I was doing some research on sparrows not long ago, and, among other qualities, was fascinated to find out what makes their biology unique: they have a bone in their tongue. I love that. If I could find a metaphor to represent the lithe strength of Danny’s words, it would have to be that; he […]
What The Sparrow Said is the culmination of several years of finding the words to say what I feel about life. What you are about to experience in the Fringe this summer is the greatest piece I’ve created thus far and the product of the hard work of eons of people, many of whom are […]
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 […]