“Love and Information” at Antaeus Theatre

Another small company doing great work in Los Angeles is Antaeus Theatre in downtown Glendale. My pal Gerry and I caught a preview performance of Caryl Churchill's Love and Information there last week. More on the production is here. I've never seen anything like this play. It was written a decade ago, but its themes …

I Finished That Fun Crash Course

YouTube is full of wonders, and I posted about this one previously. The PBS Digital Studios series about the history of theater and drama is as addictive as a bag of potato chips and much healthier for you. I couldn't stop watching the series. These fun, short, partially animated lectures cover everything from the origins …

Submission and Rejection (Rinse and Repeat)

"You have to relish rejection. Rejection is the evidence of your hustle. Rejection is the sign that you are throwing yourself against the door." These words of wisdom for writers come from the new pamphlet-sized book(let) by Stephen Marche called On Writing and Failure. No one enjoys failure, but for writers and other artist types, …

Lucy: A Musical for the Whole Family

Pardon the plug, but my writing partner in St. Louis recently recorded three demo tracks for Lucy, which is a children's musical we wrote. It was originally produced when we were graduate students, but over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic we decided to use our free time to update and overhaul the show to …