When people ask me about the play I’m directing they always want to know what the play is about. This seems like a simple question, but it really isn’t. The play I’m directing, After Midnight, Before Dawn by David Campton, is set in a prison cell where six people await …
When I was asked to write a blog post about Ancient Greek comedy, I was stumped. I don’t know much about Greek comedy, I protested. But after a little research, I present to you my thoroughly ignorant and dilettante article, which I hope will at least entertain, if not enlighten. …
While I have done almost everything that there is to do in theater from acting to directing to stage crew to makeup, lights and sounds was a completely new territory. As any explorer, I ventured into it with caution and trepidation. My own approach to stage lights has always been …
Women wearing striped prison robes cry “All hail Comrade Beria! Hurrah!” as the iron prison bars close with a loud clang cutting off the stage from the audience. This is the end of Journey into the Whirlwind, a play recounting the soul-crushing horror of political repressions that took place in …
Ah, FELT IF. FELT IF 2008. My directorial debut. I remember it like it was yesterday. No, actually it’s all a blur and I had to look up most of the facts. The Festival of English Language Theater in Finland a.k.a. FELT IF came about when a few bright theater-oriented …
