Scene: A group of Klansman storm the lodge where Charlie, an Englishman pretending to be a foreigner, is staying. The robed and hooded men are armed with rifles, bats, crowbars, etc. The leader of the racist Klan, Owen Musser, raises a bullhorn to his mouth and addresses Betty (the owner of the lodge) with the following line: Are you prepared … Read More
Green
Sometime next month, I’m doing a stage reading of a one-act play called Green by Bekah Brunstetter. It’s about a soldier named Clint, returning from the Iraq war, learning to adjust (not very successfuly — he holds conversations with his gun and cigarettes, who talk back). I play Alex, the soldier’s best buddy from childhood. Alex is artistic, liberal, anti-war, … Read More
Things You Didn’t Know About Me
In fact, didn’t know it about myself… 31%
Liveblogging “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”
Well, why not? I’ve directed it, and I’ve seen every performance. This is the 4th performance in front of a paying audience. 7:50 — Pretty full house. A little bit older than usual. Very cold night. Nobody in the church balcony, so I feel free to type to my heart’s content. 7:53 — Pre-show music is nice. We have a … Read More
My Year Of Being Sybil
What I have been in the past year: Jewish floor shop owner (Little Shop of Horrors) Army psychiatrist or possibly a hallucination (Bug) Oily nightclub owner (The Full Monty) Unemployed steelworker and bad stripper (The Full Monty) Irish priest (The Full Monty) Repo man (The Full Monty) Gay latino dance instructor (The Full Monty) Bespeckled messenger from God (God’s Favorite) … Read More
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas….
…on Main Street in my hometown (Concord NH) Getting 6 to 12 inches between now and Tuesday. If only the darned tree would just stay up….
Domestic Dog Violence
Bo, the big one, apparently decided he had had enough of the little one’s antics. Arrow is now missing 1/3rd of his right ear. He is bandaged for a couple of days, and has to wear a lampshade until Wednesday. Arrow doesn’t mind the missing ear part. He minds that bandage a little. But he really HATES the lampshade. He … Read More
An Open Letter To Matthew Johnson, Managing Editor Of Madison’s Who’s Who
Dear , I start off my open letter with "Dear ," for one reason: because that’s how you addressed me in your latest email, in which you notified me that I was "recently appointed as a biographical candidate" to represent my "industry" in Madison’s ("Not-To-Be-Confused-With-Marquis’s") Who’s Who Among Executives and Professionals, and to let me know that you … Read More
I Got Overlooked
Again.
Busy, Busy, Busy
The closing weekend of Little Shop of Horrors was successful and loads of fun. Show got even tighter and the audiences were relatively large and appreciative. Strike, which I thought would be the worst, was completed in about 3 hours — that includes transporting and unloading everything back at the shop. Night hadn’t fallen yet, and we were all off … Read More
My Home Town
Having spent some time this weekend in the mountains around Boone, I thought aloud that my mother in Concord NH would probably love to live her golden years down there. As if to read my mind, I received a link to this story from her today: Retire in Concord, mag says ‘U.S. News’ picks us as one of its top … Read More
30 Fundamentals of a Wonderful Life
Never too old to learn these things. From Iwillchangeyourlife.com. It’s big, so I’ll place it below the fold….
List Of Regrets
In no particular order: Missed Heather in Five By — I was going to go Sunday but they were sold out! And now she’s wafted off to NYC…. Emily did the Wait Wait thing the right way Turned off the Red Sox last night when they were down 4-1 (they still lost 4-3; but it almost ended with another Papi … Read More