Last week I attended a play at the Toronto Fringe Festival called Kim’s Convenience.  The writer, actor, director of this show is Ins Choi.   Recently I had the pleasure of joining a writer’s group in which Ins was the leader.  Kim’s Convenience received rave reviews from critics and as a result was picked as one […]

So there I was today typing my new screenplay called Struck.  I had finished writing a rough draft of Struck a week ago and I am now imputing my hand written copy to the computer.  I write everything long-hand first and never do a first draft straight to the computer.  I think better when I’m […]

My brother Adam has been working on a feature length animated film for over 10 years and he has finally completed it.  Adam did everything in this film (all the animation, built the sets & models, editing, etc.).  The script was written by Michael Stokes – a writer Adam met during his York University days.  […]

All first drafts of any scripts I write are handwritten and the first words I scribble at the top of the first page before I write anything else is “We Begin”.  I believe this phrase came from a math teacher back in my high school days.  This is how he began his math class by […]

Earlier this year I spent some time on my play and cut several pages from the most recent draft.  Once the new draft was complete, I submitted the play to the Woodward/Newman Drama Award at the Bloomington Playwrights Project, an organization that fosters new playwrights.  Results for the Woodward/Newman Drama Award were announced recently and […]

Check out the Gallery & Media sections of and where you will find photos of my latest two productions.  Thank you to James Carter for taking these pictures and also snapping some behind the scene shots.  I will begin another production for Christmas in the next month.  Once casting is complete, parts will be written […]

On Tuesday I sat through my second to last rehearsal, watching for the umpteenth time. One dress rehearsal is left and my job is basically done after several months of piecing this puzzle together. And the pieces are aplenty from the writing, to the acting, directing, technical aspects, sets, props, posters and those are just the […]

Dress rehearsal for is a week away. I had a very productive rehearsal last night as my troop of actors review everything we have done up to this point. This whole week is devoted to piecing together all the scenes of the play. The weekend is filled with tech, set, props and costumes. This is […]

Less than a month away and opens. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working on acting. Most of the actors have their lines memorized and we’ve been refining and re-defining who these characters are. I’m seeing a lot of growth come from my performers and I know as we draw closer to opening […]

The top 3 winners for the Kaiors Prizes in Screenwriting are as follows: First Place:  Blue Water Metal by Justin Eade, New Zealand Second Place:   A Gentle Whisper by Katherine T.  Koonce, Coral Springs, FL Third Place:  Under the Apple Tree by Matthew Hill & Landon Johnson, Upland, CA As you can see from the […]