It’s Dorothy Parker’s birthday today, queen of all things satirical in the 20s. During my junior year of college, I had the pleasure of directing Ms. Parker’s Here We Are as a one-act. The short story, which was originally written for Cosmopolitan Magazine in 1931 is written entirely as dialogue. It features just two characters, He and...
Yesterday, as happens every few months, I spent over twelve hours in the basement of the local community center. This is because every couple of months the community theatre I referenced the other day holds auditions for its new production. In yesterday’s case, we were auditioning youth and young adults for The Wizard of Oz. As...
