This is a short newsletter. Mostly, I want to invite my Bay Area friends to see the latest excerpt of The ICEmen Cometh, a one-woman show in development . Four other performers and I are presenting 15-20 minute excerpts of larger pieces. This will be at The Marsh Theater in Berkeley on Monday, December 8 th  @ 7:30 pm. I've titled this excerpt  "Self-Deportation"  and share the history of how this concept, which has no legal meaning, entered the national conversation on immi

My friend Maria, who lives in Tucson, sent me a copy of her missive to Hacienda Del Sol Guest Ranch Resort in response to their invitation to their Dia de los Muertos "festive" Brunch. I share this with her permission. To: Hacienda del Sol (Tucson, Arizona) Subject: The Real Meaning of El Dia de los Muertos: Dia de los Muertos is a celebration that honors the dead and reflects the belief in the cyclical nature of life and death. It is a time when the living come together to r

That was the feedback from my spouse about my show the previous evening. "It's a fine essay!" I repeated and then laughed at Mark's...