Over coffee in Minneapolis a few weeks back, Josh Leseur interviewed me for an article on www.Minnewood.com. Here’s a clip: “Whenever Paul Cram hops state lines, something interesting happens. No, he doesn’t suddenly find himself hounded by a psychotic truck driver or picking up a supernatural hitchhiker. This isn’t The Twilight Zone, after all, although …
Graydon Royce of the Minneapolis Star Tribune had a few thoughts about the play “Everywhere Signs Fall” that I am in: “Gremlin’s production, directed by Leah Cooper, shoots directly into the angst of Berks’ play with gripping performances by all three actors. Maloney possesses such an easy surety to whatever emotion she is portraying — …
Feels like I’ve been hammering away for a long time at learning my lines for the play “Everywhere Signs Fall.”I’ve chatted with the actors and realize I am not the only one doing double time to get a grasp of the text. It is beautifully written, the cadence is great, but therein lies a little …
Am currently in rehearsals every night for the play. It’s opening performance is April 18th at the Loading Dock theater in St. Paul. It’s nice to be working with a small cast. Tracey Maloney and John Middleton are great so far. 🙂 Gotta go though- more lines to memorize!
Spring is amidst the breeze…
Attended the premiere of “Contract Killers” directed by Justin Rhodes at 20th Century Fox’s studio lot. I couldn’t be happier with how my scene came out in the film. The music to the soundtrack, the lighting, the editing. It looks amazing!
“Don’t show me your point of view. Have one.” ~Uta Hagen
~A photo of Tracey Maloney as Laura in “The Glass Menagerie” Am diving into the script for the upcoming play I am in “Everywhere Signs Fall” by Alan Berks. It shouldn’t, but it does, surprise me that after reading a script six times that it is during the seventh or ninth read through when little …
I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. ~Agatha Christie
~Agatha Christie at her typewriter.I am reminded of the great “queen of crime” Agatha Christie. A great example to me of writing about murder, death, and crime- all while maintaining the innate value we each posses by living. I’ll have to reread a few of her stories as I don’t know off-hand the title of …