Break An Egg

Break An Egg

Just before Carried by the Current opened in March at the PUD Theatre in Everett, I got back from my walk and went up to the chicken coop to get eggs. There were only three, since it was still early March, but I slipped them in my jacket pocket and headed...

Step Five: Lockdown

Well there we were rolling along quite nicely, gathering momentum and then—well then you know the rest. The last preview we performed was at the lovely Camano Schoolhouse three days before the word came down from the governor’s office—no more group gatherings. I...

Step Four: Rewrites

We leapt into Women’s History Month this year not just because February gave us an extra day to boost us into March but because of the preview we performed February 27th at Edmonds Bookshop. It crackled with electricity. I had rewritten one of the scenes in the play...