Archive for November, 2009

Conversation with Costa-Gavras

On October 22, 2009, I  conducted an interview and public conversation with film maker Costa-Gavras on the occasion of his visit to Philadelphia for the showing of his new film Eden is West.  The event was sponsored by the University of the Arts.

Scene published in DUO: Best Scenes for the 21st Century

A scene from House, Divided was published this fall in Applause Book’s Duo! Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century.

A Day in Jail — An encounter with Ira Einhorn

I have crossed paths with Ira Einhorn three times. The first, in 1968 or 1969, at the old Bandbox Theater in Germantown, where he had been invited to speak on some topic – probably related to expanding consciousness. My impressions of him from then are mostly visual. Continue reading.

Girl Science Reading in Pittsburgh

Girl Science was featured in the Pittsburgh Eco-Drama Festival on October 24, 2009.   The reading was directed by Sam Turich.  The cast was Ingrid Sonnichsen, Gab Cody, James Fitzgerald, and Marc Epstein.  The event was part of the Performance and Ecology initiative sponsored by the Carnegie-Mellon Center for the Arts in Society.