Blood Sky was my first “grown up” play and encompasses every emotion I felt as a young adult, trying to navigate a world that did not feel very kind at the time. The play is about a woman named Joley and three stages of her life. It is also about a past from which she […]
I confess, I don’t do well in pandemics. I wish I did. I wish I could be like people who describe self quarantine and social distancing as “boring” and therefore consume their days power washing their houses, studying obscure languages, or cooking six course meals. I wish I had the emotional energy to spend the […]
Jerusalem’s Theater in the Rough and JET, Jerusalem English Theater, will be hosting a virtual reading of my play, Paradise, on Monday, April 6, at 1 pm EST and 8 pm IST on Zoom and Facebook Live. I will be reading with actor CB Davies, JET’s founder, with a Q and A to follow. Be […]
I don’t chew gum, but I say I do when asked how I can write and maintain a full time teaching position. “I can walk and chew gum at the same time.” I had never envisioned myself teaching. As an undergraduate and later graduate MFA student at a well-respected university, I envisioned myself “working in […]
I’ve been thinking about fear and courage in recent days of self quarantines, panic shopping, and the overall suspension of museums, Broadway, movie theaters, restaurants, jobs, and the human embrace. I look at medical professionals on the front lines of this crisis and am awed by their courage. My parents, who are both medical […]