Publishing Day Book #12- Embracing Transgressive Fiction in the midst of one of the most critical elections in our country.

by Colette Freedman | Oct 29, 2024 | Writing

When Nate Yacos approached me about writing Tugnutt’s Creek, I felt like I was back in the early nineties at the Grateful Dead Concert in Philly, where it was impossible not to get a contact high as the crowd sang “Friend of the Devil”. The whole idea was so far out...

I held Kristin Chenoweth’s purse & other fun facts

by Colette Freedman | Oct 26, 2024 | Writing

I saw Anthony Rapp 8 Times as Mark in Rent, a definitive moment in my life as an artist, and now he is starring in Mozart: Her Story – The New Musical.  I heard Audra McDonald sing in a tiny rehearsal studio in NYC during a reading of Dear World.  I...

I did not participate in the Olympics this year; however….

by Colette Freedman | Aug 3, 2021 | Writing

I love the Olympics. And each year I am a bit confused why I am not a part of it. Don’t people know that, in my head, I swim as fast as Katie Ledecky. And score like Megan Rapinoe. And perform difficult combination moves on the bars like Sunisa Lee.  And even though...

Choosing to be a Militant Optimist and feeling adored during a Pandemic birthday

by Colette Freedman | Nov 20, 2020 | Acting, Artists, Lacrosse, Random Musings, Writing

I’m still mulling over a conversation I had with a student this week. She was worried about her script being ‘stolen’ and said she’s had bad experiences in the past. I said, no one is stealing anything from any one and just register it…so if you, an unknown housewife,...

R.I.P. Uncle MURRAY SCHISGAL… one of the funniest men I’ve ever known

by Colette Freedman | Oct 2, 2020 | Frontpage News, Writing

 I fell in love with Mark Troy because he was funny. Probably the funniest man I’d ever met. And it wasn’t until I met his uncle MURRAY SCHISGAL, who wrote Tootsie, that I discovered where he inherited his humor. Troy’s dad was one of the kindest people I’d ever...