OP-ED IN “THE NEW YORK TIMES”
These days, the characters in comedies have no choice but to grow. Unfortunately, growth is antithetical to comedy.
A new play: “Roberta Lee Raspberry”
On February 19th, I was privileged to have an extraordinary cast read my new play at the Skylight Theater, here in Los Feliz. The experienced allowed me to shorten and restructure the play, improving it greatly. Thank you to these fine actors, and to the audience that showed up on an uncharacteristically cold night to […]
Ensemble Theater Company of Santa Barbara announces the world premiere of “Parents In Chains”
I’m ecstatic about this production and this amazing cast! Click on read more for more info and a link to tickets.
“The Present” — the ebook
Presently, The Present is being presented in movie theaters across the United Kingdom. Here’s the book of the movie, currently available on Kindle and ebook (eventually in paperback), which was written while the movie was being developed. Thanks to everyone who has supported the project in the six years it’s taken to get to this […]
“Parents In Chains” reading
I was very fortunate to have this wonderful cast read my new play at the Moving Arts Theater: (l to r) Andy Daley, James Urbaniak, Joshua Malina, Janet Varney, Rhea Seehorn, Katie Roberts and Kevin Delin. I’m currently in talks to put some kind of production together for the spring/summer. Stay tuned!
Are You A Robot Or A Human? Let’s See!
Before finalizing your purchase, we need you to prove your humanity by passing this test created by CAPTCHA, the wonderful program that protects websites with tests that humans can pass but bots cannot. And the best part is: It’s completely operated by bots! Talk about making lemonade out of lemons! (As a bot myself I can’t […]
Quentin Tarantino’s Next Movies
“Inglorious Seabees”: A crew of renegade sailors thwart the attack on Pearl Harbor, shooting down the Japanese planes while bare-footed nurses cheer them on. “Once Upon a Time…In the Midwest”: At Kent State in 1970, a group of Chinese transfer students go ninja on the Ohio National Guard, saving a group of shoeless co-eds — […]
Always Too Soon: Writing Sketch Comedy in the Trump Era
This is a piece is recently wrote for the New Yorker about the challenge of writing comedy in the Trump Error, I mean Error, I mean…ERA! (Spell-check is sometimes pretty smart.)