Tag: theatre

  • Video: “Yes, I Am” on Equally Speaking and Olelo

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    It’s been a while, and there is some transitional work to be done here, but as I settle in I wanted to let you know that you can see footage of me and my castmates in my most recent show, “Yes, I Am… Stories from Honolulu’s LGBT Community” on Equality Hawaii‘s web site. You can…

  • Yes, I Am

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    As I mentioned, I’m in what will probably be my last show on island! It’s called “Yes, I Am.” It’s with Playbuilders, Hawaii, and it’s about the experiences of LGBTQIA people. We wrote the script as an ensemble based on interviews with people in the community. (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Ally.) I’m pretty…

  • Immortal, Ephemeral

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    I was thinking in the car yesterday about how my two loves, writing and theatre, are opposites, in a way. Writing, if you are lucky, is a method of immortality, especially for someone like me who doesn’t want to have physical children. Through writing, we can read the thoughts of someone from thousands of years…