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August 27, 2024

Stuck in the pain body

A few years ago, I went to see a new therapist. At our first appointment, she asked if she could read my numbers. I'm not an expert in astrology, but …

August 12, 2024

Meet Marlena Merlot

Walking into Marlena's room was like simultaneously walking into a nursing home, Grateful Dead concert, and crowded men's room at a bar on New Years' …

August 07, 2024

A Date With the Fairy Drag Queen's Path: From inspiration to publication

THE INSPIRATION. The inspiration for A Date With the Fairy Drag Queen began in 1990 when a series of events led me to Horizon House, a home for men …

July 22, 2024

Doing Your Civic Duty: Why It Matters

The dreaded envelope from a state or federal court. Addressed to you. You wrack your brain to figure out how many parking tickets you ignored or who …

March 26, 2022

Let's Stand Up!

The dynamic duo has struck again. Deejay Gray's daring vision, and Chelsea Burke's visionary direction bring to life the 1998 Pulitzer Prize winning …

October 24, 2021

Peccavi

Peccavi. Latin for I have sinned. Peccavi. In my thoughts and in my words. In what I have done, and what I have failed to do.  I am a racist. I …

August 02, 2021

Even If We Suck At It

Pivotal moments call us to dig deeper, to draw on inner strength we may not even know we possess.  We throw ourselves into the fire knowing we …

July 11, 2021

They Came Back!

Yep. They came back indeed.  Socially-distanced, and masked, a respectable crowd of theatre lovers attended VA Rep's first live production since …

October 12, 2020

Telling The Truth - Unusual Politics

"We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day." - Ann …

July 19, 2020

I'd Sell My Soul

I first read The Picture of Dorian Gray in high school. It was the late eighties and I remember remarking how "relevant to the times" Oscar Wilde was …

March 08, 2020

Mounting the Rostrum

"Women have the right to mount the scaffold; they should likewise have the right to mount the rostrum." - Olympe de Gouges And mount the rostrum they …

February 13, 2020

Theatre As Therapy

It is 3 a.m. and insomnia has reared its ugly head. Wouldn't it be more romantic to say the muse has struck and she calls me to write? Yes, but it …