Monthly Archives: January 2012

My 10-Minute Play “Millennial Ex” wins honorable mention from Stone Soup Theater Company, Seattle, WA

“A drunken proposal after the passage of the NYS Marriage Equality act leads to an awkward morning after for one gay couple in New York City.” Millennial Ex has just been awarded an honorable mention by Stone Soup; it was entered in their … Continue reading

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THEATER REVIEW: “Righteous Money” at the Kraine Theater

As a latter day Jim Cramer, CJ (Michael Yates Crowley) hosts “Righteous Money,” a blinged-up version of Cramer’s own Mad Money. The audience sits amidst the trappings of a TV studio (a monitor, a camera, and references to an off-stage … Continue reading

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THEATER REVIEW: Mission Drift at The Connelly Theater

I always face this problem when I sit down to write about a production from the TEAM (Theatre of the Emerging American Moment). I’ve seen three of their shows: Particularly in the Heartland (Traverse Theater), Architecting (P.S. 122), and now … Continue reading

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In Protest of SOPA and PIPA

The anti-SOPA and anti-PIPA blackout protests have come to a close as of 8pm EST.

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The Veillee publishes my short story “THE TELL TALE TECH”

Head over to new literary site The Veillee Blog to check out my latest short story – a science-fiction mystery in the style of Edgar Allan Poe, titled The Tell Tale Tech. For more fiction, you can access my short … Continue reading

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THEATER REVIEW: Outside People at the Vineyard Theatre

Down-and-out Brooklynite Malcolm (Matt Dellapina) heads to Beijing on the invitation of his college buddy Da Wei (also known as David, and played by Nelson Lee). There, he meets English tutor Xiao Mei (Li Jun Li), falls in love with … Continue reading

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Publication news! My SciFi Short “The Tell Tale Tech” will help launch The Veillee Blog on Jan 16th!!

A man is dead, and a cop knows who’s responsible. Was it murder? In my new short story, The Tell Tale Tech, the style of Poe’s The Tell Tale Heart is the jumping-off point for an atmospheric detective thriller that asks … Continue reading

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Homework Takeaway #4: Uncertainties in Time, Space and Relationships

I’m still chipping away at Elegant Universe, and have just finished watching Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen – the version starring Daniel Craig as Werner Heisenberg and Stephen Rea as Neils Bohr. So now there are a few threads going though my … Continue reading

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THEATRE REVIEW: Hedwig & The Angry Inch at ALT Theatre

What is completeness? What is love? According to the philosophy of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the search for love is an endeavor to re-unite once-whole souls who’ve been split apart by the gods. At its most basic, this is … Continue reading

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Things Are Hotting Up – On Climate Change, Speculative Fiction, and Short Story Anthology HOT MESS.

My first summer in New York City was hot. Not “better put on flip flops and a tank top” hot. 105 in the shade hot. Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, and having just spent four years living in … Continue reading

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