Driving up to Palo Alto to see my play Sister Cities, I passed through Gilroy– the garlic capital of California. Now, I love garlic… garlic bread, garlic pizza, garlic french [...]
Phillip yells. Not often, but when he yells…it’s as if Mount Vesuvius has erupted. He’ll suppress the anger inside of him for weeks…or even months. And then…Tick. Tick. Tick. [...]
The essential mitzvah of Rosh Hashanah is to hear the sounding of the shofar. According to the famous Jewish philosopher Maimonides, the sound of the shofar is meant to wake up the soul and turn [...]
With Dragon Production’s opening of Sister Cities this Friday, in Palo Alto, I thought I’d reprint part of an interview I did with Dragon’s Artist in Residence, Jeffrey Lo. [...]
I have a lot of favorite playwrights. Oftentimes, I’ll love some of their plays but not others. For example, I thought Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County was genius because of the way he wove a [...]
Day Five...RED DRESS DAY. Everyone wore red. And most of the gay guys wore tight red dresses…sequins, pantyhose, wigs… the whole nine yards. And most of them, with their lithe, perfect, [...]
Day Three… SUNNY DAY. A beautiful ride. Wasn’t nervous getting back on the bike. Knew it was important to do so. Biked through vineyards and felt like I was riding backwards in time through [...]
In honor of the first day of fall, I wanted to celebrate my favorite fall activity: biking. Three months ago, I completed the 7 day AIDS LIFECYCLE RIDE, 600 miles which challenged every physical [...]
One of the smells which instantly returns me to my childhood is fresh baked challah. I salivate just thinking about the aroma in my home those cold winter mornings when mom would say, “Challah [...]
Indie Theatre Now purports to be ‘The digital theatre library for the 21st century.’ And, it is…or at least one of them. Online play publishing is growing by leaps and bounds, diving headfirst [...]