July 2024

 

(Photo: Library of Congress)

 

Storytelling is a powerful tool for speakers. But don’t fall into the trap of making things up! What’s the alternative? Read this month’s blog and find out.

(Hint: See how Prohibition led to NASCAR)

In other news . . .

Join me for a fall play reading in NYC
hosted by The Quaker Arts Salon
Saturday, September 14th at 4 p.m.
At the historic 15th Street Meetinghouse
15 Rutherford Place, NY, NY 10003
More details coming! Check back here.

June 2024

Photo by Zack Huggins.

 

Such a delight to see my play Beyond the Yellow Wallpaper onstage in Dallas! Read more about this production, and why playwriting always involves taking a huge leap of faith!

In other news. . .

I’m back on the webinar circuit!

I’ll be on a panel of experts for
The American Bar Association’s
Women Rainmakers Committee
on June 26th, to discuss
Office Communication Rules to Foster Openness
ABA members welcome to attend. More info here.

May 2024

 

Some myths are fun. Others destructive. What they have in common is their weird staying power.

Read about why one of the most enduring myths about public speaking should be put to rest once and for all. (and also why we shouldn’t believe all celebrity death stories!)


In other news . . .

Reviews are in! Critics love Beyond the Yellow Wallpaper. You have one more weekend for you to see what the buzz is about.
Tickets are on sale now for the world premiere at Echo Theatre in Dallas!
Buy them here!

Constance Gold Parry, right, as Charlotte Perkins Gilman, with Jared Culpepper as her first husband, Charles Walter Stetson, in Echo Theatre's premiere of Ann Timmons' "Beyond the Yellow Wallpaper."(Zack Huggins)