Rapunzel’s Hair – a feminist poem

I escaped the castle; yet, crashed into the moat a hapless, soaking wretch without a throat I thought rapunzel’s hair would help me down, but kissing frogs gives warts not golden crowns I searched the world to find the ‘one’ for me and in the search,...

Why Sir Laurence and Neil Diamond make me cry every Yom Kippur

I’m not a high holidays Jew— the kind who pretty much ignores their faith until Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur and then scrambles to buy overpriced seats at the local synagogue. I confess that I’ve done plays on Rosh HaShanah, I’ve played field hockey on Yom...

Why every writer should take an acting class

I think every artist should take an acting class…especially writers. Because it’s so easy to become isolated in your office with just your own stories to keep you company (that and the ever present-never ringing phone you stare at when you come up for air, wondering...

Lacrosse– the fastest growing sport in America

Sometimes, when I look back on my life, I see it in two categories: Lacrosse and everything that came after lacrosse. For the first half of my life, I pretty much ate, spoke, and breathed lacrosse. It was my everything, my passion, my all consuming hobby. I was in...

Alice Ripley’s genius in Next to Normal

There have been a few Broadway experiences, which I will keep with me my entire life. They are etched into my mind and heart and include:  my introduction to Broadway when I was a child, with A Chorus Line and Annie… my slight obsession with Les Miz which I have seen...