So true...

... borrowed from the Copyblogger via  David Hopkins blog

Touching up CYRANO A-GO-GO

I'm taking my solo "oration" CYRANO A-GO-GO to the Houston Fringe Festival in September and last week I pulled it out of the drawer to start working on it again. I wanna memorize the whole thing (a forty page monologue) and pimp it out with some more dynamic staging. I did the whole thing sort of as a speech with the script as a prompt on a music stand in front of me when I performed it last summer. I'm still keeping it as an "oration" for the historical parts, but I'm staging the contemporary pieces this time around.

And I'm re-writing a bit, too. Tightening it up and putting in a new opening. So, it was back to the research. I have a couple a great go-to books for this project and I find myself flying off on distracted flights of fancy when I pick up Ishbel Addyman's book CYRANO: ADVENTURES IN SPACE AND TIME WITH THE LEGENDARY FRENCH HERO. 

Re-reading passages, I can feel the rekindling of that old passion for the subject matter. The real Cyrano was a bad-ass. Rostand was a bad-ass. Coquelin was  a bad-ass. The world of Cyrano is a fun world to play in.

What world do love to immerse in?

Sundown Season 5

The Sundown Collaborative Theatre just announced their next season and I'm mentioned as a playwright for their April 2013 slot. I'm actually in the process of creating an original piece for Sundown. 

There's a good article on TheaterJones.com about the season announcement.

Happy Independence Day!

See more Chalk Mug drawings HERE.

[idea from Austin Kleon]

I Still Draw Comics

Though I've slowed down to about one a month, I'm still plugging away over at Dribble Funk Comics. Head over an visit if you haven't been in a while...

[click on image to see a clearer version] 

Bike Soccer Jamboree episode 6 is up!

Brad and Jeff continue their talk about folks that have had dynamic impact in their lives.

Jeff talks about a whole group of folks that he considers moving the culture and society forward via technology such as Elon Musk, Chris Hardwick and Felicia Day. Brad draws inspiration from Bruce Lee and starts trouble when he mentions Tim Ferriss in front of Jeff.

There's a section on arrogance vs. confidence and the BSJ podcast still does not have a call-sign...

Go and listen HERE.