Category Archives: Theatre Journal

You Gotta Love It

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

17 talented cast members 6 dedicated crew members 30+ rehearsals (plus tech and construction time) 10,000 total man hours (give or take a few) 25 tickets sold for opening night. [sigh] The show must go on. And did. And, it … Continue reading →

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Gettin’ My Gangster On

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

This weekend I’ll be playing Lawrence “Guts” Regan and Wendy will be playing Roberta Van Rensselaer (a.k.a Ruby O’Toole)  in Union Street Players production of Ayn Rand’s “Night of January 16th.” Experience the sensational courtroom trial as a jury of … Continue reading →

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Ham Buns and Potato Salad Downloads

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

Sometimes you have no choice but to go home. When Thomas Prins was 18 his hometown of Hebron, Iowa (population 318) was boiling in  a scandal that was never resolved. He packed his bags and left for college in New … Continue reading →

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Talk About a Bunch of Characters

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

Wendy and I are currently rehearsing for Union Street Players’ production of Night of January 16th penned by acclaimed author Ayn Rand (Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead). It’s a Law & Order-esque courtroom drama about a sensational New York City trial … Continue reading →

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Calling in an Air Strike

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

So the other night at rehearsal my friend Doug told me about an iPhone app called Action Movie FX that allows you to make movies with your phone and insert Hollywood special effects into them. In the show we’re in, … Continue reading →

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“Theatre Majors Unite!”

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

Just the other day I received the following comment on my post about the ways being a Theatre Major prepared me for success. When I read it to Wendy over our Saturday morning coffee she insisted that I repost it. … Continue reading →

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Roles I’d Love to Play: Matt Friedman

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

As I’ve contemplated the list of roles I’d love to play for this series of posts, I realize more than ever how influenced we are by plays and roles we either did/studied earlier in our lives or roles that we … Continue reading →

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They Laughed!

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

A couple of weeks ago we invited a group of friends and theatre people over for dinner and to do a table reading of my script. I set up a microphone and recorded the reading. This past Saturday I was driving back … Continue reading →

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Striking a Chord: When a Blog Post Goes Viral

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

I’ve been blogging since March of 2006. I blog because I have a quirky love for it and the discipline of writing is good for me on many different levels. I’ve never blogged to get big stats. I admit that … Continue reading →

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Roles I’d Love to Play: John Proctor

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

I have a love/hate relationship with The Crucible. Along with Death of a Salesman, it seems that this play was required reading in every high school and college English, Literature, or theatre class. When I was in high school and … Continue reading →

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