Category: Theatre
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Silent Sky‘s Closing Night
(Written September 16) I have a lot to say tonight, on two different subjects. It was our closing performance of Silent Sky, and yes, I do tend to gush at moments like these. Je ne regrette rien, Gentle Reader. Part 1: On Producing Silent Sky Producing a show this big was a first for me.…
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3 Impossible Questions
Given that it’s mentioned in the Fishnapped! program, I believe I can safely announce this now: A play I’m in the latter stages of writing, called 3 Impossible Questions, will be the fourth play in Olympia Family Theater‘s next mainstage season. It adapts fables from all over the Islamic world and introduces Western audiences to…
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Two Quick Links
Before I write anything else, I want to thank everyone who came out to hear me read from Mr. Klein’s Wild Ride this week in Lacey, Olympia and Tacoma. If you bought a book, double thanks. Let me know what you think of it. In fact, please let everyone know, especially if you enjoyed it.…
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The Orlando Project
When Seven Ways to Get There closed in late May, I figured I was done with theatre for at least a few months. Then the Orlando massacre happened… …and I just erased a political screed I wrote here, because this isn’t about that. This is better, and more to the point. This is about a…
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Art of Noise
Now that THE CREDEAUX CANVAS has closed and its set has been struck, I wanted to highlight some of the music we used in the show…
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Naked
More than anything, I’ve been concentrating on The Credeaux Canvas, a Keith Bunin dramedy I’m directing for Theater Artists Olympia in the Midnight Sun Performance Space. Producing this play has been a dream of mine since I first heard L.A. Theatre Works’ audio production four years ago…
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If William Shatner Can, He Can, Too
I recently had the opportunity to interview actor/playwright/singer/songwriter Jeff Daniels. My wife and I caught his live show last night and greatly enjoyed it. Because of that, I wanted to publish my full interview transcript…
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Ten Things I Know About Acting
Next month, I’ll help guide actors through the grinder of Olympia Audition League generals, a summer event that recruits actors for productions all over the South Sound. Ergo, this seems an appropriate time to offer a list of ten guidelines for less experienced actors. Feel free to disagree; actors are good at that. But this…
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#TBT
The night of first read-through on Laughing Stock at OLT, I decided to wear a shirt I owned in 1993. I dug this one out of a drawer and put it on…
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All In
When directing for community theatre, it’s often a given that one will wear numerous hats. That has certainly been the case with LAUGHING STOCK at Olympia Little Theatre. Of course, I don’t mean to give the impression that I’m doing it all alone. No, fourteen actors and four hardcore crew members have been busting their…