Donate to the MSF!

Dec 15, 2010 | Shakespeare - Theatre

We're closing in on the end of the year, and while holidays and festivities are swirling in the air, now is the time for charity. With that in mind, I'd like to promote a worthy cause – the Michigan Shakespeare Festival.  My history with the MSF...

Caesar & Brutus, Shakespeare & Shaw

Dec 2, 2010 | Theatre

Having spent the last two years researching and writing a novel set in the Roman world, I've naturally spent a great deal of time thinking about Julius Caesar. So it's no surprise that, of the many projects I've been noodling, the first one finished is a...

New HER MAJESTY’S WILL up

Jan 24, 2010 | Shakespeare - The Novel - Theatre

Happy New Year! The new novel is finally complete, and I can now return my gaze to the many projects languishing on my desk. First among the plays, novels, and theatrical opportunities is a renewed interest in HER MAJESTY'S WILL, the spy novel starring William...

Coloring Contest

Sep 12, 2009 | Theatre

Hello. Emerging deep from the bowels of Rome, I surface long enough to direct you to the SHANGHAI LOW THEATRICALS website, and our first annual Coloring Contest. Really, it's a fund-raiser, but a fun one – a fun-raiser, if you will. (If you won't, I...

What I did on my Summer Vacation

Aug 3, 2009 | Shakespeare - Theatre

Rather than talk about the show (there are reviews all over the place), here are a few images from KING LEAR at the Shakespeare theatre. The Stocking of Kent. I'm kneeling, holding the irascible Project Manager of Shanghai Low Theatricals, Mr. Steve Pickering. The...