I really do. There is always too much going on so that I miss half the things I want to be doing, and am almost too busy to enjoy the things I am. Put a layer of baseball on top of all that, and trying to find time to write… next to impossible. That said, […]

I just got back from a whirlwind trip to New York City, delivering a Christmas present to my daughters: Darren Criss. Well, not the man himself, but tickets to his star turn in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. This was his final Saturday performance, and the energy in the audience was thrilling. […]

Busy, busy, busy December is always busy, so much so that I actually look forward to January, when things settle down. But this month, there was a lot going on in addition to the holidays. I had my reading of SEEDS on December 5th, with a fabulous cast who, in one rehearsal, nailed so much […]

Just got word that WRITE THIS WAY will be produced in Manchester, UK by Laced Banana for their Heart Beats festival for World AIDS Day November 30. With the Uppity Theater Company’s February production, that’s three hits for this play. THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR will get a read at the Hive Theatre in New York […]

Next weekend, I have Life Lines opening in Seoul with the Seoul Players, and two days later, Black and White opening with n.u.f.a.n. ensemble’s Table and Chairs Festival in Chicago (the latter was a result of the my recent binge; see previous post). Next month, Greater Good will be part of The Writer Speaks at Three […]

Just got the email that WRITE THIS WAY was The Producers Choice at the 2011 Briefs Festival at Theatre Out in Santa Ana. The play ran with five others for ten performances over three weekends. Audiences voted The Mission, by Joe Godfrey as their favorite, and the three producers unanimously voted mine. I can’t say enough how wonderful […]

From the very first notification that Write This Way was accepted into Theatre Out’s Second Annual Briefs Festival, I’ve been very impressed with the company’s professionalism, particulary their commitment to keeping playwrights in the loop, especially because all six are East Coasters and not all of us can make it for the event. By way […]

originally posted on June 15, 2011 The other day, I got an exciting email from David Carnevale, Managing Director of Theatre Out. My short play, Write This Way, has been selected as one of six to be part of their second annual Briefs Festival. The show runs ten nights, and last year, every night sold […]

originally posted on May 23, 2011 Rather than go into the details about the other plays in the New Works 4 International Short Play Festival, I’ll let reviewer Rachel Lynn Brody do that: Review of New Works 4Though Director James Ashcraft, whom I finally had the pleasure to meet, told me myriad horror stories about […]

originally posted on May 11, 2011 …there is a small ray of hope. This past year, I’ve committed to submitting plays like crazy because it became increasingly clear to me that my plays,  unlike my children’s book, Neko and the Twiggets, will never enjoy an eternal  place in the bibliographic universe. They can only truly be […]