“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 you with just as much verve, but more Ethel Merman than Labrador. And today,...
"SAFE. SOFT. (147/365)" by Tim Pierce is licensed under CC by 2.0 I'm six years old, first grade, PE. We're trying softball for the first time and I want to swing that bat so badly I can barely stand it. I'm obsessed, like some mouth-breathing drunk...
https://youtu.be/W-hTBtrP-EI In this episode of Big Trouble, actor/playwright/storyteller Octavia Chavez-Richmond gets kicked out of a theater company for letting out her frustrations, and she learns a thing about empathy and always trying your best in the process. Brought to you by Voice of Authority, my comedy solo...
Some days you have no damn luck. My show, Voice of Authority, is about a string of those days when the US Department of Justice comes after me for $19 million. True story. And the song that serves as the core theme of the show...
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Your Edinburgh Fringe show opens an NYC run later this week, but it’s morning, the windows are still dark, your bed is warm and you have no intention of getting out of it. Putting your feet on the floor will put you back in touch...
(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’s a two-hour long train ride into the city to perform for five minutes, and after you’ve...
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. There’s this long list of practical, business-side things looming over my show,...
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 storytelling series I’m calling Big Trouble, where I ask you to tell us...
(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 most of the world around you sees as utterly impractical. And while...
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 into your head. It just happens and then you’re...