by | Oct 5, 2011 | Films, Random Musings
I find it funny; albeit, not surprising that in our world of instant access/instant gratification people are so desperate to find the next thing. It’s never enough to be satisfied and content with what you have; rather, it has become about having one’s eye half...
by | Oct 4, 2011 | Acting, Plays, Writing
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...
by | Oct 3, 2011 | Lacrosse, Sports, Writing
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...
by | Oct 1, 2011 | Plays, Sister Cities, Writing
Tonight I saw the eleventh production of Sister Cities… and I was not disappointed. It’s still amazing to me that six years ago, I created these characters in my mind and they continue to not only live on, but thrive. As a playwright, it also fascinates me that...
by | Sep 30, 2011 | Random Musings
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 fries…okay, pretty much any combination of garlic and carbohydrates. However,...
by | Sep 29, 2011 | Plays, Writing
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. Tick… Boom. Once, my sister Joan and my across the street neighbor...
by | Sep 28, 2011 | Music, Random Musings
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 its attention to the important task of repentance. As a little girl, I...
by | Sep 27, 2011 | Plays, Writing
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. Jeffrey: Hi Colette. Can you tell us briefly about your writing background?...
by | Sep 26, 2011 | Plays, Writing
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 complex story with so many characters, all of whom were relevant, realized...
