monday

http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=16868

"The benefit will honor actor Jon Voigt (Coming Home,
Midnight Cowboy, Ali), and will feature the talents of
Steve Buscemi, Jon Bon Jovi, Sam Rockwell, Jamie-Lynn
Sigler, Aidan Quinn and Piper Perabo. The stars will
be featured in readings of two short plays - one by
Mike Dowling and the other by Adam Szymkowicz."

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/106705.html

"Michael Imperioli — the Emmy-winning star of "The
Sopranos" and Studio Dante's co-artistic director with
his wife Victoria Imperioli — will introduce the
plays, which are by Mike Dowling and Adam Szymkowicz.
A live auction will be led by Imperioli's "Sopranos"
co-star Steve Schirripa. Professor Richard Brown of
the AMC series "Movies 101" will present the tribute
to Voight." --------------------- Update: I am told that my short play will star Steve Buscemi, Jon Bon Jovi, Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Jena Malone!

in case you didn't know

Jon Bon Jovi is a great actor. He nailed his scenes
in my short play last night.

I mean we all know Steve Buscemi is a genius. That's
a given and Jena Malone and Jamie-Lynn Sigler were
both fantastic but the surprise for me was Bon Jovi
who it appears is much more than a rockstar.

Other highlights of the night included a hilarious
Steve Schirripa as auctioneer, Sam Rockwell and Aidan
Quinn wailing on each other and Juliana Margulies
putting them in their place and a heartfelt and
stirring speech by John Voight about the importance of
live theatre.

All in all it was a fantastic night and I hope Studio
Dante will be around for a long time and if last night
is any indication, it surely will be.

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/106705.html

My short play Snow just won a contest in the UK. Read it here if you like. If you recall, this is the play that had a reading which starred Jon Bon Jovi and other heavy hitters last year. Details below for the upcoming show.

in 2007

I had 4 productions and 1 workshop production of my long plays and 10 public readings. 2 plays were published by DPS and one also published in the New York Theater Review. I had 7 productions of short plays. I was inducted into the MCC Playwrights Coalition and became a member of Ars Nova Playgroup . I graduated from Juilliard. Jon Bon Jovi was in a reading of a ten minute play I wrote. I won the Lecomte du Nouy. I was a finalist for the Bay Area, semifinalist for Page 73 and nominated for Cherry Lane. and I got engaged. So what am I complaining about? Let's have a drink and I'll tell you. After the hives go away.