Please check out this new documentary by the very talented Victoria Campbell.  Watch it and if you like it as much as I do please give it a five-star review, so we can all do our part to support truly independent filmmakers! 

iTunes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/monsieur-le-pr%C3%A9sident/id1262674296

Amazon Instant

https://www.amazon.com/Monsieur-Pr%C3%A9sident-Victoria-Campbell/dp/B074N8XJ7V/ref=tmm_aiv_swatch_1?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1504799559&sr=1-1

Google Play

https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Monsieur_le_Pr%C3%A9sident?id=AS450ZLHdvA

Vudu.com

https://www.vudu.com/movies/#!overview/883334/Monsieur-Le-President

Poems from my Forthcoming Chapbook., "Secret Histories and Exobiologies," from Poet's Haven

Poet's Haven will publish my first chapbook of poems, "Secret Histories and Exobiologies," in late 2017.  Here's are some videos of readings I gave recently at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon of several of the poems in the collection .  The poems from the 8-11-17 reading are "Flipper" and "Nixon's Plant."  WARNING:  "Nixon's Planet" contains disturbing imagery.

The poem below, read in June, is "Sadie the Goat’s Piratical Shipboard Entertainment Independent Fabulist Theatre Company."

Enjoy!

"The Triumphant Return of Blackbird Flynt" Half-Off for a Limited Time!

My play, The Triumphant Return of Blackbird Flynt, is on sale now at Amazon for half-price for a limited time.  Click below for more details!

The Triumphant Return of Blackbird Flynt on Sale Now!

While we're on the subject, my play Big Bossman is not on sale, but still a bargain.  Check out that link below:

Big Bossman

Punk Rock, Hip - Hop, American Theatre, & Adolescent Literacy Podcast

Here's a podcast I created on SoundCloud about the musical Hamilton and the plays of Sam Shepard, and how my adolescent discovery of Shepard's work parallels my own children's discovery of Miranda's.  

Enjoy!

Punk Rock, Hip - Hop, American Theatre, & Adolescent Literacy Podcast

Oinkie and Schlomo's Hip-Hop Pesach

Gonna tell you the story of a guy named Moses
He was not a guy to stop and smell the roses
He had a minor speech impediment
So his brother Aaron helped explain just what he meant

Now the Jews in Egypt, they all were slaves
And G-d told Moses, “man that be totally lame.”
G-d appeared as a bush on fire.
And said to Moses, “dude you just been hired.”

“Go on back to Egypt Land
And tell old Pharaoh to adopt a new plan
Every person on earth deserves to be free
Like the fishies in the ocean and birdies in the trees”

Now Moses he was scared as heck
That mean old Pharaoh would wring his neck
But he bucked up his courage and went to get the job done
When G-d speaks you listen, ‘cause he be the only one.

Moses went to Pharaoh and he said “hey dude.
Forgive my impertinence, I don’t mean to be rude
But I’m sent to tell you, oh Pharaoh
That the time is now to let my people go.”

But Pharaoh he said “absolutely no way.
Who will build my temples and my super highways?
Them pyramids don’t put up themselves
Moses, take that freedom talk and put it on the shelves”

Moses said, “dude I gotta tell you true
Let my people go or Ten Plagues will fall on you
We’re talking froggies, boils, darkness and death”
But Pharaoh still said no, and Moses was distressed.

First came the blood, but Pharaoh didn’t budge
Then came frogs, leaping out of the mud
Then came the gnats, driving people mad
And then wild beasts, which were also really bad

Then came diseases that made the cows sick
Then came the boils that made people say “ick!”
Then came the hail that fell down upon their heads
And then the locusts ate all the grain for making bread

Then came the darkness, blotting out the light
And then Angel of Death, and Pharaoh gave up the fight
He said, “Go, Moses, all your people can be free.”
But Pharaoh changed his mind and caught them at the Red Sea.

The Jews had left in a hurry, their bread was flat and dry
Pharaoh wanted to force them into the sea to die
For the Jewish people, this could have been end
But the rules of physics were about to bend.

Moses, he parted all the waters
And if Pharaoh had been just a little bit smarter
He would have stopped and not sent his soldiers to attack
But instead he lost his army when the waters went back

The Jews all made it to the far side of the sea
Miriam lead the dancing because they all were free
With freedom comes great responsibility
So let’s make sure all people share in our freedomosity.

Passover Arts Event at BHA!

BEACON HEBREW ALLIANCE

Presents

PASSOVER ARTS

Sunday, April 3

2:30 p.m.

PUPPET SHOW

written and presented by Beacon-based playwright Peter Ullian

Book-signing and reading

of Julie Wohl’s “Siddur Mah Tov”

Children’s art project

four-panel project on the “Four Questions,” led by Julie Wohl

Holiday songs and dances

led by BHA Cantor Ellen Gersh

Refreshments will be served

FREE ADMISSION!

Beacon Hebrew Alliance

331 Verplanck Ave. (corner of Fishkill Ave.), Beacon

845-831-2012

Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds on WI

Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds - COBUG

February 23, 2011

The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) hereby declares its support of and solidarity with the public sector unions of Wisconsin who have come under attack by the Governor of that state.

It is one thing to ask for givebacks from labor to help balance the budget in the form of wage cuts and higher contributions to sustain welfare and pension plans. But to aim at the fundamental rights of trade unions to collectively bargain over working conditions, to collect dues, to represent their members – these actions are nothing less than an all out assault against the basic underpinnings of the labor movement.

COBUG urges all of its members to stand by their Wisconsin sisters and brothers by speaking out against the legislative measures proposed by Governor Walker. We must stand together to rebuff this onslaught against organized labor – whether public or private. The right of all trade unions to legitimately negotiate and represent their members is at stake.

The members of COBUG have labor contracts or work for or with the Broadway League. COBUG was established to strengthen the position of Unions and Guilds within the industry, to participate in decision making that affects Broadway and the art and craft of theatre at large, and to educate the broader community about the collective role Coalition members play in keeping our industry vibrant and healthy.

Founding Member Organizations:
Actors’ Equity Association
American Federation of Musicians
American Guild of Musical Artists
Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers (ATPAM)
Dramatists Guild of America
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
IATSE Local One (Stagehands)
IATSE Local 306 (Ushers and Ticket Takers)
IATSE Local 751 (Ticket Sellers)
IATSE Local 764 (Wardrobe)
IATSE 798 (Make-up and Hair)
IATSE Local USA 829 (United Scenic Artists)
Local 30 (Operating Engineers)
Local 802 (American Federation of Musicians)
SEIU Local 32BJ (Theatre Division)
Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
IBT Local 817 (Theatrical Teamsters)