Two world premieres and one stage
It is a more than ambitious undertaking to launch two world-premiere plays in one weekend, on the same stage no less, but Portland Center Stage pulled it off. They couldn’t be more [...]
Think therefore on revenge and cease to weep (Shakespeare)
As characters go, few, if any, are more inscrutable and obnoxious than the 13-year-old girl. Thus, it is difficult at first to sympathize with Chris (Agatha Day Olson) in Artists Repertory [...]
Standing up for civilization
Annette and Alan Raleigh (Don Alder and Sarah Lucht) and Michal and Veronica Novak (David Sikking and Marilyn Stacey) all want to stand up for civilization. After their 11-year-old boys engage in [...]
The cruelest month
February/March newsletter The cruelest month “February is the cruelest month”…or so says Emma Golden in my second novel, The Difficult Sister. For me, as well as for Emma, it [...]