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Remainder Insofar as I remember anyone. Insofar as anyone really remembers anyone… As some psychologist or other (I can’t remember which one… Ha…) determined, our memory – despite what we might like to believe – is not so much a computer database as a compost heap. Remembering is less recollection than resurrection, and we allContinue reading “SHORT STORIES: Ruined”

They make you believe. That what you’re seeing is real. That the person you’re seeing is the person they actually are. For a performance to work, you need to feel like you’re seeing a real person experiencing real life: feeling real sensations, real emotions. Their responses and reactions need to seem genuine. It’s the onlyContinue reading “SHORT STORIES: Performance Anxiety”

(A hotel room. Impersonal and nondescript. One double bed. Two bedside tables. A dresser, possibly with a small television on top of it. Banal artwork on the walls. A prosaic space designed to accommodate anyone and fit no one. Stage right is a door leading to the bathroom, which is offstage. A suitcase and anContinue reading “PLAYS: Send in the Clowns”

(A hotel room. Upscale, but sterile. Blank, white comfort. Versatile fixtures and decor. As the lights come up, a cellphone is vibrating ceaselessly on the bedside table, accompanied by an abrasively cheery ringtone. LAURA BLOOM, late 30’s, is slumped heavily in a deep, cushioned chair across the room, willfully ignoring it. Despite her relatively youthfulContinue reading “PLAYS: All There Is”