Category Archives: Theater Stuff

Unrehearsed Classes Return!

Come learn to experience Verse in a dynamic new way (that is actually a dynamic old way). Unrehearsed Shakespeare is a text-based technique inspired by Patrick Tucker’s ‘Secrets of Acting Shakespeare,’ which enables actors to effective and organically stage Elizabethan … Continue reading

Theater Stuff, Unrehearsed Shakespeare

12th Night Photos are here!

Photos of our 2017 production of Twelfth Night have arrived. Courtesy of iNDie Grant Productions as usual, these shots are from our closing performance. Stay tuned for our 2017 season: Measure For Measure, Richard II, and Coriolanus

Theater Stuff, Unrehearsed Shakespeare

Sherlock Holmes: Almost Got Him!

Here are a few rehearsal photos from Devonshire Playhouse’s production of my Sherlock Holmes: Almost Got Him! You can see more photos here. TICKETS

Playwright, Theater Stuff

Twelfth Night – The Catholic Conspiracy

Originally written in 2014 SPOILERS AHEAD! Twelfth Night was written in the opening years of the 17th Century, near the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. While her sister and predecessor, Queen Mary I, had been both Catholic and … Continue reading

Theater Stuff, Unrehearsed Shakespeare

TWELFTH NIGHT UNREHEARSED

Theater Stuff, Unrehearsed Shakespeare

The Pretension of Richard IV

Today, I put the final words on the first draft of The Pretension of Richard IV, which follows the exploits of the man who claims to be Richard IV, second son of England’s Edward IV. In the eyes of Henry … Continue reading

Theater Stuff

November 8 (apocalypse): Apocalypse Cow

Lights up on an idyllic pasture. Flutes are playing. A trio of cows is grazing. A red sun rises. The cows are moved from their lethargy. They look up in mildly output surprise as a great light flashes. We hear … Continue reading

November Scripts

November 7 (Shapes): Post-Facto

A bunch of Triangles crowd onstage. They are furious. They speak only in obscenities. On a podium before them is a Diamond. The Diamond is wearing a triangle on its head. Many Triangles kowtow and worship the Diamond, but it … Continue reading

November Scripts

November 6 (Farce): The Hubris of Asmodeus

A red light rises on ASMODEUS, a demon in tattered finery. He is standing at CS, staring upward into the Abyss. Nearby BABD, also in tattered finery, reclines on a divan, or some such thing. She begins by looking up, … Continue reading

November Scripts

November 5 (made-up): The Emperor’s New Thesis

Lights rise CS on The EMPEROR: a magnificently dressed despot. His brilliant robes are being pinned, trimmed, trussed, and tended to by a DRESSER. Also in the room is an image COACH and a RESEARCHER. The EMPEROR is facing US … Continue reading

November Scripts