Step 1: Fail at a theater project. Step 2: Get interviewed for it on Howlround

I was interviewed by Alex Barron on the 13P producing model and how hard it is to recreate, shedding light on my own personal failings:  http://journalism.howlround.com/13p-easy-to-revere-tough-to-recreate/

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You from Queens!

If you live in Queens, you should watch this 30 sec clip from the television series THE B* IN APARTMENT 23.

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What goes up, must come down

Watch out for falling cranes, people.   This happened in front of my apartment building yesterday. Luckily no one was seriously injured: Read More

Naked Radio – The Curse of Tippecanoe

I was asked to write a ten minute radio play for Naked Angels’ podcast Naked Radio.  My piece is called The Curse of Tippecanoe.  It’s about two special agents who travel back in time to prevent the assassination of several … Read More

Oh Sandy

Two Hurricanes two years in a row.  Last year’s “Borricane” was just that.  After the entire city braced itself for impending doom, Hurricane Irene did ended not in a bang, but a whimper.

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My New Neighborhood!

After almost seven years in Astoria, I finally made the jump to Long Island City.  It’s such a different neighborhood from Astoria, but I really love it so far.  I’ve been here about a week now, and there are some … Read More

Space on Ryder Farm – Sept 2012

Got to spend a week up at Space on Ryder Farm located in upstate NY in the town of Brewster. Here are my thoughts on my farm experience, in no particular order:

Bees really like Laura Savia. I mean, REALLY … Read More

The Ikea Virgin, or how I got my lingonberry popped.

Today was a day of firsts. I took my first NYC water taxi as well as my first trip to Ikea. Ever. My friend and Coworker Alvin and I decided to play hooky from work today to do some shopping. … Read More

Mission Accomplished: Our first mixer

I started a Queens arts collective with my friends (Kari Bentley-Quinn, Laura Pestronk, and Meredith Packer).  After some careful planning, we successfully launched our new endeavor last night with a mixer at Alewife in Long  Island City.  You can read … Read More

Week 3 with NYSAF

Week 3 started off with a pre-reading reading of Emma’s play A Knee That Can Bend in the lovely air conditioned lounge of the New England building.  When I walked into the reading, I found out I was cast (much to my surprise) as the female chorus which meant I’d be playing a handful of characters.  I had a blast just diving into those characters with reckless abandon.  It felt good “acting” again. Read More

Week 2 with NYSAF

Read Week 1 here

Week 2 was spent mostly finding a good space to write.  I tried to fulfill some strange ideal in my head of writing outside and being one with nature.  Well, let me tell you, nature is freaking hot in the middle of July.  I believe humidity was created by mother nature in an attempt to remind us not to mess with that temperamental bitch.  I tried sitting on a park bench under a tree. Read More

The Late Bloomer: Public Theater EWG blog post

Here’s my latest blog post for the Public Theater’s Emerging Writers Group blog.  It’s about late bloomers.  I’m sure many of you can relate.  Read it here in its entirety.

You can also read my previous Public Theater Blog … Read More