TGWG An Evening of One-Acts: Meet the Cast of A Second Serving of Salt

In acting circles less than a year, MIKE THOMPSON (Ivor) has appeared in just three productions before this performance, but has embraced this new endeavor with the same enthusiasm that carried him through a career in St. Louis radio and freelance commercial voice-over work. Fourteen years on air at WIL-FM, two at KEZK, and another […]

TGWG An Evening of One-Acts: Meet the Playwrights

DONALD C. MILLER holds a master’s degree in media literacy from Webster University. He is a co-author of “Media Literacy: Keys to Interpreting Media Messages” and is currently working on his second textbook about teens and media. His first short play, “Strange Bedfellows” premiered in the 2014 “Briefs” festival, and he has just completed my […]

Directing, a new journey, Part 1

This past month saw the beginning of a brand new creative journey: Directing a show that is NOT for kids. Don’t get me wrong: I LOVE the work I do with Monkey Tales Theatre and the crazy things kids will make you do when you give them permission, but I do want to sink my […]

Electronics and Follies

This past week we’ve had two HUGE scandals in the theatre world: (1) Patti LuPone took the cell phone of someone who was texting during her show; (2) A young man plugged his dying cell phone into a fake outlet on stage. Personally, I think its hilarious someone thought number 2 was okay, but it […]

Of Whirlwinds and Breaks

Wow. Holy fuck. That’s how I’m feeling right now. Who would’ve thought that this time last year I could say I’m so swamped I need a break? Certainly not me. Now I’m at that point. What brought me here? Lots of things: (1) I’ve been near-constantly in rehearsal or in performance since January 2012; (2) […]

Decisions, decisions

How do you make a decision when it could change the feel of an entire show? Its a question I’m asking myself at the moment. If say this line like this, then I have to say this line like that. I must consider the ramifications of my choices for the entire show. Amazing, isn’t it, […]

Announcements!

It’s been a while since I posted and for that I apologize. I’m going to do my best to keep up with things, but it isn’t always easy. That said, I do have some things to share with you all! First and foremost, on November 20, 2014, I was confirmed as the new Artistic Manager […]