Many many thanks for your continuing support! We thank Theatre Asylum, Art|Works Theatre & Studios & Coeurage Theatre Company at Actors Circle Theater for their Best of the Hollywood Fringe Festival offer. With an awareness & charity project, finances and schedules are always an important factor to continue increasing the audience, and I did not …
Tag Archive: books
Jul
25
Mar
11
MYTHistory part 2
Here I am at The Indy Convergence, a ten day creative extravaganza that embraces the vast creativity of Indianapolis while inviting out-of-towners. While I enjoy seeing old friends and meeting new, I also have an incredible opportunity: space and time and talented people. In order to take full advantage of this creative space, I challenged …
Tags: books, Buddha, Indy Convergence, MYTHistory, mythology, writing
Feb
28
The Origin of Panic
I’m in the middle of revising an interactive childrens’ script for our awareness project Voices FromChornobyl. This scene always hits home for me: The Origin of Panic. Characters IRINA: mother, a nurse VASILY: father, a scientist KATYA: daughter, 9 years-old This scene takes place a few days after the accident on April 26, 1986. _________________________________________ …
Feb
20
MYTHistory: the mythology of history
I have a lot of writing projects in the hopper, and many of them are in that phase when they need a little more articulation. By writing about them here, I’m hoping to get some feedback and possibly meet new collaborators. This first one will be incredibly interactive soon, so I look forward to exploring …
Tags: books, Directing, fantasy, inspiration, LA, memories, personal responsibility, Reflections, theater, twitter, writing
Feb
16
Donate so awareness is accessible
Many reading this site know about an ongoing awareness effort of mine, Voices From Chornobyl. This year we want to mount a children’s interactive show at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, create a completely accessible experience with ASL interpreters and visual describers, and reach even more people than ever. “How can you talk about radiation when …
Dec
28
Valdrada Writing
One of my projects is a short screenplay inspired by an Italo Calvino story within Invisible Cities*. If you have not read this book, please shut down whatever device allows you to read this blog, and run to a bookstore or library. You won’t be disappointed. [patiently waiting] Okay, thanks for returning here! The beginning …
Nov
21
Sagradia Familia, or how I lost my entire first draft of my WIP
Above is the Sagrada Famlia. National Geographic introduced me to this giant temple designed by Antonio Gaudi. All design elements inspired by shapes in nature, this building deserves an entire post of its own. It’s been under construction since 1882. We in Los Angeles are used to construction projects being infinite, but over one hundred …
Oct
17
Griots: oral storytelling
From Roots by Alex Haley, p714-715 “Our country’s oldest villages tend to be named for the families that settles those villages centuries ago,” they said. Sending for a map, pointing, they said, “Look, here is the village of Kinte-Kundah. And not too far from it, the village of Kinte-Kudah Janneh-Ya.” Then they told …
Tags: Alex Haley, books, griots, memories, oral history, oral storytelling, Roots, writing

