Sunday, June 13, 2010

Laugh at Yourself First: Danglehorn


Read "Danglehorn" and more short fiction, scripts, and very little poetry at Laugh at Yourself First.
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I hope you are enjoying Danglehorn. The story has five scenes, and will finish this Friday. As I mentioned last week, this was the last Theatricks by Starlight show. We did three performances before the company finally imploded due to actors unwilling to keep their drama onstage. The cast of this show was the best I ever worked with, and bringing Danglehorn to life was the most fun I ever had doing theatre. If Theatricks had to end, Danglehorn was the show to end it on. You are making a mistake to pass up working with Brett, Jason, Joe, or Kristen. As for the costumes, Anna has moved on to purses. You can find her on Etsy as BirdsintheMirror.

If you're here with me in Binghamton, our shale may no longer be up for sale! Apparently, the pigs are salivating at the possibility of making Utica an even bigger hellhole. than it already is. No offense to any Utica readers. Our second-rate Marcellus may not yield as high-quality methane. For landowners atop both formations, I urge you to watch the film, "Gasland," that debuted this week on HBO. The documentary was begun in Pennsylvania less than an hour from where I live. Water is poisoned, the land is wasted, and more than enough people have been killed to say the mission is a failure. Congratulations to Vera Scroggins, who I found interviewed in an Upstate periodical warning against letting the Frackers in New York. She has seen widespread destruction in her hometown, where the New Year is celebrated with exploding concrete water wells, and water faucets can be ignited. If that sounds delicious to you, don't let me stand in your way. You can drink my share too. Watch me bring it all together. The daughters of Vera Scroggins ran the theater where we did the first "Danglehorn" performance. I got to see my name on a marquee. Thanks for reading.

-Paul
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