Creative Control

Miscellaneous Mental Musings of an Emerging Artist

Category Archives: Theatre

Author of the month in the Library of Dreams.

One of the greatest inventions Neil Gaiman had when he wrote the (brilliant, wonderful) “Sandman” comic book series was the Library of Dreams, overseen by the librarian Lucien, in which … Continue reading

June 27, 2002 · Leave a comment

And the name of the band will be Man Bleeds Money.

Oh, what a week it has been. Last Tuesday was my official, not-as-part-of-class, debut as a performer on a Chicago stage. I and five others presented, at the Bailiwick Theater, … Continue reading

June 25, 2002 · Leave a comment

Falling on my head like a tragedy.

On Friday my workload was upgraded from “Manageable” to “Chainsaw Juggling.” As such, I’m working frantically to finish everything by their staggered deadlines, barely stopping to putz around on the … Continue reading

June 10, 2002 · Leave a comment

How monsoon is now?

Sometimes it’s nice to think that supervillains exist, if only because the bastards at large in the world today are much less colorful but much more horrifying than Dr. Octopus … Continue reading

June 4, 2002 · Leave a comment

Locked away in a padded sellout.

While perusing http://www.scriptseeker.com–a website I found quite by accident, but which I am glad I did, it’s become an excellent resource on a national, not just regional, level–I discovered that … Continue reading

June 3, 2002 · Leave a comment

Mantra or Astro-Mantra?

A very short piece of mine is going to be produced as a part of Artistic Home Theatre’s annual “Cut to the Chase” festival at the beginning of July. This … Continue reading

May 28, 2002 · Leave a comment

Bitten something big. Attempting to chew.

Why? I don’t know, yet, but I agreed to write a ten minute play with at least two female characters in it by next Monday. At this point, I have … Continue reading

May 23, 2002 · Leave a comment

Decisions, decisions…

A few decisions made, a few still being contemplated. I made the phone call to the touring company, when I arrive at home I will find out if they called … Continue reading

May 20, 2002 · Leave a comment

Darth Motivator.

Strange. Turns out, I had a lot to write about this week, but didn’t take the time to in fact write it. So now here is Friday and I’ve got … Continue reading

May 17, 2002 · Leave a comment

His veins were filled with chocolate pudding.

I’m still not sure why, but I have a driving urge within me to mention off the bat that I fully intended to post this entry yesterday afternoon, sometime between … Continue reading

May 10, 2002 · Leave a comment