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"Merry Mid-Century" Holiday Play Is Coming

Categories: Theater | Published: Nov 20th 2016

I will be directing a new holiday play at The Found Theater called "Merry Mid-Century A Found Tribute To 1950s TV Chirstmas Specials"! Here is the official blurb on the production. Come on out and have a holiday laugh or two and help support the local homeless. 

Feeling stressed out over the holidays? Having anxiety over the color of the Starbucks seasonal cup? Can't decide whether to say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays ...

Presenting Our Fantastic Cast

Categories: Festivals, Theater | Published: Oct 29th 2016

Here is a picture of the cast of the stage reading I'm directing this November 5th, IN KINGS AND FOOLS. What a truly talented group of actors we've assembled: Kevin Ragsdale, Joshua Evans, Arek Pfiefer, Rebecca Taylor, Pete Taylor, Keira Whitaker, Nick Emmett McGee and Caitlin Lawerre. You are a DREAM cast!

Part of the challenge of a larger cast is getting them scheduled for rehearsals, but we finally found a date to ...

IN KINGS AND FOOLS gets a Director!

Categories: Festivals, Theater | Published: Oct 25th 2016

Festival Winners Announced!

Categories: Festivals | Published: Sep 30th 2016

Here is the list of winning playwrights from this year’s “Panndora’s Box” 10^th Annual New Works Festival.

AN HOUR UPON THE STAGE by Richard Manley

BURNING CITIES by Simon Fill

FOR SALE by Matthew Fowler

IN KINGS AND FOOLS by Kevin Daly

TRUE WILL by William Triplett

Honorable Mentions go to:

ANNIE AND THE FAT MAN by Gina Femia

ERATZ VANILLA by Cary Simowitz

MY ROOMATE LUCIFER by Alexandrew Recore

TRUE BLUES ...

New Works Festival Winners Selected

Categories: Festivals | Published: Sep 22nd 2016

The selection of winners from "Panndora’s Box" 10^th Annual New Works Festival is completed! After evaluating over 200 new plays by authors from around the globe, the five finalists have been selected (along with five honorable mention winners). These truly amazing works will mounted by professional actors and directors this Winter. I hope you can join us for one, or all, of these performances to experience the amazing craft of these emerging playwright’s works ...