WHEN MY BROTHER FELL
When video was released of Alton Sperling’s murder, then Philando Castile’s I was consumed with so many feelings ranging from rage, despair, horror, heartache, profound grief and…
When video was released of Alton Sperling’s murder, then Philando Castile’s I was consumed with so many feelings ranging from rage, despair, horror, heartache, profound grief and…
I am SO EXCITED about this Saturday April 23rd!!! From 12-4pm Friends of the High Line is offering an AMAZING and FREE one-of-a-kind celebration welcoming spring the CULTURE SHOCK FEST…
Who missed me? Yes, it has been a long time since I’ve posted and I will catch you all up in the next week but in the meantime…I could really use your help! We all know books pla…
Thanksgiving. 1989. Walking into my parents’ bedroom I see, sitting on my father’s nightstand a book titled: SEEING VOICES. My first thought: “Isn’t that funny…
A great deal has happened since last summer and being at The Kennedy Center: Jill Bernard and I founded a new company (we will be having a big launch soon), I’m resuming Associate Dire…
This Saturday I’ll be traveling down to The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. to lead a week long directing intensive with my colleague and friend, director Michael Rau. Ever sinc…
Yesterday evening, June 28th, the remarkable George Morrison passed away. I loved him fiercely and he scared the shit out of me. He was one of the best acting teachers I have ever had –…
This past week I had the good fortune of being able to spend a little time with my dear friend Shira Milikowsky with whom I attended Columbia. Shira is currently the Artistic Associate a…
Being able to continue to work on a play that I LOVE is exciting, thrilling and a gift. Once again, I will be working with Noor Theatre on Tuqus al-Isharat wa-l-Tahawwulat (Rituals of Si…
A few week’s ago it was Shakespeare’s 450th Birthday. Historians know he was baptized on April 26, 1564 but they don’t know the exact date of his birth. Around the …
On Monday May 19th on the eighth floor in studio four of Manhattan Theatre Club, a beautiful and tremendously talented group of actors assembled to bring Rohina Malik’s play The Mecca …
I can’t wait to get in the room with formidable Rohina Malik and her fabulous new play! We will be presenting a reading on Monday May 19th at 7pm at Manhattan Theatre Club Inspired by …
Here is the principal cast announcement for the new musical, Amazing Grace, that was published today in Playbill. I am excited to also announce that I will be Associate Directing! Co…
Here is Rami G. Khouri’s (The Daily Star) beautifully written and eloquent review of our special evening at CUNY’s Martin E. Segal Center this past Monday March 3, 2014. …
 Monday, March 3 at 6:30pm CUNY’s Martin E. Segal Center I have the pleasure of directing excerpts from Syrian playwright Sa'dallah Wannous‘ play RITUALS OF SIGNS AND TRAN…
David Rooney of the New York Times wrote this lovely listing in the Theater Listings Section for Nov. 29-Dec. 5th and I thought it was worth re-posting. 'What We Know' (previews begin on Wed…
YES! THE RUMORS ARE TRUE! I am back on the boards again acting, after quite a hiatus focusing on directing and new play development. I’m working with the terrific One Year Leas…
Love and passion, greed and manipulation, treachery and deceit…it’s just another day in William Congreve’s The Way of the World  Congreve's timeless masterpiece of Resto…
This coming Monday, September 23rd I’ll be at NJ Rep  participating in A SPECIAL EVENT: JOHN BIGUENET’S “RISING WATER TRILOGY” On Three CONSECUTIVE Mondays, SEPTEM…
Hello All! There’s been alot going on not the least of which is a redesigned site coming soon! Most recently I directed the world premiere of Charles L. Mee’s soot and spit.�…
This very moment I am pleased to write that I am in Tempe, Arizona for a return engagement at ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Why? Well, I’m directing …
A rooster crows, a cacophony of clanging bells announces the presence of a herd of goats off on the nearby hillside, a hive of bees hum in a constant industrious drone, a drum beats out a ca…
LABLETTER is an annual journal of Art & Literature. For the 2012 issue I was the guest editor for the theatre section. I wrote an article entitled "What if it's a Canvas?", in wh…
GO SEE THIS PLAY. Let me say it again, GO SEE THIS PLAY. IF YOU MISS THIS PLAY YOU WILL BE VERY VERY SORRY. Toward the end of this terrific new play by Lamecee Issaq and Jacob Kader whic…