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Nov 27, 20194 min read

Can I Just Call You Dr. C?

Re: Your work is done That was the subject line in the email I received earlier this week from my friend and colleague Eva Paterson. Ha!...

Aug 18, 20192 min read

Who Is Safe?

The version of my play that was on stage for five months through the end of March 2019 poses a series of questions (paraphrased here)....

Mar 9, 20193 min read

Women Leading the Way

March 8 -- it's International Women's Day, and women are leading and have been leading the way in so many arenas, too often without...

Dec 31, 20183 min read

Justice: Word of 2018

Since 2003 Merriam Webster, America's leading dictionary publisher, compiles a list of its top words of the year. It selects ONE word and...

Aug 25, 20183 min read

Two-Month Countdown

My one-woman show gets an extended run at The Marsh Theater in San Francisco starting two months from today. I am very honored to have a...

Jul 7, 20184 min read

Selling Democracy

Please come see my new show (in development) as part of The Marsh Theater’s Times Unseen Initiative. This Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at...

May 4, 20185 min read

It’s HA-vier, Not EX-avier

The process of revising my one-woman show for a run this fall at the San Francisco Marsh Theater is both exciting and challenging. (I'll...

Mar 9, 20173 min read

The Making of a Mexican-American Dream

It’s a long read, and Sarah Menkedick's article, The Making of a Mexican-American Dream, published in Pacific Standard, is well worth the...

Jan 16, 20175 min read

MLK Jr. -- A Man For All Seasons

Postscript: I recently came across a commentary I published through New America Media on MLK, Jr. Holiday in 2011. I was struck with how...