Voices from Chornobyl Jr. is a children’s version of Cindy Marie Jenkins’s Voices from Chornobyl. Since Cindy is a fellow blogger here on lafpi, I was very excited to see her work off the computer screen. Voices from Chornobyl Jr. is about the Chornobyl Nuclear Meltdown as seen by a nine year old girl named … Continue reading Voices from Chornobyl Jr. and Hog Riot! at the Hollywood Fringe Festival
Everyone does it: sometimes in a restroom, in a corner of a park, in your bedroom, hell – some people even do it in a public cafe. We all steal time to write. I say steal time because it feels selfish, inward, private. And it just feels so good. Especially when it feels horrible during … Continue reading Stealing Time to Write
The Bechdel Test Talks began HERE, on LA FPI, in June. Now a monthly series where my co-hosts and I look at various types of entertainment through the lens of The Bechdel Test. Etta Devine & Caroline Sharp join me every month! The Bechdel Test asks 3 basic questions for every story (originally applied to film): 1. Is there … Continue reading The Bechdel Test Talks continued
Out of nowhere I got a directing job. The last couple of years I focused on my outreach and writing, with a few small self-produced projects along the way. I purposely wanted a break from the rehearsal room and it was a good one. The last year I’ve written more than the five beforehand, and in … Continue reading A New Play From The Other Side
Full Disclosure: I do not pay submission fees. At first it was mostly because I don’t budget for it, but the more I submit to play-writing contests, the more it just doesn’t jive with me. I liken it to the nearly-only-in-LA procedure of dues-paying ensemble companies. More full disclosure: I used to work for one … Continue reading To Fee or Not To Fee?
I’ve always written things. Since I was small, writing and telling stories was just part of my life. I followed an acting dream to NYU and within a month switched to directing and design. Writing always followed me but I never focused on it. I don’t know why. Whenever I work on a piece, I … Continue reading Monster Inside You
Yesterday I published an article for Bitter Lemons on the amazing way that Arena Stage, 2amtheatre and LA Stage Alliance* are working together to widen the dialogue on new plays. That’s fascinating in and of itself – not my article, but all the detail and coverage that Arena Stage created and is creating, so that … Continue reading Entry Level
My childhood playmates were Gilbert & Sullivan*. My family saw shows together. That’s what we did. We saw and produced shows. We subscribed to ART (American Repertory Theatre) in Cambridge and The Huntington Theater in Boston. We traveled hours to see the College Light Opera Company and drove back the same night. On vacations, we’d … Continue reading The Thought My Soul Appalls
