January 2022

Happy New Year! And congrats for making it through 2021 in one piece.

We’ve all been through a lot— and some of the weirdness of our current situation is showing up in our speech. People have lost a sense of flow; there are lots of choppy, disjointed sentences being uttered out there. Read my blog this month to find a creative way to smooth out your delivery.

In other news...

Pipeline Playwrights was born five years ago next month. And on February 28th at 7:15 p.m. my fellow co-founders and I are celebrating! Join us as we launch our 2022 season of virtual and in-person readings and productions of new, original works. FREE!

Register here in advance. After registering, you'll receive a confirmation email containing information about attending the Zoom launch on the 28th.

October 2021

Comic confusion

"Abbott & Costello Doing Who's On First" by slgckgc is licensed under CC BY 2.0

This month’s blog examines the traps we can fall into when we think we’re using words to mean the same thing.

In other news...

Photo courtesy Echo Theatre, photo credit: Zoë Kerr

It’s My Party! just ended its month-long run at Dallas’ Echo Theatre. The cast and creative team made my play about the struggle to pass the 19th Amendment come alive onstage. Echo is streaming it as video-on-demand till October 17th. Click here for more info and tickets.

"With its strong production values and casting, It’s My Party! should foster talk well after the curtain call. The show should inspire audiences to explore this history and then perhaps fight for equal rights today as they had to do a century ago."
--Rich Lopez, The Dallas Voice

September 2021

Slow down if you can't stop

We’re all tempted to fire off responses lickety-split these days, or engage our mouths before our brains over Zoom or IRL. But just because we can, does that mean we should? This month’s blog post gives a memorable tip for remembering to “just stop.”

In other news. . .

Photo by Zack Huggins

Dallas’ Echo Theatre is presenting my play about the struggle tp pass the 19th Amendment with amazing actors! sets! lights! costumes! Onstage September 17 - October 9. Echo Theatre will then be streaming it for those who can't attend in person, October 11- 17. More info here.