Connecting
Last fall I had my 35th high school reunion. I can't remember if I wrote about it here? My co-chair and I dressed up as Tina Turner and...
So Many Nights
I don't even know how to start this post except just to go ahead and drop it on you: One day this week I listened to Debbie Boone's album...
Act Six
Scene: Sound & Fury bookstore, before dawn. Menetre is making cinnamon rolls. Harper sits on a stool observing, drinking coffee. MENETRE:...
Act Five
Scene: Will's law office. Amy Ray is at the reception desk. Enter Harper. HARPER: Hey, Amy Ray. Is Will in? AMY RAY: Yes ma'am. He's...
Act Four
Scene: The book store. Harper is putting new books on display around a table Christmas tree. Menetre is baking behind the coffee shop...
Act Three
Scene: Black Friday evening. Harper and Alex are wrapping gifts in Menetre's home. ALEX: So what is this thing tonight? HARPER: It's the...
Act Two
Act One is here. Scene: Harper, Alex, Will, and Amy Ray sit around Menetre's dinner table, which is set with Thanksgiving dinner. She...
Act One
SCENE: Washington DC condo. Two young professionals are packing. HARPER (thumbing through her closet): How the hell is anyone supposed to...
The Metaphor of the Cast
On my birthday, we saw Dear Evan Hansen as part of our Saenger Theater season. (It wasn't actually at the Saenger because the Saenger is...
Saving Myself
It's only natural, I think, that one begins to reflect as they near another birthday at my age. We think about our ups and downs, of the...