This year, I saw 55 plays (counting two student competitions) and 4 readings. More than one per week. The majority of the plays I saw were within an hour’s drive of my house. I saw several in DC, and one in Portugal. I didn’t make it to any other major cities this year, and still […]
In addition to reading ~60 books last year, I also read 51 plays. Standout scripts (that are not Silk Moth plays, but I would love to do somewhere) include: Additionally, I saw 56 plays in person. That’s more than a play every week! They were at elementary schools, universities, community theaters, and Broadway—and I saw […]
I always enjoy working with Theatre at Bridgewater College. They are flexible about the kinds of projects I can pick, and they encourage me to think outside the box and work in new ways. After a couple of years where I had to pivot from my original plans due to the audition pool not matching […]
The Wayne started a professional touring arm, called (because they love puns) “ReperTOURy.” In their first season, they included Melissa Leilani Larson’s The Edible Complex, and 50-minute cuts of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and As You Like It. They asked me to direct this last one. Most of my intention going into this project was […]
One interesting thing about this phase in my career is that I’ve been doing this for a long enough time that when I go back to something, there’s a lot of change to notice and reflect on. I’ve been working on Underneath the Lintel this spring at Silk Moth Stage. It’s a one-person show, with […]
I’m back in my second-favorite state for a quick remount of Pigeon Creek Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. We initially did this production last fall, for a short run at the Sauk, in Jonesville, MI, and now we’re getting the band (mostly) back together for a couple performances at Muskegon Community College and in the Harris […]
I was happy to be invited back to Bridgewater College Theatre for their spring show. Last year, I did A Bold Stroke for a Wife there, which was a great deal of fun. One of the few things about Bold Stroke that was kind of awful was that we struggled to cast it. The show […]
I’m so excited to share the first of our Stages of Pages for Stages project (not sure what that is? Read the intro). The first actor brave enough to share her page is Jalissa Fulton. Huge thanks to her, and to the Anthropologists, the theater devising the show we talked about. The Actor Jalissa Fulton […]
I’m about to start a new project over here, and I’m pretty excited about it. Recently, I was working on Measure for Measure at the Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company. One evening in rehearsal, I was talking to an actor and happened to glance down at their script. What I saw was fascinating—colors, notes, scribbles, arrows. […]
Having the opportunity to stage a world premiere is always a gift. I’ve been lucky enough to direct workshop productions of two Pam Mandigo plays (Washed, Give Us Good), and one by TJ Young (Sperm Donor Wanted). At Silk Moth Stage, we’ve now produced two world premieres, and we’re only in our second season. When […]