The amazing red tree in front of my apartment complex - best part of Fall besides pumpkin beer!
Happy fall everyone! I hope (random Nor’easter aside) everyone is enjoying the gorgeous weather lately.
A few items on my end…
1. My good buddy and awesome playwright/director/actor Don Nguyen made a new website called Sad Playwright. It started off as sort of a little joke between Don and a few of us and kind of blew up into a vortex of AWESOME. Here is my entry.
2. As you will learn from my entry, I lost my job a few weeks ago. It sucked, but I am trying to keep perspective. I was lucky enough to ride out the 2008-9 wave gainfully employed, which put me ahead of a lot of folks. In the 4.5 years I worked there, I got to travel some (including a fantastic, unforgettable trip to Costa Rica) and I got two productions off the ground. I bought an apartment. I learned a lot and I have a marketable skill set that will hopefully lead me to a new place. I am scared but overall very optimistic. I miss my coworkers a whole lot though. I made some amazing friends there, and it makes me sad not to see them every day. I was very blessed to work with a really great group of people in my “cube farm”. I am attempting to stay on something resembling a sleep schedule and make sure I don’t start watching Kathie Lee and Hoda. Anyway…
3. The good thing about being unemployed is writing. I would like to say I have been stupendously productive, but that would be a lie. I am, however, getting it done bit by bit. I am currently finishing second half of my brand new full length, THE UNLIKELY ASCENT OF SYBIL STEVENS. And speaking of Don Nguyen and awesomeness…he is currently my director on the project! How much does that kick ass? A lot. Here is an interview on the Packawallop blog that will tell you all about it (I really need to get a new picture).
There’s hopefully going to be more to tell in the next month or two, but that’s all for now. I gotta go check LinkedIn and do some more submissions….
