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My Grandpa
Jonathan George DavisJonathan Davis died Sunday evening, March 30, 2014 at the Bonnie Bluejacket Memorial Nursing Home south of Greybull, where he had been a resident since last August. He passed away just six days short of his 99th birthday. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Greybull. A memorial service for Jonathan will be held ( Read more... ) -
Theatre year in review
It's been a really great year for me, theatrically. Every contact I've made over the past ten years seemed to converge and create amazing opportunities I hadn't even dreamed of. The wonderfully creative team behind Bckseet Productions, Kate Brennan and Gregory DeCandia, which has now moved its base of operations to NYC, contacted me about playing ( Read more... ) -
Plays, past and present
I never seem to have stress dreams about shows I'm in; it's always just after the show has closed that it seems all the ideas of what might or could go wrong crowd themselves into my sleeping mind and terrorize me. In "The Real Inspector Hound," which closed on Saturday, I had an ornate 1940's hairdo, involving hair rats and liberty rolls, that I ( Read more... ) -
Alp d'Huez
This is the final weekend for the original play I've been performing in Philadelphia at the Papermill Theater, 2825 Ormes Street. Performances are today and tomorrow, the 3rd and 4th of November, at 2pm ( Read more... ) -
Ada Lovelace Day!
Before I post about my new show that opened on Saturday afternoon here in Philadelphia, I want to point out that tomorrow, October 16, is Ada Lovelace Day, and you should celebrate women in the sciences; maybe go to a local science fair or get together with a sister or niece and set off rockets, or go someplace like the Franklin Institute and ( Read more... ) -
Geek of the Week
Last week, I was interviewed by Eric Smith of Geekadelphia as Geek of the Week. In the interview, I discuss Ada Lovelace and the challenges of bringing her to life on stage, as well as the Philly arts and theatre scene.
Opening weekend was a thrill. Our friends, Jeanine Cummins and Carolyn Turgeon, who both have new books scheduled to come out ( Read more... ) -
Childe Byron
I've been really busy... which is why I never seem to post anything aside from show announcements these days. I've worked really hard on this next show, which opens tomorrow night at Allens Lane Theatre. The subject has captured my imagination, as she can not fail to capture yours, if you know anything about her life. Ada, Countess of Lovelace, ( Read more... ) -
Returning to Laramie
I spent my childhood in Laramie, Wyoming... but left with my family ten years before Matthew Shepard's brutal murder in 1998. It's a subject that haunts me, as it has haunted countless others in the intervening 14 years, in part because of my own conflicted, adolescent feelings for Laramie itself ( Read more... ) -
Stomp the Runway
Last Friday, our friend, Autumn, head designer at Heartless Revival, was the headlining designer at Stomp the Runway, a benefit to aid victims of domestic abuse. I would link to the website, but it's not browser friendly and has really loud music, sadly. The venue was "Trust," a gorgeous old bank in Old City that has been used as an art gallery ( Read more... )
