Years ago, when I was an undergrad at my first college (a small private that proved to be inadequate for my proper theatre training—hence my transferring to a real theatre program at a real school), I heard this crazy metaphysical thing: how to see what you looked like in your past lives. The method wasContinue reading “Journey…Into The Past (Lives)”
Tag Archives: Playwrighting
Did You Grow Fonder?
I haven’t posted a blog entry lately. Life has been busy with getting my fiancee ready for surgery (or I should say, helping her get the garden and house ready for her surgery), and I took on another project—more about that in a minute. Also, I tried so hard to keep my posting streak going,Continue reading “Did You Grow Fonder?”
An Assassin for What??
Years ago in Northeast PA (which does seem like a galaxy far, far away at this point), I had to walk to the end of the street to get my mail. As I exited my house and entered the road, two dogs across the way would bark at me from a badly-built enclosure. When IContinue reading “An Assassin for What??”
Past (Projects) Come Back to Haunt Us
I’m trying to clean up my desk and filing cabinet in the hopes of making enough space to bring more things from my storage unit and, if there are any files to keep, I will have a place for them. In the meantime I’m finding a lot to recycle, but am also discovering some surprisesContinue reading “Past (Projects) Come Back to Haunt Us”
Play or Fun? Play AND Fun!
What was the last thing you did for play or fun? As part of the founding of a new theatre company, I decided to join the Chamber of Commerce for networking. During one of those events, I spoke with some people from a local chain hotel who are interested in some programming. The same wasContinue reading “Play or Fun? Play AND Fun!”
Fish Out of Water?
Tell us about a time when you felt out of place. Fish Out of Water? Stranger in a Strange Land? Is there another phrase for not belonging? I know there’s Yank in Eugene O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape who decides if things belong, and whether he belongs or not. The FOUW/SIASL is an excellent device forContinue reading “Fish Out of Water?”
Career Plans?
What is your career plan? This is an amusing little prompt for a retired person. But judging from how people reacted when I attended commencement, they must equate retired with dead. In fact, when people asked me what I was doing there, I would say, “I’m retired, not dead!” (And then I’d say I wasContinue reading “Career Plans?”