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awkward teenage years, in photos
When Dave and I left Philly in 2002, it was kind of in a hurry. We’d been talking about wanting to get out of town, and had been back to NYC for a few theater projects we were working on downtown, and...
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Sticky in the Sticks with J. Michael Grey
A few months ago, Dave, Ali and I decided to take some time off from Sticky. While this was certainly a sensible, logical, rational idea, and while Dave and I need the extra time to focus on more...
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Why I wrote I Am Not an Allegory
I wrote the play because I didn’t know who I was anymore. And as I realized I didn’t know who I was anymore, I started to realize that I never knew, never had a clue as to who I was. What I had were...
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Blogaversary
So listen. Today is my blog’s two year anniversary. My blog is officially a toddler. I had something else almost written, but I’m on two weeks with no writing time other than subways, late nights when...
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found in my closet
I opened my closet the other day fully intending to throw out half my stuff. Instead of throwing out anything, I found a box of old photos. Here’s some I scanned. When I think of my Dad this is how I...
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“explosive energy and infectious love” talking BREAD Arts Collective with...
When Dave and I started Sticky lo these many years ago, one of the things we wanted to do was to elevate the bar play form to a level of high art. When I saw Kelly Klein’s announcement of RISE &...
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What I learned on winter vacation
C and I tagged along on a business trip with my mom. While she attended a legal conference for her very specialized legal area, C and I played in the pool, looked at the mountains, and snacked. Here...
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are we still friends?
Are we still friends? We used to be friends. We used to tell secrets and eat dinner and smash things. You used to hold my heart in your hands. I cherished, I believed in, everything you said. Now I’m...
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she’ll be dancing remotely: talking Magic Trick with Christina Roussos
I first saw Christina’s work at Pussy Fest, Caps Lock Theatre’s fundraising goodie bag of monologues by women, for women to perform (in which Homa Hynes performed my piece Karen, directed by Jordana...
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Trigger warnings
We started to watch Game of Thrones. There was an impending feeling of doom and violence. Within the first ten minutes something awful happened, or was about to happen, I don’t remember. It was...
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Things I learned from a wedding weekend
I don’t know how to do the twist. It’s true. Who knew it was so complicated for a person like me who lacks coordination? To be fair I only sort of gave it a shot, then jumped around instead. Watching...
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“Their world is not our world,” talking Biltmore Academy with Michael Niederman
It’s always alot of fun talking to Michael about art, politics, and social issues, so when I saw that he and Ellie Foumbi were making a film about a little boy in a dress, who has lesbian parents and...
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“…the further I pull back from what I know . . . the closer I hit home to...
I don’t know Adrienne Dawes personally, although certainly I know her better since this profile. She sent us a play for Sticky in 2012, and we produced it. It was called “It’s Goodbye,” and was...
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Sitting down with my whiteness: part 1
I’ve been reading some articles that suggest I should sit down with my whiteness, so I’m doing that. I’m doing this in the spirit of working toward a society without racism. I started working on this...
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It’s dangerous being alive: quick thoughts
It’s dangerous being alive. Anything could happen and there’s no way to know what that might be. I want to stay up all night but I need to wake up early. The people who sit on two subways seats by...
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Playing Games
“Mommy, will you play with me?” Is the question I hear most. It’s a question that comes when I’m reading, or checking facebook, or trying to remember and write down that great idea I had on the...
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Dear Neiman Marcus Last Call Saleswoman
Dear Neiman Marcus Last Call Saleswoman, I think of you this morning as I endure yet another breathtakingly uncomfortable ride on the express bus. When I came to your workplace yesterday afternoon, I...
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Hey white women, stfu.
You do feminism wrong by not adequately including everyone who needs liberation more than you. You do motherhood wrong by birthing privileged white children and instilling them with the belief that...
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Earning names and coming of age, talking to Khalil Kain
I learned about the Fire This Time Festival a few or more years ago, when I was invited to be on a panel of writers talking about making work, both on the page and on the stage. Founded by grad school...
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“I’m getting better at writing when I’m happy” talking to Christine Jean...
“I’m getting better at writing when I’m happy” talking Fire This Time with Christine Jean Chambers I remember Christine Chambers vividly from the first day of classes at Columbia. We all sat around a...
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