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Friday, January 14 Except it never is the last connection.  That’s the beauty of theater: we start the connection for people and for ourselves.  A wonderful director who i totally forget right now once said that theater should be like staring out at the ocean.  You don’t want the audience to be thinking about the […]

Thursday, January 13 There was this beautiful snowstorm the other night which started just as we were all arriving at the theatre. Everyone arrived in the green room, breathless and excited about what was sure to be an impending blizzard. At least that’s what all the news outlets were saying. We chattered excitedly about the […]

Tuesday, January 11 This, by contrast to my last entry, will be quite short and straightforward. I hope that the 5th connection, the connection to the audience, is something I think all of us should want from it: which is that the members of the audience take away something, or think of or see something […]

Monday, January 10 The Make-Out Queen is a piece I wrote. I am also the only person who has ever performed it. I’ve been working on it for two years off and on, as a writer…as an actor… When I first started working on it I had no fear or panic about the writing… If […]

Thursday, January 6 So I am excited because we open tomorrow night. And aside from that being exciting in and of itself (woohoo), I am particularly pleased because I will get to take off one of the hats I’ve been wearing these past months: the producer Top Hat. It’s been fun and challenging juggling everything […]

Monday, January 3 Akin to the word of God. Now I am not religious, but we sure as hell were blessed today cause Lucy was in residence with us and it was awesome. Angels came down, gave us tips you won’t hear from straight people and said fuck a lot. Total joy. It’s such a […]

Friday, December 31 Ok, so the ridiculous thing about writing this entry on love is that I am literally watching “Bridges of Madison County” at this very moment.  Alone.  With a bottle of wine.  Why do I put myself through this torture?  Because I love that narrow tipping point where friends become lovers, and I […]

Thursday, December 30 My nose loves:  Coffee grounds.  Daffodils.  The first smell of winter in the air; it’s usually in late September/early October and no matter where I am physically, suddenly my heart is spirited away to the street where I grew up. My tongue loves:  Fresh raspberries.  Peanut butter (the real stuff).  Garlic.  So […]

Tuesday, December 28 I love popcorn, specifically anything with the words “butter” or “boom” in the title. I don’t know why. Maybe cause I love movies, or maybe cause it’s a suitable substitute for a normal meal and ya gotta cut corners where ya can (or at least I do). I like it slightly burnt, which […]

Monday, December 27 Cozy in flannel sheets, in the dim, gray half-light of morning in rural New Hampshire, I inhale the earthy tones of coffee, the crispness of bacon and the sweetness of pancakes rising from the kitchen below. Children’s cries and the murmurs of adult voices float up the staircase, reminding me that it’s […]