One of the things I find myself saying a lot in rehearsal is this: “Don’t rush the silence.” An actor will land a line beautifully. The intention is clear, the moment works… and then they immediately charge into the next line and I have to stop them. Because the...
Here in the land of regional theatre, there is no HR department. There is no agent smoothing things over. There is no publicist spinning your bad behaviour into “artistic temperament.” There is no paycheck large enough to justify misery. All you have is your...
I have a confession I don’t enjoy making, mostly because it scares the hell out of me. I have never wished death on anyone. Not an ex. Not a bully. Not the people who have hurt me deeply. I’ve always believed that once you cross that line—once you genuinely want...
How do you hold your identity when Epstein, Weinstein, media pundits, and even other Jews weaponize it against you? There are few moments more stomach-turning than realizing some of the worst human beings alive—Jeffery Epstein and Harvey Weinstein—share something with...
How Rachel Gilmore’s vulnerability exposed the hollow noise machines masquerading as humans. What do people get out of mocking someone for taking an antidepressant? Absolutely nothing—unless you count the temporary dopamine bump insecure people get when they mistake...
How fear, feminism, and fatherhood finally taught me to listen The first time I read Margaret Atwood — sometime in the 80s, when hair was big and good men were reliably oblivious — I was scared. Not scared like Stephen King scared. Scared like existentially...
On the heels of layoff announcements from mammoths like Amazon, Starbucks, Oracle, Nike, Carter's, and others, there’s a disturbing reflex in corporate life that makes me want to slam my head against a whiteboard. Quarterly numbers dip, shareholders twitch, and some...
How Gary Pica turned tough love into a lifelong friendship — and made me a better leader in the process This post marks a pretty special milestone — the 50th TruMethods/Winners Circle Peer Group meeting. Fifty. That’s half a century of meetings if you count them in...
Betrayal is one of those things you think you understand — until it happens to you. It’s not just pain. Pain has an endpoint. Betrayal lingers. It seeps into your trust, your judgment, your sleep. It makes you question your instincts — the very ones you’ve spent your...