Jan
27
I had the pleasure to see two new plays in Los Angeles theaters this week: Furious Theatre Company’s premiere of Matt Pelfrey’s: NOgoodDEED ” A gritty and savagely humorous action adventure that is part theater and part graphic novel” It was the description that grabbed me, and my write-up will be published on Corey Blake‘s …
Nov
18
This is an amended email I sent earlier to some friends and artists I know. Please comment below with your input! The last few weeks gave me quite a lot to consider, including the role or importance of art within a much larger world picture. Most of this thought stems from the Occupy movement and …
Oct
30
I received this email while on vacation and am just thrilled at the amazing work Santa Monica Rep’s done in just a year. Of course, the trio of terrific-ness Jen Bloom, Eric Bloom & Sarah Gurfield have worked much longer than one year to clarify their intent and goals. It worked, as you can see …
Oct
24
I bought a bumper sticker back in 2004 and loved it: Do Something For a Change Unfortunately the car that hosted it is gone, but the phrase still sticks with me. I began obsessing over outreach and consulting for nonprofits when I saw an incredible, invisible gap: the disconnect between nonprofits or civics leaders and …
Aug
17
I recently started an interview series The Working Director, very much modeled after Adam Szymkowicz’s I Interview Playwrights blog. Since the idea is to start conversation around what it means to be a working director, I followed up with the original interviews. We’d love your comments! First up is Richard Tatum, who had two shows …
May
28
I had the pleasure of seeing two Richard Tatum productions, The Girl Who Would be King by Jan O’Connor and Group when it premiered in early 2011. After King I decided to see anything and everything he directed. Tatum clearly has a mastery over a play’s story and his own craft. It also always seems …
Feb
23
I recently made the acquaintance of Bari Hochwald through LAFPI and the LAThtr Meetups. She is a soul sister, creatively and personally, and her work through The Global Theatre Project inspires me every day. Their presentation this Friday of “Being Harold Pinter” supports the Belarus Free Theatre, and Bari took a few moments out of …
