Did I mention by Kyle

I'm doing this show? And that we have this crowdfunding campaign going on? And that we're in the 2nd week of rehearsals with a killer cast and it's going to be amazing and I'm insa…

Gay Magical Elves by Kyle

Bret Easton Ellis writes in Out about the weird Jason Collins coming-out adoration news cycle. The Gay Man as Magical Elf has been such a tricky part of gay self-patronization in the me…

RIP Taylor Mead by Kyle

I wrote about him here last year after seeing his movie, Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man, at Outfest.Lambda Literary has a nice obit-- Taylor Mead, actor, Beat poet, performance art…

Oh, and guess what? by Kyle

I'm reading Frank O'Hara's poems at Gay May Days this weekend! It goes on all weekend, but I show up on Saturday from 5-7pm. It's at Spirit Studio on 2601 Hyperion in Silver Lake.Come check …

I saw the LaBute Miss Julie by Kyle

up at the Geffen Playhouse. I saw the show as research for our production of The Miss Julie Dream Project next month at the Hollywood Fringe, so my thoughts on the production seem relevant i…

SO MUCH TO CATCH UP ON by Kyle

Fell Swoop's Night of Dreams was a big hit last weekend. I don't even think I've posted that much about it since I've been so swamped with getting ready for it. And auditions. And casting. A…

And another thing! by Kyle

We've started our crowdfunding efforts for The Miss Julie Dream Project. Check out our RocketHub campaign here.

Also! by Kyle

I've updated the Fell Swoop website and added a page for our show.

I got interviewed by Kyle

on Adam's blog. Check me out.

Check out the artwork for our show at the Fringe! by Kyle

Busy Fell Swoop Day today by Kyle

We're working on our fundraiser (RSVP here) and had a helluva great audition for The Miss Julie Dream Project. The turnout was really exciting and we even got in and out of the space on time…

Calling all actors! by Kyle

THE MISS JULIE DREAM PROJECT AUDITIONS: Hollywood Fringe Festival ProductionApril 14 and 21, 12-3pmNew Collective, 6440 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038Nine members of Fell Swoop Pl…

In case you hadn't seen it by Kyle

Steven Leigh Morris profiles Jennifer Haley, Michael Sargent and Doris Baizley in an article about being a playwright in L.A. Here's an excerpt.L.A. is a seductive place to put on a play. Th…

Edgy theater by Kyle

On the eastside and the westside. I saw S.O.E. by Jami Brandli in Atwater Village on Monday and it's well worth seeing. Funny and weird and creepy and scary and claustrophobic and I supporte…

So behind by Kyle

but I've been hard at work on Fell Swoop Playwrights' project for the Hollywood Fringe.Right now we're calling it The Miss Julie Dream Play Project, which I like, even if it's a little liter…

Lesbians in LA Affairs!! by Kyle

When you have two fiercely independent and feminine women who fall madly in love, who is the dominant one in the relationship? Who is more like the man?We answered the same way every time.…

Check out this by Kyle

take-down of Mark Swed by Amadeus Leopold. Swed reviewed a violin performance he gave a month ago and wrote a dismissive assessment. I didn't see the show so I have no opinion on the content…

Tennessee Williams in the Oxford American by Kyle

Victor Campbell, a former secretary and lover of Tennessee Williams, kept a treasure trove of items in a Samsonite suitcase in hopes of one day publishing a memoir, at Williams' request. He …

I'm not sure by Kyle

what's made Jacob Bernstein the go-to feature writer at the NYTimes whenever a notable gay man dies, but I'm looking forward to the day that he eulogizes a great queer pioneer without some k…

I don't think I ever mentioned by Kyle

that my play After School Special got into this year's Great Plains Theatre Conference. I'm going to Omaha!

It's 2:42 AM and I can't sleep by Kyle

So I pull out a copy of Matthew Dickman poemsI got at City Lights Books in San Francisco a few years ago.I love the poetry room in that bookstore.Up on the second floor of that creaky old bu…

I wrote a lunch poem by Kyle

for Muses at MUSE on Saturday and it went over really well when I read it. I thought I'd post it here. I made a couple of small edits from the version I read; since I wrote it on my lunch br…

Fell Swoop's Muses at MUSE by Kyle

We had a great night at MUSE on 8th on Saturday night at our evening of poetry and prose. I started things with a couple of poems I'd written for the occasion about artistic inspiration. The…

In Saturday's L.A. Affairs by Kyle

we learn that straights cruise at the gym too. Who'd have thought?We had never met, but we knew each other's bylines. I wrote for the Long Beach paper, she for a travel magazine. I suggeste…

This is encouraging by Kyle

I just signed this petition started in response to the transphobic article published earlier this month in the LATimes. I wrote about it here.HuffPo writes that--Times' officials have agreed…

How could he ruin by Kyle

 Crocodile Dundee?All had seemed rosy as he bought tickets for "Crocodile Dundee." We had laughed, he talked about his work as a psychologist, we stood in line for popcorn and then it…

I've been writing and reading by Kyle

a lot these days, which might explain the light posting. Working hard on our Strindberg project for Fell Swoop Playwrights for the Hollywood Fringe, which is scary and exciting, but making p…

Foodies in love by Kyle

in LA Affairs-- We've consumed the Parisian-style baked leeks and egg dish at the Mignon Wine and Cheese Bar downtown, the sinful pot de crème at Gjelina on Abbot Kinney Boulevard, and the…

I forgot to post by Kyle

about seeing Patti Smith at USC! I get emotional just thinking about it, so instead of my going on, check out this nice blog post about the event.My favorite song of the evening (and it's a …

Hey, get down to Santa Ana by Kyle

for [title of show] at TheatreOUT. It's a fun production and the cast is adorable.

Fell Swoop's Muses at MUSE, 2/23, 8pm by Kyle

Come hear members of Fell Swoop Playwrights read their own writing about artistic inspiration. Check out the details here.