So the thing that has been occupying my spare thoughts more than most anything has been: the move to LA. Someone once described their relationship to acting (and why they quit) as "I had the pull, but not the push." I feel like I've got the push w/ regards to acting in general, but I've only got the pull for LA ( Read more... )

I've been working on grief in my Wednesday night acting classes. It's a complex process, and I've had difficulty finding access ( Read more... )

My current show, Take Me Out, is in tech and dress this week. Our first preview audience is on Friday. If you want to see my show for free (albeit not as good as it will be after previews end), respond or email me ASAP so I can get you on the guest list. If you aren't on the list, you don't get in ( Read more... )

I made the most agonizing moral decision in a dream last night. What a trip. I forced myself back to sleep a number of times to see the final result. The other person was brutally honest to the point of hurtfulness and yet I still threw myself against the (metaphorical) rocks. How do you make those decisions.

-Donovan

While I do have a very particular way of expressing myself verbally - it is not terribly precise. My usage of language is often repetitive and somewhat blurry. I like the way that I talk about things, I make myself laugh - but I still feel like I would sound like an idiot if turned into an interview sound-byte ( Read more... )

So I just got off the phone with my friend Stephen. I laughed so much. We're really conversationally compatible - like oddly so. But more than that, we find each other incredibly funny. So whenever I hang out w/ him for an extended period of time my cheeks are sore from laughing ( Read more... )

I think I have a secret admirer ( Read more... )

I had what felt like a really good show tonight. I was a little nervous because I had a lot of people in the audience ( Read more... )

If you've ever been curious to see me in a leading role, now is your chance. I'm acting in a production that is part of the Bay Area One Acts festival. I play Denny, the lover of a recently deceased draftee. The action of the play takes place the evening before Denny heads off to boot camp. It's been a while since I've acted in a drama, so ( Read more... )

This is a poem about a dinosaur… named Greg.

Munch, munch, munch.

I’m a tree eatin’ DinoSAUUURRRRR

I walk around the forest checkin’ my thesauraus for a word that is just a little more interesting than Herbivore.

I’m sorry but my name is Greg and I do not eat anyone named Herb.

What kind of punk ass name is Herb?

RaaaAAARRRR.

Munch, munch, ( Read more... )