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Lingua Franca selected for BFI London Film Festival

The Isabel Sandoval film Lingua Franca (starring me, well... me in a cameo) is a contender for the Best Film Award in this years Official Competition at the London festival. Writer

23 Jul

Lingua Franca to premiere at Venice Film Festival

Isabel Sandoval's film Lingua Franca, about a transgender woman under threat of deportation, is one of 11 films (out of 900 submitted) selected for this year's Venice Film Festival

15 Jul

Dean on Radio Free Brooklyn

Killy Dwyer invited me onto her awesome radio show Mock-U-Mental (okay, maybe I prompted the invite). I got to share the two hours with the funny and talented T-Spoon, aka Katie Ha

3 Jul

Dean on WAMC’s The Roundtable

https://www.wamc.org/post/inaugural-phoenicia-fringe-festival-begins-july-5 I'm on talking Voice of Authority and what possessed me to take a show to EdFringe, along with Michael K

19 Jun

Ballerinas, tigers, and trouble

As I rewrite Voice of Authority for its Edinburgh run, I’ve had to cut some of my favorite Zachary stories so I’m sharing them here. Zachary was my mentor, a Balanchine dancer, and

12 Jun

Big Trouble Ep. 8: Mary Goggin deals dope on the corner

https://youtu.be/9P3KkiyVbHw In this episode, Mary can compete with me when it come to getting in big trouble. Her story is about heroin dealing at age 13. All I did that year was

24 May

Airing Zachary out on the first day of spring

“Hellooooooo!“ Zachary says before he’s even opened his door. You know how your dog greets you when you come home, tail wagging so hard it looks about to break off? Zachary greets

14 May

Big Trouble Ep. 7: Clare Solly thinks they’re coming to get her

https://youtu.be/5ZZJD97y4Og In this episode of Big Trouble, Clare Solly thinks her height makes her impervious to weed only to take a trip down paranoia lane. Clare is a confessed

30 Apr

Big Trouble ep. 6: Simon Rogers knocks a guy out cold on the subway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKyDOqttjkw&t=4s In this episode of Big Trouble, Simon knocks a guy out cold on the subway for getting in his face, and you don't get in a face