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Big Trouble ep 3: My mom gets my dad arrested for kidnapping

https://youtu.be/dl0mm-KplxA Yes, she really did that. Yes, it was exciting growing up in my house.

90 miles from stardom

(Pictured, left to right, my grandfather, Baba, great grandfather, and great aunt, and me, center, the disappointing, lazy three year old who has yet to compose his first opera) It

1 Feb

Big Trouble ep 2: Drink too much and you clean up

https://youtu.be/sS_aGUEU8rQ Big Trouble asks you to tell your small stories of big trouble, since my show, Voice of Authority, is about getting into trouble with the Dept of Justi

25 Jan

Small dogs, small problems – lots and lots of small problems

Dean dressed like a bum and Little Dog* in her stylish down jacket, walking across the pond. Image credit Alex Tuller. I’m looking for ways to avoid the things I don’t want to do.

24 Jan

New video series: Big Trouble

My show, Voice of Authority (tickets»), is about getting into big trouble. The US Dept of Justice comes after me for $19 million. True story. So I’m doing a new, very short storyte

11 Jan

How do you know if you can trust your mom?

(Pictured above, my mom, my baby sister, mom's '68 Mustang, and me with the mop of black hair.) You have this ambitious project that you need to take on, the kind of project that m

29 Dec

Time to write your second blog entry, now what?

If you’re like me you stare at your computer screen and think, my God, why did I announce this was a regular thing in that first blog entry? The first one is so easy. The idea pops

20 Dec

Pre-show music – Chocolate Jesus

In earlier performances of Voice of Authority I've had sometimes as much as a half hour before the show on stage, so I've played my own pre-show music and greeted the audience on t

17 Dec

FRIGID 2019 announces dates

Voice of Authority will have five performances as part of FRIGID 2019 at the Kraine Theater on E. 4th St. in NYC. Thursday Feb 21st, 8:50pm Thursday Feb 28th, 5:30pm Tuesday March