FADE IN: EXTERIOR: We see a sidewalk and a city street whose traffic is facing towards the audience. STAGE RIGHT: We see a wall which takes up roughly half the stage, behind which the interior of The Diorama will soon be visible to the audience. This wall is the brick facade of a bar named […]
Read more "Antenna, Santa Rosa (A play for the stage)"So here’s the thing about the freedom of speech; it’s an easy win. It’s the first amendment, the one that even those assholes who can’t find Canada on a map can tell you they know. What’s left to say about it that we don’t already know? And even if we can find some nugget of […]
Read more "The Freedom to Lie"So let me start off by saying I’m a fan of Kanye West, or Jeezy or Je. If I could figure out what name he wants to be called by, I’d use that one, but since I’m more worried about you knowing who I’m talking about right now, we’ll stick with Kanye. Ever since he […]
Read more "Kanye and Donald, Sitting in a Tree…"You know what I mean. If you’ve made it to this sentence without turning whatever you’re reading around and trying to sniff it, then there’s no sense in which we’ve failed to understand one another so far. You understand English. You can read. In your face misunderstanding. Now, if I start telling you about the […]
Read more "Sense, Reference, Monkeys and Stabbing People in the Face (I Made a New Tool)"So stay with me here. I think I’ve found the best question of all time. Ready? You think you are but you’re not. I really need you to pouch up on this. I mean if that’s your best ready then I’m about to shove you off the diving board and after you chip one of […]
Read more "Might, Right, Drunk Driving and the Best Question of All Time"“Who me? Give a speech? No, really, I couldn’t. I’m really not one for speeches. What can I say? (Shrug and bring index finger up to lip. Pause indicating reluctant acceptance). I’ll tell you what. I’m gonna tell you a story. The first time I saw this guy, we must have been X years old. […]
Read more "So This is Awkward…(Mass Shooting at the Teddy Bear Picnic)"Politicians and the word “jobs” are clearly BFFs. There’s not really another kind of person that runs around skipping and holding the hand of this word like politicians do. If there were some kind of game show where we had to listen to someone talk for thirty seconds and then guess what they do for […]
Read more "Jobs! OMG My BFF."Let’s imagine for a second that you’re really excited to go to some live musical event. You’re also Mr. and/or Ms. High Tech Gear and you’ve got some virtual reality set up that makes it so you can step into your living room and it looks like you’ve stepped into the music hall where the […]
Read more "The Poser Problem"Hey you know what sucks? Dying. That’s a pretty uncontroversial idea most of the time, until of course someone dies and we have to guess who did it. Suddenly anyone who has ever had a hangnail, written a melodramatic poem or owned a Korn CD is getting stood over by some group of investigators […]
Read more "Mr. Ok Cowboy and the I Have No Intention of Hurting Myself or Anyone Else or Disappearing For Any Reason Rodeo"ACT 3: REALITY CHECK COMPLIMENT SANDWICH So compliment: You never told a single lie. I don’t know that I could’ve walked that tightrope quite so well and I’ve been doing this a long time. We’re very proud of you. Place that needs improvement: Your temper. We know it’s under control, but that’s not the same […]
Read more "Freedom’s Gayest Hostages (The Play That’s Not Acting) Ch. 5"
Princess Fantastic 