Got any friends in Dallas?

Then send 'em to this:

http://www.dallastheatrecenter.org/Page.aspx?WP_ID=1340

I'll report on my first week away from baby when I get back, and maybe I'll convince Carl to do a "what baby and Dad did while Mom was away" post.

That would be most excellent and a touch frightening, n'est pas?

On the playwriting front, this same play is getting a reading at Ars Nova in NYC on March 10, so mark your calendars friends! Would love to see you there. Should be a good time. This play is, by far, the funniest and dirtiest thing I've ever written.

Announcing...

Are you still fabulous if you get a mention in the New York Times, but they spell your name wrong?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/theater/16arts-RETURNOFGODS_BRF.html?adxnnl=1&ref=theater&adxnnlx=1192543317-4hLBn2cM7S99f7BTEfnQJA

Luckily, the folks at New York Magazine are much more astute, particularly the editor of Vulture, Dan Kois, who I hear is the best editor in town (New York town, that is, not Hays, Kansas town)--although it may just be a rumor.
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/10/cate_blanchett_making_everyone.html#more

Yay Women's Project! Thanks Dan!

Off-Broadway, Baby

My play crooked's getting a little Off-Broadway run this spring. The official opening is April 19, Sophie's first birthday. I'm thinking baby Birthday party in Central Park in the morning and gin-soaked adult-only party in the evening. Come one. Come all. Here's the link: http://www.womensproject.org/07-08_season.htm

Friends in High Places

My good friend Dan Kois wrote a very kind and affectionate piece about my playwriting for Oxford American Magazine. You can check it out here: http://www.dankois.com/images/oa.jpg

I have a very vivid early memory of Dan. We were in college together, sitting in my first playwriting class. I was anxiously holding my first attempt at playwriting in my hand--an overly obvious scene between an old Democrat lady and a young Republican salesman, I believe--when Dan yanked the scene out of my hand, proceeded to read it without my permission, then announced to the professor that my scene was "really good actually", and we should read it aloud in class. He's been endlessly encouraging and shamelessly promoting my work every since.

Thanks, Dan.