On March 27, my short film will premiere at the Ozark Foothills Filmfest.  This film festival takes place in Arkansas and if you visit here, and scroll down to March 27 @ 1:30, you will find a link to Picture This.  The film is showing the same day Close opens on stage.  My screenplay is […]

Close tells the story of a teenage girl named Madeline who has locked herself in her basement and refuses to leave from there, until she gets answers regarding the turmoil her family is going through.  When the play opens, she has been in the basement for three days straight and her mother begins to worry […]

With the New Year, brings the creation of a new script.  For the last two years I have been working on seasonal productions that take place over the Christmas and Easter Holidays.  Today, I have just finished an Easter script that will be performed on March 27, 28.  It is a very rough draft, but […]

Story of a Boy closed this past Sunday and the last three days I’ve taken it easy.  The closing of a show always makes me sad – this one is no different.  It’s like a little death, you mourn, you let it go and once your energies are up again, you go onto the next […]

One week away and premieres.  I’ve had a week of tech and about to enter the weekend.  We are bringing together actors, choir and band and adding sound and lights.  These next two days can be somewhat stressful as you are dealing with approximately 40 people and trying to get the lights to run smoothly […]

Welcome to my new website.  I’ve been working with a designer on a whole new look.  As a result, I have not updated my blog for nearly two months.  The schedule has been busy with various projects, but before I get into that, I must give credit to Mark Duiker who re-designed this entire website.  […]

Another rough draft of my new play Circus is completed. This version opens up the play and takes it in new directions. I’ve added one character, expanded the storyline and I’m playing with timelines. The play explores mental illness and centers around Raina Shepherd and her family as they all struggle to cope with Raina’s […]

I’ve had to put the re-write of my play Circus on hold while I write the upcoming Christmas production for my church.  I struggled through the month of July to come up with an original plot to tell the Christmas story.  This in fact is the challenge of any script. I remember back in my […]

My focus for the last two months has mainly been the re-write of Circus.  I completed a new draft a couple days ago and have read it over once to get a sense of the play.  The play has expanded from four to five characters.  I was able to use all the history of the […]

Great quote: ”Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.” – C.S. Lewis My script […]