A team of 21 dedicated artists came together and in one week put together an amazing first look at GOLDEN – a new musical. With book & lyrics by Paula Cizmar and music by Nathan Wang, directed by Diana Wyenn, GOLDEN tells the story of the Old World versus the…
Climate Change Theatre Action 2019 is gearing up, and I’m so happy to be a part of it. This event is global and is an opportunity for the arts to take on the issue that touches us all: climate change. Whether it’s air quality, or extreme weather, or ocean levels…
Rehearsals with an orchestra are so utterly delightful, kind of a playwright’s idea of heaven–especially when the musicians are superb. And the musicians for GOLDEN are just so incredibly talented and dedicated. Here’s a view of the sitzprobe–just the schmancy term for when the orchestra and the singers meet…
You know it’s really happening when you show up at the theatre and there it is: The announcement of your play taking up the entire box office door!
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One day, a very long time ago–maybe when I was taking piano lessons as a child?–I dreamed of writing for the musical stage. But it has taken a long time to transition from poetry to playwriting to being a librettist. Now I have two musical projects–GOLDEN with composer Nathan Wang,…
What a strange journey it has been to get The Hotel Play on its feet–and what a five-ring circus it feels like every time the play is performed. First, going back to the making of the play, just getting seven playwrights in the same room at the same time for…
Something about the high desert haunts me–the low-lying scrub, the huge expanse of what looks like nothing but is actually teeming with life, and the mountains in the desert. And the story of Scheherazade from 1000 Nights has always haunted me too. Why should a young woman be under constant threat…
The new year brings all sorts of work with it–which is always good news. I always feel that it’s better to focus on what needs to be done, and then get it done, than to worry about what could have been. And for me, it’s best to be busy.…
Art and ideas–and being outdoors–makes a winning combination for the LA Public Art Biennial. Here’s a view of one magical moment, a panel on Water As Power, as viewed from the perspective of the arts, and science, and public policy, and Native American activists, attended by people who care and…
One of my favorite things is when art and politics and policy and science and caring for the earth all come together. So it’s a thrill for me to be a part of the Los Angeles Public Art Biennial 2016–CURRENT: LA. This year the topic is water. I’m…