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I moved to New York three years ago, on the heels of the Austin production of my play, "Hating Jesus" - a warmly if utterly negligibly-received play about a woman, two boys, and a priest in 1920s Appalachia.
Since then I've written some new scripts, held 10 jobs, starved, feasted, cried, laughed, cried laughing, and laughed vomiting.
At one point, I walked for 21 days to Washington D.C., only to get arrested for lying in front of a tombstone on the sidewalk outside the White House. (A beautiful stretch of concrete, too). I did it in support of increased federal AIDS funding (www.c2ea.org).
I love the lesbians and they seem to love me. I love the men and they at least seem morbidly curious.
My newest script, Icarus: On Ice was produced last winter in Austin as part of Frontera Fest Long Fringe 2007 and then again in Dallas as an official selection of the Dallas Fringe Festival.
I just produced a new treatment of my gay marriage play, Sex With Benefits as part of the Philly Fringe. Check here for updates.
Last summer I was an artist in residence at Edenfred in Madison, Wisconsin. I spent my days wandering the grounds of a 1916 Georgian Mansion, and my nights skinny dipping under the stars.
I worked in a small West Village, NYC cafe where I succeeded in becoming the world's most perfect artistic cliche. I am now splitting my time between Philadelphia and NYC.
