Dec 10, 2008
what's going on
So right now I'm temping at a job all day where I can't get on the internet and can only have my cell phone on during lunch and my two 15 min breaks. So I am incommunicado most of the day. and you know, it's ok so far.
The other day I rode my bike home in a blizzard and then the next day rode my bike back to work in what the blizzard left behind. I wiped out a couple of times but I didn't die and in fact I kind of loved it. Biking is the form of transportation that I never knew was perfect for me.
Coming up next playwise is a production of Food For Fish at Northwestern University. At the same time I'll be in new york rehearsing my new play at Juilliard. I'll be in town from Jan 19 to Feb 14. I'd love to see you all during that time. Oh and maybe you can come see the packawallop-produced short film The Moment then which stars Susan Louise O'Connor and Jeff Biehl.
what else? Writing a completely different version of the pilot I was talking about. Got three plays and one pilot on the backburner all dying to get written.
I like minneapolis. It's nice here. I like snow. And it hasn't gone below zero but once so far. I'll let you know how that progresses.
those wacky wallop packers
http://packawallop.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/happy-holidays-from-packwallop/
Coming in 09-- a screening of the short film I did with them entitled
The Moment.
Dec 7, 2008
a promo for a 2 hour documentary on ABC of Scott Pafumi's class performing the Wiz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96mvOp5o2FE
Monday, December 15th at 9pm on ABC
Dec 6, 2008
Dec 5, 2008
Nov 29, 2008
playlist for Incendiary
Ring of Fire --(Cash or cover)
Fire and Rain --Me First and the Gimme Gimmes cover
This Fire--Franz Ferdinand
Firestarter--Prodigy
Light My Fire (Doors or Cover)
There's a Fire--OK Go
Fire On The Mountain (cover?)
Dig For Fire --the Pixies
Fire--Hendrix or cover
Bath of Fire--Presidents Of The United States...
Fireball Stomp-- Amazing Royal Crowns
Vampire Forest Fire --Arcade Fire
Living in an Abandoned Firehouse --Magnetic Fields
The Roof Is On Fire --Bloodhound Gang
Piano Fire --Sparklehorse
This Heart's On Fire --Wolf Parade
Love-Building On Fire --Talking Heads
Burning Down the House --Talking Heads
If You Love Somebody, Set Them On Fire --Dead Milkmen
Down In Flames --Reel Big Fish
Burn --The Cure
Felt Good To Burn --Flaming Lips
Burning Too --Fugazi
Burn, Don't Freeze --Sleater Kinney
anything to add?
photos from Nerve at Naked Stage in FL
Don't forget, it closes on the 30th. Go see it now!
Photos by Michael Paul.
Nov 28, 2008
11,002 THINGS TO BE MISERABLE ABOUT
Playwright Lia Romeo has started a Blog
http://www.thingstobemiserableabout.com/
Things to Be Miserable About.
A book about the same topic comes out in Feb.
Nov 27, 2008
something new
this is the beginning of something new. It is very much a first draft.
LOUISE
(on the phone)
Physics has a name for the things you can’t see. Elsewhere. Like if I’m transmitting something light years away, the time it’s in transmission, we lose it. During that time it’s elsewhere. It’s unknowable. My sister used to bury my favorite toys when we were kids. It took me a while to figure out what was happening. I would get a new doll and I would express my love for it and its yarn hair and it’s jagged smile and before I knew it, it was gone. When I finally figured it out, I was able to unearth some of my toys. Never the ones I wanted most, but I found a few by digging all day long, day after day in randomly chosen places. Eventually the adults got involved and my excavations were shut down.
Maybe I should have become an archeologist. Are archeologists lonely? Do they stay up at night thinking about civilizations they wish they could have been a part of? You know, loneliness is the only thing I can’t get over. I accept that he’s dead. I accept that I’m terrified of leaving the house, but I can’t stand how much it hurts to be alone. It burns with lack. The emptiness. I could take all the rest if there wasn’t such an emptiness. Sometimes I order things I don’t want just so the delivery man will show up and talk to me for a minute. But he just hands me the package and leaves again. What about you? Is your job lonely? It must be nice talking to people all day. No, I know, but still. Oh, right. I’m sorry I wasn’t letting you talk. Oh, well I don’t have a car so no, I don’t need car insurance. Hello? Hello?
Nov 26, 2008
Nov 24, 2008
Nov 20, 2008
coming up
Right now, Nerve is still playing in Miami till Nov 30.
Then I have a workshop of a new play in New York, (rehearsing Jan, performances in Feb) although it may not be open to the public. I'll keep you abreast.
Then Food For Fish is going up at Northwestern University in February.
See what Obama is doing here
http://www.change.gov/
Write him letters, read his policy, see the latest news
Nov 18, 2008
Page 56
This from Kip--on facebook. Do it on your blog or on your facebook wall.
Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence along with these instructions in a note to your wall.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.
mine is:
"In fact, Keith was displeased."
Nov 17, 2008
revelations and waiting
I think I've discovered that the way to write a pilot for me is to try and write the scenes like I would write a play first. Otherwise, the spark is gone somehow. I'm going to try this next. I think it will work.
What else? Kristen and I went walking out in the cold yesterday to the big Central Library on Nicollet. PostSecret has an exhibit there. (Yes, Kristen has finally returned from her teaching/playwright gig in Kansas.) Earlier in the week I saw the Workhaus production of Trista Baldwin's new play. That was pretty great.
I also passed in my commission this past week. I read it over this play called Hearts Like Fists and I have to say I kind of love it. I hope other people feel similarly.
So now I need some work--a temp gig or a real gig. Writing things I love doesn't pay the bills . . . yet.
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