Passover/Easter
(updated version of April 3, 2012 Passover/Easter Blog) On Easter Sundays when I was young We went to the Buffalo Zoo To participate in...
Rehearsal Night
We had a rehearsal last night for my March 11 Spark staged play reading. Talk about totally terrific. I worked with three of the actors...
Theaterstein, Funstein, Wrongstein, Greatstein
Dear Supportive Friends: Super News: 30 minutes of my full-length play FINDING MR. RIGHTSTEIN won Spark Theatre NYC Spring Festival ...
GO BILLS!
A thirty minute section of my play, FINDING MR. RIGHTSTEIN, which has not yet been presented, won acceptance to the Spark New Works...
Cindy
Today would have been Cindy's 77th birthday. When her PS# 86 class transferred to PS # 66 my school in 7th grade, she asked if I'd like...
Spark Theatre Festival: A Joy
The world’s a stage and that thrills me. At September’s Meet and Greet for the playwrights who won Spark Theatre Festival NYC Fall 2024,...
My Father’s Truths and Lessons
My father died 27 years ago, yet he still wakes me every day with his humor and wisdom. This essay about him was published in Next...
Mark Twain
On our way home from a long weekend in Newburyport, Maine, where we saw a terrific new play written by a terrific new friend at the...
MCSWEENEY'S
Below is an essay I had published in McSweeney's years ago during the pandemic. A FORCE OUTSIDE MYSELF: CITIZENS OVER 60 SPEAK...
Black Girl You Are Atlas - Renee Watson's New Book
My 12 days of heaven began with a 5-day trip to Santa Monica CA to be with my loving family. Every moment was special. It was...