“The First Fatal Audition Mistake” Never, Never, Never? For some reason, the Mother of All Audition Mistakes named all of her children “Never.” Granted, they have different middle names, but “Never” is most often heard in Mother’s house of mistakes. Before we meet...
Artistic Director, Miles Burns, announced Sunday, October 22, that my award-winning murder mystery, ABSOLUTELY DEAD, will join the Seacoast Repertory bill for the 2018 season as part of the company’s Homegrown Series, which features works by regional theatre artists....
“To be sure, nudity can be justified artistically, but that fact doesn’t much impress me.” – Ed Hooks. A few years ago, I saw a play in which the playwright employed nudity. It was set in a location where nudity would be expected and (intellectually) was...
In Giraudoux’s “Two Laws,” he writes about “the eternal status of the playwright” in relation to their characters and in this quote below, to the playwright’s responsibility to reflect the period in which they live. Jean Giraudoux (1882-1944): “…It is futile to...
“Artistic director caught in storm over nude scene at Boston Children’s Theatre” – Boston Globe It was just a few days after I finished a respectable first draft of BARE STAGE that the Boston Children’s Theatre controversy was brought to my attention. This very public...
