We Are Not In Competition

Jan 26, 2015 | Theatre

Tonight I was engaged in a conversation I find myself having more and more. It’s as infuriating as it is baffling.  I was once again trying to dispell the Myth of Artistic Competition. I’m lucky enough to have two careers in the arts, as actor and as...

Rubicon

Jan 10, 2015 | Theatre - Writing

On this day in 49 BC, Gaius Julius Caesar led a single legion, the Legio XIII Gemina, south over the Rubicon from Cisalpine Gaul to invade Italy. His own country.  I never think of this as happening in January, though it was just at the start of the Roman New...

EVE OF IDES tonight!

Mar 14, 2014 | Shakespeare - Theatre

2058 years ago tomorrow, Julius Caesar was assassinated. On this, the anniversary of the eve of his murder at the hands of his political rivals, the Michigan Shakespeare Festival is having a one-night-only concert reading of my play, EVE OF IDES. Directed by Jan...

Tomorrow Night – EVE OF IDES in Ann Arbor

Mar 13, 2014 | Books - Shakespeare - Theatre

On Friday night, March 14th, at the Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor, the Michigan Shakespeare Festival is having a one-night-only concert reading of my Caesar/Brutus play, EVE OF IDES. Directed by Jan Blixt, the cast includes John Seibert as Caesar, Robert...