All About the Anthology Project at Humana
Hey there friends! So: I’m working on the Anthology Project for this year’s Humana Festival at the Actors Theater of Louisville!
What is this thing with the very long title, you ask? The Anthology Project is an evening of short plays connected by a central subject; past subjects have included the end of the world, sports, road stories, and democracy. However, this year we’ve been blessed with the greatest subject ever devised by human beings:
FOOD. That’s right, this year’s Anthology Project is all about Food, the thing that everyone loves and hates; it makes us feel good, it makes us feel sick, it brings us joy and it brings us pain — but mostly joy. We all need it to survive. Food brings us together. Food is awesome — it is one of my favorite things on the planet. So this show is all gonna be about food and all of its delicious consequences.
Oh Gastronomy! at Humana
Hey there, friends — I’m honored to be a part of this year’s Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville!
I’m working on the Anthology Project, an evening of short plays performed by ATL’s stellar Apprentice Company. The theme of the show? FOOD. Yes, FOOD — everyone’s favorite subject. Seriously, this is the best subject for anything, ever. From now on, I only write about food exclusively.
I’m elated to be working with our good friends Carson Kreitzer, Steve Moulds, Tanya Saracho and Matt Schatz — all outstanding individuals! If time allows, I may also be writing a few blogs about the process too. We’re having a lot of fun writing this show, so I hope to see you there!
Bingham Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville
by Michael Golamco, Carson Kreitzer, Steve Moulds, Tanya Saracho and Matt Schatz
directed by Amy Attaway
co-conceived and developed with Sarah Lunnie
For more information about the 36th Annual Humana Festival of New Plays, click here!
Lightning Strikes
I love this animated gif showing a lightning strike in super slow motion.
Note that the lightning’s path is not created instantly; inside the ionized air the electricity needs to try lots of different little paths before it finds the right one and then BOOM — the strike hits the ground.
Like in writing, lightning needs to map out its path first and try lots of different things — test lots of little choices before it finds the correct path — and then BOOM!! It hits for maximum effect.
Bizarre, Innovative Love Triangle
The Huffington Post’s Daniel J. Kushner wrote some really nice coverage on Chautauqua Theater Company’s New Play Festival; included is a very cool sneak peek at my latest play, BUILD. [LINK / PDF]
Build at Chautauqua
Hey gang! So I’m here in Chautauqua, New York doing a workshop production of Build; it’s been a fun and awesome process — Chautauqua is a lakeside resort town with the feel of Disneyland’s Main Street USA mixed with The Road to Wellville. And it’s an incubator and crossroads for all the arts: Visual, literary, theater, dance, music.
Build is a play about guys that make videogames — about constructing another world inside of a machine. So this post is for Chautauquan audiences and those curious about the present state of video gaming — a sort of “DVD Extras” to go along with the workshop performances of the play.
My Work in Print
Year Zero
Available from Samuel French and Amazon.com
Cowboy Versus Samurai
Available from Samuel French and Amazon.comFor a complete list of books containing my work, please click here.
