CHANGES
The room was in hazy half-light and without detail. It had party energy. Not frenetic, but the kind where they play jazz. I’d just been talking to people on my […]
Author: Martha Hannah
EXPENDABLE
Our car headlights shone out into a vast whiteness. Everything blanketed in a deep, white coated silence. The darkness of the night sky endless, punctuated only by continually falling giant […]
BEST THING
Ever touch a cactus? What you learn is respect. Yep. Best thing I’ve written today – ‘Respect doesn’t come cheap, but when you demand it, hell, it teaches.’ — By […]
I CAN’T BREATHE
Late night rolling in after my evening A Working Group acting class and obligatory after class food run. Takes me a while to wind down, like I’m not a little […]
IDIOT LIGHTS
Those lights are called Idiot Lights. Because, if you wait until one comes on to check the oil, fluid, etc. in your car, it’s way too late. You’re screwed. And […]
WHO’S YA DADDY?
Mary’s laughing. The Three Kings are pretty sour about having to walk so far. And Joseph is worried about ‘Who’s ya Daddy?’ I mean, do you really think Kitty Jesus […]
UNINTENTIONAL SMART ASSERY
Between smiling, laughing and stumbling on words, I am trying to learn an exercise in Meisner technique that Michael Costello is teaching us. Unfortunately I am endowed with excessive wordiness […]
COOKING BLIND
Ding! Elevator doors open and out I step, heading toward my appointment. Turning the corner, I see, halfway down the hallway, a short, stout lady with short, graying hair, standing […]
DON’T IMPLICATE ME IN YOUR CRAZY
Must be my week for weird. Auditioning in Austin for a commercial this week and something happened I’ve never experienced before. And that says a lot. Several of us were […]
DOWN IN FLAMES
So we’re lined up, camera’s on. And the cameraman is asking us impromptu questions to see how quick we are on our feet, to check for spontaneity and to get […]