THEATRE FOR THE PEOPLE

Photo from WPA Federal Theatre Project production of the comedy musical Sing for your Supper

It’s the 90th Anniversary of the WPA’s Federal Theatre Project and we’re celebrating with a poster exhibit at Act II Playhouse in Ambler, PA.

WHAT WE FOUND: The C’Arters, The FlipCharts & A Song to Re-Invent the Heart

What We Found single cover by The FlipCharts

In the quiet hills of Vermont, The C’Arters found time to reconnect—with music, with art, and with each other. What started as a residency with longtime friend Ana Peltz turned into the birth of a new FlipCharts song and the beginning of a visual project inspired by a lost line from Allen Ginsberg’s poem “America.” This is the story of what we made—and an invitation to keep that heartbeat going.

THE GREAT CRAFT GATHERING

I had the honor of attending the 2nd Great Craft Gathering at Peters Valley School of Craft—both as a presenter and as a participant. This four-day weekend was nothing short of transformative. It created a calm, nourishing space where artists could not only create, but breathe.

“MUSCLE & MIND”

It’s Not a Zero-Sum Game: Arts & Sports Both Celebrate Human Achievement. 

Preparing for “What Might Come Up”

This week’s theme was a response in itself. Communication across all channels is really reflecting what’s happening in society and in our personal lives. It’s rough out there.

I Belong to the Blank Generation

Whatever happened to Generation X?

In 1995, I was honored to be among the “30 Under 30” profiled in Philadelphia Magazine. For a new feature on Generation X, they checked in to see how things have changed since then. Here’s what I shared with them.

Some James Baldwin Wisdom

James Baldwin

  “I have always been struck in America by an emotional poverty so bottomless and a terror of human life, of human touch, so deep that virtually no American appears able to achieve any viable organic connection between his public stance and his private life. The failure of the private life has always had the […]