Table Read…

    Heart Shaped Nebula Table Reading Recap Phew! Yesterday was a long, but very fruitful day. But let me back up to Saturday when I did another quick pass at Heart Shaped Nebula, just to see if there was anything else I wanted to change, edit or add before emailing it to Kinko's for printing. Oh,…

  • Dramaturgy and More Cupcakes…

    Dramaturgy and More Cupcakes Last night I had dinner with my dramaturg and good friend Nakissa. The plan was to eat and then talk about my Woman on Fire table reading last week. Somewhere between Rose's cafe and her living room we decided cupcakes were in order. Or perhaps I did. I've been jon…

  • Another Day of Theatre Today…

    Another Day of Theatre Today is the final day of the Bay Area Playwrights Festival. I'm about to head out for the final two performances. At 12 noon is BASH (Bay Area SHorts) which will feature local Bay Area playwrights Martha Jane Kaufman and Laureen Yee. Then at 4pm the full length play The Othe…

  • Table Reading Recap I left wo…

    Table Reading Recap I left work a little at 5pm loaded up with script copies from Kinko's and cupcakes from Cafe Madeline. I took the Jackson 3 to Nakissa's flat where upon ringing her buzzer heard a voice call down from above, "M____?". Apparently her intercom wasn't working so Nakissa was shoutin…

  • 2nd Attempt: Woman on Fire Tab…

    2nd Attempt: Woman on Fire Table Reading Nakissa is attempting to organize a late July table reading of Woman on Fire. My job is to work on the edits and have a new draft ready for said table reading. That means I'll have to work on the play while I'm in Texas. Did I mention I'll be leaving this…

  • Woman on Fire Table Read: It's…

    Woman on Fire Table Read: It's On! I just got a call from my dramaturg Nakissa. She's sent an email out to our actors earlier this week to get a sense of their schedules and now she has 2 potential table reading dates: Monday and Tuesday! I wasn't quite expecting the table read to happen so quickl…