The productions of Absence in Sweden and Italy are now history. I had hoped to attend, but due to health issues (my back chose the wrong moment to misbehave) I had to stay stateside. The Swedish production will be revived this fall, however, … Continue reading
In the fall of 2015, Absence crossed the briny Atlantic and made its European debut (as Fravær) at the Oslo Teater Trikkestallen in Norway. I’m pleased to announce that the play, a first-person chronicle of one woman’s harrowing experience with dementia, will … Continue reading
In the fall of 2006, when I was but a fledgeling playwright, my short play “Big Eddie” appeared as part of the Image Theater‘s second annual Naughty Readings in Lowell. And what are the Naughty Readings? [I hear you asking.] These … Continue reading
Writers at Play: 2016 Showcase of New Work Monday, July 11, 7:30pm. FREE Boston Playwright’s Theatre My playwriting group, Writers at Play, will be having its second annual showcase of new works on Monday, July 11, at the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre. … Continue reading
May means Mother’s Day, and Mother’s Day means the Boston Theater Marathon: ten solid hours of ten-minute plays, performed at the Boston Center for the Arts. That’s Sunday, May 8, from noon to 10:00 PM at the Boston Center for … Continue reading
Absence returns to New England with a production this May at the Cotuit Center of the Arts out on Cape Cod. Directed by Robert Brock, the show runs in the Center’s Black Box Theater from Thursday, May 5, through Sunday, … Continue reading
Last summer, The Centipede King had a reading up in Newbury, MA. Now, after some revisions, it will return to that territory, with a reading at the Actors Studio of Newburyport, sponsored by the North Shore Reader’s Theater. The reading will take … Continue reading
Every year, Smith and Kraus publish a volume of the best ten-minute plays of the previous year, and I’m pleased to say that for the first time, one of my own plays is included: “Too, Too Solid Flesh,” recent winner … Continue reading
It’s a brand-new year, and we all know what that means! Months of snow, cold, and seasonal affective disorder, of course. Fortunately, there’s a treatment: quality theater to bring a beam of sunshine into the heart of this wretched season. As it … Continue reading
The Arlington Friends of the Drama are holding a fundraiser in the form of a short play festival on the 20th and 21st of November, and one of the plays will be my own “The Evaluation,” a brand-new play never before … Continue reading