
Just One Step -OR- The Return of the New Normal
A couple of weeks ago, someone I deem most wise and compassionate posed a question to a group of Zoom chat participants. “What questions...

Wisdom From A Wall
I admitted to my wall the other day that I thought I might be going a bit crazy. I wasn’t sure I was handling this quarantine thing well,...

Here’s Why I’m Excited
Alright, people, turn off the news; you’ve had enough doom and gloom for today. Rid your mind of thoughts of going back to work, excuse...

How are your dreams today? Funky?
So I just woke up from another doozy, where a triplet of lawyers walked into my quarantine bedroom / office, who I supposedly knew...

Art in the Time of Cholera OR To Do Or Not To DoOR To do dooby dooby shoop be bop
I woke up angry this morning. I didn’t know why. I tried to walk it out but it seemed to get the feelings more churned up. I made some...

Don't Take It Too Seriously. But Do.
With all the time we have now that we’re working from home, and staying home, and being at home, and home…you’d think I’d have written...

All Good Things To Those Who Wait..?
If you read last week’s blog from Alan, you’ll remember him rudely calling me out for failing to post my own. If you missed last week’s...

At A Loss For Words
I always have a couple of ideas rolling around the old noggin’ for my monthly blog, but I am truly at a loss for words right now. It’s...

Learning to Love the Questions
After I write one blog, I spend the next month mulling over thoughts for the next one. Usually I procrastinate until Robin harasses me to...

Gotta Find Me Some Acorns
I have to talk about it. I have to share my excitement: Spring is almost here, the birds will be back soon, and no one is happier about...

Timing is Everything
Technically this is my fourth attempt at starting a theatre company (in the broadest possible sense). My first was 1992 in Naples...

All You All Are My Valentines-OR- My blog is late again
On Sunday of this week, I got to hear Grounded by George Brant read aloud. Sitting on a comfy couch in a warm room surrounded by friends...

Today Is My Day Off.
I slept in for three hours, I had two bowls of cereal, and found myself slothing about with nothing to motivate me to do anything for the...

The Fear of Failure
Let me tell you a short little story: once upon a time in one of my theatre classes, a professor told us, “You’re going to fail, a lot....

Are We All In Competition?
Just a thought. The definition reads “competition arises whenever at least two parties strive for a goal which cannot be shared: where...

Week 3-We're Still Here-Holy Smokes!
By the time this blog is shared, Rising Fire Theatre will have opened and closed its inaugural production. I am still overwhelmed - I am...

And Just Like That, We Have A Show
But you may be asking yourself the same question I often do: How on earth did we end up here? In last week’s blog post, Robin told us...

Holy Jicima, Batman, it's a theatre company!
What started as a spark (see what I did there?) around a firepit last summer is finally here! We are so excited to begin work with...

