If you're in NY or LA go see this movie this weekend. I am so proud of Mari Heller for telling this story so beautifully! "Minnie Goetze, the 15-year-old heroine of “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” is a would-be cartoonist who, despite her first name, is closer in lusty...

Check out this Look What She Did! interview with my collaborator and great friend, playwright Alice Tuan disccussing Rachel Crothers, an early feminist playwright and director.  I had such a great time directing Alice's play HIT at the Los Angeles Theatre Center....

I'm directing a reading of a new play by Tony Foster. Monday night, August 3rd at the Skylight. Check it out!

Idyllwild Summer Theatre Arts classes. My summer job... not bad.

Announcing the F.A.B. Reading Series! Our first play is THEY PROMISED HER THE MOON by Laurel Ollstein, directed by Shannon Patterson This is the true story of pilot Jerrie Cobb, the first American woman to almost make it to the moon. And the story of where she went...

Los Angeles Pierce College Theatre's Department Chair, Professor Michael Gend, today announced that two students who were part of the company of our recent production of Laurel Ollstein's hit comedy, "CHEESE," have been nominated for Irene Ryan Acting Scholarships in...

Congratulations to our wonderful cast, crew, designers and director Laurel Ollstein on last night's smashing opening of the fabulously funny comedy, "CHEESE." And thanks to our packed house for their support! We do it all again tonight and tomorrow afternoon (both...

 Maddie’s father shot himself and no one is willing to admit it. Without the help of family and friends, she deals with the pain alone, becoming an agoraphobic recluse. Diving further into her erotic drawings, Maddie sees her comic strip’s protagonist slowly come to...