Three weeks ago, like many other pseudo-feminists around me, my friend Andrea and I jumped in the car, braved a horrendous rainstorm and drove the 30 miles to see the movie released in December of 2018, “On the Basis of …
Creativity and ‘Marriage’
CREATIVITY AND ‘MARRIAGE’ My significant other and I celebrated 34 years together on February 1. Jimmy and I began as childhood sweethearts, raised four kids and are now on our way into the dessert stage of this complex relationship—the union …
Creativity and Emptiness
Going up to McGee Creek last weekend to feel the sunshine, see the stars, smell the campfire and sleep alongside the whisper of the wind did something to me. I hadn’t been camping in over eighteen years, so it’s no …
Treat Life As One Big Audition
This past week was probably the most chaotic seven days of my thirty-year stint as a voice teacher. Auditions popped up everywhere—Simi Valley’s Cultural Arts’ Next To Normal, Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen, Escape Theatre’s Oliver, Canyon Theater Guild’s In the …