Ingrid and I either wrote a musical together, or are getting married, or both? Come see us in Chicago September 6-Oct 16 to find out which (OR BOTH.) Creating something as big as a musical …
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six months
Here I am, hemming and hawing over being away from Mo and Joe for TWO WEEKS, making theater, meanwhile my little brother Tim deployed last night to Japan, for SIX ENTIRE MONTHS away from his …
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each other
We can wait, if you like, to ascend to some higher plane of being, at which point we’ll start directing all our mental and material resources towards existential questions and thinking nothing of our own …
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which came first
My suddenly feeling like my hair is thinning, or falling out? Because of Joe, or age, or both? Or my suddenly being inundated with ads for thinning hair vitamins and serums and shampoos that swear …
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girl with many necklaces
Ingrid gave us all these beautiful tiny notebook necklaces, which reminds me a burning question I’ve always wanted to ask: THE WOMEN WHO WEAR 90 TINY NECKLACES AT ONE TIME, HOW DO YOU DO IT. …
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doubling
There’s a lot of doubling in the Notebook, ie one actor plays multiple characters, a thing that I definitely did not invent, but very much love. Oftentimes in first drafts, I’ll write extra humans into …
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one girl, two dinners
What’s the word for a person who accidentally gets brought someone else’s dinner from Grubhub, and while she waits on hold to get a refund she eats that other person’s entire dinner, then orders another …
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IS THIS REAL LIFE?
I don’t understand what world this is and what I did to deserve to live in it but today, we start rehearsal for The Notebook at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, like we are going to rehearse …
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mornings with toddler
Joe: LEAF BLOWER!!!!! Us: yeah, you’re right, it’s a leaf blower! You hear a leaf blower? Joe: NEIGHBOR LEAF BLOWER!!!!!!!!! Us: yes! It’s our neighbor blowing their leaves! Joe: BLUE CAR NEIGHBOR LEAF BLOWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Us: …