My husband and I have birthdays just 5 days apart. Now that our children are grown, this means that we often get combination gifts for the household rather than individual […]
On Air Fryers and Terrible Toys Read More »
My dear friend was in town this weekend to see my play. It was a quick but delightful trip, eating and talking and exploring a little bit of Dallas. The
On 43, 9/11, and Northpark Mall Read More »
I had a few comments last week that the theatre jargon I toss around sounds… odd to my non-theatre friends and readers. I’m forced to agree. The terms for things
On Tech Week and Theatre as an Alternate Language Read More »
May is our month for multiple birthdays. My father, me, my husband, and one of my best friends all have birthdays within a week. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day get
On Italian Salad and Birthday Resolutions Read More »
What I wanted to write about this week: Birthdays and a tasty recipe for Italian Salad. We’re going to have to circle back to that one. Because 19 grade schoolers
On Speaking Up and Mass Shootings Read More »
I’m dragging. It’s been a wonderful week of creativity, celebration, and healthy goodbyes, and I wouldn’t have traded a moment of it. A play I directed ended its run, and
On Doing Script Coverage for Cannes and Letting Go Read More »
This past weekend was a whirlwind trip to Las Vegas to celebrate our daughter’s wedding reception. We’d been at the actual chapel wedding back last summer (no, not done by
On The Strip and Fried Pickles Read More »
Meet Stargazer. She’s at best estimate around 5,000 years old, and from the area we currently know as Turkey. Thirty of them have been found over the years, artifacts from
On Stargazer and Making Pots Read More »
This week’s blog is brought to you by my dear friend and fellow writer, R.C. Barnes. We have been friends for a Very Long Time. I loved this piece she
Reflections on Being the Mother of a Tortoise Read More »
In the film “Shakespeare in Love,” there’s a wonderful moment when a theatre owner (Henslowe) and a ruthless moneylender (Fennyman), to whom he owes a great deal of dosh, tiptoe
On Directing Community Theatre Read More »
