R&J Review

Oct 12, 2008 | Reviews - Shakespeare - Theatre

Here we are at the end of another week of piecrust promises - easily made and easily broken. I mentioned almost a week ago that I wanted to talk some about the delightful R&J I've spent the last month staging at Eastern Michigan, and some of the...

EMU Romeo & Juliet Preview

Oct 6, 2008 | Shakespeare - Theatre

This Friday opens my most recent project: a modern-dress Romeo & Juliet at Eastern Michigan University's Quirk Theater. The cast is wonderful, moreso because it's the first time in many years that my Juliet, Romeo, and the boys have been age-appropriate...

Friday Reading and Fight

Sep 22, 2008 | The Novel - Theatre

This Friday I'll be doing a reading in Quirk Theatre on Eastern Michigan University's campus. It'll be a little different than my usual readings, as it will feature a staging of the central broadsword duel between Pietro and Marsilio. I'll be teaching...

Restated, and reblogged

Sep 2, 2008 | Books - Current Affairs - Film & Television - Theatre

Now that I'm fairly well settled in Michigan for the duration of the two shows Jan and I are doing, I've jumped back into blogging. Oh, not here. No, I'm doing book reviews for my Shanghai Low Theatricals blog, A DARK WOOD, and commenting on politics over...

Eastern Michigan Gig

Aug 20, 2008 | Theatre

I'm noticing a lot of people are getting here by searching for my name in conjunction with Eastern Michigan Univeristy. As I seem to have only mentioned it in passing, I suppose I should plug the gig and talk a bit about it. So here goes. Next week I'm heading...

Will & Kit – An Espionage Comedy

Jul 23, 2008 | Publishing - Shakespeare - Theatre

A few months back, I posted a chapter of a novel I had started and put in a drawer to focus on the new Roman one. Well, the Roman one is progressing, but there are other projects looming. One of them is the launch of the Shanghai Low Theatricals...