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Grading, Crocodiles and Oliver Platt--Oh My! As promised today's first post (as I hope to write one this afternoon about last night's reading) of today is about the fact that I watched Lake Placid about 4 times this pas…
A Playwright Can Not Exist On Coffee Alone She needs sleep! For all sorts of reasons I got less than a satisfactory night's rest because a) I was up until 2am grading the last of those SOTA plays. Grades are due soon.…
Grading, Grading, Grading The post title should be read to the tune of Rawhide. This is it folks, my last bit of grading for my SOTA playwriting class. Grades are due at the beginning of next weekend and I'm a little m…
SOTA Performance Night Two: Second Verse Same As The First Well, almost. Tonight is a completely different program. And last night's performance went well. Really well. I have to admit I am surprised. Perhaps it was t…
SOTA Performances Tonight and Tomorrow Finally, the culmination of my six weeks of teaching is tonight and tomorrow night as the SOTA students put on readings of their one act plays. Tonight we're at the high school and…
Is That A Deduction Or Are You Just Happy To See Me Alternate titles for this post included: 1. The H&R Tax Associate Hit On Me And All I Got Was This Lousy Voucher 2. Would You Like Fries With That Pound Of Flesh?…
SOTA Rehearsals, Family Drama, & Shifting Gears SOTA rehearsals are underway. I'm acting as the dramaturg, trying to give last minute notes to the students so they can make some rewrites during the rehearsal process…
Perpetual Motion or Making Tesla Proud It's been a great weekend. I've rested, seen a movie, caught up with a close friend and have tons of scripts to read for my SOTA class (we have to decide which plays will make it i…
An Incurable Condition: Poetry On The Mind I don't know what it is about yesterday and today, but I have poetry on my mind. Perhaps it was the conversation I had yesterday with one of my SOTA students. Y has been critiq…
My Other Post Is My Post Not much time at the moment to do my usually descriptive play by play for how this week is going. Needless to say I've been recovering from the sheer exhaustion of writing all weekend, the adren…