Support off-off theater

I’m taking Matt Freeman’s lead. Along with the worthy places he mentions that you may want to support this holiday season, please consider giving a small (or large) donation to an exciting new company I’ve been getting to know recently, Flux Theatre Ensemble. They did a reading of mine last weekend and I was overwhelmed by their generosity and talent. I have also been taking part in their Sunday workshops which are always a blast. Their new season is exciting and ambitious, with a fantastic play by Gus Schulenburg called Other Bodies which I'm extremely impressed with. Also my favorite Shakespeare play, Midsummer and a trilogy of Johnna Adams plays in rep. Both Gus and Johnna are the real deal. And I hear good things about Shakespeare. You can read more about them here and here. Give to them here. Oh, and please feel free to leave notes on your favorite charities in the comments section.

more on the exploitation of New Orleans here

http://www.justiceforneworleans.org/index.php?module=article&view=99&page_num=2

read this

Public housing in Katrina demolished to make way for the developers

http://parabasis.typepad.com/blog/2007/12/rebuilding-just.html

Flux play reading this past weekend

I'm still home sick with hives. But you can read about my weekend and
play here in a charming post by Gus.

http://fluxtheatreensemble.blogspot.com/2007/12/our-inaugural-foodsoul-pretty-theft.html

They're a great group and it was a fantastic event.

Thinking About Writing About Thinking About New Plays

You may have already seen this essay by Jeffrey Jones about providing
context for plays. If you haven't, it's worth the look.

http://jeffreymjones.blogspot.com/2007/10/thinking-about-writing-about-thinking.html

h/t Histriomastix

http://histriomastix.typepad.com/weblog/

I saw Local Story last night

It's pretty freaking great. Now, it's true that I'm biased. I have friends in the cast and I'm marrying the playwright. But part of the reason I fell in love with her was this amazing poetic play. Please go see it here or in LA. I know the show here is great and I can vouch for at least two of the actors in the LA show and they are tops. I also recommend Rag and Bone if you have not yet seen it.

Floyd tries to compete with Master of the Universe, Freeman

http://floydbritch.blogspot.com/

Help some kids

I just donated to this. It's a great way to keep theater alive and help some poor kids. Bush may not give them health care but we can give them theater, by Jove.

http://parabasis.typepad.com/blog/2007/11/tis-the-season.html Update: The project was funded. Good job, folks.