WEDNESDAY–After two days home I return to New York to participate in an audience talkback after the performance. Over the past couple of days I’ve begun to suspect that the initial euphoria of last week was ethereal and subject to dispersal upon further reflection. In other words, I’ve become paranoid. I call Jackob for reassurance, …
I divide the fortnight at home between script revisions and a playwriting residency at Chevy Chase Elementary School. The revisions are small, mostly cuts and clarifications. Warren calls me while I’m driving an older neighbor to a wedding and I pick up, excited to try out the Bluetooth feature on my new car. Over the …
AUDITIONS I awaken at 4:00 a.m. to train up to New York, exhausted and excited. I’m heading back to San Diego in two days, so the plan is to return by train to Baltimore this evening. We’ve made offers to people for three of the roles, so we are only looking for one person and …
It is well over a year since I updated this. Though I can excuse my silence by laying claim to a lack of time, I suspect the gap is occasioned in equal measure by the dreadful summer after Engaging Shaw closed in New York. After the almost universal rejection of A Thing For Redheads, along …
Below is a link to an interview with me by the Montgomery County Gazette for the upcoming production of A Thing For Redheads: http://www.gazette.net/stories/06292010/entemon81306_32581.php
It has been over a month since I updated this, but I suppose it’s necessary to finish the story. I won’t go day-by-day this time. I spend the week after Shaw opens teaching a residency at one of my favorite elementary schools in Baltimore County and scouring the internet for reviews. I also have a …
I’m still in the process of recovering from such a crazy week, traveling back and forth between Maryland and New York so many times. Much of the week is a blur. Here’s a rundown. MONDAY I’m home for only a day, before heading back to New York. There’s a huge list of things I need …
I just returned from New York, where I spent the most glorious week since Betsy and I went to Italy in 2002. I can’t resist passing along my impressions. EASTER SUNDAY I train into the city from my in-laws’ house in Cortlandt Manor, smiling at the suggestion of my mother-in-law that the upcoming production of …
Back in the early to mid 1980′s, I did a stand-up act with Danny Vermont, who now writes for Bill Maher. Whenever we were on break from college, we would quickly write some sketches and head to the local public access cable station to record them–almost always using a stationary camera and a single take. …
I’ve been having trouble with Facebook for the past few days. Apparently, everyone can see my profile but me, so I’ve been unable to post anything. I’m posting this to JohnMorogiello.com because I know it feeds into FB. Anyway, without the monumental self-indulgence that is Facebook, I needed to find other avenues of vanity-wallowing, and …