April 2020

What puzzles reveal

My blog this month deals with the unexpected observations about — observation (!) I have made while solving puzzles during my quarantine.

Video Tips You Can Use!

• Make sure you have a professional background. If you must take your video chats in your bedroom, make sure we can't see your bed! The camera defines the space we see, so find a different angle. Use Photo Booth, Camera, or a similar app to see what your camera sees--before you log on!

• Dress like you're going to the actual meeting in your "business casual" attire. Comb your hair. Put on makeup, if you normally wear it. Not only will you look better on camera, you'll feel more ready to get to work.

• Prepare and organize. Time flies even faster on virtual meetings and webinars. Attention spans are shorter, too. So organization is key if you want to get your message across.

I'll be offering more tips in upcoming workshops. Be sure to visit my website to see what I'll be covering and when.

March 2020

Wash your hands. Then call me!

My blog this month has some tips for how to look and sound professional when you connect with your remote audience. But the best solution is to get in touch with me. If you lack focus, or feel nervous or distant while staring at the screen or listening on the phone, I can help!

In other news---

Sadly due to the coronavirus outbreak, the following production has been cancelled--It's My Party! was to have been presented onstage as part of Festival 2020: Women – Where Are They Now? at Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY, March 21, 26 and 28. I was privileged to join the cast and creative team via Zoom for several rehearsals. What I saw was quite gratifying. My heart goes out to the faculty and students who se hard work will not be rewarded by audience applause.

Hopefully the run of It's My Party! in September, 2020 in Dallas will take place. Echo Theatre, Kateri Cale, Managing Artistic Director, is planning to host the Southwestern Regional Premiere at the City of Dallas’ Bath House Cultural Center. More info here. 

And if you're looking for ways to celebrate the Suffrage Centennial  in 2020 with your community, consider staging a production or organizing your own reading of It's My Party!

For more info, click here .

January 2020

Making a point while keeping your cool

My blog this month shares one big insight about speaking that those wrapped up in the impeachment hearings in Washigton would do well to heed!

In other news---

In the Ladies’, my short comedy that premiered as part of Pipeline Playwrights’ 2018 Capital Fringe play How's That Workin' Out For Ya?,  will be featured in an evening of readings presented by The Playwrights Circle on February 9 in New York City. More info here.

Planning ahead
It's My Party! will presented onstage as part of Festival 2020: Women – Where Are They Now? at Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY iMarch 21, 26 and 28.

It's My Party! will also have a 13-performance run in September, 2020 in Dallas! Echo Theatre, Kateri Cale, Managing Artistic Director, will host the Southwestern Regional Premiere at the City of Dallas’ Bath House Cultural Center. More info here. 

And if you're looking for ways to celebrate the Suffrage Centennial in 2020 with your community, consider staging a production or organizing your own reading of It's My Party! For more info, click here .