Fertile Ground Festival 2012

The last 10 days of January will be a theatre-lovers dream here in Portland.  Fertile Ground is a festival of new works taking place January 19th-January 29th in venues all over town!  It is a veritable feast of theatre!

The performances range from fully-mounted productions to works-in-progress to staged readings and everything in between.  It is truly a smorgasbord of theatre delicacies and they all can be sampled by purchasing a festival pass or buying individual tickets for specific events.  Whatever you do, be sure to check out the calendar of events to find out what looks good to you.

 What a great way to kick off the new year with lots of inspiring new work from the eclectic group of artists here in Portland. I am excited to see the work of several friends who are involved with Fertile Ground.  Additionally, I am thrilled to participate in the festival this year with a reading of my short play "This is Temporary."

Nothing like a 10-day theatre festival to inspire and delight, and certainly put me in a good mood! Right on, Portland! Write on!

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Is this my official return from my 10 week hiatus?  I cannot say for sure.  But I have missed writing for this blog, so I thought I'd drop in and see if anyone was still around and reading!

The past couple of months have been interesting, to say the least.  Full of highs and lows and lots of work.  I enjoyed a delightful Thanksgiving with some new and wonderful friends, and, as they say, the beat goes on...

In January, I will be having a reading of my newly revamped short play, "This is Temporary."  The reading is part of the Fertile Ground Festival, and I'm pleased and excited to be part of this new works extravaganza!  A big thank you to PDX Playwrights who gave me the push!  I've also cast some terrific actors and cannot wait to start working with them.  First read-through is next week and I'm looking forward to it.

Still working diligently on my most current play commission...stay tuned to hear more about that in the next month or so.  And just so you know, I do plan on returning to writing for this blog regularly in the new year.

In the meantime, I wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season.  I'm actually hosting a party this year and really looking forward to that, believe it or not!  Not usually a fan of the holidays, but this year I'm embracing everything that comes my way.  I've turned over a new leaf...why not!

Please chime in with your comments...let me know how you're all doing.  I love hearing from you.

Tis the season and all that jazz. 

Peace.