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A Dramatic Canon
My picks for the Dramatic Canon
Sep 2611 min read
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Swiftology: Theology, Scriptures, and Sacraments
If you have no sense of humor, this isn't for you.
Sep 53 min read
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The Snapping Turtle: Ginny, Georgia, Storytelling, and Representation
"Who'll be the next in line?"-The Kinks
Aug 226 min read
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Goodbye, Bob (This is for You)
His name was Bob. This is for him.
Aug 83 min read
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Beneath the 'Berg: The Director Who Wouldn't Grow Up
Another view of Spielberg
Jul 47 min read
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Throwback: The Theatre and the Blues
The essay "The Theatre and the Blues"
May 306 min read
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The JAMboree!
Memories of judging the Alabama Youth Theatre Experience's Spring JAMboree!
May 164 min read
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The Fishbowl
A short essay on being talented.
Apr 254 min read
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A Short Treatise on Solitude
A short inquiry into the solitude of the writing life.
Apr 113 min read
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Down with the Sickness (To Thine Own Shelf Be True)
A short tour of my book collection
Mar 283 min read
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Shakespeare & the Cinema
A sense of Shakespeare on Film
Mar 2118 min read
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Poetry Month 4: A Recitation of "She Walks in Beauty"
A recitation of Lord Byron's poem "She Walks in Beauty."
Feb 281 min read
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Poetry Month 3: A Monologue from LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST
An audio recording of a monologue from William Shakespeare's LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST.
Feb 211 min read
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Poetry Month 2: A Recitation of "My Last Duchess"
Another vlog- a Youtube recitation of Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess"
Feb 142 min read
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Poetry Month 1: A Recitation of "Porphyria's Lover"
An audio recitation of Robert Browning's "Porphyria's Lover."
Feb 71 min read
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David Lynch. Artist. 1946-2025.
David Lynch. Artist. David Lynch was an artist from Missoula, Montana. He wrote and directed the films Inland Empire , Mulholland Drive...
Jan 2414 min read
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2024 in Perspective
Greetings, readers! I hope you all had a nice holiday season and are as ready for the New Year as I am. 2024 was both challenging and...
Dec 27, 20249 min read
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The 100 Best Films of 2010-2019
I am significantly less proud of this list —not because it's not a good list or basically a reflection of my opinion, but just because...
Dec 20, 20243 min read
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The 100 Best Films of 2000-2009
I had already planned for this year's penultimate blog piece to cover the best 100 films of 2010-2019, so I thought I would offer my list...
Dec 13, 20243 min read
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To My Teachers, with Love
Growing up as an actor, I always believed actors were born, not made. Certainly, one can learn techniques of speaking and movement,...
Oct 18, 20248 min read
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