Seeds and Other Things
At this moment, I’m wishing I had some great advice to give or astute observation to share. Mostly, because I could use something like that myself. Not that I should complain. I have a reading of a short play of mine in a festival at Theatricum Botanicum called Seddlings this coming weekend, Oct 20 & … Read more
The Dead Woman
I’ve been working on this damn play for maybe three years now. Obviously, this hasn’t been consistent work – I wrote spurts of it here and there, ignored it for a long time, worked on it a bit in a writers workshop, ignored it a bit more, and then finally focused on it when I … Read more
Too Damn Precious
I’ve had a hope chest since I was 16. Traditionally, a hope chest is where a woman keeps all the items she will take into adulthood or, more specifically, marriage. In the hope chest you keep your wedding dress, your measuring cups, your good jewelry, your mixing bowls. (We women – always mixing and measuring … Read more
Becoming Unstuck
I’ve been staring at this blank blog post entry for two hours. I’ve been sitting in perfect silence in my new apartment, my desk and the floor around it still littered with things I have not yet put in their proper places. A package of AA batteries (an off brand, because I didn’t want to … Read more
The Theory of Silence
May 2012 really kicked my ass. A full time job, four part-time jobs, a birthday, finding and moving to a new apartment, running a half marathon and directing/rehearsing/producing/understudying a new monologue show – I was pretty damn close to a nervous breakdown. In fact, I actually think I had several mini breakdowns over the course … Read more
