Tag: The Odyssey

The Kitchen Sink Post

October 28, 2009 at 1:35 pm

The weather has drifted down into the cooler temperatures, slowing everything down a little bit more each day — including this this blog post, which I’ve rewritten and added to six times to reflect the changing reality over the past month. And so, I’m hurrying to post it before anything else happens to force another rewrite.

One Step Forward, Two Steps . . . Um, Somewhere Else…

November 8, 2005 at 2:27 pm

This weekend’s mail brought me a DVD of the production Northwestern College did of my adaptation of ‘The Odyssey’ along with rejections from Samuel French on two of my playscripts (one of which was, at least, a good bit of writing and somewhat of an award-winner already so what’s their […]

Talking to Myself

May 1, 2005 at 3:34 pm

Talking to Myself There’s a scene or two in the movie The Commitments where the character Jimmy Rabitte is seen interviewing himself about his own (self-imagined success). I’m not too proud to admit that I used to do that, from time to time. At a certain point, I had some […]

Strategies and Needs

January 17, 2005 at 1:21 am

Given Oltion’s Strategies below, I did some digging at Wikipedia on Maslow’s Hierarchy and the concept of self-actualization. One of the questions I prepared for when I went to lecture to classes at Northwestern College a few months back was this: Why do you write? No one asked.

Released

December 13, 2004 at 1:37 am

Well, although it was being considered by the committee, Northwestern’s production of ‘The Odyssey’ was not invited to participate in the ACTF regional festival this year. Taking a show to the festival is a big task — you have to remount the show, go through rehearsals again, move costumes and […]

Odyssey Over

November 22, 2004 at 2:03 am

Back home after a quick-but-very-nice trip to Iowa to see the opening of ‘The Odyssey’. Sleep now, post more later…

Talkback

November 20, 2004 at 2:04 am

Early on, when I was still in college, I was fortunately to have one of my plays produced. There was a talkback afterwards and someone in the audience asked me what the play meant. I’d been prepared for this and, because I was exactly that kind of writer, responded by […]

Morning and the Maze

November 19, 2004 at 2:10 am

I spend about two hours in the morning trying to figure out what time it is and if I’m late for my breakfast with the Director. Because it’s so early, most of this is done if the dark, fumbling with various clocks and laptops set for EST and CST. The […]

Lockput

November 19, 2004 at 2:09 am

I escape with my life after the afternoon writing workshop and head back over to the hotel to primp and prepare for opening night. No jitters, not worried at all. The faculty potluck is a bigger concern than the show, oddly enough. I shouldn’t have worried. Everyone is very hospitable […]

Spiritus Interruptus

November 19, 2004 at 2:08 am

Eventually, I head off from the potluck full of homemade Indian food. The Director asked us to show up early at the theatre to join in with the cast’s pre-show prayer and I don’t want to disappoint him. It’s all of two blocks away and parking is easy, but I […]