On Thursday night the Drisha Arts Fellows presented work from the year. I read a ten-minute excerpt from my one-woman-show in progress, now entitled “Signs”. Here is one story from the piece, lifted out and put together so that it makes sense standing on its own. For previous excerpts, check out this entry or this [...]
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Excerpt from “Signs”: A Great Miracle Happened Here
Posted in Art/Music/Theater, Drisha, Jewish Journey, tagged secret, shabbos, sign on June 5, 2011 | 13 Comments »
Prayer
Posted in Drisha, Jewish Journey, tagged energy, God, prayer on February 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I was eleven years old. I was in love. He was a friend of mine, a classmate. He had red hair and freckles. He sang and danced and acted. He was nice. This was serious. I wrote a prayer that I said to God every night: Thank you for the food I eat, and for [...]
Signs — Excerpts, First Draft
Posted in Art/Music/Theater, Drisha, tagged guessing, playwriting, signs on February 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s easier to wait for a sign. That’s what we pray for, really, isn’t it? A chance to not have to make our own decisions, a blessing from above that a scary choice will work out in the end. … The Talmud states that the letter saf represents emes, or truth. This might seem strange, [...]
Guessing – Prologue to Longer Piece
Posted in Art/Music/Theater, Drisha, tagged guessing, playwriting, roots, shabbos, words on November 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
But… but what does it mean? …My first instinct is to guess. Guess and just… go with it. I might be right. If I am—sweet. If I’m not, well, whatever… I was just guessing. You can’t hold me accountable. And you can’t make me do the work if I never slow down. (beat) My chevrusa—my [...]
What I Want to Be When I Grow Up
Posted in Drisha, tagged grad school, growing up on October 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Jan. 8, 1993 What I Want to Be When I Grow Up Calendar. January: Ice skater February: Artist That’s as far as I got. (I was eight years old, and already procrastinating.) I do like the idea of a calendar for what I want to be when I grow up. A few years ago, when [...]
Back to School
Posted in Drisha, tagged classroom, learning on October 18, 2010 | 5 Comments »
“Julie does well with deadlines,” said my friend, who is a director I’ve worked with in the past. I smirk; his statement is not quite accurate. He must have read my mind, because he amends, “Well, really, she doesn’t do well without deadlines.” Now, this is true. It’s one of the main reasons I wanted [...]
