Welcome back to Mamoth Gorge...look out for the deer!

Shameless self-promotion

French queasy


I write for two reasons.

One: I can't remember anything.

Two: ...I can't remember the second reason. I think it had something to do with money.

Welcome back to Mamoth Gorge...look out for the deer! (posted October 8, 2010)

Ahh, fall is in the air! You can tell because all the Christmas decorations are up at Target!

My play Mammoth Gorge is up for a two-week run at Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA's fabulous new space in Atwater Village. See the attached flyer for details, or go to www.ensemblestudiotheatrela.org.

Some people, whose opinions I respect, think this is a very funny play. Other people, for whose opinions I have zero regard, agree. So we have a consensus. What's the play about about? Find out here.

And don't get me started on the cast. I'm mean, DON'T get me started on the cast. Just don't! I'm not fit to touch their shoes. And I don't want to.

Here's the best part: It's PAY WHAT YOU CAN. So, you don't have to feel at all weird about paying $100.

Shameless self-promotion (posted February 2010)

My short play This Little Piggy is among the offerings in Love Bites play festival, which runs February 14 through March 14, 2010 at Elephant Theatre. Love Bites is an evening of short comedies about l'amour (opens on V-Day, dig?). My contribution to this program has lots of love and some biting.

My somewhat longer play Mammoth Gorge will be presented as part of Ensemble Studio Theatre's Winterfest reading series on Saturday March 6, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. Read a synopsis of Mammoth Gorge.

My equally long play Saint Barbara is a semi-finalist for the Eugene O'Neill 2010 National Playwrights Conference. Read a synopsis of Saint Barbara.

French queasy (posted June, 2009)

Just got back from France, where I killed. They love me there. I've discovered that I'm more entertaining in French than I am in English. This is because when I speak French, I sound like an idiot. Following is a small sample of things I said to French people in complete seriousness.

"Excuse me. My car is invisible."

"I believe your toilet is heavy."

"I am waving at Mozart's 40th symphony."

"My mother is in South America, where Chicago is. She lost her chicken."

"Hello. I am black."

"Can you please sell me some garbage?"

"At what time will this elevator explode?"

"Your president has a good tongue."

"Goodbye. And thank you for touching my shoe."