Dudes and dudettes! Remember the 80s, man? (Now there's a deep reference! Bonus points if you even recognized that it was a reference) To be fair, I have had to dust off my knowledge of John Hughes movies/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles lingo to get into the proper mindset. As a child of the early 80s, I remember the bit of the 80s that spilled over into the 90s, and what I could piece together from Family Ties and Night Court reruns. Now that's not enough to write a convincin

When noted KVTA blogger Dana asked me if I would be interested in writing a guest blog post to promote KVTA's production of Clue: On Stage , I asked, "How much does it pay?" When he said, "Nothing..." I chuckled a bit to myself and politely ignored him. He ran into me at rehearsal and tried again a few days later. This time he tried to appeal to my magnanimous generosity and legendary humility. I also recall him saying something about the attractive young women who regularly

***ATTENTION*** An emergency addendum has been added to this document. The Fake Award Academy has been notified that the results of one of the categories was lost in the mail. You can read these results below. This in no way reflects on the author of this blog post, who tried really hard to remember everything but it was really late the other night and Samantha just wouldn't go to bed and I was tired and I meant well! Just read what was added and remember that I'm a human bei

Now listen. I don't ask for much. Just a pen and a page to write on. And maybe chuckle at a few of my jokes. But writing in the digital age has its own headaches. I'm going to tell you a harrowing tale and hopefully it will explain to you why I am so filled with bitterness and rage. Well, it's not so much a harrowing tale as it is me just complaining about something beyond my control. I usually plan ahead for these articles pretty well. I go visit rehearsals for shows a few w

Familial relationships are often the subject of works of literature, as this is the first and often strongest relationship that we all know. Relationships with our mother and father figures are often the strongest of all. This season, KVTA has not only one but two production whose central theme is the relationship of father and child. Thanks for the material, KVTA board! You should be excited because both of these shows are going to be fantastic. I'm excited because I can put

'According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that seem right?...