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Never Fall in Love with a Writer: A New Addition!
In this short clip, Jen introduces Keir MacDonald, the filmmaker who will make a trailer for “Never Fall in Love with a Writer.” If you haven’t met Jen before, this also is your first chance to see her not in character. The raw footage was shot today. I’m looking forward to what he comes up with! […]
Never Fall in Love with a Writer: Four Characters One Actor – “Take 1″
May 8, 2013
For me, what I love most about the rehearsal process is the development and evolution of a character from a cold read outline to a full bodied being. It’s an incredible transformation that the audience rarely gets to see. In keeping with my decision to write “Never Fall in Love with a Writer” with my […]
Never Fall in Love with a Writer: A Lesson Learned.
April 30, 2013
The rehearsal process for “Never Fall in Love with a Writer” is well underway. Wayne and Jen made an important discovery last week. Like many discoveries, it started with a mistake. Wayne writes, During this rehearsal, I made a mistake. Trying to unravel some problems between character transitions, I began to give Jen movement instructions. […]
Never Fall in Love with a Writer: The Challenge of Incarnation.
April 23, 2013
Wayne and Jen have started rehearsing “Never Fall in Love with a Writer,” which opens June 20 (10:00 p.m.), as part of the 2013 Ottawa Fringe Festival. In this short video, Wayne outlines the challenge of producing “Never Fall in Love with a Writer” as a one woman show. He also highlights what he and Jen […]
Never Fall in Love With a Writer: Ready for Incarnation
April 10, 2013
The notion that God-the-son became human — that divinity became flesh — is one of the most important doctrines of the Christian faith. At Sunday school, growing up, I don’t recall having any particular fascination with this mystery, which is sometimes characterized as the “word becoming flesh,” but it is with this mystery that I […]
TBD: TBD Is No More!
April 2, 2013
On Wednesday last, Wayne (the director), Jen (the actor), and I (the playwright) met to read through the mostly finished script for “To Be Determined”. It went very well. We all agreed we had a solid script and, with a bit of work, we’d have a decent show. Naturally, as a consequence of this read […]
A Wellington Oracle Exclusive: The Unexplored Consequences of A Single Act
April 19, 2010
For the Wellington Oracle, I reviewed local playwright Arthur Milner’s latest plays Facts. The review starts like this: Arthur Milner’s latest play, Facts, begins as an engaging, intelligent, and character-driven murder mystery. Then, it jumps its narrative rails and careens into a sudden and unresolved ending. Watching this Great Canadian Theatre Company / New Theatre […]
Night of The Great White Guilt: Take Off, It’s A Beauty Way To Go!
January 10, 2010
Guilt — that is, the feeling of personal culpability — is a curious emotion. It’s a feeling of unpleasantness we experience because we think we did wrong to another. Sometimes, it even motivates us to try and take steps to alleviate the feeling by trying to set right the harm or wrong about which we […]
My Latest One Act Play: Home In Time
November 2, 2009
Last week, I wrote a play! Here it is! When you have a chance please give it a read and let me know what you think. I’m pretty pleased with it, so I hope you enjoy it. [Update: The first version of this play won OLT's 69th National One Act Playwriting competition. The play has […]
My Twenty-Five Year Plan: Think Globally, Create Locally
October 19, 2009
In the early 80s, Cirque de Soleil co-foudner Guy Laliberté was a fire-breathing street performer. Today, he is worth $2.5 billion and is Canada’s first space tourist. Not bad for a guy who used a stint on Employment Insurance to organize a summer fair in Baie-Saint-Paulre, Quebec. So, here’s my twenty-five year plan. Maybe you […]
May 20, 2013
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