In February 2019 I published (revised) goals for 2019, things I wanted to accomplish, or change, or add. I think there was a hope that even if I didn’t do things to the letter of the Resolution, I could effectively…
Continue ReadingThank You To All The Queers
In 2020 I want to say it: Thank you to all the queers Earlier this year, I affirmed to my communities to the world that I am bisexual, and that they were invited to come share in my experience…
Continue ReadingImposter Syndrome
Yesterday, I spoke in front of the Board of Trustees of my alma matter, Pacific University. I was there as part of a group of Pacific University Theatre alums, and current students. We were invited to just speak about how…
Continue ReadingBisexual Representation
Making sure representation in media is “good” can be tough to approach. As a writer/creator, I want to make sure that I am telling stories with diverse characters, but I also want to make sure that these characters are fully…
Continue ReadingMary’s Dessert
It’s amazing how much a one item of food can evoke so much emotion. I mean, it isn’t amazing. I obviously am aware of why it happens: the strong emotions that are evoked because of the associations. The brain makes bonds to…
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“What Me Worry?
MAD Magazine recently announced that they were going to be ceasing publication after 67 years. I only again started reading the magazine after a hiatus in college. Since I was a child, I had read the magazine with glee, at…
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Disposable Art
I have a difficult time throwing things away. My late grandmother Sophia Brown survived the Holocaust, and sought refuge in the United States after her concentration camp was liberated. She married, bought a farm, and had three children. And since…
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Fat: A Life Time of Reckoning
When I was around 10 years old, I was obsessed with becoming bigger. I distinctly remember weighing myself on the scale we had in our kitchen pantry (why it was there instead of a bathroom I don’t know) and I…
Continue ReadingNic Cage Rage- Deep End Theater Lightning Talks
The following was a speech I gave on Sunday, 9th September 2018 at Deep End Theatre as part of their “Lighting Talks” program. Happening every other Sunday in Portland, OR, the program allows community members to deliver a 7…
Continue ReadingThe Importance of Being Frank: Telling My Theatrical Truth
Growing up on the coast of Oregon, my exposure to live performance was limited to community theatre and high school productions. If I was lucky, my parents would spring for a trip to Portland where we would rent a…
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