May 15, 2012
Summer is around the corner, which means we’ll all soon be on the lookout for a few great reads. To help with the quest, I’m going to be releasing several of my short stories and novelettes in ebook format through Amazon.com. It will be a wide-ranging collection of stories of the strange, from psychic radio...
May 15, 2012
Audiences will get another chance to enjoy the paranormal thriller Interference this October in a special late-night Halloween run at The Players’ Ring. Co-writer Heather Bourbeau and I are currently engaged in a furious and thorough re-write of the script, turning it into a tight, 90-minute roller coaster. Stay tuned for more information about casting...
May 15, 2012
The Evening Broadcasts franchise will return to the Players’ Ring theater this March with brand-new works from myself and local playwrights G. Matthew Gaskell and Michael Kimball. Thanks to our two hit Late Night runs in previous years, we’ll now be playing a full three-week schedule at The Players’ Ring, starting March 8. Evening Broadcasts...
Oct 28, 2011
Spicy and delicious – and ever-so-easy to made, as long as you’re okay with controlled rotting: by which I mean fermentation. Turns out a big part of what gives a good hot sauce its inimitable flavor is the totally imitable process of letting it sit around for a couple weeks. Overloaded with cayenne-type hot peppers...
Oct 28, 2011
No, seriously – they’re delish. Being the end of the month, the man and I are getting extremely creative with eating everything we can possibly deem edible, and the bunch of yummy-looking Hakurei turnips that turned up with our super wicked awesome winter share from Heron Pond Farm this week was no exception. Here’s a...
Aug 22, 2011
Crystal ball, that is (get your minds out of the gutter!). The ball in question belonged to Queen Elizabeth I’s court astronomer, John Dee. During the possibly-nutty later years of his life, Dee believed that his associate Edward Kelly could speak to angels using the crystal orb, which eventually came to reside in the Science...
Jun 17, 2011
I have two cats. Sophie Darth Vadar aka “Pancake” They both like to eat gross things. Like, for example, the front half of a squirrel, which Vadar brought to my front steps yesterday to brunch on. Today, Sophie decided to make up for missing out on the squirrel by lapping up some bacon grease I...
Jun 16, 2011
There’s just one weekend left to see William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, directed by Jacquelyn Benson and playing at The Players’ Ring through June 19th. Call (603) 436-8123 or visit The Players’ Ring for reservations. For twelve years, the exiled Duke of Milan has waited for his chance to wreak vengeance on the men who betrayed...
Aug 25, 2010
On Thursday night, my boys (and girl) from Crush Depth took home the 2009 Spotlight Award for Best Ensemble Cast. Congrats to the whole team! Kate Benson Photography
Jun 5, 2010
“Interference… lights a fire inside you that is just too excruciatingly delicious to pass up.” – The Wire Co-written with Heather Bourbeau. Interference is an innovative full-length theatrical event. Set in a theater – or church, or school, or whatever other space it happens to be staged in – Interference tells the story of a...
Jun 17, 2009
“Stanislav Stanek: My Blues and Greens” is a poetic portrait of the life and art of the best academy-trained Czech painter of his generation, Stanislav Stanek, a victim of the dark communist era who triumphed over the politics of his time through his unstoppable love for the beauty of life. Employing unconventional technique to biography,...
