Check out Amanda Rountree’s master class that she’s offering in Seattle at the beginning of June! The class size is small, so sign up now. Wooty-woot! Sustainable Scene Work Master Class Saturday, June 2nd, 12:00-3:00 pm Odd Duck Studio 1214 N. 10th Avenue Seattle, WA 98122 $40 per person, $30 in advance To register/pay for…
I just did some spring cleaning–in my email account. You know how sometimes you get an email that you know you don’t need to open right away, but it has some importance to it, so you leave it unread which will definitely remind you to open it later and address the issue? Yeah. I had…
Dave Brubeck cleaned my kitchen Patsy Cline made ravioli Hank Wlliams did my laundry but there was a lonesome sock longing for a partner Jason Webley or Etta James or Dar Williams might join me when I paint (well it depends on what I’m painting) Ray LaMontagne helped me pack or maybe wallow or maybe…
Dear Chicago, Why do you make it so hard to leave you–even if just for a fortnight or less? I just wanted to go away for a little vacation. I planned my trip so diligently–being away at a time when I had the fewest commitments. Yet every day, I receive another invitation to something fantastic…
If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? – Dogen Zenji
Looking for something fun and free to do in Chicago tonight? Why not come to a cool bar and listen to some wonderful folks tell some fantastic stories?! Lifeline’s Storytelling Project is happening at the Glenwood Bar in Rogers Park (right off the red-line at Morse) tonight! Yours Truly will be telling a story. Come…
When I was a young actor I wanted to be as much of an actor as I could be. So I took ANY job that even remotely resembled acting. I lived in Cincinnati for a year and a half dressing up as an alien from Star Trek at a theme park nearby. I was 21…
Most improvisers are so afraid of being cliché or “repeating themselves” that they try to avoid archetypes and typical relationships. Maybe they’re thinking, “You’ve seen one lovers-getting-together scene, you’ve seen them all.” But these are the stories that audiences crave to see and hear the most. If this was not the case, nobody would know…
That place on W2 forms where you list exemptions is important. I need to change mine. Uncle Sam is getting a lot of money from me this month. Sometimes when you sit down to write about something, you write about something else entirely. I forgot how much I love Sherman Alexie’s writing. I need to…
Writing a show is: 1 part inspiration 1 part discipline 2 parts putting your insides on the page 1 part playing Scrabble on facebook If you’re going to try to double that last one, you better double the whole damn recipe.