Noah I stumbled upon this today. It's from a project we had to do for Shabbaton last year. We had to do a retelling of a story from the old testament. I believe the synagogue asked us to convert to any other religion. The Story of Noah God saw that man had become wicked and evil. God thought this wasn’t going the way he had originally envisioned. He felt he could do better so he decided to start over again. [...]
China the Whole Enchilada on the IHSA Circuit A few weeks ago I received an email from Natalie Bozzetti. My first reaction was, "Good God, another restraining order?" Happily, it turns out Natalie is a high school senior outside of Chicago and a member of her school's speech team. She and her speech team partner, Nisha Riley, want to use China the Whole Enchilada in the IHSA Speech competition. What!? How do two high school girls outside of Chicago know about China [...]
Dramatic Publishing I'm excited to announce that one of my publishers, Dramatic Publishing, is going to publish my play Tom Jones. Woot. It joins Around the World in 80 Days and The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge at Dramatic Publishing. I've had a long relationship with Dramatic Publishing. They were going to publish my first play The Little Prince but then the rights changed hands and I was forbidden by the new rights holder to have my version published or [...]
You can watch the World Cup Final with playwright Mark Brown The World Cup only comes around every four years so the opportunities to watch the World Cup final with playwright Mark Brown are very rare. Before he was an award winning playwright, Mark was a star soccer player. In fact, he was recruited to play soccer by a nationally ranked University (Appalachian State, 10th in the nation). Mark is also a lifelong fan of the German National Team. He [...]
On July 13 I'll be a guest speaker at the Commonweal Theatre as part of their popular Sunday Salon Series. "Part presentation and part audience discussion, Commonweal’s Sunday Salon series takes an opportunity to explore in greater depth some of the themes and historical contexts of Commonweal Theatre productions. Brown will share his journey of adapting one of Jules Verne’s most acclaimed works, while the cast of 80 Days will also be on hand to engage in the post-performance discussion." [...]
Today I received a lovely email from a woman in Alabama. Her son's 2nd grade class is doing a "Living Museum" project. The students pick a famous American, researches this person and then dresses up like the person and reads aloud biographical information to parents, grandparents, and visitors that come that morning to listen to all the "biographers" at the school! The kid chose me. WHAT!? I thought it had to be a mistake. Surely he meant Marc Brown, the author [...]
I recently posted about productions of Around the World in 80 Days in India and Turkey but if you're not going to be passing by either of those countries you can stop by the foreign country of Arizona* to see 80 Days at the Arizona Theatre Company. The show is being directed by David P. Saar. The cast includes Mark Anders, Jon Gentry, Yolanda London, Kyle Sorrell and Bob Sorenson. I don't know any of those people. It always makes me [...]
I think this is the floor of the set. Cool. The other day I wrote about the B Street Theatre taking Around the World in 80 Days to India. Well my assault on Asia continues with the opening of Around the World in 80 Days at Erzurum State Theatre in Erzurum, Turkey. (Before you start yelling that I'm geographically challenged, Turkey is a transcontinental country with an Asian–European boundary. You see? This site is educational as well). First Translation of Around the [...]
*Warning: Today's post has received a 5-star Maudlin rating. The Clown's Prayer Keeps Me On Track There are many days I question if my mid-life career choice to become a writer was a good one. Hell, I question whether my beginning-life career choice to be an actor was a good one. My older sister is a retired physical therapist and my older brother is a mucky muck with Siemen's. And then there's me. I write plays, screenplays and songs. Mostly [...]
I received a nice email today from the fantastically named Jeremy van Meter, the Communications Manager and a Resident Actor at the Commonweal Theatre in Lanesboro, MN, informing me that they will be producing Around the World in 80 Days this year. Fantastic. But then Jeremy told me the population of Lanesboro, MN. 754. As I posted yesterday, the B Street Theatre is about to take Around the World in 80 Days to India, where they'll perform in Mumbai, a city with [...]
