Year: 1998

  • The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940


    This past summer I got to drop my pants in public…and people paid to see it! The name of the Chattanooga Theatre Centre play was “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940,” directed by Suzanne Smartt. In case it’s not obvious from the picture, I’m portraying a German Gestapo agent pretending to be an Irish tenor…

  • From Sterling To Signal View


    I’ve been in my new apartment almost one complete month. In case you haven’t heard, I finally moved from my tiny, 200-square-foot efficiency in Riverview to a modern apartment off Mountain Creek Road. It only took some seven years for that transition, but it was worth it. If you ever had the opportunity to visit…

  • Naming the dead, without dread


    It was more a firing line than a Vietnam skirmish. Assembled in a fairly straight line of chairs placed side by side, the seven of us sat facing an actual live audience — awaiting their reaction while trying not to anticipate it. I spent last Friday and Saturday night engaged in this ritual. Our goal…