A couple of days ago, I got an email from a friend. He is involved with a web series in development and included a link to a Kickstarter campaign. (Kickstarter is one of those crowdfunding sites where you get family and friends and hopefully rich strangers to contribute money to finance your projects.) I clicked…
When Felice Gorica spoke to our group about The Business of TV and Financing, I think a lot of us felt shell shocked. She gave us some great information and left out the sugar coating. It was good, but I know that a few of us started to question the viability of the projects that…
I arrived at the rehearsal for my reading and was introduced to the actors. They were all age and gender appropriate, which is quite a treat. In our playwriting group when we have our plays read, the other playwrights read parts as required. So frequently you have men reading for women or women reading for…
Old situations, New complications, Nothing portentous or polite; Tragedy tomorrow, Comedy tonight! A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum My play “Out to the Folks” is being read tonight at Theatre Aquarius at 9pm. And I’m nervous. Being on stage is less stressful to me than having someone else reciting lines I…
Happy New Year! It’s the day after Labour Day and the start of new beginnings. This time of year means more about new starts to me than January 1, even though it’s been almost thirty years since I went to school. I suppose having kids that still go to school helps keep that feeling going……
A friend asked me how one makes money at the Hamilton Fringe. Although, I’m hardly an expert, I have been involved in three shows that made money; one of which went on to win Best of Fringe in 2011. My advice? Have a hit show. Surprisingly, she didn’t find the advice very helpful. But, with…
On Saturday (July 20, 2013), my brother Mark married his wife Alexandra in Niagara Falls. I gave the toast welcoming Alexandra to our family. Here it is for family and friends that weren’t able to be there: Felicidades, Alexandra y Marchy. Congratulations, Alexandra and Mark (or “Marchy”, as he’s known in Spanish). Before I go on, I…
I remember thinking that I’d be 36 years old when the year 2000 came around and that age seemed so OLD! And today, I’ve turned 50 and I still feel young. If I close my eyes, in my heart of hearts, I feel 25 years old. Of course, the mirror punctures that fantasy. When I…
Writing. The arcane art. Just open a vein and write, as the saying goes. It’s easy, isn’t it? I was chatting with a couple of my playwriting friends and we were complaining how hard it is to write. If we think of ourselves as writers, why would the thing we do that classifies us as…
My previous blog entry was all about how great 2011 was. A couple of hours after posting that blog, I found out my father had suffered a massive heart attack and got ready to go Montreal and visit him in the hospital. Three days later, we were planning his funeral. Here’s his obituary notice: GRUNER,…
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