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No. 94 Seattle's Central Library: A Monologue in Progress
"You become a Baudelairean flaneur, inspecting and being seduced by a world of books and information - by the urban scenario." -- Rem...
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Jul 5, 20192 min read
No. 93 Me Showing My Work To You
Fitting the word to the action. This image is of my mornings writing for my play, “The Swing Years and Beyond.” I’ve started with one...
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Jul 4, 20191 min read
The Idris Elba & Tree Controversy
"Let's collaborate to drive positive change for female writers in theatre." -- Burning Bright Website According to the BBC: Tori...
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Jun 30, 20191 min read
No. 91 The Paris Review Lifts Her Paywall for Feminism
"Our new monthly column, Feminize Your Canon, explores the lives of underrated and underread female authors. First on the list: Olivia...
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Jun 29, 20192 min read
No. 90 Intimacy Direction
Romance and Passion - We All Love to Watch “Maybe strippers get real used to it,” she said recently in her dressing room at the...
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Jun 28, 20192 min read
No. 89 Samuel Beckett Walks Into A Bar
Beckett’s relationship with his mother (as with his Mother Country) was close and combative. She was a formidable woman, and however far...
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Jun 27, 20192 min read
No. 88 Anita Brookner's Portrait Painting
"The truth I’m trying to convey is not a startling one, it is simply a peeling away of affectation." -- Anita Brookner I wanted to share...
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Jun 23, 20191 min read
No. 87 Sunday Readings on June 23, 2019
Here are four stories I thought you might find interesting: One: Today’s Brain Pickings blog highlighted a vital book entitled, The Lost...
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Jun 22, 20193 min read
No. 86 The Big, Bad, Brilliant Virginia Woolf
"Only the fire sets me dreaming - of all the things I mean to write" I’m reading Virginia Woolf’s diaries. Though I’ve read all of her...
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Jun 21, 20192 min read
No. 85 Sleep as a Theatrical - Political Act
Next to my own skin, her pearls. My mistress bids me wear them, warm them, until evening when I'll brush her hair. -- from Warming Her...
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Jun 20, 20193 min read
No. 84 Insomnia: Night & Day Pzizz
"When we fall asleep, I think we gain access to a mode of the universe that otherwise is inaccessible; dream-time and dream-space are as...
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Jun 13, 20192 min read
No. 83 The Game of No Artificial Light After Sundown
The breathing (snoring) gets heavy when the sun goes down. I'm a 54-year-old big baby about going to bed early."This is MY time!" "What...
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Jun 8, 20193 min read
No. 82 Pattie's Top 10 Cultural Hits of May 2019
ONE: My Harsh & Hilarious Hate Letter to Myself. A friend is becoming a professional coach and she needs to clock in coaching hours. I...
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May 30, 20193 min read
No. 80 Optimist Devil & Despair Angel
“An angel sat on one shoulder, a devil on the other. Both of them wore my face.” ― Michelle Hodkin TODAY 7:10 am My morning reading...
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May 28, 20191 min read
#79 A Reckoning for Non-Equity Theatre Companies
Vigilance | Professionalism | Respect | Trust | Transparency | Awareness Until the #MeToo movement, I had cynically assumed that to rid...
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May 23, 20192 min read
No. 78 My Restoration of Restoration
Or How I Never Stopped Loving Periwigs and Petticoats I love when an article I come across is relevant for me and my work. Such is the...
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May 20, 20192 min read
No. 77 Bewitching Advice from Nick Cave
Is visualization bullshit? I couldn't tell you because I've never given it a chance. Let's ask Nick Cave! I’m home for a week after...
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May 15, 20191 min read
No. 76 Falling Asleep During Mass
I grew up in a household very aware of television comedy and we watched it every night. At the age of eight or nine, I was even allowed...
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May 14, 20191 min read
No. 75 Doris Day Drinking Tea
I had a lovely blog prepared about directing tips from an American director of my generation. Then I found out he was in a leadership...
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May 13, 20192 min read
No. 74 Damn Fine Norma Jennings
Bobby Briggs: Norma, I'll see you in my dreams. Norma Jennings: Not if I see you first. I remember watching the Mod Squad as a very young...
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